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Sprint hikes bid for Clearwire to counter Dish's offer
Sprint Nextel has increased its offer to buy out Clearwire, bidding US$3.40 per share, to counter a competing offer by Dish Network.
Vodafone revenue and profit drop as European troubles continue
Vodafone's revenue dropped 4.2 percent for its fiscal year to March 31, because of tough economic conditions, particularly in Southern Europe.
Google to boost speed, cut data use on mobile devices
Google has shown off new features that can reduce data consumption and improve Web performance on Android-powered mobile devices, drawing partly from...
Smartphones driving violent crime across US
On Feb. 27th in the middle of the afternoon, a 16-year-old girl was walking through San Francisco's Mission district when she was ordered at gun...
Microsoft extends revenue per search agreement with Yahoo
Microsoft has extended a search revenue guarantee agreement with Yahoo for one more year, amid reports that the Internet company is trying to break...
Downdetector.com scours Twittersphere to detect service outages faster
A Dutch startup has launched a service that studies data from social networks to quickly identify online service outages -- sometimes, it says,...
Clearwire lays out its case for a Sprint buyout
Sprint Nextel's network partner Clearwire hasn't been able to find any other big wholesale customers nor sell any of its spectrum, so selling...
Ericsson and China Mobile test small cell base station with integrated display
China Mobile and Ericsson have joined forces to trial the City Site, a four meter tall panel that includes a base station and an antenna customized...
US mobile data growing while SMS falls, CTIA reports
U.S. mobile networks carried 69 percent more data traffic in 2012 than in the prior year, but roughly the same number of voice minutes and fewer SMS...
Dish chairman says Sprint modernization has to be done from the US
Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen said Wednesday that his is an American company, and the modernization of Sprint Nextel's network will have to...
Report: Yahoo drops Dailymotion deal in face of French opposition
Yahoo has scrapped plans to invest in French online video site Dailymotion, after the French government opposed the Internet giant acquiring a...
Qualcomm calls for shared in-home cells to handle mobile demand
Consumers will have to share small, inexpensive cells in their homes with nearby mobile users to affordably meet the growing demand for mobile data...
Intel backs SoftBank's bid for Sprint Nextel
Intel has backed SoftBank's bid for Sprint Nextel, citing that the deal would bring needed competition in the wireless space in the U.S.
North Korea close to 2 million 3G subscribers
North Korea's sole 3G network operator has managed to double its subscriber base in a little over a year and is about to hit 2 million users.
T-Mobile USA agrees to come clean about 'uncarrier' service plans
T-Mobile USA's "radical" service plans promising no annual contracts aren't quite as radical as consumers might think, and the...
T-Mobile USA agrees to come clean about 'uncarrier' service plans
T-Mobile USA's "radical" service plans promising no annual contracts aren't quite as radical as consumers might think, and the mobile operator will...
Mobile users clam up, use more data, survey shows
Mobile users in North America are hanging up and using email, text or social networking at a rapid pace, according to a survey by...
VDSL2 on steroids takes off as broadband over copper declines for first time
Broadband based on VDSL2 helped by a technology called vectoring is taking off, while older members of the DSL family are getting less popular as...
U.S. carriers set up warnings to prevent 'bill shock'
U.S. mobile operators will warn subscribers when they're heading toward a big bill, after most carriers agreed to send email or text alerts when...
Google plans to set up gigabit-speed fiber in Provo, Utah
Google is acquiring iProvo, a fiber-optic network owned by the city of Provo, Utah, as part of a plan to introduce its high-speed broadband network...
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