VODAFONE Australia has launched a new set of mobile phone plans to help customers avoid overseas bill shock by allowing them to use their existing call, text and data quotas while travelling. Under the new plans Vodafone will charge its ...
At least two U.S. mobile operators, T-Mobile US and Verizon Wireless, reportedly do not participate directly in the U.S. National Security Agency's call metadata collection program because of their partial ownership by foreign ...
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Also appointed Renée James as president Intel has appointed 30-year veteran Brian Krzanich as its new chief executive officer (CEO), succeeding Paul Otellini, with effect from 16 May 2013. The move, which makes Krzanich the sixth ...
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VODAFONE Hutchison Australia said it remained on track to switch on its metropolitan 4G network by June as it demonstrated the network running with peak speeds of 130Mbps. The carrier, which has been struggling to repair its brand in ...
There has to be a sea change in how mobile operators build their networks and implement new services, and virtualization will make it possible, carriers and equipment vendors say. Executives from established companies on both sides of the ...
Analysts today were skeptical that Mozilla's push into mobile with Firefox OS would meaningfully change the game. "The chances of Mozilla Firefox OS making good in mobile phones are about as good as WebOS making a comeback in ...
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Telecom carriers continue to complain about taxes, regulation and over-the-top competition, but Mozilla's Firefox operating system provides a glimmer of hope to some executives speaking at the opening of Mobile World Congress. Mobile ...
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In recent months I have attended seminars where the same theme has come up time and again - namely, the exponential growth of data transmission in telecoms networks, and in particular, its effect on mobile networks. The recent launch by EE ...
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Vodafone today revealed its latest management strategy in Europe and has brought in a top telecoms CEO from the US. Mobile operator Vodafone has split its European operations into two divisions–Central and Northern Europe as one and ...
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Vodafone today announced a new CEO for Cable & Wireless Worldwide (C&WW) following its acquisition of the global telecoms giant. Nick Jeffrey, who began his career back in 1991 at C&WW, will take on the role with immediate effect, leaving ...
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Marks and Spencer Group plc (“M&S”) announces the appointment of Andy Halford to its Board as a Non-Executive Director. He will take up his appointment on 1 January 2013. Andy Halford is the Chief Financial Officer of Vodafone ...
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Former T-Mobile USA CEO Philipp Humm has joined Vodafone Group as the chief executive of a new division covering northern and central Europe. Vodafone's announcement on Thursday came just one day after T-Mobile said Humm had resigned. He ...
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Vodafone has reported a significant downturn in revenues for the first six months of fiscal year 2012, with much of the blaming the markets in southern European countries. Revenues for the group were down 7.4% year on year to just under ...
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National Instruments is collaborating with TU-Dresden on a project to investigate technologies for 5G wireless systems. This is early research in the Dresden-based university in to 5G wireless systems which will eventually follow 4G ...
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