Business & Financial News

Deutsche Telekom Rumoured to be Talking to Clearwire
Germany's Deutsche Telekom, which was recently rumoured to be mulling a bid for USA based Sprint Nextel is now thought to be sniffing around WiMAX operator, Clearwire - which is 51% owned by Sprint Nextel....

Philippines Reconsiders Tax on Text Messages
Just over a week after the Philippine politicians approved plans for a tax on text messages, the measure is to be subjected to an investigation following strong public opposition....

Network Operators

O2 Upgrades British Voicemail Platform
UK network operator, O2 has upgraded its voicemail platform to support both the iPhone's Visual Voicemail and conventional services from the same platform. ...

Millicom Commits to Year-End Launch for Rwandan Network
Millicom has committed to launch its Tigo branded mobile phone network in Rwanda by the end of this year. The company was granted a license by the regulator last November. ...

Cellcom in Talks with Bezeq to Link Cellular Sites
Israeli mobile network operator, Cellcom is reported to be in talks with Bezeq to buy some of its towers pending the termination of a tower sharing agreement in 2010....

Verizon Wireless to support e-book reader
Verizon will be providing wireless book downloads for an electronic reading device, joining AT&T and Sprint in supporting electronic books....

Reports & Surveys

MEMS Microphones Shipments to Rise to 1 Billion in 2013
Despite a slowdown in 2009, global shipments of Microelectromechanical System (MEMS) microphones are set to more than triple from 2008 to 2013 due to their strong acceptance in mobile handsets and other applications,...

Wireless Network Carriers Take Up the Slack on Infrastructure Spending
While the global economic outlook has swung from inventory doom and gloom to stock market euphoria and back to an overcast, "where's the demand?" scenario, mobile carriers have their sights set on the mobile broadband traffic tidal wave that is rippl...

Statistics

Softbank still leading Japanese market for annual net additions
The total Japanese customer base was up 0.37m in August to 109.27m. Annual growth stood at 4.6%, down from 5.6% a year earlier....

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