tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69597389875698846022024-03-14T20:39:05.092+07:00Telecom News | Telecom Companies | Telecom IndustryStay informed on the latest Telecom Newstelecom newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973860429832955642noreply@blogger.comBlogger382125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-84459042444877015522010-12-03T00:42:00.004+07:002010-12-06T00:43:17.041+07:00Financial Times, Wall Street Journal
VERIZON WIRELESS TO LAUNCH 4GOn Sunday, Verizon Wireless will launch its LTE network, FT writes. The launch will cover 110 million people in 39 U.S. markets and 60 airports. Monthly service plans will start at USD50 for 5GB of data. Tony Melone, senior vice president and chief technical officer of Verizon Wireless said Verizon’s network would deliver telecom newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973860429832955642noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-36526090362740808382010-12-03T00:42:00.002+07:002010-12-06T00:42:45.465+07:00Wall Street Journal
RIM SUES APPMAKERRIM has sued Kik Interactive, whose instant-messaging service competes with RIM's BlackBerry Messenger. Last month RIM pulled Kik's app from its online store. RIM is now suing the start-up for alleged patent infringement and misuse of trademarks, and is seeking a permanent injunction banning the use of the app on its devices.telecom newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973860429832955642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-20757635637295446072010-12-03T00:41:00.001+07:002010-12-06T00:42:07.815+07:00TT, Dagens Nyheter
ERICSSON ACQUIRES ASSETS OF GUANGDONG NORTELEricsson will acquire research and service operations assets from Guangdong Nortel for USD50 million. Under the deal, approximately 1,100 employees, half of which are research staff, will be transferred to Ericsson.telecom newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973860429832955642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-5785569779788730642010-12-03T00:40:00.001+07:002010-12-06T00:41:33.524+07:00Dagens Industri
CLEAR STRATEGY INCREASES CHANCES FOR PROFITIn a ranking of 213 major European companies that have achieved the best effect from their communications work, only five Swedish-based companies, including Ericsson, qualified. The study from the Swiss business school IMD and the PR and communications firm Burson-Marsteller, entitled “Corporate Purpose Impact 2010”, shows for the telecom newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973860429832955642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-21713040558969998592010-12-02T00:36:00.003+07:002010-12-06T00:39:12.117+07:00Financial Times
AT&T AND BT IN TELEPRESENCE EXCHANGE
AT&T and BT have initiated the first network operator telepresence exchange, thereby setting an industry benchmark for using the technology and overshadowing other operators with similar plans, such as Tata and Orange. Together, AT&T and BT operate more than 2,000 telepresence rooms globally, including about 1,100 for corporate telecom newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973860429832955642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-37545550038475925262010-12-02T00:36:00.002+07:002010-12-06T00:38:20.495+07:00Wall Street Journal
RACE IS ON TO 'FINGERPRINT' PHONES, PCS
BlueCava, a U.S. start-up company, has collected the digital equivalent of fingerprints from 200 million computers, mobiles, and TV set-top boxes. By the end of next year, BlueCava expects to have catalogued one billion of the estimated 10 billion devices globally, the company’s founder and CEO, David Norris, says. WSJ writes thattelecom newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973860429832955642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-20771759037827960672010-12-02T00:35:00.000+07:002010-12-06T00:37:53.931+07:00Dagens Industri
IPAD SALES BEAT EXPECTATIONSDI writes that the launch of the iPad created an early Christmas rush at electronic chains on Tuesday. Initial sales of the device at Elgiganten’s 33 locations exceeded expectations, and Media Markt experienced the same demand. The media analysis company Mediavision estimates that 210,000 households plan to purchase an iPad in the coming year.telecom newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973860429832955642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-91383126599941674812010-12-01T00:34:00.002+07:002010-12-06T00:39:41.788+07:00Financial Times
Vodafone cuts data charges for smartphones
Vodafone announced Monday that it will reduce the cost of mobile data downloads for its customers travelling in the operator’s European markets. The move may reduce the risk of regulators forcing the telecom industry to implement price cuts, FT writes. Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao hopes that customers will over time spend more telecom newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973860429832955642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-86507273070765574652010-12-01T00:33:00.004+07:002010-12-06T00:40:04.418+07:00Wall Street Journal
