Mobile advertising company Jumptap said it completed a $25 million financing round that it plans to use to accelerate growth through product and technology development, as well as add staff. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">SILICON VALLEY: Highwinds Capital Closes New $50 Million Credit Facility >by sylvie barakby sylvie barak
Content delivery firm Highwinds Capital, Inc. says it has secured a new $50 million credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank and Comerica Bank. The Florida firm which deals with the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">News Corp. online properties continue bleeding money >by Jon Norrisby Jon Norris
In News Corp.’s quarterly earnings call yesterday there was good and bad news for the media giant – although mostly bad. TV revenues grew, movie revenues were reasonable, however Murdoch’s online division, which includes the likes of MySpace and The Daily, lost a massive $165 million in the first three months of the year.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">SILICON VALLEY: Freescale challenges engineers to build walking robots and Tower Systems >by sylvie barakby sylvie barak
Freescale Semiconductor used the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose this week to announce its Make It Challenge design contest, which asks engineers to build a robot or system design …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Austin innovators must learn better marketing skills >by Tracy Fordby Tracy Ford
The inventor of Ethernet has said Austin does not need more money to be a more innovative city, but it needs more companies that know how to market themselves better. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">VIDEO: BlackBerry PlayBook running Android apps >by sylvie barakby sylvie barak
Finally, the demo so many people have been waiting for emerged from the BlackBerry World conference in Orlando Florida on Wednesday, as RIM showed off its BlackBerry PlayBook seamlessly playing Android apps on its new Android App Player.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">ASIA: SK Telecom posts revenue, earnings gains >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Korean telecom operator SK Telecom Corp. Ltd. Co. (SKM) said it earned $521 million during the first quarter of this year on the back of $2.9 billion in total revenues. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Global Tower Partners buys Cricket’s towers >by Tracy Fordby Tracy Ford
Global Tower Partners said it acquired 130 towers from Cricket Communications Inc. (LEAP) in a deal that closed earlier today. As is standard between independent tower owners and wireless operators, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Global Tower Partners buys Cricket's towers >by Tracy Fordby Tracy Ford
Global Tower Partners said it acquired 130 towers from Cricket Communications Inc. (LEAP) in a deal that closed earlier today. As is standard between independent tower owners and wireless operators, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">16 million LTE subscribers by 2011, says ABI Research >by Sylvie Barakby Sylvie Barak
LTE is gaining momentum fast, according to a recent report by ABI Research, which claims there will be 16 million mobile LTE subscribers by the end of this year. LTE …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Mobile payments venture Isis flames out before launch >by Matt Kapkoby Matt Kapko
What started as a grandiose plan for a nationwide mobile commerce network has been scaled down to nothing more than a mobile wallet. Those who were expecting Isis, the venture …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Could Intel churn out ARM chips for Apple? >by Sylvie Barakby Sylvie Barak
With Apple and Samsung warring, the sticky situation of who will manufacture chips for upcoming iDevices is becoming a hot topic of speculation. Samsung has been Apple’s manufacturing work horse …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Manitoba Telecom posts flat Q1 wireless growth; new network, iPhone expected to reverse trend >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Citing the impending launch of its HSPA+-based “4G” network, Canadian operator Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. reported flat customer growth results for the first three months of the year. The telecom …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T unwraps telework solutions technology for federal agencies >by Matt Kapkoby Matt Kapko
AT&T Inc. (T) has developed a new telework platform for the complex and demanding government sector. Partnering with Oracle Corp. (ORCL) and Avaya Inc., AT&T Government Solutions introduced telework technology …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">ASIA: SK Telecom posts revenue, earnings gains >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Korean telecom operator SK Telecom Corp. Ltd. Co. (SKM) said it earned $521 million during the first quarter of this year on the back of $2.9 billion in total revenues. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Retailers focusing more on mobile, but is it helping? >by Sylvie Barakby Sylvie Barak
Despite a strong majority of retailers having a mobile strategy in place, the promise of mobile shopping has yet to ring true at the cash register, though it is steadily …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Sprint to hire up to 250 at Oklahoma call center >by Tracy Fordby Tracy Ford
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) said it is hiring as many as 250 employees at its Oklahoma City Call Center, which handles technical support calls for the operator. The company plans …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analyst Angle: Israeli start-ups rake in the cash >
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 hot topics in the wireless industry.2010 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Sprint Nextel argues against AT&T/T-Mo merger in state filing >by Tracy Fordby Tracy Ford
Government filings can be tricky, as petitioners try to state their claims in the best possible light. Such might be the case with Sprint Nextel Corp. (S), which continued its …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">BLOG: Spotify gets its hands dirty with new music purchasing service >by Jon Norrisby Jon Norris
Although Apple’s iTunes is still the dominant force in digital music – so dominant as to make all its competitors look like hilarious, insignificant specks – the competition are lining up to attempt to slay the Jobsian giant.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Hot Rumor: Apple iPad 3 to be fully 3D >by sylvie barakby sylvie barak
Hollywood is rather adept at telling compelling stories, and the latest plot to come out of the LA studios concerns Apple’s third generation tablet, already in the advanced planning stages and very much 3D, we’re told.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Spiceworks Raises $25 Million to Bring Integrated Commerce to World’s Largest Social Network of IT Buyers >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
Spiceworks | April 28, 2011 | Press Release Adams Street Partners and Tenaya Capital Lead Growth Investment Financing Round AUSTIN, Texas – April 28, 2011 – Spiceworks™, Inc. today announced it …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AMERICAS: America Movil shows strong Q1 growth, powerful mobile data demand >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Latin American-based telecommunications provider America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. (AMX) said it added six million wireless customers during the first quarter of this year, ending the period with 231 million …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Ericsson enables mobile positioning systems in India for AIRCEL >
Ericsson | May 3, 2011 | Press Release Aircel subscribers to get better localized information through Ericsson’s Mobile Positioning System (MPS) for Location Based Services (LBS) Ericsson is the sole supplier …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AMERICAS: Alcatel-Lucent opens Brazil tech center >by Tracy Fordby Tracy Ford
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) opened a technology showcase center in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the company said it will highlight LTE, video, cloud- and location-based services to help Brazilian operators respond to …