Vodafone Global Enterprise has been appointed by Oracle to manage its mobile service needs in its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region in a four-year deal. Click here for more.
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Western Union has selected technology consulting company, DonRiver to act as System Integrator for Western Union's Mobile Money Transfer service.
Semiconductor spending in 2010 among Original Equipment Manufacturers and Electronic Manufacturing Service providers will post double-digit increases, reversing the curtailment in spending from the two groups in the wake of the economic recession last year, Click here for more.
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Smart phone shipments in North America totalled 47.2 million units in 2009, an increase of 27% over the volume seen in 2008, helped by a strong fourth quarter.
USA based ATandT has announced that it is to start selling mobile phone chargers that do not draw electric current when there is no phone connected.
Germany's Deutsche Telekom says that it expects that mobile data traffic will provide the richest opportunities for revenue growth over the next decade.
Indonesia's PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) is pushing to boost its mobile data usage to 10% of revenues by the end of this year, up from the 7 percent last year.
Brazil's RDL Comunica��es, a S�o Paulo-based WISP, has deployed Proxim Wireless' unlicensed WiMAX and wireless backhaul infrastructure to enable broadband service in 10 cities throughout Brazil.
Mobile app downloads across all types of handset are also expected to increase from over 7 billion downloads in 2009 to almost 50 billion in 2012 - a year on year growth rate of 92%.
Qualcomm has confirmed earlier rumours and that it has filed an application with the Indian Government to bid in India's upcoming auction for BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) spectrum in the 2.