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| $1000 iPhone Application Removed from Apple Online Store
25/08/2008
Apple, maker of the popular iPhone device, has removed a controversial application from its online software store.The so called I am rich application was being sold at a cost of $999.99 (the maximum possible in Apple`s store), and serves no practical purpose except to remind users that they can afford to waste cash.The red icon on your iPhone always reminds you (and others when you show it to... |
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| 2 arrested by police sold phone cards to Mumbai gunmen
13/12/2008
One of the two men arrested for illegally buying mobile phone cards used by gunmen in the Mumbai attacks is a counter-insurgency police officer who may have been on an undercover mission, security officials said Saturday.The officials in Indian Kashmir demanded that police in Calcutta, where the suspect is being held, arrange for his quick release.Only two people have been arrested since the end... |
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| 25% of next billion mobile users will be Indians
23/12/2007
New Delhi, Dec. 20 Although only about 1 in 20 of the first 2 billion mobile subscribers live in India, as many as 1 in 4 of the next billion subscribers will be Indians, according to a new report from Boston Consulting Group. However, the report points out that reaching these subscribers profitably will demand radical changes in products and business models on the operator`s part.The report... |
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| 400,000+ Apple iPhones Now Being Used in China
26/02/2008
More than 400,000 Apple iPhones are already in use in China, according to data supplied to InStat by China Mobile, even though the device hasn`t been commercially released in the country.This figure equates to nearly half of iPhone devices that have not been activated with one of Apple`s partner carriers in the U.S., Britain, France, or Germany. Many such devices have been sold on the gray market... |
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| 50 Wireless Subscriptions per 100 People Says Informa Report
14/12/2007
There are now approximately 3.3 billion active mobile phone connections worldwide, enough to cover half the global population, according to new data from Informa Telecoms and Media.Wireless subscriptions have increased 18% in the past year, from 2.8 billion in late 2006, as a growing number of people buy handsets in emerging markets like India and China. The Indian market alone is expected to... |
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| 60% of Germans to Use 3G Wireless Services by 2012
14/11/2008
Germany`s 3G wireless penetration rate will reach 60% in 2012, by which time mobile data services will generate annual revenues of 5.7 billion in the country, according to a recent report from Goldmedia.The German mobile population is still growing, according to the report, but total revenues have been dropping off in recent quarters, as the price of mobile voice services continues to decline.... |
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| 7Eleven Stores Offer IDT Telecoms LowerCost, ReChargeable Calling Cards for Domestic and International Calling
31/10/2007
Newark, NJ, & Dallas, TX., October 4, 2005 This month, 7Eleven, Inc. (NYSE: SE) begins offering one of the lowest, flatperminute rates for 41 variations of domestic and international longdistance prepaid calling cards, including two that are rechargeable. IDT Telecom is the provider of these integrated, lowcost calling cards, which offer consumers the ability to obtain minutes quickly by charging... |
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| Affordable International Calling App For Smartphones Launched
16/01/2008
IVR Technologies, a software developer specializing in IP services, on Monday rolled out new applications for making affordable long distance calls on Windows Mobile 6based smartphones The applications Smartphone Calling Card and Callback are addon modules for Talking SIP, IVRs application, media, and billing server. They can be integrated into smartphones running Windows Mobile 6 to facilitate... |
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| Afghanistan Rehabilitating the Telecom Sector
12/05/2008
Challenge:In 2002, Afghanistan had a barely functioning communications network Over 99 percent of the population had no access to telecom services Only five major cities had telephone services Kabul accounted for about 2/3 of 57,000 functioning lines in the country Communications was mostly by face to face or by sending messages by hand The country had little or no access to the internet. Postal... |
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| Africa Millicom International to Spend US$1 Billion in 2008
15/01/2008
Reports by Investors Business Daily say Millicom International Cellular Company (MICC) expects to spend at least another $1 billion in 2008. Much of that spending is in Africa Sierra Leone, Chad, Congo, Ghana, Tanzania, and Senegal.The company upped its guidance for capital spending in November 2007 to $1 billion from $800 million."Im very optimistic for the outlook in the 16 markets where... |
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