Australian lawmaker hits broadband 'deal'
Australian lawmakers issued final approval to legislation aimed at clearing the way for national high-speed broadband Monday. But Senator Nick Xenophon, a South Australian independent, said the new access arrangements allow for a “special deal” for Telstra. “This taxpayer-funded enterprise needs to be a true level playing fieldtelecom newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973860429832955642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-59377349623573386042010-12-01T00:33:00.001+07:002010-12-06T00:33:36.129+07:00Dagens Industri, Svenska Dagbladet
Ipad to be launched tomorrow
Although the Swedish launch of the iPad is tomorrow, The Swedish Retail Institute has already chosen it as the Christmas Present of the Year. There are Android-based tablet PCs available on the market, but even Google admits that the current version of the platform is not optimally-suited for such devices. Nevertheless, with telecom newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973860429832955642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-85155570170589481382010-12-01T00:32:00.001+07:002010-12-06T00:33:08.508+07:00Svenska Dagbladet
Tele2 receives bid from Network Norway
Network Norway has placed a bid on Tele2’s Norwegian operations, the news agency Direkt reports. Network Norway and Tele2 Norway are currently building a joint mobile network. telecom newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973860429832955642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-3421174652002671512010-11-24T00:06:00.002+07:002010-11-30T00:06:54.566+07:00Financial Times, Wall Street Journal QTEL CONSORTIUM BUYS ORASCOM’S TUNISIAN STAKEOrascom Telecom has agreed to sell its 50-percent stake in Tunisiana, Tunisia’s largest mobile phone operator, for USD1.2 billion to a consortium including Qatar Telecom and Tunisian investment firm Princesse Holding. QTel will make the acquisition through its majority-owned Wataniya Telecom unit, which already ownsMazaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11863315545115480503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-68077803555093786992010-11-24T00:06:00.001+07:002010-11-30T00:06:42.519+07:00Financial Times BUZZ IN THE AIR AS AMX COMES OF AGESince it was spun off from Telmex ten years ago, AMX has grown from a small provider into a group with 216.8 million subscribers in 18 countries, placing it among the top four mobile phone providers in the world. This year it expects to generate around USD50 billion in annual sales and USD20 billion in EBITDA. When measured by the company’s more Mazaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11863315545115480503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-85373906417777228652010-11-24T00:06:00.000+07:002010-11-30T00:06:17.325+07:00Financial Times OFCOM OPENS SECOND TALKTALK INVESTIGATIONOfcom has opened a new investigation into TalkTalk focused on complaints by people “who claim to have been mis-sold a fixed-line telephone service by (TalkTalk) or have had their service switched to (TalkTalk) without their consent”, FT writes. In recent years the watchdog has had to clampdown on so-called “slamming”, where customers are Mazaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11863315545115480503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-39109095011287101962010-11-24T00:05:00.002+07:002010-11-30T00:05:57.015+07:00Financial Times IN-BUILT SIM FOR APPLE’S IPHONE 5 RULED OUT Apple has told European mobile operators that the next version of its iPhone will not include an embedded SIM, people familiar with the situation say. Rumors of such an innovation have generated fierce opposition among several network providers.Mazaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11863315545115480503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-79010370452447697762010-11-24T00:05:00.001+07:002010-11-30T00:05:43.372+07:00Dagens Industri INVESTOR DECREASES FACEBOOK HOLDINGS Although Facebook continues to increase in value, its largest owner Accel Partners recently reduced its holdings from ten percent to eight percent. Facebook, which does not have plans to become a listed company, is unofficially worth USD39 billion, more than Yahoo and Ericsson writes DI.Mazaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11863315545115480503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-53639357642568025772010-11-24T00:05:00.000+07:002010-11-30T00:05:27.503+07:00Direkt, Svenska Dagbladet “WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF SMOKE, THERE MUST BE A FIRE SOMEWHERE”Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg hinted in a Wall Street Journal interview that the company could be developing an advanced phone