Financial Times |
September 5th, 2008 |
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The world's largest mobile phone maker by volume warned on Friday it was losing market share to rivals that had slashed prices[...]
Ars Technica |
September 5th, 2008 |
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Adoption of 3G in the US has surged in the past year. Thanks to more and cheaper devices, the US now has more 3G customers than Western Europe.Read More[...]
Phone Scoop |
September 5th, 2008 |
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Freshly disclosed documents on the FCC Web site reveal some information about the Samsung A837, a rugged clamshell with AT&T; branding on it. The A837 has at least dual-band GSM/EDGE 850/1900 radios, and also supports WCDMA 3G. It has ...(follow link to read)[...]
ADC Telecommunications CEO Bob Switz appeared on CNBC this afternoon explaining his company's guidance for the full year is to be maintained. It would appear he was referring to revenue and not earnings. He also explained six weeks ago guidance was lowered. He further mentioned at the end of the [...]
Seeking Alpha |
September 5th, 2008 |
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Nokia (NOK) this morning warned that it now expects its mobile device market share in the third quarter to be down from the second quarter. The company had previously said it expected its share of the market to be sequentially flat. Nokia said it continues to target an increase in [...]
Alcatel-Lucent has confirmed to Telephony that Cindy Christy, who leads the company’s Americas region, is leaving the company.Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report Arbor Networks, Inc., in cooperation with the Internet network security operations community, has completed the second edition of an ongoing series of annual operational security surveys. The survey is [...]
Gizmodo |
September 5th, 2008 |
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Comcast has sued the FCC to overturn its order to stop slowing down P2P traffic, as was widely predicted. Even though they're fighting to have the FCC's ruling reversed, it's actually not so they can go back to mucking your P2P funtime—no, they're already way down the road of slowing [...]
FierceTelecom |
September 5th, 2008 |
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The Federal Communications Commission is expected today to approve a significant reduction in the amount of information AT&T, Verizon and Qwest must report to the regulator about customer complaints, service quality and infrastructure investment.The move has raised the antennae of consumer groups that worry that everything from repair times to customer service will be [...]
textually.org |
September 5th, 2008 |
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A new mobile charger, released by Gadget4all, can add around 100 minutes of charge time. The mobile device, in the shape of a pen - which does work - holds a single AA battery (standard type or rechargeable). The device can then be plugged into a mobile phone when you [...]
Gizmodo |
September 5th, 2008 |
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The last we heard of the upgrade to LG's Prada phone, the Prada II, was a grainy photo and some speculative specifications. Now over at Boy Genius Report they've been given a run-down on the full specs of the phone from a source they trust. The rumored 5-megapixel camera is [...]
FierceTelecom |
September 5th, 2008 |
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As it struggles to retain fixed-line customers who've been abandoning landlines in record numbers, Embarq yesterday announced it was offering customers a new service that allows them to screen voice mail as callers leave it.When a caller starts to leave a message, the customer is notified with a distinctive ring, and EMBARQ VMESSAGE [...]
Seeking Alpha |
September 5th, 2008 |
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Corning Inc (NYSE:GLW) continues to slide reaching a new 52 week low today after being downgraded by RBC Capital Corp and cutting their third quarter outlook yesterday. But the current price/earnings ratio is too low for a company with the earnings and revenue growth displayed. Third Quarter Troubles[...]
TeleGeography |
September 5th, 2008 |
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Telecoms regulator the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) has issued a ruling under which it intends to equalise frequency allocations for all the country’s GSM operators. A report in the Liberian Observer newspaper says the move is designed to level the playing field for all telecoms operators offering services in the [...]
TeleGeography |
September 5th, 2008 |
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Italian full-service telco Wind has posted a net profit of EUR147 million (USD213 million) in the six months to the end of June 2008, reversing a net loss of EUR122 million in the same period of 2007. Revenues of EUR2.69 billion in the first half were up by 5.4% year-on-year, [...]
TeleGeography |
September 5th, 2008 |
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Spanish incumbent telco Telefonica said in a statement yesterday that it will launch a commercial fibre-optic broadband internet access network on 31 October, regardless of opposition from alternative operators that are lobbying for the right to use the infrastructure on an equal basis, reports Reuters. Guillermo Ansaldo, head of the [...]
TeleGeography |
September 5th, 2008 |
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Alcatel-Lucent (Alca-Lu) and Regione Liguria have signed an agreement to extend broadband coverage in the remote areas of the region, to help bridge the digital divide. Regione Liguria will leverage Alca-Lu’s expertise in developing wireline and wireless solutions as well as its professional services and applications capabilities. This cooperation also [...]
Seeking Alpha |
September 5th, 2008 |
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I want to highlight the weakness we've been seeing in technology recently. In mid-August, the Nasdaq was easily outperforming the S&P500. However, as we've slid into September, technology has given back its gains. I've been waiting patiently to add to some tech positions that are typically high-flyers. In addition, it [...]
Seattle Times |
September 5th, 2008 |
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Several months of sniffing and sampling later, Dry Soda arrived at its next two flavors — juniper berry and vanilla bean — which will debut this fall. Dry Soda is sold nationwide and this summer began distribution at grocery stores in Canada.[...]
Telepocalypse |
September 5th, 2008 |
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Man walks into a mobile phone store. Ouch! No, let's do that again. This time without the faintest hint of a joke. Man walks into a 3UK retail store on Princes Street in Edinburgh. "I'd like to buy a prepaid mobile broadband SIM card please". "I'm sorry, but we don't [...]
The recent market turmoil has been marked by substantial selling in a handful of concentrated areas, particularly resource-related stocks such as coal and oil-and-gas producers. This week's declines have come at the expense of hedge fund managers, many of whom had bet on integrated oil-and-gas companies and other power producers. [...]
m-Trends |
September 5th, 2008 |
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I spend some time in Amsterdam for the Vodafone Mobile Clicks competition for Dutch mobile startups, combined with a presentation I gave at MobileMonday Amsterdam. I have been nicely surprised by the quality of the local startups presenting in the competition, I can't say much about them yet… the winners [...]
