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Messaging Firms Team Up to Boost Cell Broadcast Services

Two companies have teamed up to boost the use of cell broadcast on GSM networks, which has languished as a little used facility within the mobile network services market.…

Hewlett-Packard nears deal to buy security software maker ArcSight for $1.5 billion

Computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. may be close to another major acquisition. The company is nearing a deal to buy security software provider ArcSight for about $1.5 billion, The Wall Street…

US widens probe of HP bribery allegations – US investigators widen probe of alleged HP kickbacks to Russian authorities

U.S. investigators have widened their probe of alleged kickbacks paid to Russian authorities by employees of a Hewlett-Packard Co. subsidiary in Germany. Authorities in Russia, Germany and the U.S. have…

Nokia dumps CEO, turns to Microsoft exec – Nokia swaps veteran for Microsoft exec Stephen Elop as company chief amid stiff competition

Nokia Corp. is replacing CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo with Microsoft executive Stephen Elop as the world’s top maker of mobile phones aims to regain lost ground in the fiercely competitive smart…

Operator News in Brief – 12 Sep 2010

T-Mobile USA has started selling a HTC supplied Android smartphone – the T-Mobile G2 – which supports HSPA+ download speeds. Huawei is reported by TMC.net to have announced the…

Should Microsoft buy RIMM?

The suggestion may comes as a shock as RIM has long been a Canadian corporate sweetheart With a lot of M&A occurring in the tech sector, I have to put…

Mobilink employees distribute Eid gifts among flood victims

Mobilink, Pakistan’s market leader in cellular services and a part of Orascom Telecom Holding carried out a special relief activity in which employees of Mobilink distributed ‘Eid Gift Packs’ among…

Samsung Opens MENA Product Training Centre

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, announced that its award-winning Samsung Gulf Customer Satisfaction unit has opened a state-of-the-art Product Training Centre…

Etihad A330-200F delivers 59 tonnes of Humanitarian Aid for Flood relief

Etihad Crystal Cargo’s inaugural flight, the new A330-200 freighter, carrying 59 tonnes of humanitarian aid arrived on Saturday, 28 August at the Jinnah International Airport, Karachi. (more…)

Samsung and Thales to Develop TETRA Based WiMAX and LTE Devices

Samsung Electronics and the defense contractor, Thales are to jointly develop and market a 4G based PMR (Public Mobile Radio) plaform for use by public safety and security organizations. Through…

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