Wall Street Journal | March 28, 2011 | Ray Brindal CANBERRA—Australia’s parliament has agreed on legislation that sets out the regulatory framework for the National Broadband Network, Minister for Broadband, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Australia’s Broadband law passes parliament >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Telmex Ecuador follows Porta in Claro rebranding >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
TeleGeography | March 28, 2011 Mexican telecoms group America Movil (AM) has decided to rebrand fixed broadband unit Telmex Ecuador under the Claro moniker used across AM’s Latin American operations, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Digital Telecom Rises Most in Six Years on Sale Speculation >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
Bloomberg | March 28, 2011 | Ian Sayson Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc. shares rose the most in more than six years in Manila trading on speculation parent JG Summit Holdings Inc. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Sprint Nextel comes out officially against AT&T/T-Mobile USA deal >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) appears set to take a hard-line stance on AT&T Inc.’s (T) proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY), which would put pressure on the industry’s third …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">For Vodafone in India, a Swift but Bumpy Rise >
The New York Times | March 27, 2011 | Heather Timmons NEW DELHI — When the British mobile phone giant Vodafone bought an Indian wireless company for $11 billion in 2007, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">UPDATE 1-Samsung, Sumitomo in $72 mln LED wafer JV >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
Reuters | March 28, 2011 | Ju-min Park and Isabel Reynolds * Samsung, Sumitomo in $72 mln LED wafer venture * 50/50 venture to start production from early 2012 * Samsung …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Telkom to launch Telkom-3 satellite this year >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
TeleGeography | March 25, 2011 Indonesian online news agency Tempo Interactive reports that the country’s largest telecoms group PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) plans to launch the Telkom-3 satellite before the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Bharti faces Rs 26.92 cr penalty for violation of norms in J&K >
The Economic Times | March 27, 2011 NEW DELHI: Facing a huge penalty of over Rs 26 crore for not following guidelines on re-verification of pre-paid subscribers in the troubled …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Bharti faces Rs 26.92 cr penalty for violation of norms in J&K >
The Economic Times | March 27, 2011 NEW DELHI: Facing a huge penalty of over Rs 26 crore for not following guidelines on re-verification of pre-paid subscribers in the troubled …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Nokia Siemens Networks to participate in large scale China TD-LTE trial >
Nokia Siemens Networks | March 25, 2011 | Press Release Provides TD-LTE network, OSS, services for large-scale field trial in Hangzhou With the approval of the Ministry of Industry and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">UT School of Engineering receives $900,000 to unclog wireless video pipes >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
Austin360 | March 25, 2011 | Omar L. Gallaga We all like our mobile streaming video the way we like our smoothies, right? SMOOTH! Consistent! Perhaps with cherries. Researchers at the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Visa and AmEx both preparing PayPal competitors >by Jon Norrisby Jon Norris
Ahh PayPal, both a handy way to shift money around and a perpetual thorn in the side. Anyone who has used the service at any great length will no doubt have a story about the, shall we say, “quirks” that exist within the ubiquitous payment system.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">@ CTIA: Clearwire banking on wholesale growth, closer ties with Sprint Nextel >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Watch live streaming video from rcrtv at livestream.com ORLANDO, Fla. – Clearwire Corp. has been through a number of changes over the past several months, including a change of leadership …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">RIM acquires TinyHippos, makers of the Ripple mobile environment emulator >by Matt Kapkoby Matt Kapko
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. has acquired TinyHippos. The Waterloo, Canada-based company developed the Ripple mobile environment emulator, which provides a cross-platform mobile application development and testing tool to developers.In …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Will Apple announce the next iPhone at WWDC? >by Matt Kapkoby Matt Kapko
Apple. Inc. has announced the dates and focus of its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), but there is some concern that the company may not be announcing a new iPhone …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">American Express takes aim at mobile payments >by Matt Kapkoby Matt Kapko
American Express Co. unveiled a new digital payment and commerce platform called Serve. The move is clearly an attempt to compete with the likes of PayPal Inc. and the growing …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Multiple Android ‘markets’ a good thing? >
We have recently seen the launch of Amazon.com Inc.’s Appstore for Android. It was not the first 3rd party app store and it is unlikely to be the last. GetJar …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Turkcell set for German expansion >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Turkey-based mobile operator Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (TKC) said it plans to expand operations into Germany through its wholly-owned subsidiary Turkcell Europe. The carrier said it expects to begin offering …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Movers & Shakers: Twitter adds a new director to the flock; BillShrink adds to board; and more >by Sandra Cuyaby Sandra Cuya
Twitter announced through a PR tweet that Satya Patel will join Twitter as director of product management. Satya will be stepping down as partner for Battery but will remain a …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: The end of an era – Selling T-Mobile USA to AT&T >
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">Google moves forward with mobile wallet >by lleavittby lleavitt
The Internet has been abuzz with talks of near field communications and the future of the mobile wallet, and today Google Inc. announced a partnership that may take this buzz …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">@ CTIA: Can mobile fuel social change? >by lleavittby lleavitt
It seems like only recently the focus shifted from our obsession with Angry Birds for mobile, to the idea of mobile for the social good. Day three of CTIA focused …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">@ CTIA: ‘Goldilocks' spectrum draws closer to market >by Tracy Fordby Tracy Ford
rcrtv on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free ORLANDO, Fla. – The model used to bring white-spaces spectrum to market could be applied to licensed frequencies to free up bits of spectrum …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: For tablets, all data is not created equal >
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">RCR Wireless News’ Haiti odyssey: Love in the time of cholera >by sylvie barakby sylvie barak
There’s a lizard napping peacefully on top of my mosquito net as I type. He looks rested – almost as rested as I did this morning after a blissful seven hours of sleep.