Posts Tagged ‘ mobile ’

Robot ball, kid-proof toys gamble in Vegas 

January 14, 2012
Robot ball, kid-proof toys gamble in Vegas 

  One of the pleasures, and risks, of attending the gigantic Consumer Electronics Show is seeing a bunch of new products that look incredibly cool. Why a risk? Because things that look incredibly cool under carefully controlled conditions in Las Vegas sometimes turn out to be less than stellar successes by the time they hit [...]

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Google CEO’s inner circle: Meet the L Team 

December 17, 2011
Google CEO’s inner circle: Meet the L Team 

View of the entrance of the new headquarters of Google France before its official inauguration in Paris December 6, 2011. The most powerful group at Google Inc used to be known simply as “The OC,” short for operating committee. Now, it goes by a more telling name: “L Team,” short for Larry’s Team. The change [...]

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Americans losing addiction to ‘CrackBerrys’ 

December 17, 2011
Americans losing addiction to ‘CrackBerrys’ 

The new BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone is seen after it was introduced at a news conference in New York August 3, 2010. To understand what ails BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd in the U.S. market, just ask eBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe. The world’s biggest online auction site had about a hundred engineers [...]

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Black Friday draws crowds, but spending in doubt 

November 26, 2011
Black Friday draws crowds, but spending in doubt 

  A woman pulls shopping carts through the aisle of a Target store on the shopping day dubbed “Black Friday” in Torrington, Connecticut November 25, 2011. Retailers were hoping for more shoppers like Shawn Elzia as the annual Black Friday bargain stampede marked the unofficial start of what is widely expected to be a middling [...]

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Japan’s TD Mobile ventures into Vietnam 

November 14, 2011
Japan’s TD Mobile ventures into Vietnam 

Shoppers at a Vien Thong A phone retail outlet. TD Mobile of Japan has acquired 30 percent of the shares of Vietnamese phone retailer Vien Thong A (VTA), according to media reports. The exact amount of the deal has not been made public. TD Mobile is a joint venture between Toyota Tsusho Corp., one of [...]

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Viettel looks to take over struggling competitor 

October 29, 2011
Viettel looks to take over struggling competitor 

  Military-run telecom giant Viettel said it plans to acquire EVN Telecom, a subsidiary of state utility Electricity of Vietnam, in what will be Vietnam’s first M&A deal in the local mobile sector. The acquisition, if approved, will be completed in November, news website VnExpress reported Tuesday, citing Viettel officials. The company will first have [...]

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Court battle looms between US and AT&T, T-Mobile 

September 1, 2011
Court battle looms between US and AT&T, T-Mobile 

AT&T mobile phones are seen for sale alongside T-Mobile phones at a RadioShack electronics store in Los Angeles August 31, 2011. The Justice Department made a bold move when it sued to block AT&T Inc’s $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile. Now comes the hard part: going to court. The government is asking a federal judge [...]

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AT&T vows to bring back 5,000 US jobs if merger approved 

August 31, 2011
AT&T vows to bring back 5,000 US jobs if merger approved 

A view shows the AT&T store sign in Broomfield, Colorado April 20, 2011. Telecommunications giant AT&T Inc, whose proposed buy of T-Mobile USA is under scrutiny by US regulators, promised to bring 5,000 wireless call-center jobs back to the United States if the deal wins approval. The company has not decided where in the United [...]

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Mobile network Beeline partners with Manchester United 

August 30, 2011
Mobile network Beeline partners with Manchester United 

  Beeline, a mobile network operated by Russia’s VimpelCom, has signed an agreement to become a commercial partner of UK soccer club Manchester United in Vietnam. The deal will give the club’s estimated 16 million fans in Vietnam a chance to see all the goals scored, exclusive interviews, news and behind-the-scenes access, the club said [...]

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Vietnam may allow mobile users to keep number when switching networks 

August 22, 2011
Vietnam may allow mobile users to keep number when switching networks 

Vietnam has seven mobile network operators with more than 120 million subscribers The Ministry of Information and Communications is finalizing a plan to allow mobile phone users to switch to a different network without having to change their numbers, news website VnExpress reported Saturday. The plan has been created based on trends in other countries [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...