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Business & Financial News
Vodafone Raises Offer to Buy Germany's Kabel Deutschland
Vodafone is reported to have raised its offer to buy the German cable operator, Kabel Deutschland following the appearance of a rival suitor, Liberty Global earlier this week. ...read more
VimpelCom Cancels Takeover Bid for Canada's Wind Mobile
Orascom Telecom Holding -- the Egyptian company controlled by Russia's VimpelCom -- has walked away from its attempt to buy control of the Canadian mobile network, Wind Mobile. ...read more
Fitch Assigns MTN Group 'BBB' Debt Rating
Fitch said that the ratings reflect MTN's leading market position in most of the markets in which it operates. The strong position allows the group to secure the high-revenue subscribers and generate the cash flow necessary to re-invest in network qu ...read more
Huawei Denies Any Interest in Buying Nokia
China's Huawei has said that it is not planning a bid to buy Nokia, refuting a report in the Financial Times that had suggested that a takeover bid was possible. ...read more
Verizon Confirms Interest in Bidding for Canada's Wind Mobile
USA's Verizon Communications has confirmed that it is mulling a bid to buy Canada's Wind Mobile in a move that would mark its entry into the Canadian market. ...read more
Kuwait's Viva Secures $270 Million Loan from Local Banks
Kuwait's Viva says that it has signed a US$270 million five-year funding agreement with the National Bank of Kuwait which it said was to cover network upgrades and expansion plans. ...read more
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Handsets
Nokia Hints at 41-Megapixel Cameraphone for Next Month
Nokia has all but confirmed that it will be showing off its long expected 41-megapixel cameraphone next month. ...read more
Fluid Cooling to Deal with Overheating Smartphones
Smartphones could come with fluid-cooling as soon as early as late this year, according to a report citing component suppliers. ...read more
Competition Between MediaTek and Qualcomm Driving Down Chipset Costs
The cost of chipsets for smartphones and tablets are expected to fall by 10-20% in the second half of this year, due to increased competition between MediaTek and Qualcomm. ...read more
CEA Standards Group Will Explore Ways to Reduce Distracted Driving
The USA's Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) says that it is forming the Driver Device Interface Working Group to develop industry standards and/or best practices for designing consumer electronics products ...read more
Hidden Features Found in Apple's Latest iPhone Software
Apple's latest iPhone operating software has been found to be concealing a number of features that may hint at future functionality. ...read more
Qualcomm Powered Devices Attracting More Subsidies than Other Devices
Qualcomm powered devices are capturing the high end of the device market and this overriding factor has resulted in Qualcomm attracting an average implied subsidy of $530 compared to $341 for other IC vendor based products. ...read more
Marketing News
More companies Line Up to Sell Angry Birds Branded Goods
Rovio Entertainment has outlined plans to expand the number of consumer goods sold with the Angry Birds branding plastered over them. ...read more
Network Operators
Nigeria's Etisalat Claims 50% of MNP Traffic
Nigeria's Etisalat says that it took half the total subscribers who have taken advantage of the recently launched Mobile Number Portability service. ...read more
O3b Signs Deal to Provide 3G Backhaul Services across Rural Malaysia
On the verge of launching its satellite constellation, O3b Networks has announced a long-term capacity deal, providing fiber equivalent capacity to Malaysian telecoms provider Maju Nusa. ...read more
PLDT wireless group grows prepaid business in Q1
Philippines based PLDT says that it continues to be upbeat about growing its prepaid mobile subscriber base, citing market segmentation as the key growth driver. ...read more
AT&T Deploys Solar Powered Phone Chargers in New York City Parks
USA based AT&T has deployed a number of free phone chargers around New York City, all powered by solar energy as part of a pilot trial of the facility. ...read more
Bulgarian WiMAX Operator to Overlay with LTE
Bulgarian WiMAX network operator, Max Telecom says that it has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to deploy an LTE network overlay, which is due to go live in Q4 2013. ...read more
Swaziland's SPTC to Relaunch Modified Version of Wireless Service
Swaziland's monopoly landline operator, the SPTC says that it will switch on a fixed wireless service within the next few weeks. ...read more
Personnel
British Telecom CEO Announces Resignation
The CEO of the UK's largest landline operator, British Telecom has resigned in order to take up a post with the government. ...read more
Strike Ballot Called Off at UK's O2
Threat of strike action has been cancelled at UK based O2 after the Communications Workers Union withdrew a strike ballot just hours before it was due to close. ...read more
Random Stuff
Broadcasting Text Messages into Space
An attempt to broadcast short targeted messages at the potential occupants of other planets has been launched. ...read more
Regulatory
Kenya's Yu Applies for 3G License
Essar Telecom Kenya (Yu) has reversed a previous policy of not deploying a 3G network, and has said that it will now apply for a 3G license from the regulator. ...read more
Reports & Surveys
Distracted walking: injuries soar for pedestrians on mobile phones
More than 1,500 USA pedestrians were estimated to be treated in emergency rooms in 2010 for injuries related to using a cell phone while walking, according to a study. ...read more
Criminals Spamming USA Mobile Phone Users by Name, State and Income Level
USA based mobile spammers are using cell phone users' personal data to launch invasive, highly targeted attacks, according to a security software vendor, AdaptiveMobile, ...read more
UK and US messaging trends more closely aligned as OTT usage proliferates
While SMS remains an essential communication tool in both regions due to its pervasive nature, (used by 96% of UK respondents and 92% in the US), exactly half of USA users claimed they prefer OTT messaging services over SMS because of its speed, ...read more
Internet of Everything Expected to Generate $613 Billion in Profits in 2013
The Internet of Everything (IoE) is expected to enable global private-sector businesses to generate at least $613 billion in global profits in 2013, according to the IoE Value Index study released by Cisco. ...read more
British retailers struggle to be mobile ready
Research reveals top UK retailers struggle to be mobile and tablet ready. 74% of top spending retailers have a mobile optimised sites, but only 8% have a tablet optimised site. ...read more
Global OC market sales to hit historic peak of US$10bn in 2018
Ovum expects the optical components (OC) market to grow 4 percent in 2013 driven by WAN and datacom demand. ...read more
Mobile Content
Aruba Networks acquires Meridian Apps
Aruba Networks has announced the acquisition of privately-held Meridian Apps for an undisclosed amount. ...read more
Technology Developments
Motorola's Skunkworks Team in Deal with USA Universities
Motorola Mobility's Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group has signed a collaboration agreement with eight top USA based research universities. ...read more
Printing tiny batteries
3D printing can now be used to print lithium-ion microbatteries the size of a grain of sand. The printed microbatteries could supply electricity to tiny devices in fields from medicine to communications ...read more
Cisco to Test Self-Optimising Network with Israeli Operator
Cisco Systems has opened an innovation center in Israel to test the world's first self-optimizing heterogeneous configuration that combines small-cell, Wi-Fi and macro technologies. ...read more
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