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SECOND QUARTER 2011 FINANCIAL RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT AND CONFERENCE CALL

Mobile TeleSystems | August 29, 2011 | Press Release The management of Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) will be holding a conference call to discuss the Company’s Second Quarter 2011 Financial and Operating Results on September 06, 2011. Please note that the conference call will start at: 18:00 hrs...

Personalised care: the centrepiece of Orange France’s new Origami subscriptions

France Telecom - Orange | August 25, 2011 | Press Release everyday care and advice for Origami customers A personalised report every six months helps customers make the most of their Origami call plans A new school, a new job, a new city… Change something in your...

Orange Business Services to increase network capacity across Latin America by tenfold

France Telecom - Orange | August 29, 2011 | Press Release Orange Business Services will increase the capacity of its Latin American network by ten times due to growing demand from its multinational enterprise customers. Implementation will begin in October 2011, covering Brazil and Chile,...

International consulting part of the Group’s growth strategy: Francis Deprez appointed new CEO of Detecon

Deutsche Telekom | August 25, 2011 | Press Release Francis Deprez (46) is to take over as Chief Executive Officer of the international consulting company Detecon effective September 1, 2011. To date, he has been Head of Group Strategy at Deutsche Telekom. As a former...

International consulting part of the Group's growth strategy: Francis Deprez appointed new CEO of Detecon

Deutsche Telekom | August 25, 2011 | Press Release Francis Deprez (46) is to take over as Chief Executive Officer of the international consulting company Detecon effective September 1, 2011. To date, he has been Head of Group Strategy at Deutsche Telekom. As a former...

Deutsche Telekom: U.S. staffing not linked to AT&T deal

Reuters | August 27, 2011 | Peter Maushagen Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE) said it had not been cutting jobs at its U.S. arm T-Mobile USA in anticipation of the unit's sale to AT&T (T.N), as reported by a German online magazine on Friday. Read the full article...

Deutsche Telekom: U.S. staffing not linked to AT&T deal

Reuters | August 27, 2011 | Peter Maushagen Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE) said it had not been cutting jobs at its U.S. arm T-Mobile USA in anticipation of the unit's sale to AT&T (T.N), as reported by a German online magazine on Friday. Read the full article...

2G scam: AG for cancellation of 72 firms' licenses

India Today | August 29, 2011 Attorney General Goolam E. Vahanvati has recommended the cancellation of licenses to 72 companies in the 2G scam. The opinion was given on August 22, 2011. ..... Read full article here via  India Today

Lowest GSM users added in 32 months

Economic Times | August 26, 2011 NEW DELHI: Mobile phone service providers on the GSM platform added only 7.6 million subscribers in July, nearly half of 14.6 million added in February this year. .... Full news via Economic Times here

Samsung launches mobile instant messaging tool

Reuters | August 28, 2011 | Miyoung Kim Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday it would launch a mobile instant messaging tool in its latest push to attract more consumers to its handsets and challenge rivals such as Apple and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. Read...

Sony Ericsson boosts 2011 Xperiaâ„¢ family with new experiences and new software

Sony Ericsson | August 25, 2011 | Press Release 25 August 2011, London, UK – Sony Ericsson today announced new functionality and features to its 2011 Xperia™ smartphone range with a comprehensive software upgrade from October 2011. Consumers with 2011 Xperia™ smartphones will benefit from...

Bazaarvoice, Inc. Files Registration Statement For Proposed Initial Public Offering

Bazaarvoice | August 26, 2011 | Press Release Bazaarvoice, Inc. announced today that it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of shares of its common stock. The shares will be offered by...

China Unicom 1H11 net profit slips 5.5% on year

DigiTimes | August 25, 2011 | Chloe Yu, Adam Hwang China Unicom on August 24 released its financial report for the first half of 2011, with net profits of CNY2.637 billion (US$403 million) 5.5% on year. Read the full article here via DigiTimes  

HTC to unveil 2 Mango phones in September

DigiTimes | August 25, 2011 | Erica Yen, Steve Shen HTC is expected to unveil its first batch of Mango phones on September 1, including the 3.7-inch HTC Eternity and 4.5-inch HTC Omega. Read the full article here via DigiTimes

Taiwan market: Smartphone penetration rate reaches 26%, says paper

DigiTimes | August 26, 2011 | Steve Chen The penetration rate of smartphones in the Taiwan handset market has reached 26%, with 83% of local smartphone users being first-time owners of smartphones, according a Chinese-language Commercial Times reports, citing data released by Google. Read the full...

Taiwan market: Demand for Apple products remains strong, say retailers

DigiTimes | August 26, 2011 | Ocean Chen, Joseph Tsai Taiwan-based retail chain Tsann Kuen, a distributor of Apple products, has commented on the resignation of CEO Steve Jobs, saying that market demand for Apple's products in Taiwan remains strong and it believes that when...

Nokia, Samsung join Apple in cheap smartphones push

Reuters | August 24, 2011 | Miyoung Kim, Tarmo Virki The world's two largest cellphone vendors, Nokia and Samsung Electronics, unveiled new cheaper smartphone models on Wednesday hoping to defend their stronghold from Apple. Read the full article here via Reuters

SK Telecom says no plan to bid for Hulu

Reuters | August 24, 2011 | Hyunjoo Jin South Korea's top mobile carrier, SK Telecom, said on Thursday that it had no plans to bid for U.S. online video site Hulu. Read the full article here via Reuters

Nokia unveils two cheap phones for emerging markets

Reuters | August 25, 2011 | Duncan Miriri Ailing Nokia Oyj unveiled two cheap cellphone models inspired by consumer needs in Africa, aiming to strengthen its position against low-cost Asian rivals. Read the full article here via Reuters

Analysis: LG on mute as mobile phone losses mount

Reuters | August 26, 2011 | Miyoung Kim, Anshuman Daga South Korea's LG Electronics hasn't been so smart with its smartphone business. Its mobile phone division has suffered five consecutive quarterly losses, cutthroat competition is pressuring it to overhaul the business and its shares have...

Verizon and Intuit offer mobile credit card payment system to small businesses

Verizon Wireless has teamed up with Intuit Inc.  to provide a mobile credit card payment system to small businesses using an app and pocket-sized credit card reader. The card reader can be plugged into either a mobile phone of tablet via the audio jack, allowing credit and...

Microsoft Formalizes Cross-Platform Collaboration With CS2C in China

Microsoft | August 22, 2011 | Press Release REDMOND, Wash., and BEIJING — Aug. 22, 2011 — In a joint event in Beijing today, Microsoft Corp. and China’s leading domestic Linux operating system provider, China Standard Software Co. Ltd. (CS2C), signed an agreement to jointly...

Who will buy HP's WebOS? A look at the main contenders

Human beings love a good wager. We’ll put money on just about anything that looks like it has half a chance of pulling through. Ever the optimists, we lovingly put our hard earned cash on the horses, the dogs, the football, and even teen...

Let the countdown begin

NOW Lebanon | August 23, 2011 | Matt Nash Internet in Lebanon should be faster and cheaper by the end of September. Read the full article here via NOW