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India’s Supreme Court Rejects Appeals Over Confiscated GSM Licenses

India’s Supreme Court has rejected petitions to review its decision to void all 122 of the controversial GSM licenses that were awarded in 2008.   Seven mobile networks affected by the license cancellation including Videocon, STel, Idea Cellular, Tata Teleservices, Unitech Wireless, Sistema Shyam and Etisalat DB had filed separate petitions. The court declined the … Read more

Vodafone and O2 to Merge Rival UK Network Assets into Separate Company

The UK mobile networks, Vodafone and O2 have announced plans to combine  the basic parts of their network infrastructure to create one national grid running each operator’s independent spectrum.   The two companies already share some elements of their network  infrastructure under an agreement that was signed in March 2009. The companies also expect that … Read more

Google (VS) Apple Map out Battle Lines

Two U.S. technology innovators are waging a new battle over the maps that people throughout the world access on their smartphones and other computing devices.   For several years, consumers using the hand-held iPhones and iPad tablets sold by the Apple consumer products company have viewed maps supplied by one of the leading search engine … Read more

Vodafone Group CEO Sees Personal Earnings Double to $21.5 Million

Vodafone Group’s CEO, Vittorio Colao will see his total pay this year more than double to around £14 million (US$21.5 million), thanks to long-term performance based bonuses.  According to the annual financial statement published by the company, the value of long-term share options have almost tripled in value from £3.75 million to just under £11 … Read more

Sweden Wants to Avoid European Sanctions Against Huawei and ZTE

Sweden’s trade minister, Ewa Bjorling has said that a probe by the European Commission into allegations of illegal state subsidies by the Chinese government for Huawei and ZTE could harm European manufacturers.   She said that she is concerned that there could be retaliatory measures taken by the Chinese government if the EU imposes tariffs … Read more

Facebook Hiring Apple Staff to Work on Own-Branded Smartphone

Facebook is again rumoured to be working on its own smartphone following efforts to hire a number of former Apple staff who developed the company’s iPhone.   There have been rumours that the website giant wants to boost its mobile offering and admitted in its stock market prospectus that its mobile services are not generating … Read more

U.S. Cable Companies Join Forces for Single Wi-Fi Service

Five of the USA’s largest cable TV networks have joined forces to combine their Wi-Fi networks into a single network with over 50,000 hotspots across their markets. The Wi-Fi networks will remain owned by the separate companies, Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable but will be jointly branded as “CableWiFi”. … Read more

Apple Looking to Ditch Google Maps in OS Upgrade – Report

Apple is reported to be planning to drop support for Google’s mapping service in its next Operating System upgrade, in favour of a mapping service from companies that the company has bought over the past few years.   Citing sources at the company, 9to5Mac reported that the company has been combining services from subsidiary companies, … Read more