Telecom
BSNL launches pre-paid card linked mobile wallet
04 Jul 2015
Use of smart phones and devices could lead to ‘digital amnesia’
03 Jul 2015
While connected devices have enriched users’ lives, they have also given rise to digital amnesia by fashioning the way people remembered and how they protected their memories
Finally, India to have mobile number portability from 3 July
02 Jul 2015
After several delays in the last four years, India will finally have mobile number portability from 3 July
Indian operators ready for MNP
02 Jul 2015
S Africa sells Vodacom stake for $2 bn to raise cash for power utility
02 Jul 2015
The S African government has sold its entire stake in mobile phone operator Vodacom Group Ltd to raise funds needed to bail out struggling power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd
European Union bans roaming charges after June 2017
01 Jul 2015
Telecommunications companies in the EU would be banned from charging premiums for roaming services starting June 2017
Father of SMS, Matti Makkonen dies, aged 63
01 Jul 2015
Though Matti Makkonen is widely credited with having fathered SMS technology, he himself said that the development was a joint effort and not his sole work
Airtel ranked world's 3rd-larget mobile firm
30 Jun 2015
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile operator by subscribers and revenues, has emerged as the third-largest mobile operator in the world behind China Mobile and Vodafone Plc
Bharti joins OneWeb, invests $500 million to buy minority stake
25 Jun 2015
Airtel hopes to leverage the investment by becoming a preferred distributor of OneWeb’s satellite-based internet services across its operations in 20 countries in Asia and Africa
Canada’s Rogers Communications acquires Mobilicity
25 Jun 2015
Canadian telecommunications giant Rogers Communications will acquire smaller rival Mobilicity and its unused AWS-1 spectrum for $100 million to boost the speed and quality of its services
Bouygues rebuffs Altice’s $11.3-bn takeover bid
24 Jun 2015
By combining the country’s second-biggest mobile operator Numericable-SFR and the third-biggest Bouygues Telecom, Altice was planning to derail Orange’s position as France’s biggest mobile operator, with a customer base of over 33 million
Altice to acquire Bouygues Telecom for $11.3 bn
23 Jun 2015
Aiming to oust Orange as France’s biggest mobile operator, European telecom major Altice SA has made an offer to buy French rival Bouygues Telecom for approximately €10 billion
Micromax makes undisclosed investment in ixigo
22 Jun 2015
Nokia looking to make a comeback in mobile phones
20 Jun 2015
Before its rapid decline, Nokia was the largest handset maker in the world and like other once-dominant companies including BlackBerry and Palm, it failed to adjust to the post-iPhone environment
FCC moves to protect consumers from robocalls
20 Jun 2015
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