3G Buildouts Push up Mobile Network Investment (PC World)
PC World – Mobile networks may not be getting upgraded as fast as some subscribers would like, but carrier spending on infrastructure is expected to rebound slightly this year after falling in 2009.
IBM, universities target easy-to-use cellphones (Reuters)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/wireless/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/tc_nm/us_ibm_phones”><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100310/i/r4028622150.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=GYFcsnUaOSnO_fmqJZ4E.w–" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A man speaks on the phone as he stands in front of a closed metro station during a 24 hour nationwide strike in Athens July 26, 2005. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis” border=”0″ />Reuters – IBM has started a two-year research program that aims to make cellphones easier to use for groups [...]
China Mobile investing $5.8B in Chinese bank (AP)
AP – China Mobile Ltd., the world’s biggest phone company by subscribers, said Wednesday it was investing $5.8 billion in a Chinese bank as part of a plan to develop mobile phone banking and business services.
Google CEO: mobile computing reshaping Internet (AP)
AP – Google’s CEO says mobile smartphones are transforming the Internet, and defended his company’s growing dominance over information on the Web.
China Mobile buys 20% stake in mainland bank (AFP)
<img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100310/capt.photo_1267767902776-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=gCrtJKGF1M28udlQP68m0Q–" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="phone giant China Mobile said Wednesday it will pay about 5.8 billion US dollars for a 20 percent stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank as part of its bid to enter the wireless banking market.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)” border=”0″ />AFP – phone giant China Mobile said Wednesday it will pay about 5.8 [...]
Former FCC Chair Says More Fiber Will Help Wireless Crunch (PC World)
PC World – Laying more fiber is one way to make more efficient use of wireless spectrum, former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said on Wednesday.
Rob Glaser Thinks Mobile Is the Next Big Thing (PC World)
PC World – In his first speech since stepping down in January as CEO of the company he founded, RealNetworks Chairman Rob Glaser on Wednesday encouraged startups to look for business opportunities in wireless.
Sony VAIO W Series Netbook (PC World)
PC World – Buy.com has a Sony VAIO W Series netbook in cocoa brown on sale for $443.75 with free shipping. The sleek little netbook has a 10.1-inch backlit LCD panel, which has great picture quality with minimal glare, rich colors, and sharp contrast. The VAIO W Series [...]
LG Elec launches Android-based smartphone (Reuters)
Reuters – LG Electronics Inc, the world’s No. 3 mobile phone maker, on Wednesday launched a smartphone based on Google’s Android operating system in South Korea, as it seeks to boost its relatively weak smartphone line-ups.
Intel Sees 2012 Deployment for Mobile WiMax Release 2 (PC World)
PC World – Chip giant Intel, a major backer of the movement to provide mobile WiMax wireless broadband to Internet users around the world, expects the next major release of the technology to be deployed starting in 2012, an executive said Tuesday.
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