Reuters | July 20, 2011 | Miyoung Kim
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co launched a thinner and lighter version of its Galaxy tablet in its lucrative home market, trying to chip into blockbuster sales of Apple Inc's iPad.
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Automotive Navigation Data | July 20, 2011 | Press Release
Rotterdam, 20 July 2011 - Digital Map provider AND Automotive Navigation Data teams up with AvMap, world leader in Satellite Navigation Systems. AvMap will bring turn-by-turn navigation for the iPhone and iPad with Western European...
BBC News | July 20, 2011
Rural broadband bills could fall after telecoms regulator Ofcom moved to cut the wholesale price that BT charges other internet providers.
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TeliaSonera | July 20, 2011 | Press Release
A united TeliaSonera shows stronger profitability
Second quarter
Net sales in local currencies and excluding acquisitions increased 3.0 percent. In reported currency, net sales decreased 4.3 percent to SEK 25,894 million (27,065).
The addressable cost base in local currencies and...
Ericsson | July 20, 2011
Deploying mobile broadband in 1800MHz spectrum is part of the solution to the rapid growth of mobile broadband, which is forcing operators to add both coverage and capacity, applying a holistic spectrum strategy that covers voice-centric and mobile broadband network...
Telefonica | July 20, 2011 | Press Release
Madrid, 20 July 2011.- This morning Luis Abril, Telefonica’s General Technical Secretary of the Chairman's Office, welcomed the world-famous Chinese pianist Lang Lang, the Company's new global brand ambassador, at Telefonica’s District C headquarters in Madrid.
The 29-year-old...
Telefonica | July 20, 2011 | Press Release
Madrid, 20 July 2011.- This morning Luis Abril, Telefonica’s General Technical Secretary of the Chairman's Office, welcomed the world-famous Chinese pianist Lang Lang, the Company's new global brand ambassador, at Telefonica’s District C headquarters in Madrid.
The 29-year-old...
Alcatel-Lucent | July 20, 2011 | Press Release
Paris, July 20, 2011 - Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the following management changes being made with immediate effect.
As part of the company’s continuing focus on applications and services, a new business group -...
Reuters | July 20, 2011 | Nicola Leske
Norway's Telenor and Britain's Vodafone are expected to outshine their European telecom peers as the sector struggles with weak economies and forced price cuts.
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The Hindu | July 20, 2011
NEW DELHI, INDIA: The Department of Telecom (DoT) Wednesday said it is working on auctioning the broadband spectrum following the Finance Ministry's directive to speed up the process, but it did not specify any time frame for the auction.
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Alcatel-Lucent | July 20, 2011 | Press Release
Paris, July 20, 2011 - Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that it is exploring strategic options to enhance the future opportunities of its Enterprise business. All options are being explored including discussions with third...
Though this month’s job figures for tech employees in Silicon Valley remained fairly constant, a new report claims the area is in for a whopping 15% employment surge over the next couple of years, though mainly for high skilled jobs.
Workforce development organization, NOVA, based...
Mobile has become the absolute fabric of Apple Inc. (AAPL). The business has changed so dramatically thanks to the iPhone (and increasingly the iPad) that it barely resembles itself from even four years ago.
During the just closed quarter, Apple sold 20.34 million iPhones and...
Hilmi Quraishi | Video via Vimeo
Ashoka-Lemelson Fellow Hilmi Quraishi and Microsoft partner to exchange knowledge, scale Hilmi's mobile inventions, and demonstrate the power of collaboration between the private and citizen sectors
HP has given full exclusivity of its TouchPad tablet 4G to AT&T just in time for the back to school shopping spree, the company has revealed.
The tab, which runs on a 1.5-GHz processor, boasts 32 GB of internal storage, integrated GPS and runs on...
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - The largest fire in New Mexico history still has some life left in it. The Las Conchas fire may be around 70% contained but continues to burn in the northern and western parts of the state. The fire is dwindling,...
In a recent draft proposal, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it will regulate apps that combine with medical devices that are already regulated by the agency, such as heart monitors that transmit data to a smartphone.
The FDA is taking these first steps...
The Hindu | JULY 18, 2011
State-run BSNL along with Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) provider Sai Infosystem has launched voice and video telephony over Internet Protocol to its customers.
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Migrant workers throughout Asia, who own cell phones but not necessarily bank accounts, are the main driver for mobile money in Asia according to Sybase’s director of business development Tarik Husain.
Villagers who travel from villages and farming areas into the big cities to work...
The Korea Herald | July 18, 2011 | Cho Ji-hyun
SK Telecom, the country’s top mobile carrier, has introduced an education platform for tablet PCs called “T Smart Learning,” to be rolled out next month.
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Mobile video is the future of mobile value added services (VAS) according to Eamonn Kearns, VP of sales at Canadian communications firm Dialogic.
“Video is the new voice,” said Kearns speaking to RCR Wireless News in Singapore recently.
The deployment of 3G on a global scale...
iTnews | July 19, 2011 | James Hutchinson
The NSW Government's new integrated transport authority has been handed formal responsibility for approving a wider rollout of free WiFi on the state's buses, trains and ferries.
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iTnews | July 19, 2011
The City of Melbourne is deploying a pay-by-phone trial for on-street metered parking spaces.
By October, drivers in the inner-city suburb of Carlton will be able to use an iPhone application or website to pay for parking.
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France Telecom - Orange | July 19, 2011 | Press Release
Orange is inviting web-users to keep up with its news in real time on its new Orange timeline platform, which goes live today at: http://timeline.orange.com.
Orange is the first large group to aggregate all of...
