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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Reuters | June 17, 2011 | Clare Jim
TAIPEI, June 17 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks erased gains by midday on Friday and were back on a downward track after posting a two-month closing low in the previous session, as concerns over the global economy continued...
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...
Business Standard | June 17, 2011
Huawei Technologies, a telecom equipment maker from China, is planning to start operations at its manufacturing facility in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai in the next two years to cater to the domestic needs of the telecommunications market. The plant is...
Business Times | June 16, 2011
Axiata Group Bhd has launched an enhanced roaming proposition which will significantly slash roaming rates by up to 90 per cent for all SMS, local calls and calls back home.
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ABS-CBN | June 17, 2011 | Lenie Lectura
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) and Globe Telecom Inc. kept mum on a new directive from Malacañang that authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate cases involving violations of competition laws.
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Bangkok Post | June 17, 2011 | Komsan Tortermvasana
True Move has defended its decision to file a criminal complaint alleging that rival DTAC has breached foreign ownership laws, saying it had lost patience with the Norwegian group's "fake corporate governance".
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New Zealand Herald | June 17, 2011 | Hamish Fletcher
Foreign firms will be allowed to buy up Telecom's retail business when the company breaks up this year.
Under its Kiwi Share obligations, no foreign company can own
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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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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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NVIDIA’s Icera acquisition was not about integration was not about integrating baseband onto the processor chipbut about doubling the firm’s opportunity market wise, according to Mike Rayfield, the firm’s general manager of mobile.
Speaking to RCR at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, Rayfield said the purchase...
While Taiwan is clearly an important country to chip and device makers, US carriers look to the island for innovation too, with AT&T scouting the computex show in Taipei earlier this month for new phones to add to its network.
“At AT&T we’re looking for...
UndercoverTourist.com, an Austin-based provider of online discounts for travel to Orlando, Fla.-based destinations such as Disney World, Universal Studios Orlando, SeaWorld, Richard Petty Driving Experience, and Medieval Times said that it has launched a new BlackBerry app.
The rollout of the app, which is already...
Macheen Inc., an Austin-based mobile broadband service provider for retailers and device makers, announced that the company raised $10 million to put into product innovation, sales and marketing. Founded in 2009, Macheen has now raised a total $12.75 million to support expansion of the...
Amidst months of rumors, Facebook Inc. decided to hire former Oracle Corp. (ORCL) chief spokesman Joe Lockhart as VP of global communications.
Lockhart is also well known in political circles after serving as Bill Clinton’s former secretary and most recently worked as founding partner and...
