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Haiti quake severely strains telecom services
Telecommunications providers in Haiti will continue through the weekend to try to accommodate the enormous demand for phone and broadband services as they struggle to overcome massive damage to the island’s infrastructure from Tuesday’s 7.0 earthquake. “The logistics and the security situation are really bad,” says Paul Margie, U.S. representative for international relief organization Télécoms... »
Kodak: iPhone, BlackBerry Infringe on Patents
Kodak has filed a lawsuit against Research in Motion and Apple, arguing that iPhones and BlackBerrys that come equipped with cameras infringe on company patents relating to digital imaging technology.That suit was filed Thursday with the International Trade Commission. Two separate, but similar suits against Apple were filed in federal …(75 words) Related Topics: Fring,... »
Kodak: iPhone, BlackBerry Infringe on Patents
Kodak has filed a lawsuit against Research in Motion and Apple, arguing that iPhones and BlackBerrys that come equipped with cameras infringe on company patents relating to digital imaging technology.That suit was filed Thursday with the International Trade Commission. Two separate, but similar suits against Apple were filed in federal …(75 words) ... »
Samsung Wins 23 ICES Innovation Awards
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., an established leader and innovator in consumer electronics, I.T. and Telecom, has won International CES 2010 Innovations Awards for 23 different products, including three best of innovation awards. Samsung has won more than 100 CES Innovation Awards in three years, for multiple product categories like; TVs, home theater, digital audio,... »
Qwest Announces QBPP 2009 Award Winners
Qwest Communications International Inc. honored its 2009 top performers Thursday at the company’s Q.Marketplace 2010 QBPP kickoff meeting this week in Denver.The winners included:Highest Annual Sales for Business Partner: XILEC LLCHighest Annual Sales for a Premier Master Partner: Agent AllianceBest Sales Performance Year Over Year: XILEC LLCBest Sales Performance Year …(120 words) ... »
US, Pakistan Further Expand Bilateral Cooperation in IT Field
The U.S and Pakistani officials agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in the fields of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and evolving a cooperation program for deploying socially relevant services using mobile phones and other IT platforms. This was agreed during the meeting of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke Special Representative of US for Afghanistan and Pakistan and... »
Qwest Shares QBPP 2009 Results, 2010 Plans
Despite the recession, revenue from the Qwest Business Partner Program grew in 2009, according to executives from Qwest Communications International Inc. who spoke Thursday at the company’s Q.Marketplace 2010 QBPP kickoff meeting this week in Denver. In his first public address since being named vice president of sales for QBPP …(451 words) ... »
Qwest Restructures QBPP Advisory Board
In response to feedback from its indirect sales partners, Qwest Communications International Inc., is restructuring its partner advisory council to solicit more feedback on the Qwest Business Partner Program.“We are going to create a dialogue between the business leaders and the advisory council so we can start really instituting …(240 words) ... »
Joe Nacchio, Ex-Qwest CEO, Denied New Trial
Ex-Qwest Communications International Inc.(Q) CEO Joe Nacchio won’t get a new trial on the insider trading charges for which he was convicted in 2007.A federal judge in Denver on Thursday denied Nacchio’s request, refuting Nacchio’s claim that testimony from a former Qwest CFO differed in two separate under-oath sessions. However, …(120 words) ... »
Joe Nacchio, Ex-Qwest CEO, Denied New Trial
Ex-Qwest Communications International Inc.(Q) CEO Joe Nacchio won’t get a new trial on the insider trading charges for which he was convicted in 2007.A federal judge in Denver on Thursday denied Nacchio’s request, refuting Nacchio’s claim that testimony from a former Qwest CFO differed in two separate under-oath sessions. However, …(120 words) Related Topics: international,... »
5 Cricketers in Pakistan Squad for the Under-19 World Cup discovered by Mobilink Hunt for Heroes
Mobilink, Pakistan’s market leader in cellular services and part of Orascom Telecom Holdings wishes all the best to the Pakistan Under-19 squad for the upcoming ICC Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. Mobilink feels greatly honored to have discovered and groomed 5 young talents in the 15-member squad through the Mobilink Hunt for Heroes... »
Ufone Background Music Service
Ufone Background music lets you play music and sound effects in the background of your call. You can play your favorite song in the background, or the sound of the beach, a market place and many more. So stop making those boring calls and personalize your conversations by playing music that matches the mood in... »
Views of the public sought on Australian wireless spectrum
A crucial piece of wireless spectrum needed to advance the nation’s mobile broadband services could soon be added to the government’s “digital dividend” auction block after the communications watchdog put out a public call for how the spectrum band should be best used. After the government’s announcement last week that it would auction off a... »
E-Bond Trading Platform to Create Wider Investor: Syed Salim Raza
Governor, State Bank of Pakistan, Syed Salim Raza on Monday said that Electronic Bond Trading Platform will enhance investors’ base of the sovereign debt market as it would attract investors from the non-banking sector as well resulting in higher liquidity in the government securities. Speaking at the launching ceremony of this bond here at State... »
British Council Focussing on Digital Technology in Pakistan
The head of British Government agency that promotes the use of information and communications technology has appreciated the computer usage in Pakistan and said the country has a good level of computer literacy. Stephen Crowne, Chief Executive, BECTA, was speaking to the members of the international media at the opening of the three-day “The... »
