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The Japanese handset market spits out another victim. Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ), the world's largest handset maker, said it would stop selling cellphones in the country, except for its high-end luxury Vertu model, Reuters reports. The news comes days after another report from Japanese newspaper Yomiuri...
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Is China gearing up to finally issue its long-awaited 3G licenses? Chinese Industry and Information Technology vice minister Xi Guohua said at the China Mobility International Summit today that the "time is now ripe" for the country to issue 3G licenses, reports China Daily . Xi added that...
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Easou Technology, the Chinese mobile search and advertising firm, has raised $12 million in a third round of funding led by iD Tech Ventures and AXA Private Equity, reports ChinaVenture (via Pacific Epoch ). The three-year old company, which employs 500 staff, is using the investment for product research...
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NTT DoCoMo is developing an Android-based smartphone with an aim to launch it next year, a spokesperson with the Japanese operator confirmed to AFP via Business Standard. The phone could help the carrier compete with its smaller rival Softbank, which has been growing customers at a faster rate since...
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China Mobile, which has more subscribers than there are U.S. residents, is looking replicate the success of the iPhone App store on a much grander scale. At this point, there's probably very few operators and handset manufactures that aren't trying to open up a content and application store on...
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In a major move and a first by a Japanese telco into India, NTT DoCoMo ( NYSE: DCM ) is taking a 26 percent stake in local telco giant Tata Teleservices, for a price of $2.7 billion. This is surely to spur more rivalry with other local giants like Reliance, Vodafone ( NYSE: VOD ) and Airtel, and help...
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Earlier this year, China's Huawei Technologies was trying to sell a portion of its mobile-devices unit to a U.S.-based firm in order to gain some momentum for entering the North American market, but after it failed to get enough interest, there's signs that the company is still moving forward...
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The original iPhone generated a lot of interest in India, selling well on the grey market, so it went to reason that when the 3G version launched officially in the world's fastest growing wireless market, that it too would sell well. But apparently, that's not what happened, with sales of the...
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First, the good news: SingTel reported in a filing to the Singaporean exchange today that it had sold 170,000 iPhones since launching the handset in early July in Australia, and Singapore, the Philippines and India in late August. In Singapore, where SingTel is the iPhone's exclusive carrier, approximately...
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Nokia ( NYSE: NOK ) announced today a major push into emerging markets, debuting seven new handsets and web applications, while revealing plans to cut 600 jobs from its marketing and research units. The cuts come at a time when fierce competition and the sluggish economy have slowed the prospects of...
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Korean handset maker LG (SEO: 066570) has struck a deal with RockeTalk to preload the Indian start-up's mobile social networking application on several handsets, including the LG KT610 and KF750 (Secret) handsets sold in India. The two handsets go on sale in November. RockeTalk's application...
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NBC Universal ( NYSE: GE ) is launching a mobile portal in Japan. The portal goes live today, and will support its hit movie 'Wanted' during its theatrical run in the country. The portal will offer downloadable content and services from other NBC Universal film and TV shows, including themes...