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Japan's Softbank has offered to appoint a "security director" if it is successful in its US$20 billion bid to buy a majority stake in the USA based Sprint Nextel. |
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Business & Financial News
Softbank Offers US Government Veto Over Appointment of Security Director
Japan's Softbank has offered to appoint a "security director" if it is successful in its US$20 billion bid to buy a majority stake in the USA based Sprint Nextel. ...read more
UK ISP Offering 1Gbs Service Secures Investment Funding
A UK based landline start-up, Hyperoptic has secured US$75 million in addition investment from a company backed by George Soros. ...read more
Dish Says Softbank Takeover of Sprint Nextel Threatens US Security
USA's Dish Network has stepped up the public rhetoric in its battle to beat Japan's Softbank to control of Sprint Nextel. ...read more
Samsung Buys Stake in Local Handset Manufacturer
Samsung is buying a minority stake in the local handset manufacturer, Pantech, making it the third largest shareholder in the company. ...read more
Axiata Mulls Bid for Indonesian Rival Network
Malaysia based Axiata is reportedly mulling an offer to buy a smaller Indonesian rival, Axis Telecom, which is currently owned by Saudi Telecom. ...read more
Green Packet Looking at Asset Sales to Shore Up Finances
Malaysia's Green Packet has confirmed that it is looking at selling some of its assets in a move to improve its financial situation. ...read more
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Handsets
Amazon Expands App Store and Kindle Availability
Amazon has announced that its own Android apps store is now available in nearly 200 countries. ...read more
Foxconn to Start Work on Indonesian Handset Factory
Indonesian handset distributor, PT Erajaya Swasembada is reported to have signed a partnership with Taiwan's Foxconn Technology to set up a local handset manufacturing plant. ...read more
Samsung Galaxy S4 Hits 10 Million Milestone in First Month
Samsung has announced that global channel sales of its Galaxy S4 smartphone has surpassed 10 million units sold in less than one month after its commercial debut. ...read more
Network Operators
9 short stories about the mobile networks
Summaries of short news items relating to the mobile networks. ...read more
Swisscom Increases LTE Download Speed to 150Mbps
Switzerland's Swisscom has increased the speed of its LTE network in high traffic areas to a theoretical peak download speed of 150Mbps. The service had previously peaked at 100Mbps. ...read more
Canada's Telus Launches Corporate App Store Service
Canadian mobile network operator, Telus has launched a new Mobile Application Management (MAM) service designed to help Canadian enterprises protect and manage their corporate mobile apps and data ...read more
Brazil's Largest Telecom Operator, Oi, Taps Aptilo for Service Provider Wi-Fi
Brazilian mobile network operator, Oi has deployed the Aptilo Service Management Platform for Wi-Fi offloading of Oi's fixed broadband and mobile customers. ...read more
Vodafone Delays LTE Launch Ahead of New iPhone Announcement
Vodafone has dropped a strong hint that Apple is preparing to launch a new smartphone, as it has chosen to delay the launch of its UK LTE network, pending something happening around August or September time. ...read more
MobileOne to Boost Indoor 3G Coverage with Femtocells
Singapore's MobileOne (M1) has announced plans to deploy between S$5 million and S$20 million worth of 3G femtocells to improve indoor phone coverage. ...read more
Personnel
NII Holdings to Split Roles of Chairman and CEO
NII Holdings -- which operates Nextel branded networks in Latin America -- has shaken up its board of directors, and decided to split the roles of Chairman and CEO. ...read more
Sony Mobile's China Boss Resigns
The head of Sony Mobile in China is reported to have resigned with immediate effect for unknown reasons. ...read more
Batelco CEO Leaves the Company With Immediate Effect
The CEO of Bahrain's Batelco has been "separated" from the company, the firm announced in a strangely worded statement. ...read more
Regulatory
Qatar Consults on Modified Radio Spectrum Fees
Qatar's telecoms regulator, ictQATAR has launched a public consultation on a draft Radio Spectrum Fees Policy and Fees Schedule. ...read more
Thai Networks Agree to Lower Mobile Termination Rates
Thailand's two state-owned networks, CAT and TOT have agreed to adopt a new lower mobile termination rate. ...read more
More emphasis needed on recycling and reuse of Li-ion batteries
