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MediaTek signs strategic pact with Twitter
MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, on Wednesday entered into a strategic partnership with Twitter, a leading communications platform. The partnership that will see Twitter integrated into MediaTek’s mobile platform...
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Amazon working on smartphone with Asian component makers
Sources claim mass production of new device may start by late 2012. Amazon.com Inc. is working with component suppliers in Asia to test a smartphone, people familiar with the situation said, suggesting that the Internet retail giant, which...
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Verizon’s cable deals make headway but regulatory doubts linger
FCC ready to approve spectrum buys but Justice Department still reviewing potential transactions. The Federal Communications Commission is prepared to approve Verizon Wireless' plan to buy airwaves from cable companies including Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc....
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Reliance Communications unit aims to raise up to $1bn in Singapore IPO
A Reliance Communications Ltd. unit which owns undersea cable assets is planning to raise $700 million to $1 billion through an initial public offering in Singapore, said a person familiar with the situation. Global Telecommunications Infrastructure Trust is...
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India 2G auction ‘not possible’ by 31 August
India's plan to re-auction 2G spectrum by the end of August is in tatters, after the Department of Telecommunications' (DoT) inter-ministerial group (IMG) on Friday concluded it would not be possible to complete the process by the 31 August...
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Kenya’s Wananchi closes $140m funding for broadband rollout
Company aims to deploy fixed-line infrastructure across most of sub-Saharan East Africa. Kenyan broadband Internet infrastructure developer Wananchi Group Holdings has closed on $140 million as part of a push from investors to bridge the digital divide in...
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Mozilla preps mobile platform with initial devices, carriers
Firefox OS to launch early 2013 in Brazil on entry-level ZTE smartphone. Mozilla has branded its smartphone operating system as Firefox OS and signed up initial manufacturers and a number of global carriers--including Sprint Nextel Corp.--to support the...
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