Google hints at making mobile telephone
The Internet on Saturday buzzed with renewed rumors of Google making its own smartphone, after the Internet powerhouse said it is internally dabbling with a mobile device.
View ArticleFujitsu Introduces Advanced 40 Gbps Coherent Optics
Fujitsu announced today the addition of third generation 40 Gbps optical interfaces to its industry leading FLASHWAVE 7500 Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) platform.
View ArticlePinger bringing free text messaging to Europe
Silicon Valley startup Pinger on Wednesday said it will expand into Europe with a German service for free text messaging using Apple or Android-powered gadgets.
View ArticleAT&T sponsors Kindle 3G price cut
Online retail powerhouse Amazon on Wednesday began selling a cut-price version of its Kindle 3G electronic reader sponsored by US telecom carrier AT&T.
View ArticleJapan carrier unveils smartphone radiation gauge
Japan's top mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo is to unveil a smartphone with changeable "jackets" that measure bad breath, body fat and even radiation levels.
View ArticleVerizon reveals 320,000 US data queries in 2013
Verizon on Wednesday became the first major US telecom carrier to release a "transparency report," and said it received 320,000 data queries last year in the United States alone.
View ArticleSKorea's SK Telecom profit rises 4.6 percent
South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom said Tuesday net profit rose 4.6 percent year-on-year for the second quarter due to an increase in wireless Internet revenue and new subscribers.
View ArticleSKorea unveils new guidelines on mobile fees
South Korea's telecoms watchdog on Sunday unveiled new guidelines on mobile phone fees following mounting complaints over high charges.
View ArticleChina Mobile 2012 profit rises just 2.7 percent
China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone carrier by number of subscribers, said Thursday that profit rose just 2.7 percent last year as it grappled with fierce competition and higher costs.
View ArticleSoftBank chief aims to create 'world's No.1 company'
The flamboyant founder of Japanese telco SoftBank, which is close to a $21.6 billion takeover of US firm Sprint Nextel, on Friday added a new goal to his lofty agenda: creating the world's biggest...
View ArticleVerizon reclaims US wireless stake for $130B
Verizon will own its wireless business outright after agreeing Monday to pay $130 billion for the 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless owned by British cellphone carrier Vodafone.
View ArticleCenturyLink buys Level 3 in big telecom tie-up
US telecom group CenturyLink announced Monday it was acquiring Level 3 Communications for $34 billion including debt, boosting its position as a global internet and fiber communications provider.
View ArticleCable company Charter says no interest in buying Sprint
Charter, one of the largest cable companies in the U.S., says it's not interested in buying wireless carrier Sprint.
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