Dish closes in on finance for Sprint bid – report
Edit Post Dish moved closer to securing $9 billion in backing for its $25.5 billion bid for Sprint, according to the Wall Street Journal. The US bidder has received commitment letters from five banks, including Barclays Bank and Jefferies & Co, to back its b...AT&T eyes $500M in post-paid admin fees
Edit Post AT&T is looking to add a $0.61 administrative fee to the bill of all its contract customers, which could rake in more than $500 million a year, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The increase, due to come into effect on 1 May 2013, has been...Telefonica slashes smartphone prices, denies subsidy return
Edit Post Spanish giant Telefonica has cut the price of its high-end smartphones by up to 30 per cent in an attempt to halt customer losses at Movistar, its domestic mobile operation. Telefonica, which scrapped handset subsidies in Spain over a year ago, has red...
Report: “Facebook Phone” launches cancelled
Edit Post HTC’s First smartphone, a device which comes with Facebook’s Home user interface pre-installed, will not be launched in the UK, following reports that it saw a lukewarm reception in the US following its debut last month. According to Mobile News, “Face...
Vivendi telecoms chief to head SFR
Edit Post Vivendi appointed Jean-Yves Charlier (pictured) as the new CEO for French operator SFR, who previously headed the conglomerate's telecoms strategy, as it looks to increase its focus on the media sector. Charlier has since last year been in charge of s...
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Google latest to be linked to Waze buy
Edit Post Google is reported to be in talks to buy Waze, with speculation that this may spark a “bidding war” with Facebook, which was previously linked with the Israeli navigation app company. According to Bloomberg, Waze is “fielding expressions of interest fr... -
CTIA 13: Day 3 video highlights
Edit Post Actor, producer and tech investor Ashton Kutcher didn’t hold back when asked to provide his thoughts on how mobile is impacting everything from religion to social networks. He advised operators to buy VoIP players in an effort to remain relevant and claim... -
CTIA 13: Top 5 showfloor picks
Edit Post Mobile World Live has brought you all the highlights from the conference this week but we’ve also been roaming the showfloor. Here’s our pick of the latest technology that caught our eye....
