Slow first day for India 2G auction
After the first day of India's 1,800-MHz 2G auction, 45% of the spectrum up for grabs have been unsold, and most of the bids that have been made were at the reserve price or just over. Operator groups state the slow response proves their claims that the reserve price was too high.
RIM to launch BlackBerry 10 on Jan 30
RIM has revealed it will launch its new BlackBerry 10 platform simultaneously in multiple countries on January 30. The vendor is pinning its hopes on the OS for a turnaround.
Apple ordered to pay Samsung legal fees in UK
Apple has been ordered to pay Samsung's UK legal fees on an “indemnity basis,” as a slap on the wrist for its “lack of integrity” in not properly complying with an order to post notices of the court's verdict that Samsung didn't copy its registered tablet design.
FTC said to offer Google antitrust ultimatum
US antitrust regulator FTC is reportedly pressing Google to offer remedies in the next few days to overturn alleged anti-competitive practices, or to face legal action.
Huawei breached tender terms: Nepal Telecom
Nepal Telecom has accused Huawei of breaching its own declarations by entering a contract with mobile rival Ncell months after being selected for a 4.8 million line GSM/UMTS tender.
Samsung said to hike chip prices for Apple
Sources claim Samsung has hiked the price it is charging Apple for application processors by 20%, and that Apple has been forced to accept the increase because it could not find a replacement supplier capable of delivering the scale it needs.
Telecom NZ sorry for broadband outage
Telecom NZ has apologised for a three-hour broadband outage that affected as many as 28,000 of its customers, blaming the issue on an unexpected problem stemming from maintenance work.