Rice University researchers have moved a step closer to creating robust, three-dimensional microbatteries that would charge faster and hold other advantages over conventional lithium-ion batteries. The devices could power new generations of mobile phones, remote sensors, display screens, smart cards, flexible electronics and...

SingTel said it has signed an agreement with Portugal Telecom to collaborate on fibre-optic and IP TV services and applications for fixed and wireless networks, Dow Jones reports. They will work together on research and development, including the joint creation of cross-platform applications and solutions. Teams from the two...

The Swedish regulator has revealed plans to auction six licences in the 800-MHz digital dividend band at the end of February 2011, following the completion of a public consultation into the use of the spectrum. The auction is planned to start on 28 February and will comprise six paired licences of 2x5 MHz each, with a spectrum...

The data center is changing and bringing new opportunities, with private and public cloud adoption, server virtualization and data center unified fabric, as well as increasing challenges with security and data governance, all according to the final installment of the Cisco Connected World Report. The report, which was conducted by...

In this feature, we look back at a selection of new telecom products and services announced during the highlighted month, with perhaps a little overlap into the later part of the preceding month. Products are classified into a small number of fairly broad categories. Click on each category name to go to the corresponding...

Google's open-source operating system Android is climbing the ranks at Verizon Wireless and now accounts for 80 percent of all smartphones the leading US carrier sells, with 46 percent of those coming from the Droid family. The growth has come at the expense of Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) , which has fallen from 93...

The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), the security agency of the European Union (EU), has published a report warning of the risks that could occur from the increased use of smartphones by business and government employees. The key security risks highlighted include: the accidental leaking of sensitive...

WASHINGTON — It won't be long before video from the Internet is always within reach — whether it's on a smartphone, a tablet computer or a high-end television in the living room. But what if there's nothing worth watching? Just as the online video market is starting to take shape, federal regulators...

Motive, a unit of Alcatel-Lucent announced today that the number of household communications devices managed by its Home Device Manager product has jumped to more than 50 million from 10 million just two years...

India has appointed a retired Supreme Court judge to look into the allotment of telecoms licences and radio spectrum by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) from 2001 to 2009, as the government steps up investigations into a scandal that led to the resignation of Telecoms Minister Andimuthu Raja last month, Dow Jones...

Telecom operators aiming to deliver cloud services must learn to manage capacity supply and service demand in a manner that will optimize the economics of cloud computing infrastructures —something that is far from optimal right now for both the cloud providers and for their...

Finnish incumbent operator Elisa has announced the launch of a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) business network in Finland, providing the headquarters of Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) in the city of Epsoo with on-site coverage. The live network marks the first LTE launch for Elisa, which is preparing to expand its network; it says it...

At an event in Silicon Valley last week designed to give international journalists a glimpse of Ericsson's accomplishments in North America, executives spent a good amount of time explaining their presence in Silicon Valley. But it makes sense, doesn't it? As Chief Technology Officer Håkan Eriksson noted, the...

Speaking at the recent UBS Global Media and Communications Conference, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg revealed more about the operator’s strategy and outlook for Long-Term Evolution (LTE) development. In this article, we summarise and comment on the major themes...

LONDON -- Backhaul Strategies & Core Convergence for Mobile Operators -- To say that backhaul for Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks is complex could be a mighty understatement going by the talk from operators and vendors at Light Reading's backhaul and mobile core networks conference here in London yesterday. But as the...

Two big conferences this week, spanning Silicon Valley to Paris, provided a lot of fodder, albeit few concrete answers, in the world of operating systems as executives were put in the hotseat. All Things Digital's D:Dive Into Mobile conference and European Internet event, LeWeb, brought in brass from Microsoft Corp.,...

Multinational retailers have been slow to understand consumers in the developing world. As a result, they’ve been vulnerable to local competitors that know how their shoppers think, what they crave, and how they buy. These local retailers offer some valuable lessons: Forget the myth that the high end is the most lucrative...

It appears fragmentation problems haven't slowed adoption of the Android platform. Google's vice president of mobile platforms, Andy Rubin, today tweeted that the company is seeing 300,000 Android activations per day. That's up a lot from just four months ago, when Google CEO Eric Schmidt announced that the company...

Of the three vendors that won Sprint’s network modernization contract, Alcatel-Lucent might be in the unique position of upgrading some of its old equipment, rather than performing a wholesale replacement of legacy base stations with new...

Saudi Arabian mobile operator Mobily has announced that it is going to offer a new post-paid plan which offers three daily hours of free phone calls to customers for the first three months of their post-paid subscription, Saudi Arabian Company News Bites reports. Significance: Mobily was quickly acquiring market share in the...