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Ericsson Money Services launches cross border international remittance service in Europe and Philippines

Ericsson | July 14, 2011 | Press Release Today, Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) Money Services launches its first global ‘corridor’ for cross-border international remittance in partnership with Globe Telecom and Smart Communications Inc (Smart) enabling mobile phone users in the Philippines to send and receive money to...

Spotify music service launches in the U.S.

After two long years of negotiations with record companies, Spotify, a Swedish streaming music service, is finally launching today in the U.S. after hammering out deals with the big four labels of Universal, Sony, EMI and Warner Music to stream around 15 million tracks. As...

Europe’s social-media hotspots: Where networking works

The Economist | July 6, 2011 Which Europeans are the most enthusiastic, and the most fearful, social networkers Read the full article here via The Economist

Huawei and Telenor Jointly Launch the Northernmost LTE site in the World

Huawei | June 27, 2011 | Press Release : Huawei, a leading telecom solutions provider, today announced that it has teamed up with Telenor Norway, the incumbent telecommunications company in Norway, to jointly launch the world’s northernmost LTE site. The site is...

Austin tablet maker Xplore reports $6.3M net loss

Austin-based tablet manufacturer Xplore Technologies Corp. (XLRT) today announced a net loss of $6.3M for the year ending on March 31, deepening a hole that was at $5.5M from the same quarter last year. Revenues at the company listed at $17.7M for the...

Nokia To Debut Windows Phone In Europe

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. .... Read full article here via InformationWeek

LEADING RUSSIAN TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATOR MTS BUILDS MOBILE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TOGETHER WITH ALCATEL-LUCENT

Alcatel-Lucent | June 9, 2011  | Press Release Moscow, June 9, 2011 -OJSC Mobile TeleSystems (“MTS” – NYSE: MBT), the leading telecommunications operator in Russia and the CIS, and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the modernization of MTS transport infrastructure by deploying...

Europe decides dark ages were safer for children – plans to ban school Wi-Fi

Europe would like to return to the dark ages by proposing a ban on mobile technology in areas frequented by children, as well as “the creation of wave-free areas not covered by the wireless network.”

Telefónica Europe Company Name Change

Telefonica | April 28, 2011 | Press Release London – Thursday, 28 April 2011 The operating businesses of Telefónica Europe have undergone a name change in line with the company’s global strategy of ‘One Team One Telef ónica’. The company’s European operating businesses will now be named Telefónica...

Fujitsu selects Telefónica as its strategic partner for mobile services in Europe

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...

LG patent suit freezes PS3 imports in Europe

News reaches us this afternoon of a small legal storm brewing in Europe between Japanese electronics giant Sony and even-more-giant Korean rival LG, centred around Sony's apparent use of patented Blu-Ray playback technology inside the Playstation 3.

RCR News Desk @ MWC: Illegal Cell-phone Detection

RCR News Desk at Mobile World Congress: Berkeley Varitronics Systems CEO Scott Schober Berkeley introduces the new Wolfhound-PRO with DECT 6.0 detection features at Mobile World Congress 2011. 14 February 2011 - RCR Wireless speaks with Berkeley Varitronics' CEO Scott Schober on the growing problem illegal...

EU sees massive aid to Huawei, ZTE

Wall Street Journal | Februry 2, 2011 | Matthew Dalton BRUSSELS—The European Commission believes Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp., China's largest telecommunications equipment makers, likely benefit from significant Chinese government support, including "massive" credit lines from Chinese state-owned banks, according to a confidential commission...

Telecom rivalry sparks China-Europe row

Market Watch | January 13, 2011 | Zhang Hong Europeans pressure two Chinese firms despite earlier settlement LONDON (Caixin Online) — A Belgian company’s recent settlement with China’s largest telecom-equipment suppliers seemed initially to break the back of a trade dispute in the European Union targeting...

MCTEL expands in Latin America with opening of Mexico and Argentina offices

MCTEL | January 2011 | Press Release MCTEL, a leading supplier in mobile device management, messaging and roaming solutions today announced the opening of two new offices in Mexico and Argentina. This decision enhances MCTEL strategy to address the dynamic demand coming from the Latin...

Apple woes continue as some sleep in Asia, Europe

Reuters |January 3, 2010 | Kelvin Soh and Tarmo Virki HONG KONG/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Some iPhone users in Asia and Europe complained of malfunctioning alarms on the first working day of 2011, even after Apple reassured users that its phones' built-in clocks will work from...