The communications revolution that swept the globe missed the Zapotec village of Talea de Castro high in the mountains of southern Mexico, where making any sort of call meant trudging to a community telephone line and paying ...
Telecom
Sep 16, 2013
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Like many young Palestinians, Amir was excited to get his first smartphone, despite the heavy price tag. But he did not keep it long after realising the lack of 3G network meant its applications were largely unusable.
Telecom
Jul 24, 2013
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Spain's debt-burdened Telefonica said Monday it is selling its 02 Ireland unit to Hutchison Whampoa in a potential 850 million euro ($1.1 billion) deal that would create a larger rival to Vodafone in Ireland's cellphone-hungry ...
Telecom
Jun 24, 2013
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The flamboyant founder of Japanese telco SoftBank, which is close to a $21.6 billion takeover of US firm Sprint Nextel, on Friday added a new goal to his lofty agenda: creating the world's biggest company.
Business
Jun 21, 2013
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Yahoo has bought Silicon Valley startup Jybe so it can bring back five of its former engineers to help the Internet company build better mobile applications.
Business
Mar 20, 2013
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A US judge has ordered the FBI to stop its "pervasive" use of National Security letters to snoop on phone and email records, ruling Friday that the widespread tactic was unconstitutional.
Internet
Mar 15, 2013
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The latest Google smartphone sold out in the some countries within an hour of its release on Tuesday.
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 13, 2012
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Global telecom operators are expected to have lost $23 billion in SMS revenues by the end of 2012 as smartphone users shift to free messaging applications, an industry report said Thursday.
Telecom
Oct 11, 2012
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Spanish telecom giant Telefonica said Monday it has completed its sale of a 4.56 percent stake in China Unicom for 1.14 billion euros ($1.4 billion).
Business
Jul 30, 2012
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Indian demonstrators supporting the global hacking movement Anonymous took to the streets on Saturday to protest against what they consider growing government censorship of the Internet.
Internet
Jun 9, 2012
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