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AUSTIN, Texas-Due to irreparable damages incurred from the recent 9.0 magnitude earthquake on March 11, officials from Freescale Semiconductor confirmed the closing of its wafer fabrication plant in Sendai, Japan. …

April 7 2011 – 2:08 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) is moving forward with its TD-LTE plans having selected Ericsson (ERIC) to …

Economic Times | April 7, 2011 NEW DELHI: Tata Docomo, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices (TTSL), today appointed Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor as its brand ambassador . The company …

Business Times | April 7, 2011 SALAMFONE Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Kuwait’s Reach Telecom, today launched its mobile service here, modelled after the principles of Syariah. In a statement …

Business Times | April 8, 2011 PACKET One Networks Malaysia Sdn Bhd (P1), Malaysia’s leading fourth generation (4G) broadband provider, hopes to introduce the LTE (long-term evolution) technology in Malaysia …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO), told staff via an internal memo that has since been published, that the consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology …

The Nation | April 5, 2011 Telecom operators began charging a mobile number portability (MNP) service fee of Bt99 per number transfer yesterday, said Premon Pinsakul, chairman of Clearinghouse Co. …

Wall Street Journal | April 5, 2011 | R. Jai Krishna NEW DELHI — Vodafone International Holdings B.V., the Netherlands-based holding company of Vodafone-Essar Ltd., Tuesday said it has filed …

airtel | April 5, 2011 | Press Release • Reaches a milestone of 2 million customers on airtel 3G • Launches High Definition gaming for airtel 3G customers across India …

April 6 2011 – 12:55 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) has tapped Spirent Communications to trial high density fiber channel director switches …

Twitter has won a battle with the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to the effect that the firm will now be exempt from a 1.5 percent payroll tax for the …

AUSTIN, Texas-It’s time to shine the silverware and grab a bib. Launched in 2008, Austin Restaurant Week will run another installment April 10-13, and April 17-20, to celebrate fine dining …

AUSTIN, Texas-Computer kingpin Dell Inc. (DELL) completed a deal to open a new research and development center in Silicon Valley and plans to hire 700 people by the end of …

DALLAS, Texas-Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) (NYSE: TXN) has announced it will be buying National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) for $25 per share in an all-cash transaction of about $6.5 billion. The …

Bloomberg | April 3, 2011 | Pavel Alpeyev Softbank Corp. (9984) President Masayoshi Son, Japan’s richest man, pledged to donate 10 billion yen ($120 million) and his remaining salary until retirement …

The Nation | April 4, 2011 |  Usanee Mongkolporn Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo is interested in testing 4G wireless broadband technology in Thailand, said Prasit Prapinmongkolkarn, chairman of the …

Economic Times | April 4, 2011 NEW DELHI: With private operators seemingly going the TD-LTE way, WiMax Forum is now betting on state-run telecom operators BSNL and MTNL for growing its …