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SingTel confirms merger talks with Cable & Wireless HKT
News Singapore Telecom has confirmed industry speculation that it is in merger talks with Hong Kong telco giant, Cable & Wireless HKT.
Sapura to shut down 4 telco units in M'sia
News Malaysian communications company Sapura Telecommunications Bhd (STB) plans to close down four loss-making units to shore up its financial performance.
Motorola files to sell $2 billion in debt, stock
News Motorola, the No. 2 maker of cellular phones, filed Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell US$2 billion in debt securities, warrants and common stock.
Motorola ditches Symbian, announces 3,000 layoffs
News In future Motorola plans to concentrate only on the Android, Windows Mobile and P2K platforms for handsets, a spokesperson confirms.
Tags: Symbian, Layoffs, Open source, Mobile, Motorola Inc., Spokesperson, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Symbian Inc., layoff, financial
Bing claims 8 percent rise in users during June
News Microsoft's relaunched search engine attracted 8 percent more unique users in June, according to the company's data.
Tags: Search, Search Engine, Wireless, Hitwise, communications company, wireless communication, Search
Lenovo ThinkPads to get text-message kill switch
News Users of select 3G-enabled ThinkPad notebooks will, be able to remotely disable their machines by sending an SMS text message.
Tags: PC security, Alcatel, Security, Text Messaging, IBM ThinkPad, cellular network, Notebook, Lenovo Group Ltd., Laptop Computer, communications company
Short stay for 3D Networks CEO Avakian
News 3D Networks has lost its chief executive Nick Avakian less than a year after he came on board.
Tags: Networking, Data Management, Mobile platforms/communications, Hitachi Ltd., Nortel Networks Corp., EMC Corp., 3D, CEO, LinkedIn, communications company
Nokia cuts handset sales forecast
News The Finnish mobile phone manufacturer has revised its fourth-quarter outlook, and also issued a warning over 2009 sales.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Sales/revenue, Cellular phones, Mobile, Mobile Device, Sales, handset sales forecast, professional services, communications company, Nokia Corp.
Ericsson claims 500Mbps speeds over copper
News The communications company says it has demonstrated speeds of more than 500Mbps over copper infrastructure, using a new technology called 'vectorized' VDSL2.
Tags: DSL, Mobile, British Telecommunications, Fiber, Telecommunications, VDSL2, Cable, DSL, U.K., Internet Service Provider
Nokia's net profit drops by 69 percent
News Poor sales in China, the Middle East and Africa prompt analysts to call on Nokia to introduce more 'iconic' high-end smartphones.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Sales strategy, Forecasting, Handhelds, Mobile, Smart Phone, Sales, Forecasting, phone, net profit
Sprint Japan, Korea gets new head
News Sprint has appointed Itsuo Sugiyama as its president for Japan and Korea.
Sat phone service plans world domination
News Inmarsat has teamed up with satellite operator ACeS and plans to start rolling out the service in Asia by end 2006.
Tags: Cellular phones, Handhelds, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms/communications
Nokia inks US$280m China network deal
News Nokia Corp has signed a US$280 million deal to expand the GSM 900 and GSM 1800 network of Chinese operator Fujian Mobile Communications Company, according to Wireless.NewsFactor.com.
Nokia inks US$280m China network deal
News Nokia Corp has signed a US$280 million deal to expand the GSM 900 and GSM 1800 network of Chinese operator Fujian Mobile Communications Company, according to Wireless.NewsFactor.com.
Japan's DoCoMo may win stake in SBC, BellSouth venture
News NTT DoCoMo is in talks that could give the largest Japanese mobile communications company a stake in a mobile operations joint venture being formed by SBC Communications and BellSouth Telecommunications, according to a report.
