Monthly Archives: March, 2011
Customer Experience: Turning a wireless store into a fun and engaging destination
Shopping for a mobile phone can be a complicated and unpleasant process. Today's wireless consumers are looking for a more interactive, informative and convenient...
Facebook Landing Team transports company culture
Vancouver Sun | March 30, 2011 |Â Mike Swift
AUSTIN, Texas - As Facebook evolves from insular Silicon Valley start-up to a global company with a...
Social networks exploding in Latin America but online video, banking still low – Regional
Business News Americas | March 29, 2011 | Patrick Nixon
Latin America is seeing explosive growth in its online population with social networks championing other...
Gilat awarded new contract for broadband services in rural Peru
Gilat | March 28, 2011 | Press Release
Gilat today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Gilat to Home Peru S.A., has been awarded a...
New study reveals statistics on cable and Internet service in Peru
Living in Peru | March 28, 2011
According to a new technical study done by Peru’s nacional statistics agency, “Information and Communication Technology in Homes,...
HP Mexico gets $100M contract from Coke bottler
Business Week | March 28, 2011 | AP
Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Mexican unit said Monday that it signed a $100 million technology outsourcing services contract with...
Brazilian Mobile Operators Annual Revenues Reach 10 Billion Brazilian Real from Value Added Services
Acision | March 30, 2011 | Press Release
Reading, United Kingdom, 03/30/2011 - Acision announced the launch of its seventh edition of MAVAM – The Acision...
NBN Co picks IBM as lead integrator for OSS/BSS systems
The Australian | March 29, 2011 |Â Mitchell Bingemann
NBN Co has appointed IBM as the prime integrator for its operational support system (OSS) and business...
UPDATE 2-Thai True to raise $430 mln to fund 3G network, pay debt
Reuters | March 28, 2011 |Â Wirat Buranakanokthanasan
* To offer 6.73 bln shares at ratio of 0.865 for 1 existing share
* Price at 68 pct...
US to seek change in India's telecom security policy, encryption rules
Economic Times | March 29, 2011 |Â Joji Thomas Philip
NEW DELHI: The United States government will seek changes in India's policies on telecom security and...
US to seek change in India’s telecom security policy, encryption rules
Economic Times | March 29, 2011 |Â Joji Thomas Philip
NEW DELHI: The United States government will seek changes in India's policies on telecom security and...
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited Announces 2010 Annual Results
China Unicom | March 29, 2011 | Press Release
Hong Kong, 29 March 2011 – China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited ("China Unicom" or "the Company")...
UPDATE 1-NEC, Fujitsu to delay personnel changes – Nikkei
Reuters | March 28, 2011 |Â Gowri Jayakumar
Hurt by Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, IT vendors NEC Corp and Fujitsu Ltd have decided to refrain from...
PLDT to invest in Digitel
JG Summit to exchange stake in Digitel for new PLDT shares at an issue price of P2,500 per share
• Transaction to have an equity...
Google slapped with privacy audits over Buzz launch
Although Google Inc. may be frying bigger fish right now, the Federal Trade Commission has just announced they have reached a settlement with Google over the search giant's bungled launch of Buzz last year. The agreement stipulates that Google must submit to independent privacy audits for the next 20 years in order to make sure they do not violate privacy policies again.
Google launches +1: A ‘Like’ button for search
Google Inc. has today taken the wraps off yet another enhancement to its increasingly diverse services, the +1 button. At its core the +1 button is the same as a Facebook "Like" button, although it can be deployed anywhere on the Web, most importantly in search results.
Apperian raises $9.5M for enterprise app management
Apperian Inc., a mobile application management company for enterprise apps, has closed a $9.5 million round of financing from venture capitalists. The Boston-based company's...
Tablets and telecom to drive enterprise IT spending in 2011
IT spending will reach nearly $3.6 trillion this year, marking at 5.6% increase from $3.4 trillion in 2010, Gartner Inc. projects in its latest...
Google rolls out in-app billing for Android Market
Google Inc. has finally launched an in-app billing mechanism for developers to use in apps they sell on Android Market. The new feature lets...
China, India, United States propelling base station deployments
The crush of mobile device usage is indeed a worldwide phenomenon with global handset adoption on track to surpass the six billion subscriber mark...
Verizon Wireless looks to speed up chip certifications for devices
Looking to speed up the certification process, Verizon Wireless (VZ) said it has developed a new program for chipset approvals as well as a...
Analyst Angle: AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA – Why it’s a marriage made in heaven
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the...
Analyst Angle: AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA – Why it’s a marriage made in heaven
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the...
Analyst Angle: AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA – Why it’s a marriage made in heaven
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the...
@ CTIA: Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile USA snag early '4G' mindshare
ORLANDO, Fla. – Buoyed by a never ending line of advertisements touting the benefits of “4G” consumers are increasingly becoming aware of the term,...