Bharti founder eyes Africa market (AFP)
AFP – Indian telecom tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal is hoping to make it third time lucky as he seeks to gain a presence in Africa, one of the world’s least developed mobile phone markets.
AFP – Indian telecom tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal is hoping to make it third time lucky as he seeks to gain a presence in Africa, one of the world’s least developed mobile phone markets.
AFP – Google’s mobile operating system Android is now being used on 26 phone models and 60,000 phones using Android are sold every day, the US Internet giant’s chief executive said on Tuesday.
AFP – South Korean firm Samsung Electronics unveiled Sunday a new smartphone to lead the charge in its strategy to boost its share of the fast-growing segment of the mobile phone industry.
AFP – Nokia, the world’s top mobile phone maker, said Monday it would restructure operations at its plant in Salo, Finland, to focus production on smartphones and could cut up to 285 jobs as a result.
AFP – Nokia, the world’s top mobile phone maker, said Monday a class action complaint alleging securities fraud was filed against it in New York on Friday.
AFP – Nokia, the world’s top mobile phone maker, surprised investors Thursday with a much better-than-expected 2009 performance after it resolved product problems, sending its share price soaring.
AFP – Nokia, the world’s top mobile phone maker, will offer free maps and navigation services for its smartphone users, it said Thursday in a move that puts pressure on players in the GPS industry.
AFP – They were asked to text HAITI to 90999 or Yele to 501501 and in three days, a million Americans pledged millions of dollars in aid to quake-stricken Haiti using their mobile phones.
AFP – South Korea’s LG Electronics said Wednesday it plans to sell 140 million mobile phones worldwide this year, up 20 percent from 2009.
AFP – Nokia chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo praised the mobile phone on Friday as a history-changing tool and challenged developers to create programs for poor countries.