Dish’s spoiling tactics left in tatters
©Bloomberg When Dish chairman Charlie Ergen made his surprise $25bn bid for Sprint Nextel in April, advisers, analysts and industry insiders were taken aback. The somewhat cantankerous satellite television pioneer…
Nokia to stop shipping Symbian phones
©PA Hefty handset: a black titanium and red gold Vertu Ti smartphone, which retails for more than £10,000 Nokia will finally stop shipments of its once-mighty Symbian smartphones this summer…
SoftBank raises offer for Sprint Nextel
TOKYO, June 11 – Japan’s SoftBank said it agreed with Sprint Nextel to raise its offer for the US wireless carrier to $21.6bn from a previous offer of $20.1bn as…
GiffGaff’s ‘Don’t Be Scared’ advertisement
©Hand out GIFFGAFF advert “Don’t be scared” adver Agency: FallonTerritory: UKVerdict: 2/5 Zombies have moved a long way into mainstream culture. Their latest lurch into the limelight comes in an…
UK hopes for boost if Vodafone exits US
©Bloomberg George Osborne is eyeing a mooted sale of Vodafone’s stake in Verizon Wireless for its potential impact on the UK economy, amid predictions the possible deal would deliver a…
Rural broadband upgrade a ‘train crash’
©Johnnie Pakington/BT Whitehall’s spending watchdog will next month issue a “deeply critical” report on the government’s rural broadband rollout, attacking politicians for creating a “train crash” process that lacks competition…
Asian society: Changes from within
©AFP Out and about in Hanoi: activists have worked to promote awareness of gay rights in Vietnam Last month in Ly Thai To park in central Hanoi, a group of…
France Telecom chief held for questioning
Stéphane Richard, chief executive of France Telecom, was taken into custody on Monday for questioning over his role in an arbitration process that led to a €400m payout in 2008…
Weve moves to cash in its data treasure
Mobile groups in the UK want to mine their vast treasure troves of data from customers to create revenues from advertising and payments, albeit with a targeted approach designed to…
Sprint and Clearwire votes to shape sector
US shareholders will vote on two deals this week that could help to decide the future of the US mobile phone industry. Sprint Nextel shareholders are due on Wednesday to…
Viber tries to restore service in S Arabia
A new front in the deepening battle over electronic communications in the Middle East opened up on Sunday as Viber, the online messaging company, vowed to restore its service in…
Mobile groups target app ads at 17m users
More than 17m UK customers will start receiving targeted advertising through apps on their mobile phones and tablets, as the country’s largest telecoms operators begin creating campaigns for major British…
SoftBank looks beyond Sprint to T-Mobile USA
Japan’s SoftBank is considering making a bid for T-Mobile USA if its agreed deal for Sprint Nextel falls apart, according to people familiar with the matter. Talks are preliminary, these…
Europe’s 4G users face premium prices
European operators are pinning hopes on the launch of high-speed 4G mobile services to reverse the long-term decline in revenues. However, analysts question whether they can convince consumers to pay…
Latest stage in rapprochement for the Ambanis
India’s billionaire Ambani brothers have unveiled a $2.1bn agreement to share telecoms infrastructure between their respective companies, in the second stage in a pact marking the culmination of one of…