ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri opened the door on diversifying into new areas and moving “beyond operators” following its Alcatel-Lucent acquisition, while describing the joint company “as the western alternative to Huawei” in an interview with the Economic Times (ET). While talking up the company’s ambitionsRead More →
Norway-headquartered Telenor today announced changes to its executive management team, which includes the appointment of Sharad Mehrotra (pictured), CMO of Telenor Myanmar, as its new India CEO. Mehrotra will take the reins from Vivek Sood, who has been appointed as EVP and CMO at group level, with both men setRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden revealed the UK government acquired vast amounts of communications data from inside Pakistan by secretly hacking into routers manufactured by the US company, Cisco. In an interview with BBC’s Panorama programme, the whistleblower said British spies can hack intoRead More →
NANNIB ( CHINA ) CHINA will set up a special fund for Internet and telecommunications infrastructure to link China and ASEAN, said Lu Wei, minister of the State Council’s Cyberspace Administration of China. Lu made the remarks yesterday at the China-ASEAN Information Harbor Forum in Nanning, capital of the GuangxiRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) The United Arab Emirates cabinet amended Etisalat’s articles of association so foreigners can invest in the operator, but the government will keep a veto over key decisions. Foreign investors can hold shares but will have no voting rights, folllowing the change. “Non-UAE natural and legal/judicialRead More →
NEW YORK ( MEDIA REPORT ) In a setback for Google Inc, a US appeals court ruled that the low licensing rate Microsoft Corp pays to use some of Google’s Motorola Mobility patents had been properly set. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said a lowerRead More →
NEW YORK ( MEDIA REPORT ) Microsoft announced plans to cut 7,800 jobs and reorganize its Windows Phone unit, which has struggled in the mobile market. The move represents the second major round of layoffs in a year for Microsoft, which cut some 18,000 jobs a year ago as partRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA ) Imagine a city with Wi-Fi hotspot. Now imagine that it is free as well. This won’t be just an imagination for long as Google has unveiled its new plan to bring Free, Superfast Wi-Fi to cities around the world. Sidewalk Labs, a Google-owned company that focusesRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( MEDIA REPORT ) Thanks to the latest advances in computer vision, we now have machines that can pick you out of a line-up. But what if your face is hidden from view? An experimental algorithm out of Facebook’s artificial intelligence lab can recognise people in photographs even whenRead More →
FRANKFURT ( MEDIA ) Nokia, once the world’s biggest maker of mobile phones, plans to start designing and licensing handsets again once an agreement with partner Microsoft allows it to in 2016, its chief executive told Germany’s Manager Magazin. “We will look for suitable partners,” Rajeev Suri said in anRead More →
WASHINGTON ( MEDIA ) A federal court has made a limited ruling against the NSA’s mass collection of phone records. In a filing posted today, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals writes that the phone records program “exceeds the scope of what Congress has authorized,” overturning a decision from 2013.Read More →
Helsinki & Paris ( ABRAR MUSTAFA ) Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent announce today their intention to combine to create an innovation leader in next generation technology and services for an IP connected world. The two companies have entered into a memorandum of understanding under which Nokia will make an offer forRead More →