More headaches for the people plotting the merger of T-Mobile USA and ATandT after the USA's Department of Justice announced that 7 state attorneys general joined its lawsuit against ATandT, T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom. Click here for more.

The intermittent rumours about problems with Apple's forthcoming iPhone 5 smartphone have resurrected again, this time with a report that the company is still having manufacturing problems. Click here for more.

Huawei has hired IBM to advise it on branding strategy as the company expands into tablet computers, smartphones and cloud computing. Click here for more.

Germany's mobile networks have met the coverage obligation in the 800MHz band in North-Rhine Westphalia and Saarland, the regulator announced today. Click here for more.

Apple has reportedly been granted 40 patents in China covering the design, not just of its products, but also its retail stores. Click here for more.

Canada's Bank of Montreal (BMO) has launched an NFC based payments service that it is promoting as being able to allow payments in shops by swiping a mobile phone on a terminal by the cashier. Click here for more.

Nigerian authorities have had to issue reassurances after a text message was sent around mobile networks warning that people can die if they answer a phone call from a specific phone number. Click here for more.

As more consumers use their smartphones for everything from price comparison to shopping, sales through mobile now account for more than 10% of all purchases on eBay UK. Click here for more.

Research In Motion has recorded a 10 percent drop in its second quarter revenues, of US$4.2 billion, while net profit slumped to just US$329 million, compared to US$797 million a year ago. Click here for more.

The affirmations reflect Hutchison's stable cash flow generations from its core business segments such as ports and properties, and the continued improvement of its retail division. Click here for more.

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Kavveri Telecom signs 10 year contract for wireless solutions
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GSM @10: Before now, MTN & power of music
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This day, was witness to the 10th year anniversary of the company's launch of commercial operation in Nigeria, for being the first telecoms company to make the first commercial call on a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) technology. ...

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It will give them a tough time, especially during festive occasions such as Diwali, when people send out several hundred wishes in a day,” says Rajan S Mathews, director general of Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI). ...

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Pakistan unlikely to hold 3G auction
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PTA, the source said, had proposed that two spectrums of 10 MHz be allotted to incumbent cellular operators, while the third frequency of 15 MHz should be given to international operator having expertise in Long Term Evolution (LTE), a standard for ...

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De-monopolizing telecommunications
BusinessWorld Online
Our 2008 paper continues: “Fifteen years on, the benefits of the reform may be seen in (i) increased access to telecommunication services, with teledensity in the cellular mobile telephone service (CMTS) segment of the market reaching 50 per 100 ...
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Dubai Internet City teams up with Telecoms World
gulfnews.com
Telecoms World Middle East 2011 will feature industry experts participating and debating in panel discussions such as "Operators in the Middle East will have to abandon flat rate billing if they are to reap the actual."

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Carriers are increasingly laying claim on Android Market through billing and ...
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... access to the carrier-billing-aggregation service offered by online and in-app mobile payments provider Boku; Boku also struck direct billing deals with French operators Bouygues Telecom and SFR, in addition to its existing deal with Orange France; ...

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2G scam: 'Essar controlled Loop Telecom during licensing'
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"Sharaf (a senior Essar official) called me and said Loop Telecom would require to roll out about 20000 cellular towers and an MoU should be signed between Essar Telecom Infrastructure and Loop Mobile and Loop Telecom to secure this contract," he said. ...
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