| Canada Still Trails Other Counties in Mobile Phone Penetration
28/07/2008
Canada continues to lag behind other developed nations in mobile phone ownership, according to a new TNS Canadian Facts survey covering 30 countries.Only 69% of Canadians aged 16 to 60 currently own a cell phone, compared to 90% in the United States and 97% in the United Kingdom.Canadians do not have the same attachment to mobile phones as the rest of the world does, commented TNS senior vice... |
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| AT&T Reports 170000 U-verse Subscriber Additions in Second Quarter
28/07/2008
AT&T`s U-verse service has reported its largest-ever net subscriber gain, adding 170,000 customers in the second quarter of this year, up from 148,000 in the first quarter.The company said yesterday that its U-verse customer base, as of June 30, totaled 549,000 households, up from 347,000 at the end of March. This puts the fiber-optic TV and broadband service on schedule to hit 1 million... |
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| South Korea Telecom says no plan to buy Sprint Nextel
17/07/2008
South Koreas SK Telecom Co (017670.KS: Quote, Profile , Research) said on Thursday it was not planning to buy a controlling stake in any major U.S. mobile carrier, brushing off earlier reports that it was eyeing Sprint Nextel Corp (S.N: Quote, Profile , Research).Shares in SK Telecom, South Koreas top mobile company, have fallen since cable news CNBC reported on Tuesday that SK was negotiating to... |
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| Apple Sells 1 Million 3G iPhones in First Weekend of Availability
17/07/2008
Apple Inc. announced earlier today that it had sold 1 million iPhones in the first three days after launching its long-awaited 3G model in 21 countries.iPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend, said Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, in a statement.Many iPhone buyers, however, were plagued with software problems over the first couple of days, largely because of the unprecedented volume of sales. Every new... |
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| Brazilian Software Firm Unlocks Apple 3G iPhone
17/07/2008
A Brazilian software company, Desbloqueiobr.com.br, is claiming to be the first firm to unlock Apple`s new 3G iPhone device, potentially allowing customers to use the handset without signing a contract with an exclusive carrier.The Desbloqueiobr website shows videos of an iPhone device up and running on a Brazilian network, even though the device won`t officially be available in the country until... |
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| Phone card drive for armed forces continues
08/07/2008
Members of the United States armed forces serving in Iraq and Afghanistan have heard they will soon be receiving phone cards from southeast Arizona.Several soldiers from the 82nd Airborne in Baghdad have been in touch with card drive organizer Renee Miles via e-mail and are looking forward to receiving their phone cards. Some soldiers have not spoken to their families for four months.Businesses... |
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| South Africa (MTN)and Reliance Close to Deal
03/07/2008
A deal between South Africas MTN Group Ltd. and Indias Reliance Communications Ltd. could be announced this weekend, despite threats of legal action to block the deal, two people familiar with the situation said.MTN and Reliance "are getting very close to announcing the deal. If there are no last-minute disagreements, the announcement may come as early as Sunday or sometime next week,"... |
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| China Telecom makes plans after China Unicom buy
03/07/2008
China Telecom Corp Ltd is expected to set up a company to procure CDMA handsets, the Beijing Times reported, citing sources.The report said the new company will be responsible for customizing and purchasing CDMA handsets.China Telecom, formerly an all-fixed line company, has taken over China Unicom (nyse: CHU - news - people )s CDMA business.susan.wang@Xfn.com** Check out our:China Calling... |
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| Woman charged over $270,000 mobile phone card scam
03/07/2008
A 22-year-old Sydney woman has been charged over an alleged scam involving almost $270,000 in mobile phone recharge cards at a shop where she worked.Police say they were contacted by management of a mobile phone shop in Hurstville, in the citys south, last month and a sales audit revealed a major discrepancy in the number of cards sold by its staff. The audit found almost 1,800 recharge cards had... |
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| Employee charged with $250k phone card theft
02/07/2008
The manager of a Hurstville mobile phone shop contacted police when an audit found a major discrepancy in the number of pre-paid phone cards sold.When police investigated they found 18,000 cards had been sold in the five months to June, but not paid for.A 22-year-old woman has been charged with 13 counts of obtaining benefit by deception and conditionally bailed to appear in Sutherland Local... |
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