Yearly Archives: 2012

Brazil bolsters América Móvil’s 37.5% profits increase

Latin America's largest telecom group (measured by subscribers), América Móvil, posted an increase of 37.5% in net profit for the first quarter 2012, beating...

Brazilian Foxconn workers threaten strike, could affect Apple

Brazilian workers in the city of Jundiaí have threatened to go on strike against Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn beginning May 3 if the company does not fix problems related...

Chile regulators say country could use 700 MHz for LTE

Chilean telecom regulator Subtel is considering auctioning the 700 MHz band for LTE, the Minister of Telecommunications, Pedro Pablo Errazuriz, said during the 37th...

Wind scores Canada court victory in ownership rule dispute

Canadian wireless operator Wind announced a triumph in its running dispute with rival Public Mobile, claiming a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada...

Clearwire names N.Y, S.F., L.A. as part of 31 initial TDD-LTE markets in early 2013

Clearwire (CLWR) said it will launch its TDD-LTE network across 31 cities during the first half of 2013, including New York City, San Francisco,...

Fitch to resign from PCIA

Wireless infrastructure trade association PCIA announced that Michael Fitch will resign his position as president and CEO of the organization he has headed since...

LTE focus handcuffs MetroPCS Q1 results

An increased focus on subsidizing LTE handsets and dramatic drop in gross customer additions torpedoed MetroPCS’ PCS) first quarter results that sent stockholders scurrying....

Nokia’s debt downgraded to ‘junk’ status

Fitch Ratings has downgraded Nokia's debt to "junk" status with a negative long-term outlook, citing disappointing first quarter results from the world's largest mobile...

Leap’s stock drops 20% on Q1 concerns

Leap Wireless (LEAP) saw its stock price plunge more than 20% early Thursday following release of its first quarter financial results that showed an...

Earnings Roundup: Crown Castle, Gemalto, Nintendo

Crown Castle International (CCI) says network upgrades by carriers helped boost leasing activity by 25% in the first quarter. Net income also increased 25%...

NII Holdings ARPU falls in Q1, launches PTT Android smartphone in Peru

NII Holdings, Inc. , which operates in Latin America under the brand Nextel, unveiled its consolidated financial results for the first quarter of 2012,...

Mobile banking to match Internet banking in Brazil in 5-7 years

Boosted by the growth of smartphone use, mobile banking is on track to become as common as Internet banking in Brazil during the next...

IBM eyes ‘big data’ with Vivisimo acquisition

IBM (NYSE: IBM) yesterday announced it will acquire Vivisimo, a Pittsburgh-based firm that helps large organizations access and analyze enterprise data.  IBM also announced that its big data platform...

Sprint Nextel usurps larger rivals in Q1 customer growth; hints at data price hike

With the nation’s three largest wireless operators now having posted first quarter results, No. 3 Sprint Nextel appears to have pulled off a bit...

Ericsson’s Q1 revenues slip, profits largely due to Sony-Ericsson divestiture

SHENZHEN, China – Ericsson reported first quarter revenues of $7.6 billion, a 4% decline year-over-year from the same period last year. The company also...

Huawei bets big on its 1.5GHz quad-core processor

China's Huawei Technologies is signaling its intention to compete throughout the wireless ecosystem. Already the number two global provider of wireless infrastructure (behind Ericsson)...

Sprint Nextel continues to ride operational roller coaster

Sprint Nextel’s (S) ongoing operational evolution remains ongoing as the carrier posted yet another quarter of mixed financial results, but promises of better days...

Apple soars 9%, takes US market along for the ride

Apple (AAPL) put a shine on the US stock market Wednesday, rising 9% and regaining most of the ground lost earlier this month. Fears...

CTIA 2012 Preview: LTE, devices and controversy set for show’s new date

Wireless trade association CTIA shook up the plans for its annual spring event for 2012, pushing the shows traditional late March, early April timing...

Should CIOs be concerned about Google Drive?

Google yesterday unveiled Google Drive, a cloud-based file storage, management, and sharing service. Its use in the workplace is inevitable and could present advantages, but it could also...

Using subscription model, Adobe eyes 50% of total revenue coming from cloud services

Adobe Systems, Inc., (Nasdaq:ADBE) is moving to change its lifetime license model to a monthly subscription-based offering. Adobe launched the effort this week around...

Analyst Angle: Anatel should have amended LTE spectrum auction rules to be more attractive

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot...

Ci&T bets 2012 will be year for corporate mobile solutions

If up to this year companies only investigated enterprise mobile solutions, 2012 might prove to be a milestone year for companies to finally include...

Analyst Angle: What is the future of Wi-Fi in the mobile network?

It is well established that mobile data traffic is growing much faster than mobile data service revenues. One thing that really has helped mobile operators handle this traffic is

AT&T Mobility remains coy on Verizon Wireless spectrum plans

If AT&T Mobility is interested in the 700 MHz spectrum assets Verizon Wireless is looking to offload, it’s keeping that interest close to the...
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