Telecom Recorder
IT & Telecom News Resource of Pakistan
Google+ Subscribers Swell to 90 million
by Admin
Google+, