Nextel Mexico has signed an agreement with China Development Bank (CDB) to receive a US$ 375 million loan in order to acquire 3G network infrastructure from Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., a global provider of next-generation telecommunications network solutions. The announcement was made July 27...
Peruvian president-elect Ollanta Humala plans to name Carlos Paredes Rodriguez as new Minister of Transportation and Communications (MTC). Paredes Rodriguez has been an advocate for decentralization, which will boost investment in infrastructure (roads, ports and airports) nationwide in order to promote growth.Paredes Rodr
There is nothing we like more here in the Valley than a cat fight, and with two tech tigers currently at each other’s throats over who can best serve up your email, this is one bloodbath you don’t want to miss.
Orange and Google announced a strategic partnership that will leverage Orange's SMS platform to bring Google's services to African customers. This agreement will facilitate access to the growing mobile internet market in Africa. Through the development of SMS-based services that operate on all mobile...
Google’s Android operating system now makes up a whopping 39 percent of the U.S. smartphone market according to a new report from market research outfit Nielson.Google, claims the report, has seen its mobile operating system take an extra three percent market share since Nielson’s...
Google has long existed under the mantra “Don’t be evil” but it’s latest ad campaign targeting Microsoft’s Hotmail is just that – evil.Well, perhaps not evil, but it’s certainly a little mean, calling its rival an “embarrassingly out of date address” and comparing it...
Texan patent troll Lodsys has slammed Apple with an opposition to the Cupertino company’s motion to intervene in a massive patent infringement lawsuit, threatening Angry Birds maker Rovio, Atari, EA, Take-Two Interactive and other game app developers.In a 22 page document, Lodsys argued that...
Samsung seems to be getting ahead of itself in the smartphone race, with talk of the Samsung Galaxy S 3 before the Galaxy S 2 has even been officially released in the US.Of course, the fact the US market lags behind the rest of...
Crown Castle International Corp. (CCI) said it could see incremental revenue from LightSquared as part of its multi-year Network Vision plan signed with Sprint Nextel Corp. The deal establishes uniform rates for deploying sites rather than negotiating tower contracts on a site-by-site basis, and...
Motorola Solutions Inc. (MSI) reported a 6% jump in sales from the year-ago period, reaching $2.05 million in revenue. The company ended the recently closed second quarter with $170 million in net profit, also up 6% from a year ago.Comprising almost 64% of its...
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) shares dropped 9% after the infrastructure vendor released positive second-quarter earnings results that failed to meet expectations. CEO Ben Verwaayen reiterated that the company expects a strong second half of the year. Nevertheless, the stock was down nearly 19% at press...
After months of rumors, LightSquared’s plans to speed up its proposed network deployment seem to have found some solid ground as the company has announced a 15-year, “spectrum hosting and network sharing” agreement with Sprint Nextel Corp. (S)The deal calls for Sprint Nextel to...
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) continued its operating turn around during the second quarter, but those improvements appeared to have come at a cost.The carrier managed to add nearly 1.1 million new customers to its network during the quarter, which was about 1 million more...
Contract customers are more satisfied with their customer care than no-contract or prepaid customers, according to a new study from J.D. Power and Associates. Among contract customers, Verizon Wireless (VZ) scored best, while Boost Mobile, a division of Sprint Nextel Corp. (S), fared...
Crown Castle International Corp. (CCI) increased its 2011 outlook after reporting better-than-expected second-quarter earnings. The company increased its outlook for site rental revenue by $20 million, site rental gross margin by $17 million, adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) by...
Online film-rental service Netflix and Mexican broadcaster Grupo Televisa have agreed to a partnership where Netflix will distribute Televisa soap operas and other programs. The TV broadcaster will provide about 3,000 hours of shows a year. In a statement, Televisa said this was an...
The Brazilian mobile market counted 217.3 million cellphones by the first half of the year, according to Telecommunications Nacional Agency (Anatel), which just released numbers that show a teledensiy of 111.6%. In June alone, 2.3 million mobile access lines were enabled. Seventeen of 27...
Smartphone sales may be set to top 420 million units in 2011, but some handset makers are poised to do far better than others when it comes to high-end devices IMS Research has revealed.
Google has begun experimenting with a more tablet hugging search page, according to reports.The search engine giant apparently realizes that when it comes to serving up content on a slew of different devices, one size definitely does not fit all, and is therefore redesigning...
As a mobile news site which thrives on rumor and gossip, we love it when the industry springs a leak and spews out information not quite ready to be released, and today was just such a day.Thanks to what can only be assumed to...
Japanese carrier KDDI has teamed up with Microsoft and Toshiba-Fujitsu today to unveil the world's first Windows Phone 7.5 – Mango – device, the IS12T.The phone, which comes in shocking magenta, citrus or black, boasts an array of impressive specs and features, including a...
Stratos BV, provider of mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, announced it has purchased most of the operational assets of Blue Ocean Wireless Ltd. As part of the acquisition, Stratos assumes responsibility for providing services to most of BOW’s customers, including many large commercial...
