Telecom
Android phones could still alter the iPhone lead
01 Jul 2010
US releases spectrum for “wireless broadband revolution”
01 Jul 2010
US president Barack Obama has unveiled a plan that aims to nearly double the amount of commercial spectrum during the next 10 years, providing massive access to broadband technology.
China blocks Google’s search services
01 Jul 2010
China blocked search features on Google on Thursday even as the search giant awaits Beijing’s approval of its operating license renewal application, which expired yesterday.
GoI seeks security access to BlackBerry services within 15 days
01 Jul 2010
Research in Motion and the Government of India appear headed for another face-off with the Blackberry service provider being given 15 days to allow Indian security agencies access to its services.
MTNL slashes international call rates to Re1 per minute for 26 countries
30 Jun 2010
The reduced call rates, announced as part of a scheme to mark 25 years of service, would be in force for a period of three months.
US torpedoes Chinese firm’s fibre optic deal over security concerns
30 Jun 2010
The US government has blocked a Chinese company’s plan to buy a 60 per cent stake in a US fibre optic firm over national security concerns, the second such deal to be turned down in less than a year.
China phone user numbers cross 1.1 billion
29 Jun 2010
Apple rings in record sales for new iPhone 4
29 Jun 2010
Apple has sold over 1.7 million of its iPhone 4, just three days after its launch on 24 June, making it the most successful product launch in the company's history.
GTL Infra, Reliance Communications in $11-billion tower business merger
28 Jun 2010
The Rs50,000-crore merger of GTL Infrastructure and Reliance Infratel will create the world's largest independent telecom infrastructure company.
Malaysia's low-cost mobile phone operator Tune Talk adds over a million customers in 10 months
28 Jun 2010
iPhone 4G rings in new features
23 Jun 2010
No link between early childhood cancers and living near mobile phone base station during pregnancy: study
23 Jun 2010
Apple sells 3 million iPads in 80 days
23 Jun 2010
Apple sold its three millionth iPad on Monday, just 80 days after its introduction in the US, which should make the device into a $5-billion product by the end of the year, analysts say
RIL company Infotel, others pay up Wi-Fi bid prices
22 Jun 2010
RIL-acquired Infotel today paid up the Rs12,847.77 crore it bid for pan-India broadband Wi-Fi spectrum, DoT said today
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