Colombia Reports | MANUELA KUEHR
Colombia's State Council on Wednesday suspended the implementation of the European terrestrial digital TV standard DVB-T due to a "procedural error," reports Semana.
The National Television Commission board decided to adopt European digital TV standards, but according to the high court, the...
Google Inc.'s latest direct-to-consumer mobile device, the Nexus S, is now on sale at Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile. The follow-up to the Nexus features a 1GHz Hummingbird processor and the latest version of Android 2.3.Although Google is trying a different tactic with...
China's gray market cell-phone shipments will total about 255 million devices next year, up 11.8% from 2010, but nothing compared to the huge 43.6% surge between 2009 and 2010, proof that a government crackdown against the illegal handset sales is working, according to research...
Semaphore, a CSE Global company, announces that the T-BOX ultra-low-power products have successfully passed all third party criteria and testing for Ingress Protection level 68 (IP68). Products with the new approval, including the T-BOX WM Wireless Monitor and T-BOX LP RTU, are now shipping from...
Nokia is looking to grow global cellular share by selling more entry-level handsets in emerging markets, like India. With low-cost rivals pushing a pricing war, is the Finnish mobile phone maker running off in the wrong direction again?
The company is the top supplier of...
Repeatedly predicted and repeatedly delayed on many occasions, the transition from CRTs (cathode-ray tubes) to LCDs (liquid-crystal displays) has finally occurred, even in cost-sensitive emerging markets and across dominant application segments: computer monitors and televisions. Small-format LCDs also find wide use in diverse portable...
Asia Pacific Broadband Telecom (APBT) will launch CDMA2000 EV-DO (evolution-data optimized) Rev.B 3.5G mobile Internet-access services in April 2011, according to the company.
In line with the launch, APBT said it plans to procure 1.38 million terminal devices, of which 20-30% will be smartphones and...
Maxthon, one of the most popular browsers in China has just released its mobile version, named Maxthon Mobile for Android. Maxthon Mobile comes with some nice features which are pretty easy to use:
RSS reader – allows you to read rss feeds on mobile
Super Gesture...
One widely touted solution for current U.S. economic woes is for America to produce more of the high-tech gadgets that the rest of the world craves.
Yet two academic researchers have found that Apple Inc.'s iPhone—one of the most iconic U.S. technology products—actually added $1.9...
Lima, Dec. 15 (ANDINA).
Mobile telephony penetration in Peru will reach 97 percent of Peru's population by end-2010, telecompaper.com reported Wednesday.
This represents a 17 percentage points increase from a penetration of 80 percent in 2009, said Elizabeth Galdo, director of regulatory affairs and corporate responsibility...
Press Release | December 14th, 2010 | Telefonica Peru
According to a press release by Telefonica's Movistar Peru, the carrier is releasing a new eco-friendly phone "el Aspen" by Sony Ericsson.
Features that make the phone green:
The phone and its packaging are made from recycled materials.
El...
December 14 2010 - 12:32 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News
Mobile penetration in Chile has surpassed the 100% mark, as the country’s National Statistics Institute released a report showing that there are now 1.13 mobile devices in the South American country...
Data Synchronization and Multiple Device Streaming Now Available for One of the Fastest Growing Smartphone Markets in the World
NEW YORK | Dec. 7, 2010 | PRNewswire -- CyberSynchs, a leader in universal data synchronization, announced today a partnership with Baza10 Electronica, a leading retailer...
Zacks |Todd Bunton |Dec. 14 2010 - 12:27 pm
By the end of 2011, all new vehicles in Brazil will be required to have a GPS-based tracking system installed. This may not be good news for car thieves in São Paulo, but Ituran Location & Control Ltd. (ITRN...
Press Release | December 14th, 2010
Water resistant and dust, the launch comes in the first course, brings the latest version of MOTOBLUR and increases the portfolio of the manufacturer
Sao Paulo, The course brings to Brazil the Motorola phone with MOTOBLUR Defy ™ ™, which...
By Anthony Esposito | Published December 14, 2010 | Dow Jones Newswires
SANTIAGO -(Dow Jones)- There are more cell phones in Chile than there are people, the government's INE statistics institute said Tuesday.
With 19.4 million cell phones distributed across the Andean nation as of October, there were...
Nokia Corp. (NOK) has announced plans to layoff about 800 workers in Finland.The job cuts, which begin next month, will carry severance packages worth 5-15 months salary, according to a company statement sent to Reuters. Nokia hopes some of the affected workers will be...
By Patrick Nixon | Business News Americas
The introduction of number portability (NP) in Chile in mid 2011 will oblige not only operators to up their game to retain customers but also device suppliers to re-orient their product portfolio to suit new services, Aldo Vidal, Samsung...
LG’s newest Android
2.2 Froyo smartphone, the LU3000, has been launched in South Korea under the name LG Optimus Mach.
What’s interesting about the Optimus Mach – besides the fact that it’s faster than other Froyo devices – is that LG has teamed up with...
Lenovo, the world's No. 4 PC maker, expects its operating profit margin to trend upwards, helped by easing component shortages and an appreciating Chinese currency, its chief financial officersaid on Monday at the Reuters China Investment Summit.
"With an appreciating RMB and...
2degrees has started stocking a mobile phone made by South Korean firm LG that has slots for two Sim cards, providing connections to two networks and two mobile phone numbers.
The main advantage of the phone is that customers can easily switch ...
Singapore – 9 December 2010 - Motorola Mobility, a subsidiary of Motorola, Inc., today announced the launch of Motorola DEFY™ in Singapore. DEFY is a slim, pocketable Android™ smartphone that comes equipped with advanced Web-browsing capabilities and a 3.7” high-resolution...
Australia, 6 December, 2010: Huawei, a leading provider of smart devices to operators around the world, has tonight staked its place as an exciting new consumer brand in the Australian mobile market.
The milestone event marked a major transition for the brand, which has worked...
