Yahoo executives are considering a sale of the company's Internet businesses in a series of meetings ongoing this week, according to a The Wall Street Journal report citing sources close to the action.
The report also said Yahoo is mulling "how to make the most...
The Internet is awash in rumors that technology giant Apple, in its next smartphone release perhaps called the iPhone 7, could do away with the standard headphone jack in favor of the proprietary Lightning port.
That tidbit was initially reported by Japanese website Mac Otakara....
The transaction is expected to be completed in Q1 2016
Shareholders of Finnish telecom equipment manufacturer Nokia approved the proposed $16.5 billion acquisition of French-based supplier Alcatel-Lucent.
Nokia has obtained all the regulatory approvals required to proceed with the proposed transaction. In April 2015, the two vendors...
Apple is stealing users from rival Android in record numbers, according to a new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. The report found 26% of consumers who bought the iPhone 6s in the first month it was released were former Android users. That is...
As part of its annual year-end evaluation, Samsung has chosen a new leader of its handset division. Koh Dong Jin, who had been in charge of Samsung’s research and development division will take over for long-time Samsung Mobile head JK Shin.
Recently, Jin has...
Sprint is aggressively rolling out service upgrades and promotions
As part of a spate of new Sprint promotions, the No. 4 U.S. carrier announced an expansion of its international roaming service, called Open World, to include several new locations.
Open World was initially rolled out in August....
Pakistani government wanted BlackBerry to share data generated by enterprise clients
Canadian company BlackBerry plans on leaving the Pakistan market following a disagreement with the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority regarding access to information stored on BlackBerry Enterprise Services servers.
BlackBerry COO Marty Beard laid out the situation...
The telco aims to deploy 160,000 base stations in three years
Indian telecommunications provider Bharti Airtel plans to invest 600 billion rupees ($9 billion) over the next three years to expand its mobile and fixed network infrastructure across the country.
The telco said the investment is part...
Who is leading the way in the industrial and consumer Internet of Things markets?
"Internet of Things" technology – connecting every possible device, object or thing to the Internet – promises to be one of the biggest economic revolutions since the Industrial Revolution. Numerous companies...
Comcast, dealing with customer fallout from an expanding data-cap policy, is moving to increase a number of fees associated with double- and triple-play bundles.
The new fee structure is initially set to roll out to customers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, according to DSLReports.
As for...
Details of latest Sprint promotion aren't available, but questions will be answered on Dec. 7
Sprint is ratcheting up the heat against competitors – T-Mobile US in particular – by way of a series of new promotions; the fourth-place U.S. carrier has posted a countdown...
The combined business to provide service to 45M subscribers
Pakistan mobile network operators Mobilink and Warid Telecom announced they have reached an agreement to merge their operations.
The combined business is set to serve 45 million customers in Pakistan. The transaction, which still needs approval from local...
Congratulations, Sprint. In 2015 you are the most-improved network provider in quality, speed and reach in a growing number of areas from coast to coast. While there is still quite a bit of work to do, if Sprint stays on track, it could become one...
Deployment of small cells is seen as a key avenue of boosting cellular capacity and adding network density, but commissioning have fallen short of projections, despite 2015 being viewed as a key year for small cells adoption.
As the heterogeneous network solutions continue to gain...
Indian telecom operator Reliance Communications is set to announce the sale of its stake in telecom tower company Reliance Infratel to a private equity firm.
According to local press reports, the deal is expected to be announced in the coming days. Reliance expects an enterprise value of...
Telecom Italia plans to keep up to 20% of the infrastructure firm
Telecom Italia is looking to sell a part of its Inwit holdings, with CEO Marco Patuano noting "we are ready to send tender invitations to potential bidders for the Inwit stake." Patuano said the company expects...
Acquisition to bolster 4G network rollout
In an effort to boost high-speed data rates, India’s third-largest telco, Idea Cellular, agreed to buy nearly $500 million in spectrum from smaller rival Videocon Telecommunications.
The agreement gives Idea the rights to two key spectrum circles in the 1800...
Enterprises want to focus on business value, not IT infrastructure
Google is one of the largest server manufacturers in the world and among the four big players in the cloud-computing/datacenter space. In a recent presentation, Craig Box, global lead for Google Compute go-to-market, gave a...
Wireless and telecom bills have historically been large and confusing. So much so that it created an entire cottage industry of bill auditors. However, over the last few years we have seen carriers move to simplify their plans. I am not sure whether this...
WASHINGTON – "Internet of Things" technology has a wide range of applications from precision agriculture to a smart city and even a smart building. Like so much with IoT, what a smart building currently lacks  is a concrete, widely accepted definition.
The definition most...
T-Mobile US has staked its claim as the No. 3 U.S. carrier, bypassing Sprint earlier this year largely through aggressive marketing driven by colorful CEO John Legere. Now, Sprint has flipped the script and taken the marketing battle directly to T-Mobile US.
On Friday, Sprint...
Samsung leads the market with 13.1% growth
One out of three smartphones shipped in the Indian market in the third quarter of this year were "4G" enabled, according to a new report published by International Data Corp.
IDC’s Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker reported a total of...
WASHINGTON – Federal Chief Information Officer: "We are facing a crisis ..."
The U.S. government, despite commanding a $3.8 trillion budget, is lagging behind many other developed countries in IT and "Internet of Things" investment.
When most people think of the federal government, they focus...
Communications Workers of America allege Verizon has allowed its copper network to deteriorate in Maryland and other states
Five months into a negotiation with Verizon Communications regarding employment contracts for unionized workers, reps from the Communications Workers of America in the Mid-Atlantic region are calling...
