Rumours of an Apple-made mobile phone, commonly referred to as the iPhone, have been running hot and cold for months but Chinese-language newspaper the Commercial Times broke the strongest report yet that the appearance of such a device is imminent. In an article published Wednesday, the newspaper claimed that inside sources at Hon Hai Precision, [...]
Intent on exploiting the opportunities of one of the world’s fastest growing communications markets, BT said on Monday that it has lodged applications with the Indian Department of Telecommunications for national long distance and international long distance licences. BT has also formed a joint venture company, BT Telecom India, to offer services for the first [...]
The media behemoth News Corp. on Sunday announced a deal with the world’s biggest mobile phone operator, China Mobile, to provide a wireless music service. The proposed service will provide China Mobile customers with a wireless download service for exchanging user-created tunes. The Asian broadcasting firms Channel [V] and Star TV – both operated by [...]
The Australian government has confirmed it could raise its A$8bn ($6.12bn) bid for Telstra due to anticipated demand from institutions. As telecoms.com reported Thursday, the government had indicated it could raise its bid due to strong retail demand with local reports suggesting the increase could go as high as A$10bn. The Australian government owns 51.8 [...]
Strong retail demand is likely to prompt the Australian government to increase the size of its share offer in incumbent carrier Telstra to around A$10bn (£4bn), according to local press reports Thursday. The Australian government, which owns 51.8 per cent of Telstra, in understood to have received a surge of applications for the A$8bn retail [...]
South Korean electronics manufacturer Samsung has taken the wraps of its new shiny mobile WiMAX device, due to be launched in Korea first half of 2007. The SPH-P9000 is a PDA-based device packing both Mobile WiMAX and cdma2000 EV-DO radios, allowing for fast wireless broadband access over WiMAX and voice connectivity over the cellular network. [...]
According to reports, Japanese mobile users may soon be able to use the MySpace.com social network service on their mobile phones. The Nihon Keizai newspaper reported Monday that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. and Softbank are planning to launch the internet service through a 50/50 joint venture. Already versions of MySpace are arriving in European countries. [...]
Indian operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has been forced to withhold awarding the contract for its monster GSM tender until at least November 16, after a Delhi High Court hearing on the matter. European equipment vendors Ericsson, Nokia and Siemens have emerged as the final three players in the running for what is thought [...]
Third generation mobile technology will be largely unsuccessful and nothing more than a stop gap in China, according to the country’s administrative body for the development of fourth generation wireless. On Thursday, Willie Lu, an independent special advisor for China’s 4G administration and chairman of Fourth Generation Mobile Forum (4GMF), said that the country’s foresightedness [...]
Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo on Wednesday published the first revision of its OSTI (open and secure terminal initiative) specification, allowing for the dual booting of operating systems on handsets. As telecoms.com has already revealed, the OSTI platform supports two domains, an ‘operator domain’ intended for personal use and a second domain, which DoCoMo envisions [...]
A step in the right direction but does it go far enough?
Sharing an allowance among family members is one ...
I agree with Dan about this being a excellent read, and that QNX is not well known but sooner or ...
Excellent read with some actual facts compared to the hack journalist/bloggers on the interest. Many don't understand what QNX ...
The main issue with Telenor is that whether they made underhand payments to ge the licenses. If they did, then ...
Over The Top providers have become the staple wildcard in almost any sector set on a collision path with mobile. By and large they are very good at what they do: connecting a user with their chosen content or service by whatever means available.
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