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Business & Financial News
Sprint Nextel Buys Handmark and OneLouder Apps
USA based mobile network, Sprint Nextel has acquired one of the very early mobile app stores, Handmark and its subsidiary OneLouder Apps, a mobile app developer and advertising company. ...read more
Vietnam's Viettel Eyes More Overseas Mobile Network Investments
The Vietnamese state-owned telecoms network operator, Viettel Group has confirmed that it is seeking further overseas investments in developing countries. ...read more
Yahoo Pays $1.1 Billion in Cash to Buy Tumblr
USA based search engine website, Yahoo has confirmed rumours over the weekend and is to acquire the popular mini-blogging website, Tumblr. ...read more
Vodacom Posts Sharp Rise in Full-Year Profits
South Africa based Vodacom has announced that its full year revenues rose by 4.5 percent to reach R59.34 billion (US$6.3 billion), mainly driven by growth in Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique. ...read more
Vodafone Pressured to Decide on Future of Verizon Stake
Vodafone shareholders are calling on the company to make a final decision about the future of its 45% stake in the USA's Verizon Wireless. ...read more
Softbank in Talks to Buy Stake in Thai Mobile Network
Japan's Softbank is reportedly close to closing a deal that would see it take a minority stake in Thailand's state-owned mobile network operator, TOT. ...read more
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Handsets
Former Nokia Employees Show Off First Jolla Smartphone
Finland based smartphone start-up, Jolla has started taking pre-orders of its first handset, based on its own Sailfish OS. ...read more
Network Operators
9 short stories about the mobile networks
Summaries of short news items relating to the mobile networks. ...read more
British Telecom to Switch Entire Electricity Demand to Renewable Sources
UK based British Telecom is to source all of its electricity supply in the country from renewable energy, after signing an agreement with npower, making it one of the largest UK commercial companies to do so. ...read more
Optus to Start Deployment of TD-LTE Network
Australia's Optus has outlined plans to launch a TD-LTE based network, with a commercial launch now talking place next month, slightly later than originally expected. ...read more
China Mobile to Start Consumer LTE Trials Next Month
China Mobile is to launch its LTE based 4G service next month in Shanghai as the company starts large-scale trials. ...read more
11 short stories about the mobile networks
Summaries of short news items relating to the mobile networks. ...read more
Personnel
Tellabs Chief Financial Officer Resigns
The Chief Financial Officer at the struggling telecoms equipment manufacturer, Tellabs, Andrew B. Szafran has resigned from the company, citing personal reasons. ...read more
Vodafone New Zealand Ordered to Reinstate Top Lawyer
Vodafone New Zealand has been ordered to give their former legal council his job back after he was made redundant last year, although Vodafone has said that it will appeal the verdict. ...read more
Regulatory
Vodacom in Dispute with Regulator Over Licensing Fees
South Africa's Vodacom is denying that it owes R77.8 million (US$8.3 million) for overdue licensing fees to the telecoms regulator, and is willing to go to court if necessary. ...read more
Thai Networks Agree to 15% Cut in 3G Tariffs
Thailand's mobile networks have agreed to modify their 3G tariffs and reduce the costs by 15 percent as requested by the telecoms regulator. ...read more
Zimbabwe to Make Infrastructure Sharing Mandatory
Zimbabwe's government is mulling a change to the telecoms regulations that would require the mobile network operators to share their network infrastructure. ...read more
Attempt to Strip India's Tata Teleservices of its GSM Licenses
India's GSM trade association, the COAI is seeking to have the mobile licenses held by Tata Teleservices (TTSL) cancelled as part of the 2008 GSM license scandal. ...read more
Attempt to Curb Bangladesh VoIP Services Backfires
An attempt to curb and monitor the use of illegal VoIP services in Bangladesh backfired over the weekend when a poorly worded memo to internet service providers saw customers suffering slow internet upload speeds. ...read more
Google Blocking Traffic to Bangladesh Telecoms Regulator's Website
Google is blocking links to the Bangladesh telecoms regulator, after its routine scanning of the website for inclusion in its search results found malware being hosted on the regulator's own website. ...read more
Mobile Content
Samsung Launches Mobile App Developer Competition
Samsung has launched a global app competition aimed at finding new applications utilizing group communication function. ...read more
CorFire and OLO Partner on Mobile Commerce Solution for Restaurants
USA based mobile commerce services provider, CorFire has announced a partnership with OLO, the provider of a digital commerce engine for restaurants. ...read more
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