telecommunications
Bits: What Microsoft’s ‘Mango’ Says About Its Phone Strategy
Microsoft showed off its new smartphone software and its catch-up strategy in the smartphone market.
Bits: How eBay Fared in Latest Skype Deal
How much money eBay makes from Microsoft’s purchase of Skype depends in part on the amount it repatriates from overseas, although it is clear that eBay’s profit will be at least $800 million or so.
Bits: Location Apps Generate Privacy Concerns, Report Says
A report by the market research firm Nielsen found that many Americans are concerned about privacy risks with location-based services and mobile applications.
Bits: Video Surfaces Online Showcasing Different iOS Interface
A video appeared online Tuesday that shows a new type of multitasking feature for the Apple iPhone iOS.
Bits: Sprint C.E.O. Continues Battle Against Wireless Merger
Companies that make mobile phone apps, among others, may join Sprint in its fight against the AT&T-T-Mobile merger, Dan Hesse said.
Bits: Google Bidding on Nortel Patents
Nortel’s patents could help Google in many of its open-source and communications projects, like Chrome and Android.
DealBook: Back to the Future for AT&T
AT&T is once again inciting worry that competition and consumers will suffer from the deal to buy T-Mobile for $39 billion.
DealBook: AT&T’s Full Cost for Getting T-Mobile
If AT&T and T-Mobile combine, it will set up a match like Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi, with AT&T pitted against Verizon. But getting antitrust approval may be difficult.
Bits: Sprint Adds Google Voice Tie-In
As Sprint seeks to provide something different from its rivals, it will let customers use Google Voice with their Sprint phone numbers.
DealBook: T-Mobile Sale May Close Tough Chapter for Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom investors celebrated the proposed T-Mobile sale, a deal that allow the giant to shed a subsidiary that has caused it so much difficulty.
DealBook: AT&T to Buy T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion
AT&T’s purchase of T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom would create the largest cellular carrier in the country.
Bits: Near-Field Communication: Beyond Mobile Transactions
Near-field communication, or NFC, is the new buzz word being used at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
