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License auctions stifling mobile development
News news analysis India will finally hold its 3G spectrum auction in December, but market analysts say this form of license distribution can negatively impact industry growth.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Local Government, Taxes, License, Operator, India, Money, International Data Corp., Spectrum, Auction
M-Commerce's big moment
News Mobile commerce is gaining momentum as consumers get comfortable with ordering all sorts of products by cell phone and companies such as Papa John's watch sales climb.
Tags: Mobile commerce, Starbucks Corp., Phone, cell phone, mobile, Amazon.com Inc., M-commerce Driver, Papa John, Sales, M-commerce
Verizon completes initial 4G wireless test
News Wireless provider has successfully completed the first test of its 4G wireless service in the first two markets: Boston and Seattle.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Next-generation technology/networks, Verizon Communications Inc., Wireless, Service, Cable, Clearwire Corp., Seattle, 3G, 4G
Will India finally see 3G spectrum auction in December?
Blogs The auction for 3G spectrum was to happen in December 2008, but a host of issues (such as lack of agreement between mini...
When governments don't look back, in anger history returns
Blogs I had hosted a roundtable dialog in April 2001 that included Neil Montefiore, then-CEO of MobileOne (M1). In the midst o...
True Corp needs to raise more cash for 3G auction
News The company's chief executive says the company is intent on moving to a 3G network for its mobile subsidiary True Move.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Business broadband, Personal broadband, 3G (Third Generation), Mobile, Cell Phone, Auction, 3G Network, 3G, allocation
Online auctions slash procurement costs
News Britain's Office of Government Commerce turns to reverse e-auctions to save 35 percent on laptops and PCs.
Tags: E-commerce, Government, Budgeting/cost control, Supplier, Auction, Procurement, public sector, London, online auction, Silicon.com
eBay ex-CEO to make Calif. gubernatorial bid official
News Former CEO of eBay is expected to officially declare her candidacy for governor of California on Tuesday.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, eBay Inc., Republican, Governor, Internet, Sen.
Google hoping history repeats itself with display ads
News Company dominates search and search advertising markets, but hopes it can learn a new trick by applying its auction-based format for text ad sales to display ads.
Tags: Internet advertising, Web 2.0, Web sites, Internet Search Advertising, text advertisement, Search Result, DoubleClick Inc., Internet, Internet advertising, Web
Skype legal settlement clears path for expansion
News Skype's change of ownership will allow company to return its focus to implementing new features and finding new ways to make money.
Tags: Lawsuits, VoIP/IP telephony, VoIP, Founder, Marc Andreessen, Joost, Lawsuits, Joltid, Andreessen Horowitz, Acquisition
Report: eBay is building a Frankenskype
News Auction company wants to spin off telephony service it bought over four years ago, but rights to some of its software still remain with company's founders.
Tags: Networking technology, VoIP, Business structures, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Google Inc., IPO, Bloomberg L.P., telephony, founder
PayPal suffers from e-commerce outage
News eBay's online payment system suffered outages for about two hours Monday, but the company says it's working for most people again.
Tags: Service level management, Web sites, E-commerce, E-business, PayPal, Web Page, eBay Inc., Online Payment, API, Outage
Nortel CEO said to be leaving soon
News Mike Zafirovski, who led the Toronto company into bankruptcy protection and oversaw the sell-off of wireless assets to Ericsson, will reportedly depart within weeks.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Components, Nortel Networks Corp., wireless asset, Cell Phone, bankruptcy, bankruptcy protection, Thomson Reuters Corp., Components, Wireless
Ericsson to pay US$1.1B for Nortel wireless tech
News Swedish telecom giant beats out Nokia Siemens Networks and a private equity firm, in an auction for the CDMA and LTE wireless tech assets of bankrupt Nortel.
Tags: Data Management, Mobile/Wireless, Networking technology, Nortel Networks Corp., Siemens AG, Telecommunications, Wireless, Bankruptcy, Canada, asset
Why US Justice Dept wants more on Yahoo search deal
News Microsoft and Yahoo's move to condense the number of serious players in the search market could prompt the U.S. Department of Justice to impose conditions on the deal.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web browsers, Web services, Web Page, U.S. Department Of Justice, search engine company, Washington, Yahoo Search, Search Technology, merger
