By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:48 AM
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Alongside the evolution and spread of W-CDMA mobile phone systems towards HSPA and beyond, the worlds most dominant mobile technology, GSM/EDGE, is also seeing increasing need to support higher data transmission speeds....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:47 AM
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Sony Ericsson has issued a warning that its net sales and net income before taxes in the second quarter of 2008 continue to be negatively affected by moderating demand of mid-to-high end mobile phones, in combination with a delay of new....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:46 AM
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Talks to bring Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) iPhone to mainland China have cleared their biggest hurdle and are now focusing on practical issues, the country's top mobile operator China Mobile Ltd said on Friday. But there is no timetable for when....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:45 AM
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Palm reports that is total revenue in Q4 2008, ended May 2008, reached USD 296.2 million. Smartphone sell-through in Q4 reached a record high totaling 968,000 units, up 29 percent year-on-year. Net loss applicable to common shareholders....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:44 AM
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Netherlands-based semiconductor manufacturer NXP and Franco-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics have created a new joint venture, under the name of ST-NXP Wireless. Developed from the mobile and wireless businesses of....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:43 AM
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Vodafone Germany and its fixed network subsidiary Arcor will integrate their executive management structures as of 1 August 2008. Vodafone Germany's CEO, Friedrich Joussen, will also be Arcor's CEO. Arcor's previous CEO....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:42 AM
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Hungarian telecommunications operator Magyar Telekom will introduce the T-Home brand to replace the T-Com, T-Online and T-Kabel brands for its fixed, internet and cable services in autumn. Additionally, Magyar Telekom's 'T' brand as well as....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:41 AM
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Palm swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter loss on declining revenue as it works to revitalize its line of smartphone and wireless devices. One bright spot in Palm's report was its Centro, a $99 device that has proved popular with customers new to the....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:41 AM
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The European Commissioner, Viviane Reding yesterday announced steps to cut mobile operators’ termination rates by up to 70%. Reding wants to end the differences in the levels of termination costs operators charge each other across Europe....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:39 AM
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Communications market research firm Infonetics Research reports that the wireless LAN infrastructure market, which includes independent and dependent access points and WLAN switches and controllers, sequentially increased in revenue....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:39 AM
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China has long promised that third-generation mobile phone technology will be available at the Beijing Olympics, but international travelers shouldn't expect seamless service. The two 3G standards widely available in the rest of the world are....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:37 AM
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Nokia has launched four new phones - the first of its Supernova range - which the company says are aimed at "style conscious" customers....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:36 AM
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Internet measurement firm, comScore has released a study on “iPhone”-related search terms based on data from their Marketer service, which showed that 1.3 million people conducted 6.9 million searches for iPhone-related terms in April 2008....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:35 AM
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According to the latest ROA Group report, the number of mobile WiMAX users in South Korea will increase to more than 2.5 million by 2011. The market revenues are also expected to increase to KRW65 billion (US$627 million) by 2011. Mobile....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:34 AM
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Verizon Communications has reiterated its long standing desire to buy out Vodafone's share in their joint venture mobile network, Verizon Wireless. Speaking to the Financial Times, Verizon CEO, Ivan Seidenberg confirmed that he still wanted....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:32 AM
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Since it launched its reduced price scheme offering unlimited free intra-network voice calls on 12 June, Taiwanese mobile operator Vibo Telecom has reported the number of new subscribers joining its network has jumped from around 700 a day....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:32 AM
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German mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Ortel Mobile, which launched in September 2006 over the network of E-Plus, has announced that it signed up its one millionth customer in the country on 18 June. Ortel achieved the milestone in....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:31 AM
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New subscribers to MetroPCS, the US provider of unlimited, flat-rate mobile services, are now able to use their existing compatible CDMA handsets on its network. As well as doing away with the need to buy a new phone, new customers to....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:30 AM
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According to the Sofia Echo five companies have bought documentation for participation in the tender to issue a fourth GSM licence. The five contenders are reported to be Russia’s TransTelecom, Mobil World, Palladium Capital, Turkcell and....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:29 AM
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Hungary’s leading telecoms operator by revenues and subscribers Magyar Telekom (MT) has announced plans to simplify its fixed line branding strategy, replacing the existing T-Com (fixed), T-Online (internet) and T-Kabel (cable) brands with a....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:28 AM
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Dublin-based telco Flint Telcom has acquired another Dublin firm, Prime Carrier, for an undisclosed sum, ElectricNews.Net reports. Under the deal Prime Carrier will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Flint Telecom, but will continue to operate....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:27 AM
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Unconfirmed press reports suggest that UK-based mobile group Vodafone could be unveiled as the new 66.7% stakeholder of Ghana Telecom (GT) as early as 2 July. A source at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning is quoted as saying....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:27 AM
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Indonesian telecoms group Bakrie Telecom is reportedly looking to buy a 15% stake in the country’s number two operator Indosat. The move comes as Qatar Telecom (Qtel) looks to increase its stake in Indosat to 40.8%, and then buy out the....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:26 AM
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Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has announced it is increasing its equity holding in Filipino associate Globe Telecom from 44.47% to 47.34% at a cost of PHP4.6 billion (USD104 million). SingTel’s 100% owned Singapore Telecom....
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By Editor on
6/27/2008 10:25 AM
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Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan’s largest phone operator, is planning to gradually decrease its cumulative legally required capital surplus which stood at TWD200.6 billion (USD6.59 billion) at the end of 2007. It will return TWD160 billion to its....
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