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10/20/2009
Wireless Review/Telephony
If you’re a foreign infrastructure vendor looking to gain ground in the highly competitive 4G market, the thing to do is open up up a long-term evolution (LTE)–preferably somewhere on the outskirts of Dallas. ZTE is the latest equipment supplier to do just that, joining Nokia Siemens Networks (NYSE:NOK, NYSE:SI), Huawei and Fujitsu in [...]
10/20/2009
New York Times
arnes & Noble, which has long left open the possibility of introducing its own electronic reader, is expected to unveil on Tuesday at a news conference in Manhattan what it is calling the Nook.
The device features color touch-screen controls and a gray-and-white reading display. It will cost $259, matching Amazon.com’s most recent price [...]
10/20/2009
TheStreet.com
Exclusive: Google Plans Its Own Android Phone
Scott Moritz
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Move over Apple (AAPL Quote), Research In Motion (RIMM Quote) and Motorola, (MOT Quote) Google (GOOG Quote) is jumping into the smartphone market with a Android phone of its own.
In what is likely to be seen as disruptive to the wireless status quo, Google [...]
10/19/2009
EE Times
Nokia Corp. has a fat target on its back and an increasingly tough task keeping rivals from hacking away at its market share eye each quarter as competition intensifies in the wireless handset equipment sector.
To accelerate what executives have termed the need for a “cultural” change at the company, Nokia on Friday (Oct. 16) [...]
10/19/2009
IDG News Service
IDG News Service – The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has upheld an earlier decision that favors Nokia in a patent case filed against it by wireless technology company InterDigital.
Nokia hasn’t infringed on patents belonging to InterDigital, a U.S. ITC judge ruled in August. InterDigital disagreed with the decision and called for [...]
10/19/2009
Wireless Week – Online
Jitterbug has some new competition today in the form of Consumer Cellular, which is offering two new phones by Doro and service targeting active seniors.
Whereas Jitterbug owner Great Call tapped Samsung for designing phones with big buttons for easy dialing, Portland, Ore.-based Consumer Cellular partnered with Doro, a Swedish company that [...]
10/19/2009
Gearlog
A group of top Internet execs, including the CEOs of Google, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook, and eBay have sent a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in support of net neutrality.
“America’s leadership in the technology space has been due, in large part, to the open Internet,” said the letter, dated Monday.
“We applaud your leadership [...]
10/19/2009
Wall Street Journal
Apple has shown few signs of being slowed down by the recession. That’s likely to continue when it reports fiscal fourth-quarter results on Monday.
The maker of iPods, iPhones and Macintosh computers is projected to post a 13% year-over-year earnings increase to $1.42 a share, according to Thomson Reuters, well above the top [...]
10/19/2009
TheStreet.com
DALLAS (TheStreet) — The semiconductor industry could get another boost when Texas Instruments(TXN Quote) reports its third-quarter results after market close, hot on the heels of Intel’s(INTC Quote) strong third-quarter numbers.
The company’s stock has risen more than 60% since March, and gained 45 cents or 1.97%, to reach $23.30, during early trading Monday.
Texas Instruments recently [...]
