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Apple thwarts location-based advertising
Apple thwarts location-based advertising

Apple will prevent third party developers from using its iPhone platform to enable location based advertising, in a move which is perhaps designed to protect its own future plans in the mobile ad space.

Optus to boost 3G spectrum in Oz
Optus to boost 3G spectrum in Oz

Australian carrier Optus intends to double the amount of available 3G spectrum it owns in the country’s capital cities, by buying licenses from US chip vendor Qualcomm.

Zain MD Saad Al Barrak resigns

Middle East and African regional operator Zain has announced that its talismanic managing director and deputy chairman Saad Al Barrak has resigned. In a brief statement the firm said that the chairman would convene the board to discuss the news.

Vodafone revenues up 10% in 2009

Vodafone, the world’s biggest operator by revenues said Thursday that group revenue increased ten per cent year on year to £11.5bn in the quarter ended December 31 2009, compared to £10.47bn in the same quarter in 2008. Revenue for the full year came in at £41bn, up from £35bn in 2008.

UK OFT voices concern over Orange T-Mobile merger

The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has made a request to the European Commission that it refer the UK aspects of the proposed merger of Orange and T-Mobile to the OFT. France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom announced the plan to merge their UK operations in September 2009.

Opinion
Julia GlotzOnline video a key factor as new ITV chief ponders pay TV

Not long after ITV announced that former Royal Mail chief executive Adam Crozier would be its new chief executive – and with variations on the “now he’s got the post, can he deliver?” joke beginning to run thin – ideas about what Crozier needs to do to turn around the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster are starting to be fine-tuned.

If you want something done right…
If you want something done right…

The much discussed ‘Google phone’ became a commercial reality at the beginning of the year, when the web giant unveiled the first of its own-brand devices – the Nexus One. The announcement raised a number of eyebrows and even more questions.

Features
Interviews
The Key Notes
The Key Notes

Matthew Key, CEO of Telefónica Europe, talks exclusively to telecoms.com about the challenges faced across his portfolio, his future plans and the new shape of the mobile industry.

Building blocks
Building blocks

Telecoms.com recently spoke to Anu Shah, head of IMImobile Europe, who shared his vision of the rich address book and talked about how operators need to pick their partnerships carefully.

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