The European Union’s quest to create a single telecom market has cleared a key hurdle. The Industry Research and Energy Committee approved the “Telecoms Single Market Regulation,” a package of …
Speaking at the CeBIT conference in Hanover, Germany this week, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced a collaboration with Germany to drive research on so-called “5G” technology and the “Internet …
A battle of billionaires is underway in France as media company Vivendi has reportedly given bidders until March 5 to submit final offers for its telecom unit, SFR, the second …
Orange, France’s largest carrier, is looking to take over the triple play provider Jazztel, sources told Bloomberg News. The mobile operator Yoigo, currently owned by Stokholm-based TeliaSonera is also a …
Vodafone appears ready to go shopping as its nears the closing of its $130 billion deal to sell Verizon Communications at the end of this month. CEO Vittorio Colao said that …
Struggling Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) showed signs that its “Shift Plan” is well underway as it posted mixed fourth quarter and full year results for 2013, and announced the sale of its enterprise …
Ericsson (ERIC) CEO Hans Vestberg says he has no plans to leave the company, dispelling rumors that he was on the short list of candidates to replace Steve Ballmer at …
A reinvented Nokia posted losses for the fourth quarter and the entire year of 2013. However, the Finnish company, which sold off its devices unit to Microsoft in 2013, remained …
Nokia saw huge changes in 2013: returning to profitability, buying out Nokia Siemens Networks and selling off its smartphone business to Microsoft. Now, Nokia closed out the year with a major victory …
With mobile data usage surging, wireless industry trade association CTIA released a tool that lets consumers see how much bandwidth many popular apps use before they download them. The site …
Yota Devices is making the mobile world look twice at the smartphone concept. The Moscow-based start up, which was spun off from the Russian mobile broadband provider Yota in 2011, …
Building on a reputation in banking security and capitalizing on concerns over the U.S. spying scandal, several Swiss firms are seeing a growing interest in ultra-secure data centers. Some are …
René Obermann may be in his last days as the CEO of Deutsche Telekom, but he is not leaving quietly. The 49-year-old exec has been making some bold statements in …
In an aggressive move, telecom giant Vodafone is deploying its m-payment service throughout Europe. The Vodafone Wallet, which launched is Spain earlier this month, comes to Germany in the next …
Squeezed by a price war in its home country, Paris-based telecom Orange is reportedly eyeing Canada. Orange Horizons, an Orange subsidiary created to look for new market opportunities, has held …
Three recently added the U.S. to its “Feel at Home” roaming plan, allowing its U.K. customers to use their normal calling and data plans when traveling to the United States. …
Smartphone-savvy city dwellers want new mobile services to improve their lives; they just don’t always expect ICT companies to be the ones delivering them, according to a new survey from …
Over the next four years, carriers and other businesses will spend $6 billion globally on outdoor small cell backhaul equipment, according to a new report from Infonetics Research. While there …
Search engine giant Google is hoping that an individualized, hands-free, voice-responsive Moto X will attract high-end U.S. smartphone users. The Google-owned Motorola Mobility revealed the much-awaited smartphone on Aug. 1 …
Corning, maker of Gorilla Glass, announced its third consecutive quarter of strong growth in earnings per share amid declining LCD glass prices. Corning’s core sales were $2 billion for the …
Qwilt, a company that specializes in online video delivery and transparent caching solutions, can count another big name among its funders: Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP). The 102-year-old firm, which has …
Of the 51.7 million tablets that shipped worldwide in the second quarter of 2013, a whopping 67% were running the Android operating system, according to a new report by Strategy …
Even as rumors surfaced last week that HP is planning to release a $99 tablet, some market observers were already giving the product low marks. Citing unnamed sources, Digitimes reported …
It was a record-breaking year for smartphones. Device makers shipped more than 700 million units worldwide in 2012, the largest number to date, according to a recent report from Strategy …
Skyway Towers has secured an additional $75 million from its investors. Tinicum and Permit Capital Private Equity Fund made the commitment to continue development of Tampa-based Skyway’s wireless communication towers …
