Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) opened a technology showcase center in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the company said it will highlight LTE, video, cloud- and location-based services to help Brazilian operators respond to challenges created by increased mobile data adoption.
The 15,400-square-foot facility in Sao Paulo will cater...
Apple Inc. (AAPL) made slight gains in market share last quarter, however more remarkably it's earning $1 out of every $2 in operating profits raked in by the eight largest device makers in the industry.While the iPhone maker increased its global mobile handset market...
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) has released an update to its Playbook tablet software which includes support for video chatting between PlayBooks, a new Facebook app optimized for its 7" screen and an improved browser that’s “more compatible with...
Wall Street Journal | April 29, 2011 | Evan Ramstad, Jung-Ah Lee
SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co. escalated its fight with Apple Inc. over the appearance of smartphones, filing a new lawsuit in the U.S. Thursday, and introducing its second-generation Galaxy S phone in its home country...
Bloomberg | April 28, 2011 | Mariko Yasu
Panasonic Corp. (6752), the world’s largest maker of plasma televisions, plans to eliminate almost 17,000 jobs over two years as part of an overhaul to restore profitability to levels before the global financial crisis.
The workforce will drop at...
Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) used BlackBerry World 2011 to unveil two powerful new BlackBerry Bold smartphones on Monday, sporting a touchscreen and a 1.2 GHz processor.RIM hopes the move will bring its phones up to date with its competitors' smartphone offerings and...
Accenture | April 27, 2011 | Press Release
RIO DE JANEIRO; April 27, 2011– According to Accenture (NYSE: ACN) research across eight countries, Brazilians have the highest consumer electronics ownership and spending in 15 product categories. More than half (55 percent) of Brazilian consumers have...
Accenture | April 27, 2011 | Press Release
ESPOO, Finland and NEW YORK; April 27, 2011 – Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced plans for a strategic collaboration in which Nokia would outsource its Symbian software activities and transition about 3,000 employees...
Frisco, Texas-based EmFinders, a company that makes devices for tracking those afflicted by Alzheimers, down syndrome, dementia, or autism, recently announced that AT&T Inc. (T) will connect its EmSeeQ bracelets to 911 operators across the country. Financial details of the...
Apple Inc. (AAPL) is moving past its competitors with a record-breaking 18.6 million iPhones shipped for the latest quarter, according to analysts at IDC and Strategy Analytics. In the process, Apple overtook ZTE Corp. for fourth place and, according to IDC, claimed a 5%...
Apple Inc. (AAPL) announced today that the elusive white iPhone 4 will be available for sale beginning tomorrow.The white counterpart will be available for a suggested retail price of $199 for the 16GB model and $299 for the 32GB model with a new two-year...
Sony Corp. (SNE) is the newest company to try its hand in the tablet market, showing off two tablets that operate on Honeycomb, also known as Google Inc.'s Android 3.0, at a press conference in Tokyo, Japan. The initial names of the...
It would seem now the war of words between Google Inc. (GOOG) and Apple Inc. (AAPL) over which company is activating the most devices daily has come to an end with Android the victor, Google and its hardware partners are looking to put some...
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) said it is making its OpenPlug Studio toolkit available for free to application developers as the network vendor tries to flesh out the ecosystem for more enterprise end users. The toolkit allows developers to write applications for a variety of...
Verizon Wireless (VZ) and Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) shed some launch light on a pair of handsets that both expect to begin offering over the coming days and weeks.Verizon Wireless said it will begin offering the HTC Corp. Droid Incredible 2 on April 28...
Lawmakers stepped in to ask operating system companies how they are tracking, using, storing and sharing location information on smartphones after media reports that Apple Inc. (AAPL) automatically tracks and stores location data. While privacy issues have always been a concern in the mobile...
A Texas jury decided to fine Google Inc. (GOOG) $5 million for infringing on Linux technology patents owned by Bedrock Computer Technologies.Google's Android operating system uses the Linux kernel code, and the verdict from the Eastern District of Texas could also result in...
The two founders of Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (MRVL) are suing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), alleging that Goldman unfairly coaxed the company into selling off shares by saying that the sale was necessary to meet a margin loan.
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The Star | April 23, 2011 | Leong Hung Yee
KUALA LUMPUR: Celcom Axiata Bhd expects high subsidy on smartphones will put a dent on its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) margin.
“It (subsidy) will put a pressure on our ebitda margin but we...
Telefonica | April 18, 2011 | Press Release (Translated)
Telefónica today announced the signing of an agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment that will add Fox's movie catalogue into Movistar's videoclub Imagenio. Customers of Telefónica TV services each month may now view such films...
Motorola Mobility Inc.’s (MMI) iDEN technology either received a new lease on life or an expiration date today as the company announced an extension to its supplier agreement to supply iDEN handset to NII Holdings Inc. (NIHD) through 2014. NII, which was formerly the...
Nokia Corp. and Microsoft Corp. have signed a “definitive agreement” to partner and build devices running Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system, after first announcing the move on Feb. 11, just before Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.In a YouTube video commenting on the signing...
SK Telecom | April 19, 2011 | Press Release
Plans to secure a rich 4G LTE handset lineup – smartphones, tablet PCs, data modem, etc. – within the second half of 2011
Opens an era of high-definition/3D video content via wireless networks
Dramatically reduces time required to...
Apple Inc. (AAPL) just recorded another standout quarter for earnings and growth, selling a record 18.65 million iPhones and 4.69 million iPads. iOS devices continue to drive the company's success with 189 million cumulative iOS devices sold at the end of the its recently...
