Archive for May, 2007
Monday, May 21st, 2007
Alltel announced today that they had agreed to a 27.5 Billion dollar buyout from two private investment companies. TPG Capital, formerly Texas Pacific Group, and GS Capital Partners, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs are buying out the fifth largest cell phone company in the United States. They have also agreed ...
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Friday, May 18th, 2007
This is the type of news I like to hear. Motorola recently announced that they've deployed a cell site in Namibia, South Africa that's powered by the sun and wind.
The first ever solar and wind powered cell site in Namibia, South Africa
The cell site is located outside of Dordabis ...
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Friday, May 18th, 2007
The man who helped get camera phones out to the masses, has been amazed at the impact the device has had on modern culture. There are so many examples of video being recorded by camer a phones, that you can point to its' introduction as a key point in ...
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Friday, May 18th, 2007
Revol Wireless, a regional wireless provider, has recently announced that they are going to trial run advertising on their subscribers mobile phones.
Subscribers that agree to receive content, advertising and other promotional offers via their mobile phone will be eligible to receive discounted mobile bills in exchange for participating. The program ...
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Friday, May 18th, 2007
Today Nokia announced that they had secured two large mobile network gear orders in both Russia and India.
Nokia-Siemens will partner with Idea Cellular Ltd., the fifth largest mobile carrier in India to expand their GSM network. The deal is worth $500 million dollars.
In Russia, Nokia-Siemens signed an ...
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Friday, May 18th, 2007
Yesterday the FCC approved Apple's newest phone, the iPhone. This is a standard certification process that all mobile phones must go through in the United States. and means that Apple is on target to release iPhone as scheduled.
"We're on track to release it in late June," agreed Mark Siegel, ...
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Thursday, May 17th, 2007
Today Motorola announced that they are buying held Modulus Video Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Modulus is a privately held company.
The demand for video on mobile is increasing so Motorola is extending their portfolio of mobile companies. They have also recently acquired Broadbus, Kreatel, Tut Systems and Netopia.
Dan ...
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Thursday, May 17th, 2007
Motorola just announced that they are releasing their newest mobile phone, the RAZR 2 in South Korea next month. The RAZR 2 is which is slated to be released worldwide in July 2007.
Motorola decided to release the phone in Korean markets first because consumers there are tech savvy and lead ...
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
Motorola is cranking up releases of high end phones, including the Moto Q9 3G HSDPA SmartPhone, which is debuting in Italy this week. The company announced the following:
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
China Postel has agreed to a very lucrative arrangement with Nokia.
"I believe that our partnership will continue to bring new energy to the Chinese mobile phone market," said David Tang, Vice President of Nokia, expressing his confidence in the agreement.
Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer, and China ...
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