Microsoft is collaborating with the Kenyan government and a local Internet service provider to provide broadband access using TV white spaces and solar-powered base stations, as part of a long-term strategy to spread mobile telephony and ...
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Any bank, hospital or energy provider that suffers a cyber-attack would have to inform regulators under new EU proposals announced today. Launched in Brussels by European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes, ...
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Huawei is now the world's third biggest smartphone maker after a strong fourth quarter, according to Gartner. Should the UK share US fears over Chinese tech firms? Apple iOS watch with smartphone features reportedly in development ...
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Wireless will lead IC spending this year growing by 13.5% to $69.6 billion, says IHS. Of the other six major IC application areas, five will show growth of up to 6.5% and one will decline 1.7%. Total semiconductor spending will rise ...
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Global smartphone sales went up by 38 percent in the fourth quarter year over year, Gartner reported on Wednesday, with Samsung ending 2012 in the top position for both smartphone sales and overall mobile phone sales. Even with the ...
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Huawei last week opened its first Middle East IT Competence Centre in Bahrain, as part of its effort to support the development of the country’s IT and telecoms industry. The centre will help to develop the high-level IT skills of ...
Microsoft has announced that it is collaborating with the Kenyan government and a local Internet service provider to provide broadband access using TV white spaces and solar-powered base stations. The move comes as part of a long-term ...
IDG News Service - Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC will release phones with screens larger than 5 inches, and develop more budget-friendly handsets for the Chinese market, its chief financial officer said Monday. "We will not limit ...
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Taiwan-based sapphire wafer makers, viewing that LED demand is unlikely to grow to, have started looking to have sapphire wafers adopted as protection covers for iPhone 5 cameras. Several smartphone vendors including Taiwan-based HTC and ...
Huawei squeezes HTC and enters the top 5 of global smart phone. IDC released smart phone rankings of the fourth quarter of last year, which was a major reshuffle. Chinese continent brand, Huawei, beat South Korea's LG and Taiwan's HTC with ...
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The world's largest telecom equipment supplier Ericsson has released a performance report of last year, the full year revenue of SEK 227.8 billion (about 35.8 billion dollars) of last year. At previous, the world's second largest telecom ...
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The U.S. International Trade Commission plans to investigate the smartphones of Samsung, Nokia and Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE for patent infringement, after wireless technology provider InterDigital filed a complaint. InterDigital ...
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Google chairman Eric Schmidt has labelled China a menace to the internet, complicit in the use of cyber-crime as part of efforts to undermine its corporate and political opponents. The claims are made in his upcoming book, The New Digital ...
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On January 31, the U.S. International Trade Commission announced "337 investigations" on some 3G and 4G wireless equipment company, including Huawei, ZTE, Samsung and Nokia, to determine whether their products infringe the patents of U.S. ...
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Samsung led both the smartphone and overall handsets market in the fourth quarter, though analysts' estimates of shipments and market share varied. The South Korean company shipped 106 million handsets in the fourth quarter of which 60 ...
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