2011

Nokia Corp.’s still-fairly-new CEO, Stephen Elop, yesterday sent an internal memo to Nokia staff laying out his views on the company’s current market position. To say it probably didn’t make easy reading for Nokia employees could be something of an understatement.

The Gleaner Jamaica | February 6, 2011 Cable and Wireless (C&W), the telecoms company that trades in the Caribbean as LIME, says it has completed the buildout of the US$35 …

Fortinet | February 7, 2011 | Press Release Latin America’s Largest Brokerage Firm Relies on Fortinet for Security and Network Performance SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) – a leading …

PR Newswire | February 3, 2011 — Telecommunications companies in the United States, represented by COMPTEL, express concern about the independence of COFETEL and hope it will achieve the autonomy …

Reuters | February 4, 2011 | Cyntia Barrera Diaz Telcel, the commercial brand of tycoon Carlos Slim’s cell phone giant America Movil, proposed new, lower fees for its rivals to …

ABC News | February 8, 2011 | Marc Frank Fiber Optics Finally Reach Cuba But Access to Personal Computers Still Long Way Off The Caribbean Basin teams with underwater fiber …

American Banking News | February 8, 2011 Shares of Chunghwa Telecom Co (CHT) saw unusually high trading volume on Tuesday. Approximately 457,492 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase …

BDNews24 | February 7, 2011 Bangladesh’s largest mobile company has grown by over 14 percent in the last year. Profits have, however, fallen. Grameenphone said it would have made more …

AUSTIN-Cypress Industries, an Austin-based electronics manufacturing company, recently doubled its square-footage by moving to a new 30,000 square foot facility at 8027 Exchange Drive. The move was largely due to …

Acision | February 8, 2011 | Press Release Acision, a world leader in mobile data, today announced the appointment of Chris Jenkins to the position of Executive Vice President and …

Digital security firm McAfee says the number of malicious software attacks rose by 46% last year and that hackers have started zoning in on mobile phones – specifically the popular Android and iOS platforms.

Taiwan Economic News | February 8, 2011 | Ben Shen HTC Corp., Taiwan`s leading smartphone vendor, is cooperating with Tsai International to open a HTC-brand flagship store, the largest of …

Taiwan Economic News | February 8, 2011 | Ben Shen HTC Corp., Taiwan`s leading smartphone vendor, is cooperating with Tsai International to open a HTC-brand flagship store, the largest of …

Bloomberg | February 8, 2011 | Diana ben-Aron Telenor ASA, the Nordic region’s largest phone company, rose the most in two months in Oslo trading after reporting fourth-quarter earnings that …

Computer World Australia | February 7, 2011 The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) intends to include internet protocol television (IPTV) as a core requirement of the Australia Network …

PC Magazine Online | February 7, 2011 | Mark Hachman Alcatel-Lucent on Monday unveiled a technology to shrink a cell-phone tower down to about the size of a small handheld …

Ahh, the humble smart phone. For the first part of the last decade a mere curiosity reserved for the hardcore nerds and obsessive businessman of this world, subsequently thrust into the limelight by the iPhone, then Android, and most recently by the escalating war between the two.

We must confess this has come as a shock: The Catholic Church has embraced Apple Inc.’s iPhone and approved an app to guide troubled worshippers through confession.