Go East, young man!

Wow…. time flies! Over two months ago I headed out to San Francisco for a short stint living and reporting in the city. Back then it seemed like a long time to be away, especially considering the number things in my diary that needed to be covered: CTIA, MMF, Under The Radar and Mobile Commerce World, to name a few. But those weeks just rocketed past, and now everything is done and dusted and I’m back home in Ireland.

All you need to know about the mobile license win for Qualcomm

The European Commission reported today that it was closing down an investigation into chip-maker Qualcomm. Four years ago, six major companies reported Qualcomm to the commission, saying it was abusing it’s position in the chip-set market so much that it was damaging the industry. Now those companies have dropped the charges, and the EU has closed the case. But what was behind all of this?

Orange and Apple to Bring the iPhone 3G to Austria, France, Portugal and Switzerland from July 11

Orange and Apple today announced that the iPhone 3G will be available in Austria, Portugal and Switzerland on July 11and in France on July 17. It will launch in additional markets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa later this year. Orange will begin taking pre-orders for iPhone 3G later this month. iPhone combines three [...]

Bubble Motion Strengthens Executive Team with Technology Veterans

Brings on Industry Veterans to Expand Product and Technology Vision and Expand Aggressively into Europe

Mountain View CA, 22 April 2008: Bubble Motion, the pioneer and global leader for ‘voice SMS’, today announced significant new additions to the executive management team. Joining Bubble Motion’s management team are TS Ramakrishnan as Chief Technology Officer, Paul Hedman as [...]

Qualcomm buys mobile personalisation company Xiam for USD 32 million

Yikes I just saw this on TC UK and I thought – my god that is the end of Xiam.

This follows on from a deal where Xiam was a supplier for Qualcomm.
Qualcomm killed Trigenix and Elata and with Qualcomm’s track record in Europe..
Bye bye Xiam.
Source: http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/03/11/qualcomm-acquires-irelands-xiam-for-32-million

O2 Trials Femotcells with NEC and Ubiquisys

Telefónica O2 Europe today announced live femtocell experience trials in the UK in partnership with NEC Corporation and Ubiquisys, targeting a commercial launch of the technology by early 2009.
The UK’s first full trial of femtocell technology – which is a new way of improving in-building 3G coverage – has begun an initial period of live [...]

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