Sweden's Ericsson increased the lead on the global mobile network gear market in the fourth quarter, helped by an acquisition of key assets of bankrupt Nortel, research firm Dell'Oro said on Wednesday.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission unveiled a plan on Tuesday that would require Internet providers to offer minimum home connection speeds by 2020, a proposal that some telecommunications companies panned as unrealistic.
Internet telephony firm Skype made its first major leap into cellphones on Tuesday, striking a deal with the largest U.S. mobile carrier Verizon Wireless.
The chief executive of Vodafone Group Plc, the world's largest mobile network operator, expressed the fears of many on Tuesday when he said Google Inc should not be allowed to dominate the mobile space.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is reported to be sealing a deal to launch the first authorized biography of his life.
Google announced on Tuesday they will be bringing on ex-eBay exec Stephanie Tilenius as vice president of commerce.
AstraZeneca Plc waded into the competitive rheumatoid arthritis market on Tuesday by buying rights to Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc's next-generation drug R788 for up to $1.245 billion.
Skype and Verizon announced a partnership Tuesday to bring a new application to nine of their Smartphone's, enabling its users to make international calls at Skype rates and call Skype users on PCs.
Verizon Wireless will let its customers make free or low-cost calls using Skype on its smart phones, making it the first U.S. operator to allow the Internet phone company on its network.
Google's Chief Executive Eric Schmidt declared the age of the mobile phone had come as volume, growth and new capabilities had come together in an unprecedented way.
Microsoft launched its new mobile phone operating software on Monday, introducing a range of music, gaming and networking features aimed at expanding its appeal beyond its core business customers.
Sony Corp has pulled the plug in Japan on sales of a next-generation flat TV due to sluggish demand, a setback for a product the company had trumpeted as a sign of its revival as an innovator.
Shares in Kuwaiti telecoms firm Zain surge 9 percent after said it expects up to $5 billion in returns from its $10.7 billion deal with Bharti Airtel , after it pays off obligations.
The ex-head of the research center at the center of the Climate-gate scandal said a very surprising remark over the weekend, admitting in an interview with the BBC that there has been no global warming over the past 15 years.
Microsoft launched a long-awaited revamp of its mobile phone software on Monday, aimed at reviving the flagging fortunes of the world's biggest software maker in the mobile world.
Adobe announced advances to its popular Flash video player that promise to improve the experience of watching video on a mobile, and said it would support Google's Android phone platform.
Nokia and Intel are to merge their top-end smartphone operating systems as they face increasing competition from cellphone industry newcomers Google and Apple.
Samsung Electronics and Sony Ericsson unveiled their new top smartphone models on Sunday, both hoping to improve their positions in the more lucrative part of the phone market.
Twenty-four telecom operators have formed an alliance to build an open platform that will deliver applications to all mobile phone users in an effort to compete with Apple's successful apps store.
Bharti Airtel has offered up to $10.7 billion for the African assets of Kuwaiti telecom group Zain , Kuwaiti newspapers reported on Saturday, as India's largest mobile operator makes a renewed foreign push.
Toyota Motor Corp will recall about 8,000 model-year 2010 Tacoma pickup trucks in the United States, the latest in a series of recalls that have hurt the automaker's sales and its reputation for quality.
Google Inc said it may create a stand-alone version of its Buzz social networking product but won't separate Buzz from its Gmail service, a linkup that has spurred controversy over privacy.
Total Access Communication (TAC), Thailand's second-largest mobile phone firm, is preparing to sell Apple Inc's iPhone in the Thai market, an industry source said on Friday.
Microsoft is expected to secure unconditional EU approval for its landmark search deal with Yahoo Inc to challenge market leader Google, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday.
Microsoft and Yahoo are getting closer getting their search outsourcing deal approved, according to a report.
The government argued on Friday that it should be allowed access to people's cell-phone records to help track suspected criminals.
The shuttle Endeavour crew bolted the last connecting module onto the International Space Station on Friday, completing more than a decade of major construction on the outpost.
Microsoft Corp is set to announce new mobile phone software on Monday, according to sources close to the company, as it looks to wrestle back market share from Apple Inc's iPhone and Research in Motion Ltd's BlackBerry.
Lindsey Vonn turned to Twitter and Facebook to give fans reassuring news about the state of her troublesome shin on Thursday, in a further sign that these Games are turning into the social network Olympics.
At next week's mobile trade show in Barcelona you can find a program that measures how high you can throw a Nokia smartphone, an apt metaphor for Nokia's efforts to raise its game.
