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Although it is bidding US$25 billion to buy a majority stake in Sprint Nextel, that hasn't stopped Dish Network from offering US$2 billion to pick up the radio spectrum assets held by bankrupt LTE wannabe LightSquared. |
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Business & Financial News
New Documents Suggest Fresh Evidence Of TeliaSonera Ties To Karimova
Documents leaked to Swedish investigative journalists and reviewed by RFE/RL appear to offer fresh evidence of a link between Swedish telecom giant TeliaSonera and Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of the president of Uzbekistan. ...read more
Moody's: Telecom Italia's weak Q1 results reflect challenges to deliver performance targets
Telecom Italia's weak Q1 results reflect challenges it is facing to deliver operating performance targets and thereby maintain its current rating, says Moody's Investors Service. ...read more
Dish Network Offers $2 Billion to Buy LightSquared's Radio Spectrum
Although it is bidding US$25 billion to buy a majority stake in Sprint Nextel, that hasn't stopped Dish Network from offering US$2 billion to pick up the radio spectrum assets held by bankrupt LTE wannabe LightSquared. ...read more
Sprint Nextel Raises its Offer to Buy Out Clearwire Shareholders
In a not entirely unexpected move, Sprint Nextel has raised the price it is willing to pay to buy out the minority shareholders in its Clearwire subsidiary. ...read more
Apple Accused of Deploying Aggressive Tax Avoidance Tactics
Apple has been accused of trying to find the "Holy Grain" of tax avoidance schemes by a committee of US politicians who are investigating the company's tax affairs. ...read more
India May Need More Legal Changes to Approve Vodafone Tax Settlement
The Indian government may need to modify two separate laws in order to be able to sign off on a negotiated settlement with Vodafone in its US$2.4 billion tax dispute. ...read more
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Handsets
Former Nokia Employees Show Off First Jolla Smartphone
Finland based smartphone start-up, Jolla has started taking pre-orders of its first handset, based on its own Sailfish OS. ...read more
Marketing News
Samsung gains on Apple in ranking of most valuable global tech brands
Samsung balanced a remarkable period of innovation with chasing market share -- it spent $1.6 billion more on advertising in the last year, a 33% increase as a percentage of its revenue. This was reflected in the sales success of its Galaxy smartphon ...read more
Network Operators
Job Losses Expected as O2 Outsources Customer Care Work
UK based mobile network operator, Telefonica O2 has named Capita as the preferred bidder for a 10-year customer management outsourcing contract. ...read more
Telstra turns on 1,500th 4G base station
Australia's Telstra says that it has turned on its 1,500th 4G base station as part of its program to extend 4G coverage to 66 percent of the Australian population by the end of next month. ...read more
9 short stories about the mobile networks
Summaries of short news items relating to the mobile networks. ...read more
British Telecom to Switch Entire Electricity Demand to Renewable Sources
UK based British Telecom is to source all of its electricity supply in the country from renewable energy, after signing an agreement with npower, making it one of the largest UK commercial companies to do so. ...read more
Personnel
Ericsson Closing its Telecoms Cables Division - Loss of 154 Jobs
Ericsson has announced that it is to close down its telecom cables operation within its Networks division, with the loss of 154 jobs ...read more
Tellabs Chief Financial Officer Resigns
The Chief Financial Officer at the struggling telecoms equipment manufacturer, Tellabs, Andrew B. Szafran has resigned from the company, citing personal reasons. ...read more
Vodafone New Zealand Ordered to Reinstate Top Lawyer
Vodafone New Zealand has been ordered to give their former legal council his job back after he was made redundant last year, although Vodafone has said that it will appeal the verdict. ...read more
Regulatory
UAE to Release 700Mhz and 800Mhz Spectrum for Mobile Broadband
The UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has announced plans to release 700Mhz and 800Mhz spectrum for mobile broadband services. ...read more
Australian Mobile Networks to Drop Charges for Calls to Freephone Numbers
Australians would be able to call 'freephone' (18/1800) numbers from their mobile phone at no charge under a draft variation to the Australian Communications and Media Authority's Numbering Plan, released for comment today. ...read more
Pakistan's Mobile Phone Networks Shut-Down Ahead of Chinese Premier Visit
Pakistan's telecoms regulator has ordered the mobile networks to shut-down their phone services in the cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi due to a visit to the country by the Chinese Prime Minister. ...read more
Vodacom in Dispute with Regulator Over Licensing Fees
South Africa's Vodacom is denying that it owes R77.8 million (US$8.3 million) for overdue licensing fees to the telecoms regulator, and is willing to go to court if necessary. ...read more
Thai Networks Agree to 15% Cut in 3G Tariffs
Thailand's mobile networks have agreed to modify their 3G tariffs and reduce the costs by 15 percent as requested by the telecoms regulator. ...read more
Reports & Surveys
German Mobile Data Rates Highest in Europe
Mobile operators charge over 3 times more for a gigabyte in Germany than in the UK and up to 15 times more than in some small EU member states like Finland, research reveals. ...read more
Semiconductor Market Contracted in 2012 - IDC Expects 3-4% Growth in 2013
The industry witnessed a slowdown during the second half of 2012 on weak consumer spending across PCs, mobile phones, and digital televisions (DTV), as well as in the Industrial and other market segments. ...read more
Americans Spend More Time With Their Smartphone Than Brits or Chinese
USA smartphone users may spend more time using their phones, but a larger portion of that time is spent on voice calls versus messaging and browsing. ...read more
Public Transport Users Predict big Increases in the use of Smartphones, Paperless Travel and Social Media
Three-quarters of public transport travelers in some of the world's major cities believe that electronic ticketing would make travel easier, and an overwhelming 92 percent would welcome paperless travel, ...read more
Mobile Content
Wyless Expands M2M Contract with Telefonica
Wyless, the M2M managed services provider, announced today an agreement with Telefonica Digital allowing Wyless partners to use the Telefonica Global SIM along with Wyless Managed Services ...read more
Technology Developments
Gemalto Integrates Qualcomm Technology into M2M Modules
Gemalto says that it will add a new module based on the Qualcomm QSC 6270-Turbo chipset to its Cinterion portfolio of cellular modules and devices. ...read more
3M to Bring More Colour to Consumer Electronic Devices
3M has announced that it is in the final stages of commercializing a new film for LCD screens that can allow up to 50% more colour to be displayed. ...read more
Spirent Enables Testing of E911 with Voice over LTE
Spirent Communications has announced that its 8100 Location Technology Solution (LTS) now offers support for end-to-end VoLTE based E911 testing. ...read more
Intelligently Switching Between Wi-Fi and Cellular Depending on Traffic Load
Ericsson says that it has developed a series of Wi-Fi connectivity tools that ensure smartphone users are only automatically connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot when it can offer a faster download speed than the wider cellular network. ...read more
Toshiba to Start Mass Production of Next Generation NAND Flash Memory
Toshiba today announced that the company has developed second generation 19 nanometer process technology that it will apply to mass production of 2-bit-per-cell 64 gigabit NAND memory chips later this month. ...read more
Opening doors to foldable electronics with inkjet-printed graphene
Imagine a bendable tablet computer or an electronic newspaper that could fold to fit in a pocket. ...read more
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