Economic Times | April 8, 2011 | Deepali Gupta MUMBAI: Vodafone’s $5-billion deal to buy out Essar in India’s third-largest mobile phone company may run into trouble with the local …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Vodafone-Essar deal: Essar to ask Voda to pay $700 mn more for 33% stake >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">HTC surpassing Nokia in market value >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
Financial Post | April 8, 2011 | Jameson Berkow HTC Corp., the Taiwanese smartphone maker branded as being quietly brilliant, quietly surpassed the market capitalization of Finnish phone giant Nokia Corp. this …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Pacnet to enhance connectivity to India through new partnership >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
Pacnet | April 7, 2011 | Press Release Plans Underway for a New US$120 Million High-Speed Network Directly Connecting Chennai to Los Angeles NEW DELHI, INDIA–(Marketwire – April 7, 2011) …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Pacific Fibre announces release of invitation to tender >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
Pacific Fibre | April 6, 2011 | Lance Wiggs, Press Release Pacific Fibre announced today that its Invitation To Tender was released to selected vendors for the Pacific Fibre Cable …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Dell invests $1 billion in cloud computing >by Marc Speirby Marc Speir
The second-largest computer maker in the world is in the news again, this time with Round Rock-based Dell Inc. (DELL) announcing plans to invest $1 billion in cloud data centers …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Vodafone New Zealand’s commercial “Sure Signal” service powered by Alcatel-Lucent small cells >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
Alcatel-Lucent | April 4, 2011 | Press Release Enabling “5-star, 5-bar” 3G mobile coverage for residential and business users Paris and Singapore (Femto Cells Asia), April 4th, 2011 – Vodafone …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Sprint Nextel set to fold Common Cents prepaid brand >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
UPDATED: Just days after further muddying its prepaid lineup, Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) is now looking to clarify the waters by combining two of its offerings into one. The carrier …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Time Warner Cable files suit against Viacom over iPad content >by Matt Kapkoby Matt Kapko
Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) has filed a lawsuit against Viacom Inc. (VIA) over content it says it has the right to program on mobile devices like Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Urbain Airship launches in-app billing support for Android apps >by Matt Kapkoby Matt Kapko
Portland, Ore.-based Urban Airship Inc. has launched in-app billing support for apps running on Google Inc.’s (GOOG) Android operating system. The update allows developers to give users the ability to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Barnes & Noble launches SDK for NOOK Color >by Matt Kapkoby Matt Kapko
Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) has released a software development kit that gives developers an opportunity to build apps for the NOOK Color. The e-reader tablet is due for a …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Barnes & Noble launches SDK for NOOK Color >by Matt Kapkoby Matt Kapko
Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) has released a software development kit that gives developers an opportunity to build apps for the NOOK Color. The e-reader tablet is due for a …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">RIM develops conference call app for BlackBerry >by sylvie barakby sylvie barak
RIM has just launched BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing, an app it hopes will take at least some of the pain out of conference calls.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: Roam wasn't built in a day >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">Bits & Bytes: Vodafone selects Alcatel-Lucent; Scanbuy opens in France; and more >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
Vodafone New Zealand has selected Alcatel-Lucent to power its commercial “Sure Signal” service. Building on Alcatel-Lucent’s small cells expertise, Vodafone’s “Sure Signal” is taking 3G network coverage and capacity in …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Pole attachment order seeks price parity between cable and telecom >by Tracy Fordby Tracy Ford
The Federal Communications Commission new regulations on pole attachments are designed to get mobile broadband services to market more quickly, but are already meeting resistance from the utility industry. The …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Symbian officially declared closed source >by sylvie barakby sylvie barak
Nokia has not only left Symbian out in the cold, it has also closed the door to its once beloved operating system, officially ending its days as an open-source platform and taking down online distributions of it.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Page shakes up management in first week back as Google CEO >by Jon Norrisby Jon Norris
It’s been around ten years since Larry Page held the CEO position at Google, and now that he’s back in charge after Eric Schmidt stepped aside to allow the Google co-founder to take the reigns, it would seem he’s keen to make his mark on the now-huge company, and has this week dramatically reshuffled Google’s top brass
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Freescale confirms closing of Sendai, Japan plant >by Marc Speirby Marc Speir
AUSTIN, Texas-Due to irreparable damages incurred from the recent 9.0 magnitude earthquake on March 11, officials from Freescale Semiconductor confirmed the closing of its wafer fabrication plant in Sendai, Japan. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">America Movil sees doubling pay TV clients by end of 2013 >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
Reuters | April 4, 2011 | Cyntia Barrera Diaz (Reuters) – America Movil expects to double its pay television customers in Latin America to 22 million by the end of 2013, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Government key in boosting Intelig’s corporate market penetration – executive >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
Business News Americas | April 6, 2011 | Juan Pedro Tomás Brazilian telecoms operator Intelig is focusing on the government segment to acquire new customers for its corporate services, local mobile telephony …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Government key in boosting Intelig's corporate market penetration – executive >
Business News Americas | April 6, 2011 | Juan Pedro Tomás Brazilian telecoms operator Intelig is focusing on the government segment to acquire new customers for its corporate services, local mobile telephony …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Televisa invests $1.6B for stake in Mexico’s Iusacell >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
April 7 2011 – 1:52 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News Mexican media conglomerate Televisa S.A. (TV) moved forward with a $1.6 billion investment into wireless operator …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Televisa invests $1.6B for stake in Mexico's Iusacell >
April 7 2011 – 1:52 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News Mexican media conglomerate Televisa S.A. (TV) moved forward with a $1.6 billion investment into wireless operator …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">China Mobile to trial TD-LTE with Ericsson’s help >
April 7 2011 – 2:08 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) is moving forward with its TD-LTE plans having selected Ericsson (ERIC) to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">China Mobile to trial TD-LTE with Ericsson's help >
April 7 2011 – 2:08 pm ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) is moving forward with its TD-LTE plans having selected Ericsson (ERIC) to …