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Ericsson closes telecom cable manufacturing facility

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:15:00 GMT

Ericsson announced on Tuesday plans to shut its telecom cable manufacturing facility in Sweden and would take a 500 million Swedish crown ($75 million) charge as a result.

Verizon taps Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson for LTE small cells

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:15:00 GMT

Verizon Wireless said it will use LTE small cell products from vendors Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson starting in the second half of this year.

ZTE Statement on Media Reports on Possible European Union Trade Action

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:15:00 GMT

Despite recent media speculation on possible trade action against ZTE and Huawei by the European Union, ZTE wishes to clarify that the company has not been notified by any authority on this.

Former Nokia software team unveils its first smartphone

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:13:52 GMT

A group of ex-Nokia software developers unveiled its first smartphone on Monday, aiming to prove their former employer wrong by making a success of a technology dropped by the Finnish mobile phone maker.

Ericsson Tops EPC and SDN/NFV Competitive Assessment

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:13:52 GMT

In a small field of top tier competitors, the overall EPC top spot goes to Ericsson thanks mostly to its high Implementation scores, second place goes to Huawei, whilst Nokia Siemens Networks holds out for a respectable third with solid scores in most categories.

NPD: Global smartphone shipments to outstrip feature phones in 2013

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:13:52 GMT

The new report, from NPD DisplaySearch, predicts that global smartphone shipments will hit 937 million units in 2013, higher than the 889 million units for basic phones and feature phones. Smartphones would equate to 51.3 percent of the total handset maker, according to NPD.

All eyes on Vodafone's Colao for signs on Verizon

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:10:07 GMT

A source familiar with the situation surrounding a possible bid for the stake by Verizon Communications said: "All their eyes are on May 21 Vodafone earnings, and what Vodafone will say about Verizon Wireless,"

Huawei, China Mobile complete world's first Flash CSFB to GSM Field test on Live LTE TDD network

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:10:06 GMT

Huawei and China Mobile (CMCC) recently successfully completed the world's first Flash CSFB to GSM field test on a live LTE TDD network.

Huawei and China Unicom Conducts a Large-Scale 100G Commercial Pilot Backbone Network

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:10:05 GMT

China Unicom is conducting a 100G network, a prelude to its mass 100G rollout. This pilot network uses Huawei's SD FEC technology over the ultra-long-haul transmission section of the 100G network.

Yahoo's board approves $1.1 billion Tumblr acquisition: WSJ

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:23:53 GMT

Yahoo Inc's board has approved a deal to buy blogging and social networking site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, the Wall Street Journal cited people familiar with the matter as saying on Sunday.

ZTE India to launch 5 smartphones, eyes No. 3 spot

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:32:32 GMT

Aiming to become one of India's top three handset vendors, Chinese telecom major ZTE today announced a tie-up with city-based firm Calyx to launch its smartphones in the domestic market.

Samsung to offer Telefónica direct billing in devices

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:32:32 GMT

The innovation arm of Spanish operator group Telefónica has announced a global direct carrier billing deal with Korean device maker Samsung. Under the terms of the agreement, Samsung will integrate BlueVia payment APIs into its handsets and tablets for Telefónica customers.

Huawei cuts out the middleman to target customers directly

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:32:32 GMT

Huawei is moving away from its core business of supplying telecoms equipment to targeting regional consumers directly in a bid to stay ahead of its competitors and expand its Middle East footprint.

EU cites Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE for trade violations

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:32:32 GMT

Europe's top trade official for the first time late on Friday officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp for violating anti-dumping and anti-subsidy guidelines.

Smartphones continue to drive vibrant performance of mobile phone sector in Southeast Asia: GfK

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:00:51 GMT

Consumers in Southeast Asian markets continue to snap up mobile handsets at a rapid pace, propelling the region’s overall mobile phone market to expand further in the latest 12 months by 14 percent in value and 8 percent in units.

China Unicom to upgrade broadband speeds in Beijing

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:00:50 GMT

China Unicom has announced it will starting raising broadband speeds in Beijing starting from May 17, 2013, by phasing out its low-end packages.

EU telecom threat fuels trade tensions

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:00:49 GMT

A threat by the European Union to investigate claims that Chinese telecom companies have been unfairly paid subsidies is further inflaming trade tensions between the two sides, already at odds over various industries, most notably solar panels.

ZTE, Huawei global market rankings fall

Fri, 17 May 2013 04:02:52 GMT

ZTE slipped one place year-on-year to become the fifth-largest mobile phone vendor globally in the quarter ended March. The company shipped 14.6 million mobile phones in the first three months, from 17.4 million in the same period last year, Gartner said.

Nokia Siemens CEO: Little revenue from small cells till after 2015

Fri, 17 May 2013 02:44:57 GMT

Large-scale rollouts of small cells in the United States will likely start next year, but Nokia Siemens Networks' CEO Rajeev Suri believes it will be a couple of years at least before sales of the diminutive base stations deliver sizable sales revenues.

Strategy Analytics:Samsung Captures 95 Percent Share of Global Android Smartphone Profits in Q1 2013

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:29:20 GMT

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global Android smartphone profits reached US$5 billion in total during the first quarter of 2013. Samsung dominated and captured an impressive 95 percent share of all Android smartphone profits.

GSA Evolution to LTE report: 175 commercial LTE networks launched in 70 countries

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:29:19 GMT

This latest update of the GSA Evolution to LTE report confirms 371 firm LTE network deployments are planned or in progress in 116 countries, including 175 networks which are commercially launched in 70 countries. MVNOs are excluded. Multi-band networks are counted as one network.

One-third of all smartphone sales were prepaid in Q1

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:24:27 GMT

NPD released on Wednesday a study that found 32 percent of all smartphone purchases came from prepaid devices during the first quarter. During the same period in 2012, that figure stood at 21 percent.

Nokia and Microsoft: True Love or a Marriage of Convenience?

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:24:26 GMT

Simply it seems because everyone at Nokia, from developers to execs, is convinced the Windows ecosystem offers the most coherent and future proof service for customers.

Cisco profit beats Street, shares rise on outlook

Thu, 16 May 2013 03:10:49 GMT

Cisco shares rose about 8 percent after Chief Executive John Chambers said the company was seeing some good signs in the United States and that other parts of the world are "encouraging."

Google announces 900 million Android activations, 48 billion apps downloaded

Thu, 16 May 2013 03:10:48 GMT

The company also says that it has crossed 48 billion app downloads and that Google has paid out more to developers this year than it did last year. Currently, Android is seeing 2.5 billion app installs per month.