AT&T Inc. (T) late last week filed its petition to acquire T-Mobile USA Inc. with the Federal Communications Commission. The detailed document, excluding the lack of detail from redacted information, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T filing provides interesting industry data >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T to sell gov't, businesses emergency infrastructure equipment >by Tracy Fordby Tracy Ford
AT&T Mobility (T) introduced a product that public-safety groups and businesses with critical communications needs can use to get wireless coverage in a disaster, when traditional cellular service may be …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Movers & Shakers: Nokia Siemens announces appointments; FCC attorney joins Jenner & Block; and more >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
Nokia Siemens Networks has appointed Eduardo Araujo to lead its business in Latin America. Araujo, a Brazilian national, joins the company from Ingram Micro Corporation where he was president of …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Smart networking solutions start at the silicon core >
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Limits be gone with split billing >
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Texas Instruments unveils most powerful digital up and down converter >by Marc Speirby Marc Speir
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) doesn’t just make chips, it also makes software-defined digital up and down converter (DUC/DDC), and today the firm has announced its most powerful to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Not wanting to be left out, Sony’s PlayStation Network falls down >by Jon Norrisby Jon Norris
Following the spectacular failure of Amazon.com Inc.’s Elastic Cloud Compute service last Thursday, another giant Web service, Sony Corp.’s PlayStation Network, has crashed and is showing no signs of coming back up soon. The network, boasting about 70 million users worldwide, has apparently been floored by an “external intrusion” and has been offline since around the same time Amazon.com’s service went down.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Press Release: Movistar’s videoclub Imagenio to add Twentieth Century Fox films to their catalogue >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
Telefonica | April 18, 2011 | Press Release (Translated) Telefónica today announced the signing of an agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment that will add Fox’s movie catalogue into …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Press Release: Movistar's videoclub Imagenio to add Twentieth Century Fox films to their catalogue >
Telefonica | April 18, 2011 | Press Release (Translated) Telefónica today announced the signing of an agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment that will add Fox’s movie catalogue into …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T, Dell crack Forbes list of top worldwide companies >by Marc Speirby Marc Speir
In the highest ranking of businesses on the Forbes report of the top 2,000 publicly traded companies worldwide, Dallas-based AT&T Corp. (T) landed at No. 14 and Round Rock-based Dell …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T, Dell crack Forbes list of top worldwide companies >
In the highest ranking of businesses on the Forbes report of the top 2,000 publicly traded companies worldwide, Dallas-based AT&T Corp. (T) landed at No. 14 and Round Rock-based Dell …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analyst says Sprint Nextel moves could inadvertently aid AT&T >by Tracy Fordby Tracy Ford
Taking a cue from Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) , comments are starting to pour into the Federal Communications Commission about whether the agency should allow AT&T Mobility (T) to buy …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Bits & Bytes: Genband announces Developer Challenge; SK Telecom 4G LTE demonstration; and more >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
Genband, developer of IP infrastructure and application solutions, announced the official opening of registration for the GENFuzion Developers Challenge, with entries submitted between April 15th, 2011 and July 15, 2011. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: Big kids, small games >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">So, who is suing who and why? >by sylvie barakby sylvie barak
The biggest news of this week was Apple’s suing of Samsung for allegedly willfully stealing the fruity firm’s designs for its own phones and tablets.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Texas Instruments unveils most powerful digital up and down converter >by Sylvie Barakby Sylvie Barak
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) doesn’t just make chips, it also makes software-defined digital up and down converter (DUC/DDC), and today the firm has announced its most powerful to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reuters: India Reliance ADA execs appeal to higher court in telecoms case >
Reuters | April 20, 2011 | Devidutta Tripathy (Reuters) – Three executives of India’s Reliance ADA Group have appealed to the Delhi High Court seeking bail in a telecoms graft case …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">WSJ: India Court Sends Five Telecom Executives to Custody >
Wall Street Journal | April 20, 2011 | R. JAI KRISHNA And RUMMAN AHMED NEW DELHI – A special court, citing “incriminating evidence,” Wednesday denied bail to five senior telecom industry …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Samsung launches Notebook series 9 in India >
Silicon India News | April 21, 2011 | Bangalore: Samsung Electronics announced the launch of its ultra-premium and ultra-slim Notebook Series 9 in the Indian market. With a weight of …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">DoT to soon decide on telcos missing eligibility norms >
Economic Times | April 20, 2011 NEW DELHI: The Telecom Ministry has received replies from all the operators who were issued show cause notices for not meeting the eligibility criteria …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">CAT invests B1.2bn in new IT services >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
The Bangkok Post | April 21, 2011 | Suchit Leesa-nguansuk CAT Telecom is moving more aggressively into mobile broadband and cloud computing services this year in a bid to offset declining …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">ZTE and P1 Successfully Demonstrate Revolutionary Technology >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
ZTE | April 20, 2011 | Press Release ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Press Release: Consumers Will Pay Up To 30 Per Cent Less for Voice Calls and Up To 50 Per Cent Less for SMSes >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
iDA Singapore | April 20, 2011 | Press Release Singapore and Malaysia announced today that they have successfully concluded discussions to progressively reduce bilateral roaming rates. The Infocomm Development Authority …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Rejoicing over nano-coating technology that saves cellphone batteries from liquids >by Tracy Fordby Tracy Ford
Have you ever set your phone down a little too close to some water? Coffee? Beer? The panic that sets in when you wonder if you’ve suddenly voided the handset …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Groupon acquires Whrrl, sparks questions >by Marc Speirby Marc Speir
One might think that Austin-based mobile check-in and social networking company GoWalla would be happy that one of their competitors is now gone, but the story is more complicated. Groupon …