Devices November 6, 2013 Acer CEO steps down as mobile business fails to reverse loss J T Wang, the CEO and chairman of Acer, announced plans to resign after the company recorded a hefty loss for the third quarter, as the company’s smartphone and tablet business failed to offset a continuing decline in demand for PCs. By Tim Ferguson
November 6, 2013 VimpelCom Q3 hit by “market slowdown” VimpelCom blamed regulatory and competitive pressures, plus a “market slowdown”, for its third quarter squeeze on sales and earnings. By Ken Wieland
Ericsson RAN Vendors November 6, 2013 Ericsson sees modest market growth until 2016 Ericsson reckons the network equipment market will see only low single-digit growth rate until 2016. By Richard Handford
Big Tech Microsoft Nokia RAN Vendors November 6, 2013 Elop makes Microsoft CEO shortlist — report Stephen Elop, Nokia’s executive VP of Devices & Services (and former CEO), is one of five candidates to make Microsoft’s shortlist to succeed Steve Ballmer as CEO, according to Reuters sources. By Tim Ferguson
中文 November 6, 2013 NSN和中国移动扩大研究合作 诺基亚解决方案和网络公司(NSN)和中国移动研究院扩大了合作关系,“将在LTE和5G等先进移动宽带技术的研究和标准化上展开进一步合作”。 2010年,诺基亚和中国移动的研发部门建立了合作伙伴关系,据说新协议将“描绘未来移动网络的主要关注领域”。 进入议程的领域包括“在5G、LTE部署优化、基于云的无线接入网(C-RAN)、针对新一代小蜂窝部署的创新‘纳米基站’概念、2G/4G共存和核心虚拟化等先进技术”上的联合研究、标准化和原型开发活动。 中国移动研究院院长黄晓庆称:“单位带宽成本的大幅下降是未来移动网络取得成功的关键。” 通过现有的合作伙伴关系,双方已经在“TD技术和标准上”开展了合作,包括TD-LTE全球市场开发。 By Mobile World Live
中文 November 6, 2013 黑莓签署融资协议,费尔法克斯收购落空;首席执行官被解雇 黑莓表示,公司获得了费尔法克斯(Fairfax Financial)和其他投资者安排的10亿美元投资,现任首席执行官Thorsten Heins(图)被解雇。 此时正值费尔法克斯有望对黑莓进行要约收购并将其私有化的时候——不过,在收购消息被第一次披露后的几周时间里,这项交易显得似乎越来越不靠谱。 虽然黑莓董事长Barbara… By Mobile World Live
Operators Vodafone November 6, 2013 Safaricom sees 20% leap in M-Pesa revenue Despite its growing maturity, Kenya’s Safaricom managed a 20 per cent growth in revenues to KES 12. 5 billion ($146 million) for its M-Pesa mobile money service in the first fiscal half of 2014 (April-September 2013). By Richard Handford