T-Mobile drops @Home VoIP service
T-Mobile has announced that they will no longer be offering their land-line replacement service @Home which allowed customers to make wireless VoIP calls over their home broadband connection. Users of the service could make calls from their mobile phones by connection to T-Mobile’s @Home HiPort wireless router–allowing for unlimited nationwide VoIP calls for $9.99... »
Winners at the Crunchies: DropBox, Foursquare, Facebook
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with Facebook Connect Vitamin Water Bottle Facebook and Zynga were among the winners at the Crunchies 2009 awards, held last evening in San Francisco’s Herbst Theater. The third annual award ceremony, co-hosted by TechCrunch, VentureBeat and GigaOM, saw a mix of new and old technology companies share the limelight in front... »
DropBox, Foursquare, Facebook Winners at The Crunchies
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg w Facebook Connect Vitamin Water Bottle Facebook and Zynga were among the winners at the Crunchies 2009 awards, held last evening in San Francisco’s Herbst Theater. The third annual award ceremony that is co-hosted by TechCrunch, VentureBeat & GigaOM, saw a mix of new and old technology companies share limelight in... »
How To Get A Google Nexus One EVERYWHERE Now
Early adopter? Android fan? Google lover? Ok, You want a Nexus One, the new, powerful, Google phone, right? And you are frustrated since you live in a country where Google doesn’t ship, correct? Many of you, me included, get the following message when try to access http://www.google.com/phone Well, a guy found a pretty easy way to... »
Unions Fight Against Verizon Landline Sale to Frontier
The gloves will come off at a rally Sunday in Charleston, W. Va., where politicians and union members plan to protest the sale of thousands of Verizon landlines to Frontier Communications.The proposed $8.6 billion deal that covers 14 states has drawn fire since it was proposed last year. The International …(205 words) ... »
Unions Fight Against Verizon Landline Sale to Frontier
The gloves will come off at a rally Sunday in Charleston, W. Va., where politicians and union members plan to protest the sale of thousands of Verizon landlines to Frontier Communications.The proposed $8.6 billion deal that covers 14 states has drawn fire since it was proposed last year. The International …(205 words) Related Topics: international,... »
NII Holdings: Strong Growth, Low Valuation
Chuck Carnevale submits: NII Holdings, Inc, (NIHD) formerly known as Nextel International, has been on a tear. The stock rose over 100% in 2009, which was four times better than the general market as represented by the S&P 500. (See Figures 1 & 2 below) So far this performance has continued in 2010, as NII Holdings... »
Cisco, Verizon Showcase Mobility Solution
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — Cisco is demonstrating its mobility solution portfolio, using newly acquired technology from Starent Networks, with Verizon Wireless during the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week. With Starent, Cisco says LTE technology promises to deliver a rich user experience across multiple …(327 words) Related Topics: Cisco,... »
AT&T Launches Wi-Fi Service at Tulsa Airport
Travelers who will be making their way through the Tulsa International Airport will now have the added convenience of having access to AT&T’s wireless Internet service at their fingertips. AT&T— an industry leader in Wi-Fi with the nation’s largest Wi-Fi network — and the Tulsa International Airport today announced that AT&T Wi-Fi is available... »
ScanSource Enters Agreement With Fujitsu
ScanSource POS Barcoding, an international value-added distributor of automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) and point-of-sale (POS) solutions and services and sales unit of ScanSource Inc. (SCSC), has signed a distribution agreement in North America with Fujitsu America Inc., a provider of IT-based business solutions for the global marketplace. Through …(218 words) ... »
Kindle DX Goes Global
Amazon today announced that it will start selling a global wireless version of Kindle DX (the 9.7 inch display version) in more than 100 countries for about $489 a pop on January 19. Just like the Kindle global edition, Amazon is using GSM technologies – GPRS, EDGE & 3G – to power its global... »
Pew survey finds America’s internet, broadband and mobile phone use flatlines
The Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project has identified some flat lines in Americans technology use in a report released Tuesday that examined Internet, broadband, and cell phone use nationally. The percentage of U.S. adults who use the Internet is just a point higher than it was back in 2006, clocking in... »
Nokia asks US court to bar imports of Apple’s Macs, iPhones, iPods
Nokia last week asked a federal court to block Apple from importing virtually any of Apple’s current hardware into the U.S., including the iPhone, iPod and Mac lines. The lawsuit — the second Nokia has filed against Apple in the patent war that broke out last October — is nearly identical to the complaint the... »
Nokia vs. Apple Highlights Lucrative Smartphone Business
Don Dion submits: A spate of lawsuits filed between Apple (AAPL) and Nokia (NOK) underscores the profitability of the wireless revolution and investors who want in should check out iShares S&P Global Technology Sector Index Fund (IXN). Nokia Corp. announced last week that they have asked the International Trade Commission... »
Hutchison considers telecoms buy-out plan
Hutchison Whampoa, the Hong Kong ports-to-retail conglomerate controlled by billionaire Li Ka-shing, is considering making a possible buy-out offer to take its loss-making telecoms subsidiary private. Hutchison Telecommunications International (HTIL), an emerging markets-focused telecoms group that was spun off from Hutchison six years ago, has made a string of disposals in recent years. To read this... »