India Blooms | June 20, 2011
Mumbai, June 20 (IBNS) MAXX Mobiles, one of India’s largest homegrown mobile phone companies, on Monday launched a new slider QWERTY keypad phone – MAXX Vista (MS502), in three color themes of pink, orange and blue.
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Wall Street Journal | June 20, 2011 | Tess Stynes
Spansion Inc. (CODE) will receive $150 million over five years as part of a settlement of its long-running patent litigation and disputes with Samsung Electronics Co. (005930.SE, SSNHY).
Spansion shares were up 4.2% at $18.68 in...
Information Week | June 20, 2011 | Ed Hansberry
Nokia's European VP Victor Saeijs said that the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands will be the first to see Nokia phones running Microsoft's Windows Phone platform.
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NEW YORK — Live from the Mobile Marketing Forum, RCR Wireless News presents a wrap of the week's news and highlights some key trends coming out of the event. Please check out the video for a full recap of the event and the week's...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Reuters | June 17, 2011 | Hyunjoo Jin and Jungyoun Park
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics and other Asian technology stocks tumbled on Friday on fears the sputtering global economy will crimp demand for computers and TVs and hurt earnings at chip and panel makers for...
ZD Net | June 17, 2011 | Rachel King
Google already promised at the launch of Google Wallet that NFCtechnology would be coming to more Android handhelds beyond theNexus S. Sony Ericsson is helping out.
Answering the call for near field communications chips is NXP, which will provide “complete embedded, secure...
The Hindu | June 12, 2011
After mobile phones, the competition is hotting up for “tablets” in India with BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion (RIM) all set to launch its PlayBook in the country later this month, to face the likes of Apple’s iPad and Samsung’s...
The Hindu | June 2011 | AARTI DHAR & SANDEEP JOSHI
A day after the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned of the possibility of mobile phone handsets causing cancer, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Thursday that there was “no reason to panic” as...
The Hindu | June 14, 2011
South Korean mobile handset maker Samsung is betting big on smartphones and expects the segment to contribute 15 per cent to the sales volume by the year—end.
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Hindustan Times | June 12, 2011
The advent of high speed wireless services, namely 3G and BWA, will take the total of size of the Indian telecom services and mobile handset market to $82 billion or Rs 3,77,685 crore, approximately by 2014, said market research...
Hindustan Times | June 12, 2011
The advent of high speed wireless services, namely 3G and BWA, will take the total of size of the Indian telecom services and mobile handset market to $82 billion or Rs 3,77,685 crore, approximately by 2014, said market research...
Bloomberg | June 15, 2011 | Adam Satariano
Ron Johnson’s departure from Apple Inc. (AAPL) leaves the company searching for a top retail executive as it focuses on expanding internationally to fuel growth and hold on to its edge in consumer electronics.
Johnson leaves as the company embarks...
EE Times | June 17, 2011 | Peter Clarke
LONDON – A court in Shenzhen, China, has sentenced three people to jail for stealing design details of Apple's iPad2 tablet computer from the contract manufacturer Foxconn, according to reports.
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GUANGZHOU, China — Dr. Hideo Okinaka, VP of emerging technologies and industry standards at KDDI Corp., was recognized for his industry leadership with an award from the CDMA Development Group.The organization honored individuals and companies as part of its 2011 CDG Industry Achievement Awards...
The Register | June 17, 2011 | Bill Ray
The UK High Court ruling on Nokia's infringement of patents held by IPCom has both sides declaring victory, which is jolly friendly but not entirely accurate.
The latest chapter in the ongoing dispute, which goes back to 2007,...
Bloomberg | June 13, 2011 | Tim Culpan
AU Optronics Corp. (2409) expects prices of display panels used in computers to climb further this month, driven by demand for commercial laptops, Michael Tsai, general manager of IT products said today.
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DigiTimes | June 17, 2011 | Joseph Tsai
Although most Taiwan-based notebook makers and related component makers are establishing new production lines in inland (Western) China to resolve their employee shortage issues, while cutting costs, sources from smaller component makers pointed out that they are still...
Reuters | June 16, 2011 | Alexei Anishchuk and Maria Kiselyova
MOSCOW, June 16 (Reuters) - Russian holding company Sistema's (SSAq.L) high-tech unit and Chinese telecoms equipment producer ZTE will set up a joint venture to make innovative products, Sistema said on Thursday.
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Reuters | June 16, 2011 | Alexei Anishchuk and Maria Kiselyova
MOSCOW, June 16 (Reuters) - Russian holding company Sistema's (SSAq.L) high-tech unit and Chinese telecoms equipment producer ZTE will set up a joint venture to make innovative products, Sistema said on Thursday.
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NEW YORK — Mobile devices are projected to drive more online traffic than desktops and laptops within the next 18 months, according to current projections.With that in mind, several industry executives here at the Mobile Marketing Forum weighed in on the growing importance of...
DEARBORN, Mich. — Here at Ford Motor Co.'s (F) headquarters, Doug VanDagens is preparing to rapidly expand the size of his connected services team over the next three to four years. The global director of the connected services group at Ford recently got the...
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