According to data from a ABI Resesach study, iPhones now make up 1.1 percent of all cellphones, which is a boost from the 0.3 percent share the original iPhone held in 2007. It’s not much but it’s a start for Apple, which is still way off that number one spot. Of course, Nokia’s still....
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The Thai communications regulator plans to issue 3G licences in the third quarter this year. The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) will likely hold an auction for four licences. The NTC will decide on 5 February on the method. As the NTC has been slow to issue the spectrum....
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Nortel Networks has pulled out of a deal to resell mobile Wimax equipment from Alvarion and help fund development of Alvarion's Winax base stations. The network equipment maker partnered with Alvarion last June after cutting back its own Wimax efforts. Alvarion said that the....
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Broadcom Corp. fell to a $159.2 million loss in the fourth quarter as the chip designer took big charges for an acquisition and a write-down in a division's value.Sales topped Wall Street's forecast, but shares dropped 4 percent in extended trading as the Irvine, Calif.-based company....
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It isn’t a shock that the new BlackBerry Storm smart phone from Research in Motion (RIM) offers features comparable to Apple’s iPhone 3G - including the use of a touchscreen - a first for a RIM product. However, the Storm brings some interesting developments on the inside, such....
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Japan's DoCoMo has announced that it will shut-down its 2G mova service (including car phone and Pre-Call prepaid services), as well as its 2G DoPa packet communication service at the end of March 2012. Associated services and related billing plans will also be terminated at the same.....
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comScore reports that the number of people downloading a mobile game grew 17 percent from November 2007 to November 2008, when 8.5 million people, or 3.8 percent of mobile subscribers, downloaded a game to their mobile device.The rapid growth in smartphone adoption....
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Starent Networks, a provider of mobile-network technologies and services, has reported that it generated net revenues for the fourth quarter of 2008 of US$70.6 million, an increase of 40% from the fourth quarter of 2007. Net revenues for the full year ended December 31, 2008 were.....
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USB Modem and PC card vendor, Sierra Wireless has announced plans to cut around 10% of its work force and will be making some 56 job cuts within the next couple of months. The positions eliminated will impact all levels and functions of the company. These actions are expected....
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Semiconductor firm, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing - which makes chips for the likes of Qualcomm and Broadcom - has announced that it is to cut 600 jobs after it posted a 4th quarter loss. The firm reported a loss of US$97 million for 2008 - compared to a profit....
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Gartner, Inc. has identified eight mobile technologies that will evolve significantly through 2010, impacting short-term mobile strategies and policies. All mobile strategies embed assumptions about technology evolution so it’s important to identify the technologies that will evolve quickly....
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The European Commission has opened an infringement proceeding against Romania following the recent turmoil with the telecoms regulator. The Romanian government's decision in 2008 first to remove the President of the national telecoms regulator and then, after a court....
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Quickoffice, Inc., the leading global provider of mobile office productivity software and solutions, today announced the availability of Quickoffice Premier 6.0 for Symbian S60 devices. The latest upgrade of its award-winning software now enables mobile professionals to view....
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2008 proved to be a Year of Two Halves. In the first half, mobile handset shipments happily chugged along at ~14% YoY. In the second half, 3Q handset shipments slowed to 8% before crashing into the Red in 4Q with -10%. The underlying root cause? Sheer fear sapped the confidence....
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Today, T-Mobile USA, Inc., announced the availability of the new T-Mobile® Shadow™. Featuring a more rounded and compact design with two new color options, support for T-Mobile Unlimited HotSpot Calling, and increased processing power, the new Shadow is the perfect device....
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Virgin Mobile USA, a leading provider of both prepaid and postpaid wireless services, announced today its title sponsorship of the upcoming Britney Spears concert tour. The tour, to be titled Virgin Mobile Presents the Circus Starring Britney Spears, features special guests The PussyCat....
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Motorola today announced results of its second annual Motorola AirDefense Retail Shopping Wireless Security Survey, which shows 44 percent of the wireless devices used by retailers - such as laptops, mobile computers and barcode scanners - could be compromised. While this....
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Qualcomm reported net profit of USD 341 million or USD 0.20 per share for its fiscal first quarter to December, down over 50 percent from a year earleir due to weak demand and write-downs on investments. Operating profit fell 2 percent to USD 745 million, while revenues USD 2.52 billion....
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The Israeli government has announced that it will permit the launch of MVNOs on the local market. The ministry of communications said that several companies have already expressed their interest for various new business models, including full MVNO. The government expects....
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Korean mobile operator KT Freetel (KTF) almost doubled its net income in the fourth quarter ended 31 December, as marketing and advertising costs fell. Service revenues were KRW 1.53 trillion, up 4.6 percent from KRW 1.47 trillion in Q4 2007. EBITDA rose 19 percent to KRW....
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Pakistani mobile network operator, Warid Telecom says that it has had an injection of US$250 million in equity by its two joint shareholders, Singtel and the Abu Dhabi Group. The company said that the funds will be used to expand the network coverage.Tariq Gulzar - Warid’s Chief....
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Quarterly mobile connection growth in Asia Pacific crashed to a three-year low of 5.8% in Q3 2008, even though net additions figures, at 89.4m, were the second best ever seen in the region. The result left rolling annual growth down at 28.6% - the lowest level recorded since the....
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UK mobile phone retailer, Phones4U has signed a US$100 million agreement with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to pro­vide a full range of managed IT services to 4uGroup, the holding company behind Phones 4u and other organisations in the UK telecommunication and financial services....
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Deutsche Telekom has issued a trading statement and says that it saw encouraging developments in its mobile communications markets during last year. The number of customers with the companies in Europe and the United States totaled 128.3 million. This means that the number....
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The Norwegian National Rail Administration (Jernbaneverket) and Nokia Siemens Networks have signed a 20-year support agreement for the complete maintenance of the country’s railway communications network.The contract which includes hardware services, spare-parts management....
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