Mobile Phone Industry
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Mobile to weather world financial storm
News Thanks to "spectacular' growth in China and India, the mobile industry will continue its upward trajectory in spite of global financial crisis, says analyst.
Tags: Development/design, Mobile applications, Mobile, India, phone, International Telecommunications Union, performance, Russia, financial, Mobile Phone Industry
Mobile Web pages get their own domain
News Mobile Internet services will soon be dealt from a .mobi deck.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Network infrastructure
To NFC or not, is that a SIM card question?
Insight The SIM card could very well be the ideal home base for the near-field communication wireless standard, according to some industry observers.
Tags: Cellular phones, E-commerce, RFID, Mobile commerce, Next-generation technology/networks
Steve Jobs taking medical leave of absence
News Apple CEO says in letter he will step down as he recuperates from a medical condition disclosed earlier this month; COO Tim Cook will stand in.
Tags: Components, Benefits, Handhelds, Notebooks and tablets, Apple Inc., Conference, Absence, Apple Macintosh, mobile-phone industry, e-mail
Samsung's market value approaches Intel's
News In 2002 it surpassed Sony, and now some analysts expect Samsung to surpass Intel in market valuation in a year or so.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Memory Chip, TV, Market Capitalization, semiconductor, Sony Corp., Business Strategies & Functions, Intel Corp., handset
iPhone arrives in Thailand
News The TrueMove iPhone 3G launch, was held at the Royal Paragon Hall at Siam Paragon from Friday to Sunday.
Tags: Handhelds, 802.11/Wi-Fi, 3G (Third Generation), Business broadband, Personal broadband, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Thailand, phone, payment
Verizon CEO: iPhone success a 'conspiracy'
News Ivan Seidenberg, chief of the telecom giant, is probably sick of hearing about Apple's iPhone, judging by his comments on the iPhone 3G.
Tags: Smart phones, 3G (Third Generation), Mac OS, Apple Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Mobile, Smart Phone, Touch Screen, phone, CEO
Hikari Tsushin loses a third of VC staff
News Hikari Tsushin Inc lost 20 of its 60 staff, including two vice presidents, at its venture capital unit Hikari Tsushin Capital Inc this week.
Telstra adds 306,000 mobile phone users
News Telstra Corp, Australia's No 1 phone company, said it added 306,000 new mobile phone users in the September quarter, a rise of 7 percent from the end of June.
SingTel and Telstra--rivals...and partners
News Singapore Telecommunications Pte Ltd will compete "very seriously" in Australia with the country's largest telco Telstra, if its bid for No 2 Optus comes through. However, CEO Lee Hsien Yang does not rule out the rivals working together in regional projects.
Google releases final Android programming kit
News The new software developer kit can be used to produce software for T-Mobile's G1 and other Android phones to come later.
Tags: Programming languages, Open source, Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile, Google Inc., SDK, operating system, Advertisement, phone, Programming
Gartner: 3G phones will flop this Christmas
News Analyst firm sees little demand for third-generation handsets, but U.K's first operator to launch 3G services has hit back by claiming Gartner hasn't got to grips with the sales figures.
Tags: Hardware, Consumer Technology, Cellular phones, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms/communications, 3G (Third Generation)
Is Super 3G really about fending off WiMax?
Techguide Just when most operators in the region are finally getting a grip on 3G and readying their assault on the mass consumer market, along comes Super 3G.
Symbian heads 'to top' of smartphone boom
News A report projects strong growth for high-end mobile phones, with Microsoft's market share trailing behind Symbian, and Linux bringing up the rear.
Tags: Smart phones, Symbian
"You call, I pay" not OK
News update The calling party pay (CPP) system when implemented here will benefit mobile phone operators, said a leading market research firm.
