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T-Mobile USA kicks off corporate Wi-Fi pushLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA plans on Monday to start offering a wireless
service for office workers, hoping to increase its presence in the corporate market as it chases larger rivals like AT&T and Verizon.
Reuters Monday, October 05, 2009Vonage unveils mobile app for iPhone, BlackBerryNEW YORK (Reuters) - Vonage Holdings Corp plans to offer discounted
international phone calls to iPhone and BlackBerry users, as the
internet telephony
company aims to expand beyond the residential market.
Reuters Monday, October 05, 2009England's World Cup qualifier in Ukraine to be internet exclusiveLondon - England's World Cup qualifier in Ukraine on Saturday is to be shown exclusively live on the
internet. It will be the first time that an England match has not been available on one of the television networks. ...
Earth Times Monday, October 05, 2009KPN raises bid for iBasis(Telecompaper) Dutch operator KPN has increased its buy-out bid for US-based carrier services provider iBasis, to USD 2.25 per share from USD 1.55. iBasis had already rejected the first bid as too low and taken measures to block the buy-out. KPN already holds 56 percent of iBasis. The new bid values the remaining 44 percent at USD 70.0 million. The
public bid runs until 23 October. KPN said it will also continue to fight the posion-pill measures introduced by iBasis, with a court hearing on the issue scheduled for 9 October.
DMeurope.com Monday, October 05, 2009NXP merges STB business with Trident(Telecompaper) NXP Semiconductors has agreed to sell its TV and set-top box
business to Trident Microsystems in exchange for a 60 percent stake in
the company. As part of the deal, NXP has agreed to buy 6.7 million new shares in Trident, at USD 4.50 per share, giving Trident a cash injection of USD 30 million. Including the NXP product lines, Trident will have revenues of USD 500 million this year, of which 60 percent for TV products and 40 percent from set-top boxes. Upon closing, Trident will have an extensive portfolio of consumer IP applicable to a range of markets, with over 2,000 granted and in-process patents including motion estimation/motion compensation and conditional access, as well as advanced 45nm SoC
technology. Trident estimates the entire digital home semicoductor market to be worth USD 5 billion by 2010. While based in California, Trident expects to retain a core set of
technology centres of excellence in Europe and North America, while growing and leveraging its own
DMeurope.com Monday, October 05, 2009Adobe unveils Flash Player for mobile devices(Telecompaper) Adobe Systems has unveiled Adobe Flash Player 10.1
software for smartphones, smartbooks, netbooks, PCs and other
internet-connected devices. Flash Player 10.1 is a runtime release of the Open Screen Project that enables web browsing of expressive applications, content and high definition videos across devices. Using the web programming model of the Flash platform, the browser-based runtime enables designers and developers to reuse code and assets and reduce the cost of creating, testing and deploying content across different operating systems and browsers. Flash Player 10.1 is updateable across all supported platforms. New mobile-ready features that take advantage of native device capabilities include support for multi-touch, gestures, mobile input models, accelerometer and screen orientation. Flash Player 10.1 will also use media delivery with HTTP streaming, including integration of content protection powered by Adobe Flash Access 2.0. This effort, code-named Zeri, wil
DMeurope.com Monday, October 05, 2009MySpace names its first chief financial officerThe News Corp.-owned
social network has hired Mark Rosenbaum as CFO, less than a week after it
announced a new chief
technology officer.
CNET Monday, October 05, 20095min inks video deal with Scripps NetworksInstructional-video site 5min will feature videos from Scripps Networks' HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, and more. Companies will also
partner on advertising.
CNET Monday, October 05, 2009FTC to bloggers: Fess up or pay upA fine of up to $11,000 awaits bloggers who don't
reveal paid reviews or free products, in the first revision to the FTC's disclosure guidelines in three decades.
CNET Monday, October 05, 2009MySpace names a finance chiefNEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's MySpace has named a
former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer consultant as its chief
financial officer, a new position for the online
social network.
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