Qtel Group has announced that all of its operating companies in emerging markets across MENA and South-East Asia will now adopt the brand Ooredoo. These companies, in which Ooredoo already has a controlling interest, include brands such ...
Visa and Samsung yesterday announced a global alliance that they said has the potential to significantly accelerate the availability of mobile payments globally. According to the agreement, financial institutions that are planning to ...
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Zain Kuwait and Huawei today announced plans to launch a first-of-its-kind joint innovation centre, which will serve as a research hub for the advancement of long-term evolution (LTE) technologies for Zain’s mobile customers in Kuwait ...
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Huawei yesterday bolstered its worldwide consumer offerings with the introduction of the Ascend P2, which it dubbed the world’s fastest smartphone. The smartphone was announced during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where the ...
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Etisalat and Alcatel-Lucent today signed a joint agreement to extend Etisalat’s long-term evolution (LTE) coverage across its footprint, including a new partnership in Sri Lanka. By deploying Alcatel-Lucent’s lightRadio ...
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Samsung may announce the launch of the Galaxy S4 flagship Smartphone in the New York conference held on March 14. HTC may release the flagship Smartphone this week, but many Android fans have been looking forward to the Galaxy S4 released ...
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US credit card giant Visa has announced a global alliance with Samsung to let shoppers make payments by waving their smartphones near a special reader. The deal, announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, could significantly ...
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Sharp-cornered and thinner than a pencil at 8.4 mm, the company said it can achieve speeds of 150 Mbps, fast enough to download a two-hour high-definition movie in less than five minutes. The mobile, which has a 4.7-inch, high definition ...
Exent, provider of game subscription services for the world's leading mobile operators and device manufacturers, today unveiled plans to further extend its GameTanium Mobile service to the TV platform through GameTanium for TV. The ...
GT Advanced Technologies announced the appointment of Linda Reinhard as vice president, new business development and product management for the company’s sapphire, DSS™ and HiCz™ products reporting to Dan Squiller, ...
The organization behind the ANT+ wireless protocol, used in many power meters and others sports monitoring products, announced a new generation of the protocol Tuesday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The new ANT ...
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Global financial groups have intensified their war to control the lucrative future of the digital wallet, which will let people use a smartphone to go shopping instead of cash and credit cards. MasterCard, Visa and online payments service ...
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Samsung Canada today announced Samsung KNOX. Providing a unique and differentiated solution that allows consumers to use one device for both work and play, KNOX addresses the growing trend of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) in Canadian ...
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Samsung Canada, the leading supplier of mobile phones in the Canadian marketplace, today announced the launch of the world's first 8-inch tablet, the GALAXY Note 8.0. Unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the GALAXY Note ...
ArcherMind today introduced the SeeMore, a new smartphone solution for the visually impaired at Mobile World Congress 2013. "Mobile accessories are changing the way we interact with the world," said Jiping Wang , CEO of ArcherMind. He ...
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