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Articles tagged with: Sk Telecom
SK Telecom: Not Seeking to Take Over Sprint Nextel
SEOUL -(Dow Jones)- SK Telecom, South Korea's largest mobile carrier by revenue, Thursday said it isn't seeking a controlling stake in a major U.S. wireless operator. more
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Asia Pacific - W-CDMA base grows 74% in the year, EV-DO base up 17.7%
Asia Pacific saw record 3G net additions in Q1 2008 as 13.3m new connections were made, taking the total to 136.3m - a 53.7% increase with respect to Q1 2007. Here we only include CDMA EV-DO, and not standard 1x connections, as 3G; including 1x connections the total rose 37.7% to 264.3m. However, the source of growth in the base was undoubtedly W- CDMA, the 3G technology of the GSM family which accounted for almost 86% of all the mobile connections in Asia Pacific at the end of March. The number of W-CDMA customers grew 74% in the year to reach 98.4m, with a record 12.3m new customers joining in Q1 2008. more
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Virgin Mobile May Struggle in Shifting Demographic Aim
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Virgin Mobile USA may find itself with growing pains as it attempts to mature alongside its youthful customer base. more
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UPDATE: Virgin Mobile to Acquire Helio in All-Stock Deal
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Virgin Mobile USA agreed to buy Helio for $39 million in stock as the two struggling mobile-service resellers place bets that their combined operations will fare better in the tightening wireless market. more
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Microsoft faces Pressure from Smartphone OS Alliances
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- With the smartphone world increasingly shifting toward an open operating system model, Microsoft and its Windows Mobile face another obstacle in trying to penetrate the consumer market. more
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WiMAX Equipment Sales Jump 59% - Motorola Takes the Lead
Communications market research firm Infonetics Research reported recently that the worldwide WiMAX equipment market, including fixed and mobile WiMAX equipment, increased 59% sequentially to $363 million in 1Q08. more
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Telefonica Looking to Increase Chinese Investment
Telefonica has not ruled out increasing its investment in China Netcom Group in order to boost its holding in the future China Unicom network operator. Spain's Telefonica currently owns 5 percent of China Netcom Group, which has been ordered by the government to merge with China Unicom. The agreement would dilute Telefonica's stake in the enlarged group so the company plans to increase its investment to maintain a 10 percent holding in the group, chairman Cesar Alierta told the Financial Times. more
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Asia-Pacific represents exciting growth for all Contact Center Vendors
Dynamic growth is being predicted for both the number of contact centers and customer service agent positions in Asia Pacific. Market analysis firm Datamonitor puts this down to a combination of a growing middle class in China and India, the expansion in demand for products and services and the increase in offshoring. According to the report, which covers India, China, Australia, Japan and South Korea, this will lead to the creation of four times as many new contact center agent positions (APs) in developing markets over the next four years as in developed markets. more
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SK Telecom: Haven't Approached China Telecom for Stake Buy
SEOUL -(Dow Jones)- SK Telecom, South Korea's largest mobile phone carrier by revenue, Wednesday said it hasn't approached China Telecom Corp. to buy a stake in the Chinese company. more
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China Unicom Chairman: No Plans to Distribute Special Dividend
HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- China Unicom Ltd. said Monday it has no plans to distribute a special dividend following its merger with China Netcom Group Corp. (Hong Kong) Ltd. more
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