The discovery of potential environmental and human health effects from disposal of millions of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries each year has led scientists to recommend stronger government policies to encourage recovery, recycling and reuse of Li- ...read more
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
Reports & Surveys
Increasing Numbers of PHP Developers Working on Mobile Apps
Mobile apps are rapidly becoming the primary focus for development teams. When asked whether they are working on mobile apps this year, 91% of PHP developers confirmed that they are, up from 66% a year ago. ...read more
Ding! In-Flight Entertainment Market is Now Taking Off
Airlines are set to spend $900 million on in-flight entertainment (IFE) content by 2018, up from $660 million in 2012, lifted by demand in emerging markets and with lower-cost options rapidly becoming available, ...read more
Majority of Employees Use Personal Phones for Work Regardless of Company Policy
What employees do with their mobile phones at work, and what the IT department thinks they are doing, are very different. ...read more
Promising growth for mobile applications in emerging markets
Despite the meteoric growth of the mobile applications market, over two-thirds of consumers do not download apps, finds Ovum. ...read more
Explosion in Connected Devices to Spur M2M Software and Services Market
The sheer growth in need for information, ability of enterprises to convert raw data into business insights, the increasing partnerships between systems, and the rising need for remote monitoring solutions for distributed assets are three drivers tha ...read more
Mobile data in India nearly doubles in 2012, 3G data triples
There has been a 92% increase in mobile data traffic generated by both 2G and 3G services in India between December 2011 and December 2012, according to a study by Nokia Siemens Networks. ...read more
Mobile Content
Shazam Launches Completely Redesigned App for iPad
Shazam has launched a complete redesign of its app for iPad fans, including a new discovery home screen, an improved layout for Shazam tag results for both TV and music, and a new way to browse what a users friends have been watching and listening to ...read more
Square Expands Mobile Credit Card Payments to Japan
USA based mobile credit card processor, Square has launched its services in Japan. Square is available in the country with the support and partnership of Sumitomo Mitsui Card Corporation (SMCC). ...read more
Fortumo Signs Mobile Payments Agreement with Telefonica and Telenor
Mobile payments services provider, Fortumo says that it has signed deals with Telefonica and Telenor to bring one-click mobile payments to users in more than 30 countries. ...read more
Blinkx Launches Mobile Video App and API for Tizen Smartphones
Video content search engine, Blinkx has launched a dedicated mobile app and an open-sourced Video Player for use on Tizen based smartphones. ...read more
Paying Wages Direct to Mobile Accounts Trialled in Kenya
A Vodafone report says mobile money payroll (mPayroll) could enable secure, cost-effective wage payments to be made to millions of unbanked workers by 2020, reducing corruption, lessening the risk of payday robbery and reducing the time spent travell ...read more
European Contactless payments grow 46% in three months
Visa Europe has confirmed that contactless usage has reached a critical point of adoption across Europe. Monthly transaction numbers across Europe reached more than 19 million in March 2013. ...read more
Technology Developments
UBC engineer helps pioneer flat spray-on optical lens
A University of British Columbia engineer and a team of U.S. researchers have made a breakthrough utilizing spray-on technology that could revolutionize the way optical lenses are made and used. ...read more
Broadcom Announces First 5G Wi-Fi Combo Chips for Entry Level Market
Broadcom has introduced its first 5G Wi-Fi combination chips targeted specifically for entry level consumer devices. ...read more
Nokia Siemens Networks, Intel Working on Base Station Based Servers
Nokia Siemens Networks and Intel has announced plans to work together on developing media servers that can be deployed within base stations to cache mobile content closer to end-users. ...read more
Oberthur Technologies' dragonFly NFC SIM card certified by MasterCard and Visa
Oberthur Technologies says that it has obtained certifications from MasterCard and Visa for its dragonFly NFC SIM card. ...read more
Nokia Siemens Networks Eliminates Unnecessary Signalling from Older Smartphones
Nokia Siemens Networks says that it has developed a profiling platform for networks that identifies older smartphones and eliminates the unnecessary signaling they often create. ...read more
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
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