Key highlights Vodafone has agreed to acquire Ono for a total consideration equivalent to €7.2 billion (£6.0 billion) on a debt and cash free basis. Ono has the largest next-generation network in Spain with approximately 7.2 million homes released to marketing serving 1.9 million customers in 13 of Spain’s 17 regions*. It is the market […]
NAIROBI, Kenya — Microsoft Corp., in association with Intel Corporation East Africa and the Kenya Private Schools Association (KPSA), on Monday announced the launch of the 4Afrika Youth Device Program to provide a bundle of affordable devices, educational applications, online services, affordable data plans and smart financing to Kenyan learning institutions. This will deliver an […]
FORT WORTH, Texas,- RadioShack Corporation (NYSE: RSH) today reported results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2013. Joseph C. Magnacca, chief executive officer, said, “Our fourth quarter financial results were driven by a holiday season characterized by lower store traffic, intense promotional activity particularly in consumer electronics, a very soft mobility marketplace and a […]
BARCELONA, Spain – At Mobile World Congress 2014, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a leading provider of mobile broadband network solutions, and Akamai Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of cloud services for delivering, optimizing and securing online content and business applications, will demonstrate advanced content delivery technologies for use in mobile networks. The ”proof of concept” […]
Today, Unilever announced a partnership with Internet.org, a Facebook-led alliance of partners, to understand better how internet access can be increased to reach millions more people across rural India. Just 13 per cent of the Indian population has internet access and as an initial step, Internet.org and Unilever will carry out a comprehensive study to […]
Mobile World Congress 2014, Barcelona – BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), a world leader in mobile communications, today announced that Daimler AG and Airbus Group are among the latest multinational customers to adopt BlackBerry® Enterprise Service 10 (BES10) and BlackBerry® 10 smartphones. BlackBerry’s container offering delivers a best-in-class COPE (Corporate Owned Personally Enabled) management […]
FREMONT, Calif.- SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE: SNX), a leading business process services company, today announced the completion of the initial close of the acquisition of IBM’s customer relationship management (CRM) business on January 31, 2014. IBM’s CRM business will be combined with Concentrix, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SYNNEX, to become one of the world’s foremost customer […]
Las Vegas, Nev. – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the leader in TV technology for 8 years, today announced it will bring its newly introduced 105” U9500 Curved Ultra High Definition (UHD) TV and 85” U9B Bendable UHD TV to consumers in the second half of 2014. Following the unveiling of these two new breakthrough models […]
NEW YORK – A new Verizon report has found that too many businesses, following their annual assessment for meeting the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, fail to maintain ongoing compliance – putting the businesses at an increased risk for data breaches, and financial and reputational damages. The “Verizon 2014 PCI Compliance Report” affirms that […]
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, today introduced the industry’s first Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) system-on-chip (SoC), designed for low-power, mass-market wearable devices such as fitness trackers and smart watches. Broadcom will showcase its mobile innovations at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 24-27. […]