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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
May 15th to May 22nd 2008 AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST: iPhone for Orange interests in Africa AFRICA: Africa mobile investment to touch USD 55 billion by 2012 African telecom market adds 70 million mobile connections Ericsson, Zain collaborate for Rural Africa...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
May 1st to May 8th 2008 BAHRAIN: Batelco’s three months’ free rental promotion gains popularity EGYPT: Egyptian authorities asks mobile firms to curb services of anonymous users ISRAEL: Alvarion posts improved 1Q 2008 revenue Atias intervenes to resolve...
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EU reviewing Nokia's acquisition of NAVTEQ
Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced today that the European Commission has initiated a Phase II review of the pending acquisition of NAVTEQ. This is part of the Commission's review process, and does not in any way signal the ultimate outcome. "We have engaged...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
December 25th to January 1st 2009 AFRICA: Zain to introduce mobile money transfer service via One Network ANGOLA: Angola announces launch of telecom satellite in January 2009 BAHRAIN: Batelco extends reach of NGN Network SIM cards registration deadline...
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Nokia to acquire Plazes
Nokia and Plazes (www.plazes.com) today announced an agreement for Nokia to acquire substantially all assets of Plazes, a privately-owned start-up company of 13 people with its principal operations in Berlin. Plazes provides a context-aware social-activity...
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T-Mobile/Nokia to Collaborate on services
T-Mobile and Nokia collaborate on mobile services and personal social networks May 02, 2008 Bonn, Germany and Espoo, Finland - T-Mobile and Nokia today announced that they are collaborating to accelerate the availability of new Internet services and personal...
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Google Maps for mobile, now on UIQ
Take the power of Google Maps with you on your mobile phone -- now available as a native client on UIQ3. Running on both Sony Ericsson and Motorola phones based on Symbian and UIQ, Google Maps for mobile has features like 'My Location' and touch navigation...
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Maroc Telecom Annual Results (2007)
Revenues' increase: +21.7% Continuing growth of the group Mobile customer base: +30% Maroc Telecom group achieved in 2007 consolidated revenues of MAD 27,532 million (about $3,375 million), up to 21.7%, thanks mainly to the continuing growth of Mobile...
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Google is launching Picasa 3.0 (beta)
New Picasa 3.0 Takes Photo Sharing From "Easy" To "Effortless"; Upgraded Picasa Web Albums Now Focuses on the People In Your Pictures As people buy more expensive digital cameras in hopes of taking better pictures and sharing more photos with friends...
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Nokia to acquire Symbian Limited
Nokia today announced it has launched a cash offer to acquire all of the shares of Symbian Limited that Nokia does not already own, at a price of EUR 3.647 per share. The net cash outlay from Nokia to purchase the approximately 52% of Symbian Limited...
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Adobe Launches Photoshop Express
Free Online Software Brings Photoshop Technology to Anyone Taking Digital Photos SAN JOSE, Calif. — March 27 , 2008 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Photoshop® Express public beta, a free Rich Internet Application (RIA)...
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Nokia to bring Microsoft Silverlight
Nokia to bring Microsoft Silverlight powered experiences to millions of mobile users March 04, 2008 Extends choice for developers on the world's leading mobile platforms Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced plans to make Microsoft Silverlight available...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
April 24th to May 1st 2008 AFRICA: Sonatel increases Gamtel’s bandwidth capacity BAHRAIN: Batelco posts 10.7 percent profit growth in 1Q 2008 BOTSWANA: BTC launches mobile operations BURKINO FASO: Government plans Onatel IPO COMOROS: Second mobile network...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
August 24th to August 28th 2008 BAHRAIN: Batelco stake sale underway BOTSWANA: Mascom Wireless upgrades network to 3G EGYPT: Vodafone Egypt to acquire majority stake in Sarcom GAMBIA: Q-Cell wins fourth GSM licence IRAN: Iran to auction third mobile phone...
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Mobile leaders to unify Symbian platform
Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DOCOMO announced today their intent to unite Symbian OS(TM), S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) to create one open mobile software platform. Together with AT&T, LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments...
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Chinese Telecom Bi-Weekly news
April 18th 2008 to May 1st 2008 Apr 30 Chunghwa Telecom aims at net EPS of NT$5.81 for 2008 Elcoteq to acquire handset ODM Arima Communications, say sources Taiwan market: Nokia to launch customized Nokia 6124 classic i-mode in May Apr 29 Taiwan market:...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
Marsh 13th to Marsh 20th 2008 AFGHANISTAN: Government to privatise Afghan Telecom AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST: Alcatel-Lucent signs submarine cable deployment contract with Etisalat subsidiary Zain to implement Mobinex’s Smartface Platform AFRICA: MTN reports...
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Chinese Telecom Weekly news
January 5th 2007 to January 11 2008 Jan 11 Chunghwa Telecom 2007 revenues beat targets Quanta and Asustek to no longer produce handsets for MWG Jan 10 Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom aims to boost 3G subscribers to 3.5 million by 2008 Asustek completes...
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Motorola Announces Cost Reduction Actions
Motorola today announced additional actions to further reduce costs amid continuing global economic challenges. These measures include changes to employee compensation and benefit programs as well as changes to executive compensation. As part of the overall...
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Avanquest Announces Driver Genius 8
Driver Genius Professional can backup, restore, remove, find new and update all your drivers in just a few clicks of your mouse. Are you fed up of having to spend ages searching various websites for new or updated drivers for your computer? Do you experience...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
June 19th to June 26th 2008 AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST: Celtel Kenya, Orange offer in-flight roaming services AFRICA: Vodacom considering expansion in more African nations ALGERIA: FT seeks entry in Algerian telecom market BAHRAIN: Mena Telecom launches WiMAX...
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Motorola Q4-07 and Full-Year Results
Fourth-quarter sales of $9.65 billion Fourth-quarter GAAP earnings from continuing operations of $0.05 per share, including net charges of $0.09 per share from items highlighted below Mobile Devices remains challenged; sales declined 38 percent versus...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
December 18th to December 25th 2008 ANGOLA: Unitel expands 3G network to four more cities EGYPT: DELTA Partners to take part in takeover of Orasinvest LINKdotNET considering stake sale MobiNil announces dividend of EGP 3.62 Orascom starts banking service...
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Chinese Telecom Bi-Weekly news
May 29th 2008 to June 12th 2008 June 12 Coiler SB and BR repeaters now available in dual-band models Cisco seeking ODM WiMAX CPE makers in Taiwan, say sources Quanta shipping Portege G810 smartphones to Toshiba Synnex Technology to have over 60% of consolidated...
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Sony-Ericsson Moderates his grow in 2008
Sony Ericsson sees moderating growth of mobile phone units with related effects on sales and profit in the first quarter 2008 Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (“Sony Ericsson”) today announces that moderating sales growth of mobile phone units is...