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’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 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
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
Despite a series of low-cost media tablet launches in the second half of 2011, Apple’s iPad has managed to maintain its premier position in the Indian market with 51% market share in 2011. Samsung’s achievement at extending its success in the handset segment to the tablet segment, with its Galaxy Tab, allowed Samsung to occupy … Read more
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
Deutsche Telekom is reported to have renewed discussions with the USA based regional network, MetroPCS regarding a possible merger with its own T-Mobile USA network. The two companies were last reported to be in talks back in late 2009. Citing two unnamed people familiar with the talks, Deutsche Telekom has been considering a stock-swap transaction and then … Read more
Research In Motion (RIM) today announced that the USA’s Department of Defence has granted approval for the use of BlackBerry 7 smartphones. Working with U.S. Army and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) sponsors and partners, BlackBerry 7 smartphones have undergone testing through Army labs leading to a subsequent listing on DISA’s Unified Communications Approved Product … Read more
Nokia says that it has filed claims in the United States and Germany alleging that products from HTC, RIM and Viewsonic infringe a number of its patents. Nokia’s actions include a complaint to the US International Trade Commission (ITC) against HTC, suits against HTC and Viewsonic in the Federal District Court of Delaware, against HTC and RIM in the Regional Court … Read more
Nokia Siemens Networks says that it has won a LTE contract from Japan’s Softbank Mobile. Softbank Mobile expects to offer LTE services in autumn 2012. Under a separate contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will also expand Softbank Mobile’s HSPA+ network to enable new services using the recently allocated 900 MHz frequency band. Nokia Siemens Networks will … Read more