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Article | 21/05/2013 Sprint hikes bid for Clearwire to counter Dish's offer
Sprint Nextel has increased its offer to buy out Clearwire, bidding US$3.40 per share, to counter a competing offer by Dish Network.
Article | 21/05/2013 Vodafone revenue and profit drop as European troubles continue
Vodafone's revenue dropped 4.2 percent for its fiscal year to March 31, because of tough economic conditions, particularly in Southern Europe.
Article | 10/05/2013 Smartphones driving violent crime across US
On Feb. 27th in the middle of the afternoon, a 16-year-old girl was walking through San Francisco's Mission district when she was ordered at gun point...
Article | 10/05/2013 Nokia's Lumia 928 to sell via Verizon on May 16
Nokia has announced the long-rumored Lumia 928, which will be an exclusive to Verizon Wireless when it goes on sale next week.
Article | 6/05/2013 Clearwire lays out its case for a Sprint buyout
Sprint Nextel's network partner Clearwire hasn't been able to find any other big wholesale customers nor sell any of its spectrum, so selling out to S...
Article | 3/05/2013 Ericsson and China Mobile test small cell base station with integrated display
China Mobile and Ericsson have joined forces to trial the City Site, a four meter tall panel that includes a base station and an antenna customized fo...
Article | 3/05/2013 US mobile data growing while SMS falls, CTIA reports
U.S. mobile networks carried 69 percent more data traffic in 2012 than in the prior year, but roughly the same number of voice minutes and fewer SMS m...
Article | 2/05/2013 Dish chairman says Sprint modernization has to be done from the US
Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen said Wednesday that his is an American company, and the modernization of Sprint Nextel's network will have to be d...
Article | 1/05/2013 Report: Yahoo drops Dailymotion deal in face of French opposition
Yahoo has scrapped plans to invest in French online video site Dailymotion, after the French government opposed the Internet giant acquiring a majorit...
Article | 30/04/2013 Qualcomm calls for shared in-home cells to handle mobile demand
Consumers will have to share small, inexpensive cells in their homes with nearby mobile users to affordably meet the growing demand for mobile data in...
Article | 30/04/2013 Intel backs SoftBank's bid for Sprint Nextel
Intel has backed SoftBank's bid for Sprint Nextel, citing that the deal would bring needed competition in the wireless space in the U.S.
Article | 29/04/2013 Vodafone connects electric car in India
Connected cars are becoming increasingly common around the world. In India, owners of Mahindra Reva's e2o electric car can now check their battery cha...
Article | 26/04/2013 North Korea close to 2 million 3G subscribers
North Korea's sole 3G network operator has managed to double its subscriber base in a little over a year and is about to hit 2 million users.
Article | 25/04/2013 T-Mobile USA agrees to come clean about 'uncarrier' service plans
T-Mobile USA's "radical" service plans promising no annual contracts aren't quite as radical as consumers might think, and the mobile operator will ch...
Article | 23/04/2013 Machine-to-machine systems resurrect a mobile rivalry
Just as the mobile world seems to be finding peace and harmony around LTE, the age-old feud between GSM and CDMA is flaring up again.