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Micromax expands business in Bangladesh
Micromax Informatics, the third largest mobile handset provider in the subcontinent market, has expanded its reach the telecom market of Bangladesh. The handset manufacturer has announced its plans to launch 12 affordable of mobile handsets ranging between 2,000 Bangladesh Taka and 16,000 Bangladesh Taka. These handsets would thus be targeted at all segments of the [...]
Continue reading...Sky Italia cleared to bid for frequencies
6. August 2010
The European Commission has cleared News Corp’s Italian satellite unit Sky Italia to compete for a digital terrestrial television frequency in Italy, a move that will escalate competition with rival Mediaset. The clearance is given on the condition that Sky Italia uses the frequency for free-to-air television and not for pay- TV, the commission said. Italian [...]
Continue reading...BBC renews contract with Met Office
6. August 2010
BBC has appointed the Met Office to supply its weather services following a competitive tender. The new contract will run for a period of five years. The new contract means the Met Office will continue to supply weather services to the BBC. This includes the data on which the forecasts are based, on-air presenters and [...]
Continue reading...Nokia Siemens buys Motorola wireless assets
6. August 2010
Nokia Siemens Networks and Motorola have jointly announced that the companies have entered into an agreement under which Nokia Siemens Networks will acquire the majority of Motorola’s wireless network infrastructure assets for US $1.2 billion in cash. The companies expect to complete closing activities by the end of 2010. addthis_url = [...]
Continue reading...UK mobile spectrum auction ‘soon’
6. August 2010
The UK government has laid down a statutory instrument instructing Ofcom to co-ordinate a combined auction of 2.6 GHz and 800MHz spectrum “as soon as possible”. “Under our plans, our mobile industry will have access to the 21stcentury infrastructure it needs to give UK consumers the latest technologies and even better coverage for broadband on [...]
Continue reading...Africa unlikely to meet switchover deadline
6. August 2010
According to new research from Balancing Act, over half of Africa’s 52 countries are unlikely to make the 2015 deadline set by the ITU for the transition to digital broadcasting. Twenty-nine countries appear to have not yet even started the policy and implementation process and although 2015 is four and half years away, the time [...]
Continue reading...Google to buy Metaweb to improve ‘search’
6. August 2010
Online search giant Google Inc will buy Metaweb Technologies, an Internet information database start-up, for an undisclosed amount. In a blog posted on Google’s website, it said, “We have acquired Metaweb, a company that maintains an open database of things in the world. Working together, we want to improve the search and make the web [...]
Continue reading...Ukraine to launch satellite for Azerbaijan
6. August 2010
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko said that Ukraine is planning to launch “AzerSat,” Azerbaijan’s first satellite, with its rocket, according to news reaching here from Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. Speaking at a joint press conference with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, Gryshchenko said that they exchanged views on strengthening cooperation in the field of aviation [...]
Continue reading...Bharti possesses $600mn investment plans in Nigeria
6. August 2010
After announcing its investment plans for African nations Niger and Ghana, it’s the turn of Nigeria in which Bharti Airtel holds the plan of investing $600 million for the development of better Telecom services. Airtel is in a row of declaring its ambitious telecom plans for those 15 African nations which it has successfully acquired [...]
Continue reading...ComScore launches Video Metrix 2.0
6. August 2010
ComScore, specialist in measuring the digital world, has announced the introduction of Video Metrix 2.0, the next generation of comScore’s online video measurement service. The new service offers several enhancements – including reporting of online video ad impressions – designed to better align with the realities of today’s online video landscape. “Online video has evolved in [...]
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6. August 2010
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