Yearly Archives: 2012

FCC opens up 800 MHz to mobile broadband

Sprint Nextel snared a victory today as the Federal Communications Commission released an order reducing “barriers to the deployment of broadband, encourages investment in...

Tower industry remains abuzz over T-Mobile USA’s towers

T-Mobile USA’s interest in raising much needed funds through the sale of its tower assets is causing waves throughout the tower industry as analysts...

Dell looks to smaller devices for bigger profits

While Hewlett-Packard adapts to a changing PC market by reducing its workforce, Dell is reducing the size of its products. This week the company...

T-Mobile USA’s future not likely to include a sale

With AT&T’s aborted attempt to acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 billion still fresh on everyone’s minds, Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene Obermann told investors in...

Bharti Airtel to take control of Qualcomm’s BWA operations in India

Qualcomm said it has signed an agreement to sell a 49% stake in its Indian operation that holds spectrum licenses covering Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana...

Report: Shipments of consumer M2M devices will reach 37.9 million in 2016

Over the next five years, shipments of consumer machine-to-machine devices are forecast to grow at a 39.8% compound annual growth rate to reach 37.9...

Jury finds Google did not infringe Oracle patents

A new chapter in the Oracle versus Google lawsuit: A federal jury said Wednesday that Google (GOOG) did not infringe Oracle (ORCL) patents that...

HP to cut 27,000 jobs

Tablets and smartphones are replacing PCs for many consumers and businesses, and Hewlett-Packard is feeling the sting. The company says it will lay off...

Verizon Wireless defends 1.7/2.1 GHz acquisition plans

Sticking to its point of being a good steward of spectrum and the need to meet increasing demand from consumers, Verizon Wireless responded to...

Gluecon 2012: Top developers gather at Gluecon – but first, a ‘Cloud Camp’

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – What do you call a gathering of the top technologists in cloud computing, mobile, APIs, and big data? Why, "Glue" of...

Samsung Galaxy S III pre-orders break records

Just a few weeks after taking Apple's title as the world's top seller of smartphones, Samsung has scored another victory over Cupertino: The Galaxy...

Jha out as CEO of Motorola Mobility; Google taps Woodside to lead handset division

Google’s recently closed acquisition of Motorola Mobility marked the end of Sanjay Jha’s leadership at the handset company as Google announced Dennis Woodside would...

Sprint Nextel broadens SMS offer for Assurance Wireless service

Sprint Nextel’s Assurance Wireless sub-brand expanded its subsidized wireless telecommunications offering by adding 250 text messages to its free service offering that previously provided...

Apple likely to source larger iPhone 5 screen from several vendors

The screen size of Apple's iPhone looks poised to grow for the first time in the device's history, and several Asian manufacturers may have...

Eyes on the cloud: SAP, Oracle and EMC announce acquisitions to expand cloud computing

Cloud computing is the new king of the information technology market, and three acquisitions announced this week underscore the point. On Tuesday Germany's SAP...

Chilean telecom report shows broadband penetration has tripled

The Chilean government has released a telecommunications report showing that broadband penetration has tripled over the past two years. Internet connections reached 90% of the populated...

Brazilian e-commerce reaches $25B, more than half of Latin American total

Over the past two years, Latin American countries showed significant growth in e-commerce sales. In Brazil alone, e-commerce grew 43% between 2010 and 2011,...

Silicon Labs sees M2M as biggest potential chip market

AUSTIN, Texas – Silicon Labs CEO Tyson Tuttle calls his company's $72 million purchase of Ember Corp. "the ultimate play in terms of home...

Sprint Nextel’s Evo 4G LTE launch back on track

Sprint Nextel investors should be breathing a sigh of relief today as the carrier announced the highly anticipated HTC Evo 4G LTE device was...

Verizon Wireless, new markets remain areas of strength for Vodafone

Vodafone’s sometimes contentious stake in domestic operator Verizon Wireless continues to pay off for the international telecom giant, which despite struggles in some of...

Apple vs. Samsung: Patent war update

The CEOs of Apple and Samsung are in their second day of closed-door negotiations aimed at settling their ongoing patent disputes. The stakes got...

TM Forum 2012: Keynote discusses investment conundrum in digital world

DUBLIN – In the morning keynote panel kicking off the TM Forum's Management World 2012 event, financial analysts joined the TM Forum's executive leadership...

Reality Check: Network neutrality and the Brazilian Internet Civil Mark

One of the most wrestled with subjects in the Brazilian ICT industry is network neutrality regulation in the Brazilian Internet Civil Mark, a legislative project which defines principles, guarantees, rights and duties on Internet use in Brazil.

Smartphone penetration: 24% in Argentina, 20% in Mexico, 14% in Brazil

In Argentina, 24% of the population owns a smartphone, while in Mexico the penetration rate is 20% and in Brazil it is only 14%....

Telefónica re-brands Colombian services as Movistar

The Colombian unit of Spain’s Telefónica has unified its services under the brand Movistar. The move includes its fixed telephony, broadband services and satellite TV,...
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