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Industry Moves: Financial Times, Future, O2, Emap, Moo

By Robert Andrews Jan. 26, 2012, 6:05pm Comments Off

Here is a round-up of some of the latest executive-level hirings and exits in the world of digital media business… Read More »

Update 2: Privacy Alert: O2 Fixes Hole That Shared Users’ Phone Numbers

By Ingrid Lunden Jan. 25, 2012, 9:36pm 2 Comments

Update: Mobile operator O2 says that as of 2pm Wednesday, it has fixed the part of its mobile web browsing service that was reporting mobile… Read More »

Let's Try This Again: UK Regulator Revises 4G Auction Terms For Q4 2012

By Ingrid Lunden Jan. 12, 2012, 6:13pm Comments Off

While some operators in some countries (like the U.S. and Japan) have already celebrated birthdays for their LTE services, 4G in the UK hasn… Read More »

Will Groupon's Deal With Deutsche Telekom Be A Winning Template For Growth?

By Ingrid Lunden Jan. 10, 2012, 7:03pm Comments Off

Today we know a bit more about how Groupon (NSDQ: GRPN) plans to extend its business opportunities in the years ahead: mobile services will… Read More »

More Carrier IQ: Nokia, Google, Verizon Say No Dice, Sprint, AT&T Say Yes

By Ingrid Lunden Dec. 1, 2011, 6:33pm 1 Comment

Several days into the Carrier IQ story — which raised privacy concerns around software that claims to be an innocent diagnostics tool — an… Read More »

RIM, Apple, Microsoft All Taking A Swipe At NFC Mobile Payment Technology

By Ingrid Lunden Nov. 24, 2011, 6:40pm 2 Comments

As the Black Friday shopping opportunities continue to pile up, the mentions of mobile payment services get ever more frequent, too: in just… Read More »

Three Cries Foul To EU Regulators Over British Mobile Commerce JV

By Ingrid Lunden Nov. 17, 2011, 7:32pm Comments Off

We have seen this one brewing for some time already, and now it appears to be bubbling over: the Hutchison-owned UK mobile operator Three is… Read More »

Roll On, Digital Reorganization. Telefonica Posts First Loss In Nine Years

By Ingrid Lunden Nov. 11, 2011, 6:06pm Comments Off

Telefonica (NYSE: TEF) has put its digital eggs into one basket — centralizing all its global digital operations into one new unit — and w… Read More »

Telefonica’s O2 Tries Its Hand At Skype-Like VoIP Calls With O2 Connect

By Ingrid Lunden Oct. 12, 2011, 1:49pm Comments Off

T-Mobile has Bobsled in the U.S., and now O2 in the UK is jumping into the Internet-calling waters with a new service called O2 Connect. Read More »

The Rising iPhone Tide Will Lift Some Carrier Boats More Than Others

By Ingrid Lunden Oct. 3, 2011, 7:18pm Comments Off

Only one day left to iPhone news nirvana, and a lot of leaks are coming through about who will get to sell the device — and what, exactly,… Read More »

Intel Looks For Revenue From Location Services, Buys Telmap

By Ingrid Lunden Sep. 30, 2011, 3:42pm Comments Off

Intel (NSDQ: INTC) has made no secret of its interest to be a more central player in the mobile space and now it’s showing us the money, too… Read More »

Telefonica Seeks Social Media Mojo With Twitter And Layar Integration

By Ingrid Lunden Sep. 22, 2011, 3:54pm Comments Off

Telefonica (NYSE: TEF), the multinational operator with mobile networks spanning across Europe and Latin America, is now fully focused on sq… Read More »

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