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Article | 17/04/2013 Amazon's Android Appstore to become available in 200 more countries

Amazon.com is continuing the global expansion of its Appstore by announcing that developers can submit their apps for sale in another 200 countries ar...

Article | 16/04/2013 Xamarin hopes to simplify mobile app testing with new service

Xamarin has announced Test Cloud, an automated service that lets mobile developers test their apps on hundreds of mobile devices.

Article | 16/04/2013 Alcatel-Lucent, Telefónica trial 100, 200 and 400G bps links on live network

Alcatel-Lucent and Telefónica in Spain have successfully completed a trial that sent a mixture of 100Gbps, 200Gbps and 400Gbps data links over a singl...

Article | 15/04/2013 ARM-based chips to improve network performance and keep power use in check

Chipmaker LSI is hoping to improve networking performance and flexibility with its ARM-based Axxia 4500 processor family, announced Monday.

Article | 15/04/2013 Dish Network launches $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel

Dish Network has made a US$25.5 billion bid to acquire wireless operator Sprint Nextel, hoping to edge out a rival bid from Japanese operator SoftBank...

Article | 9/04/2013 VMware sells Protect product family to LANDesk

To further its concentration on software-defined data centers, hybrid clouds and end-user computing, VMware has sold the Protect product family to LAN...

Article | 9/04/2013 Amazon upgrades Elastic Beanstalk for .Net applications

Amazon Web Services' Elastic Beanstalk for .Net applications now supports configuration files to simplify cloud setup and integration with Amazon's pr...

Article | 9/04/2013 Group led Microsoft, Nokia takes aim at Android with EU complaint

The FairSearch coalition, whose members include Microsoft, Nokia and Oracle, has filed a complaint with the European Commission against Google and And...

Article | 8/04/2013 Vodafone, Ericsson test feature to make rural mobile coverage cheaper

Ericsson and Vodafone in Egypt have successfully tested a new way to build more energy-efficient networks in rural areas, and make it possible to buil...

Article | 8/04/2013 Microsoft sells IPTV platform to Ericsson

Microsoft has sold its Mediaroom IPTV platform to Ericsson in order to solely focus on the Xbox. For Ericsson, the deal will make it the largest provi...

Article | 5/04/2013 Amazon Web Services and Google lower cloud pricing

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has lowered the cost of running Windows on its cloud, while Google announced a reduction on all Compute Engine pricing. Goog...

Article | 5/04/2013 Singaporeans can go to the movies with NFC

Singapore mobile operator StarHub will allow users of its SmartWallet service to collect their movie tickets with a tap of their NFC smartphone.

Article | 4/04/2013 Sierra Wireless connects M2M applications with new gateway

Sierra Wireless has launched the AirLink LS300 gateway, which can be used to connect things as varied as trucks or soda machines to a wireless network...

Article | 4/04/2013 Cisco acquisition highlights growing interest in small cells

Operators and telecom equipment vendors are showing a growing interest in small cells, which aim to give users improved coverage and speeds.

Article | 3/04/2013 Google simplifies integration of SMS and voice with App Engine

Google is hoping to make it easier for developers to integrate SMS or voice communications in applications running on the company's App Engine platfor...