AUSTIN-Everyone is faced with a moment when accused of being dishonest. For instance, have you called in sick to kick off Austin City Limits or recover from your third day of South by Southwest? In an era of increased demand for efficiency, some businesses...
Reuters | January 19, 2011 | Miyoung Kim
(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co said on Thursday it had acquired Dutch display firm Liquavista, which specializes in electronic paper technology, as the world's biggest LCD screen maker seeks to expand in the booming mobile display market.
Samsung...
HTC Corp. reported $500 million in net income for its quarter ending Dec. 31, 2010. Full year sales for 2010 jumped 150% from 2009's total and the Taiwanese mobile phone maker is projecting shipments to more than double in the first quarter of 2011.The...
Financial Post | January 19, 2011 | Jamie Sturgeon
MARKHAM, Ont. - When Huawei Technologies Co. was rebuffed once again by a U.S. company last fall -- at the behest of lawmakers -- it appeared the Chinese telecom network maker's North American ambitions might finally...
International Business News | January 20, 2011 | Carl Bagh
HTC missed the CES 2011 tablet mania but that does mean it has no tablet plans. In fact, it is due to launch not one but three tablets in the first half of 2011.
DigiTimes confirmed...
Reuters | January 19, 2011 | Tarmo Virki
(Reuters) - Nokia is expected to report its third profit fall in a row as the mobile phone company struggles to compete against high-end smartphones of Apple and Samsung, while also losing share at the cheaper end...
New York Times | January 20, 2011 | Keith Bradsher
HONG KONG — The Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources has invoked a seldom-used law to take control of 11 rare earth mining districts in southern China, the latest sign of Beijing’s efforts to manage...
Lenovo | January 18, 2011 | Press Release
BEIJING – January 18, 2011: Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) today announced it is establishing a new business group, the Mobile Internet and Digital Home Business Group (MIDH), responsible for creating mobile Internet-focused devices, including tablets and...
Wall Street Journal | January 19, 2011 | Rogerio Jelmayer
SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--Brazil mobile phone subscriptions rose to 202.94 million in 2010, up 16.66% from the previous year, according to figures released Wednesday by telecommunications regulator Anatel.
New subscriptions totaled 28.98 million in 2010, compared...
Apple Inc. (AAPL) had another outstanding quarter — this time raking in $6 billion in profit on $26.74 billion in revenues for the period ending Dec. 25, 2010. The company sold more iPhones, Macs and iPads in the three-month period than in any...
After more than 11 years Brightpoint Inc. (CELL) said it has re-entered the Polish supply chain market through its Brightpoint Poland Sp. z o.o. operations. The company said the move will allow for support of its partners in Poland. Brightpoint said it will...
Bloomberg | January 17, 2011 | Francisco Marcelino
Positivo Informatica SA, Brazil’s biggest computer maker, rose the most in nine months on speculation Lenovo Group Ltd. may acquire the company.
Positivo jumped 6.4 percent, the most since April 7, to 10.50 reais at the close of...
TeleGeography | January 14, 2011
Malaysian WiMAX provider Packet One (P1) has revealed that in a bid to enhance capacity and increase its coverage to 52% in West Malaysia it will invest a further MYR200 million (USD65.4 million) in its operations this year, Bernama reports....
HTC | January 17, 2011 | Press Release
SHANGHAI, Jan 17, 2011 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) --
HTC Corporation is continuing its investment in mobile communications service and technologies. Lately, the company announced to invest USD 5.5 million in Shanghai F-road Commercial Services Co.,...
Times of India | January 13, 2011
TOKYO: Japan's top mobile operator, NTT Docomo, is likely to boast two million smartphone contracts by the end of March, compared with a forecast of 1.3 million, an executive said in an interview.
Senior executive vice president Kiyoyuki Tsujimura...
LAS VEGAS — ZTE Corp. had a banner year in 2010 and it wants to build on that momentum even further in 2011. The company experience a 30% growth rate in handset sales from 2009 to 2010 and a nearly 50% jump in terminal...
Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. (TU) and equipment vendor Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said they have partnered to create and maintain a joint innovation center in Canada. The companies said the center will provide a platform for work on enhancing broadband solutions, wireless and...
Mind Map will promote collaboration, investment
AUSTIN, Texas--The new year is an exciting one in Austin, as the phenomenal growth in mobile broadband is picking up the local economy as groups involved in the industry look to expand.
In an effort to spread the cheer, Steve...
There were tablets aplenty at this year's CES 2011, but Cisco was making sure it made its presence felt with its Android powered Cius, which it believes stands uniquely apart from all other tablets.“It's a purpose-built, mobile collaboration tablet, designed specifically for business,” Tom...
LAS VEGAS — ZTE Corp. had a banner year in 2010 and it wants to build on that momentum even further in 2011.
The company experience a 30% growth rate in handset sales from 2009 to 2010 and a nearly 50% jump in terminal products...
AFP | January 12, 2011
NUSA DUA, Indonesia — The Canadian maker of the popular BlackBerry smartphone hit back Thursday at Indonesian officials' claims it does not pay taxes or contribute to the Southeast Asian country's booming economy.
Research in Motion (RIM) Southeast Asia managing director...
Wall Street Journal | January 12, 2011 | Matthew Dalton
BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--A small German technology firm has asked the European Commission to continue its probe of unfair subsidies allegedly given by the Chinese government to help its wireless modem manufacturers, mainly Huawei Technologies Corp....
NEW YORK – After Verizon Wireless announced plans to launch Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4, RCR Wireless News caught up with Avi Greengart, research director of consumer devices at Current Analysis, to get his take on things. We asked Greengart if he expected more from...
