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The American Civil Liberties Union this weekend released the results of public records requests filed last August to hundreds of local police departments across the country, asking them about their policies, practices, and procedures for tracking cell phone records. As The New York Times reported on Sunday, the records show that the practice of … Read more
China’s Huawei and ZTE are expected to collectively ship 95-100 million smartphones in 2012, giving the two companies a combined global marketshare of 15%, according to Taiwan based DigiTimes. According to Gartner statistics, Huawei shipped 16 million smartphones in 2011, and ZTE scored 11 million. Citing Taiwan-based handset component suppliers, the publication reported that … Read more
Samsung Electronics has announced plans to invest US$7 billion in a semiconductor factory in China, that will focus on chips for mobile devices and music players, the company confirmed in a stock market filing. The investment will be staged over several years, with an initial US$2.3 billion going on a factory in Xi’an, the … Read more
The former CEO at South Africa’s MTN Group has denied claims that he authorised the payment of bribes to government officials to help secure a GSM operator license in Iran. The company is currently being sued by Turkcell after it claims that its license was confiscated and awarded to MTN after bribes were paid by … Read more
Satellite operator, Inmarsat has reported that a further payment due from USA based LTE network, LightSquared has been missed. The company reported a previous non-payment back in February. A scheduled payment of US$29.6 million that was due on 31 March 2012 has not been made. The payments related to a co-operation agreement by the two … Read more
What may be one of the biggest leaks phones in recent years, come from South Korean analyst, who published the alleged specs of both Samsung and Apple’s upcoming flagship smart phones. More troubling for Apple, including at least the hardware side, the device seems to more powerful handset Samsung handset. Is it enough to tempt … Read more
Sales of Apple’s iPhone 5c were so disappointing that the consumer technology giant will probably reduce the price soon device model or scrap altogether, according to analysts, Alistair Barr reports for USA Today. They just missed. The request was not good, said Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray. They will discount and use it … Read more
Additional rumors are adding power to the expectations that Apple will finally break out of prison 4 – inch and deliver an iPhone with a resolution close to those offered by its rivals increasingly popular. Apple began with a display of 3.5 – inch, and seemingly reluctantly upgraded to a 4-inch model a couple of … Read more
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd ( MTNL ) today announced the official launch of free roaming service between Mumbai and Delhi for postpaid and prepaid mobile customers , which will be available on this day ie Republic January 26, 2014 without charge as shared earlier. Union Minister Kapil Sibal Telecom today announced MTNL Roaming Free in … Read more
The government of South Korea is looking to pump as much as $ 1.5 billion in the development of mobile networks based on 5G . Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Plans of the country said it was looking to develop and begin studies 5G service until 2017 , with the expectation that commercial services … Read more