Indy Star | March 16, 2011
Indianapolis-based wireless device provider Brightpoint announced today its wholly-owned Miami-based subsidiary, Brightpoint Latin America Inc., will invest $15 million and contribute certain existing Latin America operations in exchange for an approximate 23 percent interest in Miami-based competitor Intcomex.
The deal...
Bloomberg | March 16, 2011 | Adam Satariano
Apple Inc. (AAPL), the world’s most valuable technology company, fell the most since June on the Nasdaq after an analyst downgraded the stock, citing risks related to manufacturing partner Foxconn Technology Corp.
Alex Gauna, an analyst at JMP...
Nokia | March 16, 2011 | Press release
Cross industry initiative: Leading automotive mobile communications and consumer electronics companies join a new consortium for in-vehicle connectivity solutions in standards such as Terminal Mode, NFC and more.
Espoo, Finland - The Car Connectivity Consortium was launched today...
Wireless consumers that are really addicted to their devices are also really happy with those devices, according to the latest customer satisfaction studies conducted by J.D. Power and Associates. The studies, one focused on smart phones and one on traditional mobile phones, found that...
YellowPepper | March 16, 2011 | Press Release
March 16th, 2011 – MIAMI, FLORIDA – Leaders of the global and regional mobile money transfer industry will be convening in Sao Paulo, Brazil for a high level conference on developing this social and economic game-changing opportunity....
YellowPepper | March 16, 2011 | Press Release
March 16th, 2011 – MIAMI, FLORIDA – Leaders of the global and regional mobile money transfer industry will be convening in Sao Paulo, Brazil for a high level conference on developing this social and economic game-changing opportunity....
Korea Times | March 14, 2011 | Kim Yoo-chul
iPhone maker meddles in such details as disclosing preorders
By Kim Yoo-chul
SK Telecom is regarded as being at the top of the value chain in the wireless telephony industry.
The Korean carrier has bossed around handset makers such...
BBC News | March 16, 2011
Apple has postponed the launch of the iPad 2 tablet in Japan, as the country struggles to recover from the recent earthquake and tsunami.
Originally planned for 25 March, the company said its launch had been delayed indefinitely.
Many technology firms...
Tablets aiming to compete with Apple Inc.'s iPad are "too expensive" and "poised to fail" in 2011, according to a new report from Forrester Research Inc.Interestingly, the firm points to Amazon.com Inc. as one standout company that could create a "compelling" tablet paired with...
Reuters | March 14, 2011 | Noel Randewich
(Reuters) - Automakers, shipbuilders and technology companies worldwide scrambled to replace supplies after the disaster in Japan shut down production plants there and disrupted the global manufacturing supply chain.
Technology companies were especially affected since Japan accounts for...
NTT Docomo | March 11, 2011 | Press Release
-Also will provide SIM cards and micro SIM cards -
Tokyo, Mar 11, 2011 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that customers may request to have the SIM lock capability removed...
Sydney Morning Herald | March 10, 2011
Sales of smartphones such as Apple's iPhone4 are set to top 100 million units for the first time this year in the Asia Pacific market -- excluding Japan, an industry analyst said Thursday.
Smartphone sales are projected to hit...
Tech Digest | March 10, 2011 | ShinyJess
Together Intel the chipmaker and Lenovo the PC maker will deploy 158,000 laptops to students in Argentina. What started out as a reference design for affordable laptops for the developing world from Intel, will now be given a proper launch with Lenovo...
Telefonica | March 10, 2011 | Press Release
Fujitsu and Telefónica sign a Master Service Agreement for the provision and management of mobile services (voice and data) across 15 countries in Europe.
30,000 connections managed through Telefónica’s Central Services worth more than €30m over the contract period (4 years...
Forbes | March 10, 2011 | Eric Savitz
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) is considering selling its PC business, with Samsung the most likely buyer,DigiTimes reports, citing a report in the Chinese-language Commercial Times. However, the story added that sources in the component industry say rumors about such a deal...
AUSTIN, Texas-Downtown Austin is likely to blossom fruit this week in the form of Apple Inc. Several local news agencies are reporting that Apple will open a temporary store in the Scarborough building offices at 522 N. Congress Avenue in downtown Austin, near the...
Taipei Times | March 8, 2011 | Jason Tan
HTC Corp (宏達電), the world’s No. 5 smartphone brand, yesterday posted unaudited consolidated revenue of NT$32.1 billion (US$1.1 billion) for last month on the back of strong phone sales.
The figure was up 212.3 percent from February...
Korea Herald | March 4, 2011 | Shin Hyon-hee
SK Telecom will begin selling Apple Inc.’s iPhone on March 16, it announced Sunday, ending the exclusive distribution here by its rival KT Corp.
The country’s largest mobile carrier said it will take pre-orders starting Wednesday at its...
Bloomberg | March 4, 2011 | Young-Sam Cho
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs is interested in developing a version of the iPhone for China Mobile Communications Corp.’s TD-LTE network, the Asian carrier’s chairman said.
“Jobs has expressed his interest in an LTE iPhone and is...
There is a growing response to security lapses on mobile. Last week, Google Inc. discovered more than 20 malicious applications that were uploaded to Android Market. For it's part, Google says the applications were removed "within minutes of becoming aware."Rich Cannings, head of security...
Korea Times | March 3, 2011 | Kim Yoo-chul
KT and Samsung Electronics are finding themselves closer, ending more than a year of animosity over KT's decision to introduce Apple's 3G-based iPhone, here.
Sources say the gradual recovery in corporate partnership with the consumer electronics giant...
Nokia | March 2, 2011 | Press Release
Increasing capacity to connect the next billion to the Internet
Espoo, Finland - Nokia's ambition is to connect the next billion people to the Internet. As a major step towards achieving this goal, Nokia today announced plans to...
Andina | March 2, 2011
Lima, Mar. 02 (ANDINA). Peruvian telecommunications regulator Osiptel has announced it has completed the prepay mobile line registration process.
Of the 6 million mobile lines still unregistered at 1 march 2010, over 5 million have completed their registration by 28 February...
