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World Bank Approves Funding to Extend Affordable Communications Services
www.cellular-news.com — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit of US$151 million to extend access to affordable communications services to Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. This is the third phase of the… Continue…
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Loading ...Global Handset Navigation Subscriber Base to Grow to 26 Million by 2010
www.cellular-news.com — While PNDs and in-dash navigation device sales continue to suffer from the economic recession, handset-based turn-by-turn navigation is boosted by the rapidly growing smartphone segment. ABI Research expects the number of paying handset-based turn-by-turn… Continue…
(Rate this as...) Loading ...Broadband stimulus guidelines call for net neutrality
www.fiercewireless.com — The Obama administration released grant guidelines for the government’s $7.2 billion broadband stimulus package Wednesday, and the rules call for net neutrality provisions to be applied to grant winners. The stipulations may deter wireless companies wary of complying with… Continue…
(Rate this as...) Loading ...Nokia Siemens retreats from WiMAX as LTE beckons
www.fiercewireless.com — Nokia Siemens Networks is transferring more of its research, development and base station production efforts from WiMAX to HSPA+ and LTE, according to Unstrung. The action follows similar moves from several other major equipment suppliers… Continue…
(Rate this as...) Loading ...Rural Broadband Grants Spell Opportunity
www.wirelessweek.com — WiMAX service provider Towerstream is one of the companies hoping to boost the economy as part of the broadband stimulus package. The government yesterday published the criteria that it will use in judging funding applications for the broadband… Continue…
(Rate this as...) Loading ...Telefónica could set off T-Mobile UK bidding war
www.ft.com — The prospect of a bidding war for T-Mobile UK was looming last night after it emerged that Telefónica is looking at the case for buying Britain’s fourth largest mobile phone operator. Spain’s leading telecoms company has been spurred… Continue…
(Rate this as...) Loading ...FirstNews Briefs for July 2, 2009
www.wirelessweek.com — FOX Business Network has announced it will distribute news content to select smartphones using the 1Cast platform. 1Cast, a desktop and mobile broadcast news and information service, allows consumers to create personalized video newscasts… Continue…
(Rate this as...) Loading ...Nostromo Takes Managing Mobile Content for Vodafone Czech Republic
www.cellular-news.com — Vodafone Czech Republic has selected local mobile content aggregator, Nostromo to manage its Vodafone Live! mobile internet portal. The contract came into effect last month, and Nostromo is now managing both the downloadable content presentation… Continue…
(Rate this as...) Loading ...iPhone 3GS: Overheating Fears, OS Update Nears
www.internetnews.com — It seems the iPhone 3GS is hitting a rough patch within its first month reminiscent of what the 3G went through last year. Instead of the earlier model’s 3G network problems, though, some iPhone 3GS users are… Continue…
(Rate this as...) Loading ...Ericsson Wins Network Expansion Contract in Ukraine
www.cellular-news.com — Ericsson says that it has won an expansion and modernisation contract from Ukrainian operator, Kyivstar. Ericsson will boost capacity and coverage of the operator’s radio access and core network. By increasing capacity by more than 30 percent… Continue…
(Rate this as...) Loading ...DoCoMo to Launch Mobile Money Transfer Service
www.cellular-news.com — Japan’s DoCoMo has announced a service that will enable an individual subscriber to use their DoCoMo mobile phone to easily and quickly remit money to another DoCoMo user. Customers of DoCoMo’s i-mode mobile Internet service on the 3G… Continue…
(Rate this as...) Loading ...Mobile Display Advertising Raises Awareness and Recognition
www.cellular-news.com — A research study from the UK’s Internet Advertising Bureau, and research company Brand Driver, in conjunction with confectionary brand, Kit Kat has found that mobile display advertising can increase brand awareness and recognition. Respondents were exposed to… Continue…
(Rate this as...) Loading ...Latin America’s Smartphone Market to Grow to 150 Million Handset Units Through 2014
www.cellular-news.com — Given the growing interest by operators in smartphones, intensified competition among vendors, and the greater potential for growth in Latin America compared with other regions, the region’s smartphone segment will represent an opportunity of 150 million handset units over… Continue…
(Rate this as...) Loading ...Globe reorganizes sales, marketing units
www.businessmirror.com.ph — GLOBE Telecom recently reorganized its sales and marketing team, affecting “30 or so positions,” an official of the country’s second-largest cellular firm said. Globe corporate and regulatory affairs head Maria Caridad Gonzales told the BusinessMirror in a phone… Continue…
(Rate this as...) Loading ...Smart targeting youth market
www.businessmirror.com.ph — SMART Communications Inc. is aggressively pushing its flexible and affordable mobile phone services that cater to the prepaid cellular market as it relaunched yesterday Red Mobile, the cellular brand of Connectivity Unlimited Resource Enterprises Inc. (Cure), a 3G… Continue…
(Rate this as...) Loading ...Counting the world’s top 10 largest operators
www.fiercewireless.com — Ever wonder how the Tier 1 operators in the United States stack up against wireless carriers from around the globe? Well here’s your answer. The following list comprises the top 10 largest mobile operators in the world according to… Continue…
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