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The Federal Communications Commission today announced the release of a mobile tool to help consumers test the wireless broadband coverage in their area. The mobile version of the Consumer Broadband Test is available in the Apple iPhone App Store ...
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Today Twitter unveiled a new feature that allows users to automatically share their location with their Tweets. Users need to opt into the service via their accounts and can turn it off at any time. Twitter has made more ...
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Daily summaries of short news items relating to the mobile networks. Click here for more.
On the official Palm Blog today, the company announced that Epic games has demonstrated the Unreal Engine 3, the gaming back end that drives Unreal Tournament 3 and Gears of War, among other titles. Licensees of the Unreal Engine ...
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Verizon Wireless has brought forward the expected launch date for its first LTE based mobile phone by around six months to the middle of next year. Click here for more.
Qualcomm is reported to be preparing to bid for BWA radio spectrum in India in a move to push LTE services at a time when 3G networks will only just be starting their own deployment. Click here for more.
Today Google introduced a new browser-based search tool that will let users see at a glance whether or not their search query is in stock at local stores. Searches for retail items performed from the browser will deliver local ...
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Turkcell's network has tested its 3G network to a data download speed of 42.2 Mbps. Turkcell added that it is preparing to provide its customers with these speed levels later in 2010. Click here for more.
American Airlines today announced 19 new airports participating in its mobile boarding pass service. The new airports include Houston George Bush, New York La Guardia and Phoenix Sky Harbor, among others. Fliers can use any cell phone or smartphone ...
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Google's US$750 million acquisition of mobile advertising agency, AdMob may be facing regulatory hurdles in the USA after the FTC requested sworn declarations from industry firms, including competitors regarding their merger. Click here for more.
There is no doubt that 2009 was a bad financial year, and there were fears at its beginning that the wireless infrastructure market would see a severe downturn. Estimates for contraction ranged as high as 10-12%. Click here for more.
Apple is working on a solution to one of the iPhone's biggest failings -- lack of multi-tasking support for third party applications -- AppleInsider reports. Click here for more.
T-Mobile today announced that it has joined WaveMarket's Veriplace Cloud Location Platform Initiative. This initiative provides developers of mobile apps and services with the APIs (application programming interface) that they might need to enable their apps with geo-location features. ...
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This year’s edition of Comarch OSS/BSS User Group will be held on 24th of March 2010 in Dusseldorf, Germany and will be co-organized with the OSS Customer Experience Exchange Track for Comarch OSS users.
The agenda of this year’s edition is full of exciting and thought-provoking content evolving around such hot industry topics as M2M, mobile services and applications, next generation network planning, network assurance, B2B gateway and more. Presentations will be based on real-life business cases to show how great concepts work in practice.
The speakers will represent Comarch customers and prospects such as Vodafone D2, Telefonica O2 Germany, T-Mobile International, E-Plus Germany, Cable & Wireless, OnePhone Services, Polkomtel SA, 6GMOBILE.
The BSS, CRM and Mobile applications track will be enhanced by two presentations held by analysts. Nancee Ruzicka, Senior Research Analyst at Stratecast (a Division of Frost & Sullivan) will provide insight into M2M as a new business opportunity and Glen Ragoonanan, Senior Analyst at Analysys Mason will guide you through the trends in mobile services and applications.
For more information about the 6th annual Comarch OSS/BSS User Group please visit the event’s official website: http://usergroup.comarch.com.
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Informa Telecoms & Media, a leading global research firm, has its reach by opening a new research office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Latin American telecoms market is witnessing an unprecedented level of growth and according to Informa’s latest figures passed the milestone of half a billion mobile subscriptions in 2009, ending the year with 509 million subscriptions, up 12% from end-08.
If you are a Blackberry fan that has been hankering for more social networking support, RIM has some new apps coming for you. The smartphone maker has Twitter and LinkedIn apps that are almost here.
Verizon Wireless has announced that it will have LTE handsets on the market by the middle of 2011. That is six months faster than handsets were previously expected to debut.
The Opera Mini 5 beta browser has launched for the Android platform. The new browser offers tabbed browsing, speed dial and more. You can grab the beta at m.opera.com/next.
Phone Scoop gets hands-on with the Sony Ericsson Naite, an inexpensive phone that's part of Sony Ericsson's Greenheart initiative. Is the phone a little too green? Check out our video tour.
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Today Verizon Wireless launched the Casio G'zOne Brigade, which was first announced in November 2009. This mil-spec rugged device is a sideways clamshell that has both a numeric keypad on the front and a full QWERTY keyboard inside ...
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Today T-Mobile USA announced that its first HSPA+ laptop dongle, the webConnect Rocket USB Laptop Stick, will be available starting March 14 for $100 after rebates with new agreement. T-Mobile also announced new plans for webConnect devices. Customers can ...
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South Africa's MTN Group has reported full-year revenues up by 9.2% to R111.9 billion (US$15 billion), although it would have been a further 11 points higher had currency changes not affected the South African Rand and Nigerian Naira. Click here for more.
Motorola has inked a deal with Microsoft to put its Bing branded mobile search engine and maps services on its Android based smartphones. Click here for more.
Turkey's Turkcell has reported that its fourth-quarter revenues declined by 3% to US$1.47 billion, mainly due to a reimbursement based on previously announced regulatory decisions as well as a declining contribution from Group companies. Click here for more.
Telkom Indonesia has awarded a contract to PT. Teknologi Riset Global (TRG) for a nationwide WiMAX network. Click here for more.
CGAP has announced a partnership with the UK's DFID to expand ongoing global efforts to use ICT, especially mobile phones, to increase access to basic financial services for the poor. Click here for more.
XL's ratings reflect its entrenched third position in Indonesia's cellular market, reasonable growth prospects, and strategic importance to its Malaysian parent, Axiata Group Berhad (86.5%), as its largest overseas investment. Click here for more.
Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market it pioneered: A new CEO known for making the iPod a household name, a sleek new smart phone called the Pre and fresh, intuitive operating software. Click here for more.
Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, jumping past Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the first person from a developing nation to top the list, according to Forbes magazine. Click here for more.
Shares of Analog Devices got a boost Wednesday after a Bernstein Research analyst upgraded the chip maker, saying its stock's value is "more attractive now than at any period since we launched coverage on the company." Click here for more.
Today Opera Software made a beta version of Opera Mini 5 available for the Android platform. Opera says that the Android version of Opera Mini 5 offers all the same features that other versions do, including tabbed browsing, the ...
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In a recent interview, Verizon Wireless' chief technology officer, Tony Malone, indicated that the company will have a Long Term Evolution handset ready for the market by the middle of 2011. That's about six months sooner than Verizon had ...
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In the last couple of days leading up to the South By Southwest interactive (SXSWi) festival in Austin, TX, the location-based social networking service Gowalla has released new apps for the Google Android and Palm WebOS platform, as well ...
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