together with Sony that features a retractable “TV-game” controller, writes Direkt.Mazaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11863315545115480503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-82237669853292486192010-11-23T00:04:00.001+07:002010-11-30T00:04:46.697+07:00Financial Times, Wall Street Journal NOKIA SUFFERS FAULT WITH FLAGSHIP SMARTPHONENokia’s N8 smartphone, released only a month ago after a series of delays, has been hit by a production glitch, resulting in a power problem, in which the phone turns itself off and cannot be switched on again. The problem, though serious for those affected, involves only a “small number” of devices, according to FT Mazaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11863315545115480503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-85288985771425983232010-11-23T00:04:00.000+07:002010-11-30T00:04:34.058+07:00Wall Street Journal BUZZ BUILDS FOR SONY GAME PHONEThere have been speculations that Sony Ericsson may collaborate with parent company Sony on a smartphone with a slide-out controller for playing video games. Bert Nordberg, CEO of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, confirmed the possibility, stating in an interview cited in WSJ, “There is a lot of smoke, and I tell you there must be a fire Mazaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11863315545115480503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-52734962158696654842010-11-23T00:03:00.002+07:002010-11-30T00:04:13.066+07:00Financial Times FCC MOVES TO ENSURE “NET NEUTRALITY”The Federal Communications Commission in the US is expected to unveil plans for new net neutrality rules next week that could be passed as early as 15 December and would prohibit internet service providers from blocking websites or “unjustly or unreasonably” discriminating against any lawful internet traffic.GANDHI WARNS INDIAN GROWTH COMES AT AMazaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11863315545115480503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-46258173667489824202010-11-23T00:03:00.001+07:002010-11-30T00:03:54.294+07:00Svenska Dagbladet NSN ON ITS WAY TO STOCK EXCHANGE?Nokia and Siemens are considering an initial public offering in the jointly owned Nokia Siemens Network (NSN). Joe Kaeser, CFO of Siemens, was cited, saying an IPO could come in a mid-term perspective should the company have a positive performance. The two companies stated in August that they were trying to sell a minority stake in NSN to a Mazaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11863315545115480503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-72890894025011162272010-11-23T00:03:00.000+07:002010-11-30T00:03:41.252+07:00Elektroniktidningen 4G GIVES THREE TIMES MORE TRAFFICSwedish online technology press, Electroniktidningen writes that after one year of its LTE network operation, TeliaSonera states that average LTE users download between 14 and 15 Gbyte per month – three times more than average 3G users. Mazaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11863315545115480503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-12146933873847662702010-11-19T23:58:00.001+07:002010-11-30T00:00:00.520+07:00Wall Street JournalVERIZON RETHINKS PRICINGVerizon is exploring ways to charge consumers based on wireless connection speed and data use. While U.S. operators in general are exploring pricing options for downloading limits, Verizon is considering providing faster data transfer rates at premium prices, writes WSJ. The operator’s new LTE network can deliver between one and 12 Mbps, which opens up Mazaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11863315545115480503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-31728599087516255752010-11-19T23:58:00.000+07:002010-11-29T23:58:55.725+07:00Dagens Industri ERICSSON AT COP 16 CLIMATE CONFERENCEElaine Weidman-Grunewald originally hails from Boston, Massachusetts in the US and has held various positions at Ericsson in Sweden since 1998. For the last five years Weidman-Grunewald has been the head of sustainability at Ericsson. As the UN climate meeting, COP 16, in Mexico approaches, Weidman-Grunewald is focused on the importance of Mazaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11863315545115480503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959738987569884602.post-60240025595298621372010-11-19T00:02:00.001+07:002010-11-30T00:02:29.769+07:00Wall Street Journal INDIA SCANDAL THREATENS 'PURE' PREMIERA scandal over the government's allotment of telecom spectrum threatens to tarnish the reputation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, writes WSJ. India's Supreme Court has harshly criticized Singh for waiting 16 months to respond to a request for a probe into the matter. Thursday, the court gave the Solicitor General, which represents the Mazaramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11863315545115480503noreply@blogger.com0