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Vodafone looks at acquisitions. Vodafone is flush with cash from selling its Verizon stake and on the prowl with $30-$40 billion to spend, while Telefonica paid a hefty fine. Read More
Auction 96: Could the end be near?. Despite an attempted shot of adrenalin,...
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Google to sell Motorola handset business to Lenovo
The deal is expected to make Lenovo the world's third largest smartphone maker, and leaves Google with the part of Motorola it wanted most. ... Read More
Ericsson CEO commits to stay, shares rise despite earnings...
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Ericsson, Samsung settle lawsuits
Ericsson tells RCR that it hopes its agreement with Samsung will set a precedent for the industry. ... Read More
Auction 96: $400 million and growing
Through three days and nine rounds, 111 licenses had picked up bids totaling $401.3 million,...
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Day 1 of H-Block auction generates $221M in bids
Of the 176 licenses up for auction, 78 had received a potential winning bid, while 98 had ... Read More
Motorola Solutions posts solid quarter, stock falls on guidance
Motorola Solutions said that it secured multimillion-dollar...
A federal appeals court has sided with Verizon Communications in the company's net neutrality fight, saying that Internet service providers are not subject to rules that require them to deliver all content at the same speeds. The decision is not final as the FCC...
New York state attorney general Eric Schneidermann is reportedly asking carriers for information about the anti-theft software that Samsung wants to pre-load on mobile phones. Schneidermann wants to know why AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile US are not allowing Samsung to pre-load the...
AT&T is thanking its Aio customers for their patience this morning after a service outage kept many users from sending and receiving calls and messages last night. AT&T says service is now fully restored.
Aio is an AT&T prepaid brand that offers unlimited talk,...
Apple may finally be caving in to pressure from competing smartphones with larger screens ... or perhaps curving in is the more appropriate phrase here. Bloomberg reports that curved glass will be part of the next generation iPhone, and that the newest iPhones will...
BlackBerry canceled its plan to go private and instead will carry on with a new CEO, John Chen, former CEO of Sybase. Chen says he wants BlackBerry to focus on software going forward, particularly the BlackBerry Messenger app. As for the companies who were...
Apple is bringing up to 2,000 jobs to Arizona - the company is building a new manufacturing facility in the town of Mesa, near Phoenix. The plant will employ at least 700 people, and the governor of Arizona says its construction and operation will...
Amazon is taking tech support to a whole new level. The online retailer has launched live 24/7 video tech support for its brand new Kindle Fire HDX tablets. The help function connects you to a live representative that you can see and hear in...
Apple says it sold a record 9 million new iPhones this weekend. That includes sales of the 5S and the 5C. The company also says 200 million devices have downloaded iOS 7.
At the other end of the spectrum, BlackBerry is confirming that it will...
Samsung and HTC offered shared their best estimates for second quarter earnings over the long weekend, and Clearwire shareholders prepared to vote on Sprint Nextel's takeover bid knowing that Softbank finally has FCC approval to buy a controlling interest in the nation's third largest...
Sprint Nextel reportedly plans to market its own smartphone brand. Engadget reports that ZTE will manufacture the LTE phone for Sprint and that it will be called the Vital.
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The Vital is reportedly an Android...
In another sign that tablets and personal computers are becoming more and more similar, Microsoft said today that it will revive some of the features of "classic" Windows in its upcoming Windows 8.1 operating system.
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BlackBerry's Q10 smartphone is set to hit T-Mobile US stores early next month. The Q10 runs the new BB10 operating system, and includes both a touchscreen and a QWERTY keyboard with keys 30% larger than those on the BlackBerry Bold.
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The iPhone may be running into trouble in Europe. According to a document obtained by the Financial Times newspaper, the European Commission is questioning carriers in an effort to find out whether Apple is running afoul of antitrust regulations. Apple says it is in...
Sony's entertainment business is outperforming its electronics business. Today the company trimmed its smartphone sales forecast and said it would consider a shareholder proposal to sell part of its entertainment business.
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Sony says it will consider a...
Carriers who want over-the-top players to help foot the bill for wireless data may be making some progress. The Wall Street Journal reports that ESPN has talked to one carrier about helping to pay for data.
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AT&T launches Aio, and the latest reports on an Amazon smartphone say the device will have 3D screen technology.
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RCR’s Dan Meyer reported last month that AT&T is looking at a bigger prepaid presence – and now...
The camera is the focus for Nokia's newest Windows phone. Meanwhile T-Mobile is selling iPhone 5s faster than you can say 'simple choice.'
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T-Mobile says it has sold half a million iPhone 5s in less than...
ShoreTel is trying to bridge the gap between mobile devices and traditional business telecom networks with a docking station that turns iPhones and iPads into desk phones.
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More and more companies are ready to skip the cost of...
Skype is coming to Microsoft Outlook, adding voice and video calls to email.
In other news, Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son reportedly will not raise his company's bid for Sprint Nextel.
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Microsoft is adding Skype voice and video calls to its popular Outlook email client....
The iPad is still the number one tablet with consumers surveyed by JD Power and Associates, and Time Warner Cable is bringing free citywide Wi-Fi to Austin, Texas.
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Time Warner Cable says it has been deploying citywide Wi-Fi hotspots for some time, but...
