Telekom Austria has announced that it is transferring 500 of its landline staff to the local police force. As a former state-owned company, the staff have civil servant status and cannot be made redundant, but are also no longer required by the company thanks to technology changes. Full story...
CST, the Portugal Telecom subsidiary in Sao Tome and Pr�ncipe has initiated a technical pilot phase of its 3G network.
Mobile network operator, 3 Hong Kong has announced that it will start to throttle the download speeds of its heaviest mobile broadband users.
Vodafone Ireland has been fined EIR400,000 (US$527,700) by the Irish High Court for missing the deadline for imposing a EUR50 spending cap on mobile data roaming charges.
Apple iPads are being removed from sale in Shijiazhuang city, capital of North China's Hebei province after a local court ruled that the product infringes a trademark held by a Chinese firm.
Apple has filed a patent infringement lawsuit as a test case that could impact on sales of Android smartphones in the USA.
Apple has started to respond to the ongoing concerns about work conditions at the Chinese factories where the majority of its products are assembled.
Samsung Electronics, today introduced its first line-up of tablets for 2012 with the launch of the GALAXY Tab 2, a 1Ghz tablet with 7-inch screen.
Progress continues to be made towards a near-term sovereign debt restructuring in Greece. The protracted nature of negotiations has, however, raised the question of what would happen to the domestic telecoms sector Click here for more.
Japan's NTT DoCoMo is reported to be developing an automated language translation service for its mobile phones.
Austria's telecoms regulator, RT has announced that it is introducing a cap on the monthly tariff that can be charged for mobile data services.