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Ofcom to use free airwaves for rural broadband

BBC News | July 7, 2011 Ofcom is considering using the airwaves freed up when FM radio goes digital to provide rural broadband. Read the full article here via BBC News

Challenges for Asia’s tech firms

BBC News | The BBC's Cindy Sui visits one very successful Taiwanese firm - HTC - and examines the challenges facing other Asian technology companies. For more information visit BBC News here

Challenges for Asia's tech firms

BBC News | The BBC's Cindy Sui visits one very successful Taiwanese firm - HTC - and examines the challenges facing other Asian technology companies. For more information visit BBC News here

HTC Sensation: Among the top droids

Times of India | July 7, 2011 Pros: Sharp and crisp display, fast performance, impeccable build quality, gorgeous and 'sensible' user interface in Sense 3.0 Cons: Barely audible speakers, not everyone will like weight & size ..... Read full article here via Times of India

Nokia abandons Japan market

Kyiv Post | July 7, 2011 TOKYO (AP) — Nokia Corp., battered by the popularity of smartphones, is abandoning the Japanese market, after a brief foray with luxury cell phones costing as much as 20 million yen ($250,000). .... Read full article here via Kyiv Post

Bloomberg SK Telecom Drops to 8-Year Low, STX Units Fall on Hynix Bid

Bloomberg Businessweek | July 11, 2011 | Saeromi Shin, Jun Yang July 11 (Bloomberg) -- SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile-phone operator, and units of shipping magnate Kang Duk Soo’s STX Group fell in Seoul trading after they disclosed plans to bid...

Foxconn revenues increase in June

DigiTimes | July 11, 2011 | Ninelu Tu, Adam Hwang Taiwan-based EMS provider Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) had non-consolidated revenues of NT$228.401 billion (US$7.9 billion) for June growing by 13.88% on month and by 15.70% on year. Read the full article here...

Asustek, Pegatron June revenues up

DigiTimes | July 11, 2011 | Monica Chen, Adam Hwang Taiwan-based vendor Asustek Computer generated non-consolidated revenues of NT$28.260 billion (US$978 million) for June, a 16-month high, while ODM Pegatron Technology's June consolidated revenues of NT$45.64 billion were a new monthly record,...

Orange to deliver content for Samsung Smart TVs

Cable.co.uk | July 11, 2011 The network operator will offer an Orange portal on Smart TVs sold across Europe. Orange has signed a Europe-wide partnership agreement with Samsung that will see the network operator deliver content for the manufacturer's Smart TVs. ..... Read full article here via Cable.co.uk

Canon Inc. and MEDIAN Technologies enter into agreement to develop IT solutions for hospitals

Canon Global | July 11, 2011 | Press Release TOKYO, July 11, 2011—Canon Inc. ("Canon"; President and COO: Tsuneji Uchida; Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan) announced today that it has entered into a partnership agreement with MEDIAN Technologies S.A. ("MEDIAN Technologies"; Chairman and CEO:...

CMI panel shipments increase

DigiTimes | July 11, 2011 | Rebecca Kuo, Adam Hwang Chimei Innolux (CMI) shipped 12.319 million large-size and 34.964 million small- to medium-size LCD panels in June, growing on month by 1.3% and by 14.2% respectively, according to the company. Read the full article...

BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet Available in Indonesia on 16 July

RIM | July 7, 2011 | Press Release Jakarta, Indonesia - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet will be available in Indonesia from 16th July 2011. The BlackBerry PlayBook will come in three Wi-Fi® models, featuring...

Nokia Siemens Networks promotes GSM for Machine to Machine applications

Nokia Siemens Networks | July 8, 2011 | Press Release Launches industry’s first M2M software suite for GSM GSM subscriptions supporting Machine to Machine (M2M) applications are expected to reach 1 billion by 2015*. This increase in the use of GSM networks to support automated communication...

MTS Amends Organizational Structure

Mobile TeleSystems | July 11, 2011 | Press Release Moscow, Russian Federation – Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS” or the “Company” – NYSE: MBT), the leading telecommunications provider in Russia and the CIS, announces changes to the organizational structure of the Company as part of its...

Orange and Samsung sign a European partnership agreement to launch an Orange portal on new Samsung Smart TVs

France Telecom - Orange | July 11, 2011 | Press Release Samsung and Orange signed July 6th 2011 a European partnership agreement to provide an Orange content and services portal for Samsung Smart TVs. The portal will be available in France in the coming weeks on...

TeliaSonera joins the M2M cooperation agreement of France Telecom-Orange and Deutsche Telekom

Telia Sonera | July 7, 2011 | Press Release TeliaSonera has signed the cooperation agreement with France Telecom-Orange and Deutsche Telekom to increase the quality of service and interoperability for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. The agreement, which initially was signed by France Telecom-Orange...

National 2011 Microsoft Partner of the Year

Deutsche Telekom | July 11, 2011 | Press Release Microsoft has honored the 2011 Partner of the Year for Germany. T Systems edged ahead of the competition with its cloud solution that enables users to manage their household energy consumption over the Internet or via...

Telenor acquires LOS Bynett and Bynett Privat

Telenor Group | July 8, 2011 | Press Release Telenor has reached an agreement with Agder Energi to acquire the fibre companies LOS Bynett AS and Bynett Privat AS. - We are very satisfied that Telenor is taking over and developing the two companies' broadband initiative...

Vodafone Announces the Winners of its Global Supplier Awards

Vodafone | July 8, 2011 | Press Release Vodafone has presented awards to four of its key suppliers following its annual Supplier Conference attended by the top 70 of its strategic suppliers. Vodafone’s Supply Chain Management team recognised the suppliers for meeting the...

Northwestern University picks Motorola Solutions for 900MHz system

Northwestern University selected Motorola Solutions (MSI) to deploy a 900 MHz ASTRO 25 Project 25 voice and integrated data communication solution. The new P25 system replaces a 14-year-old analog trunking system and will provide a standards-based IP system that enables interoperability and greater efficiency...

Freescale invests in eReader market with new i.MX50 chipset

Austin-based Freescale Semiconductor Inc. (FSL) announced a trio of new members to the company’s i.MX50 product family, placing a big bet on the thriving eReader device market while more powerful tablet computers threaten to unseat eReaders.   The family of i.MX50 chips launched in 2010 with...

Gemalto's Cinterion receives M2M awards

Cinterion, a Gemalto (GTO) company in the cellular M2M space, was recently awarded two gold value chain awards by Connected World magazine, which honors successful corporate adopters of M2M technology and solution providers. The first award for the home health category is shared with...

Zynga prioritizes mobile apps, buys Canadian firm Five Mobile

San Francisco based social gaming firm Zynga has snapped up Canadian app developer Five Mobile with plans to extend its reach beyond the confines of Facebook. Five Mobile’s team will be integrated into Zynga’s new Toronto office, which doubles as a development center. With tablets becoming...

Android 3.2 update on its way to 7-inch tablets

Motorola Xoom owners may be in for an updated Android treat, with rumors version 3.2 may be on its way to them very shortly. The Xoom, which was officially launched with version 3.0 back in March this year got its first 3.1 update just two...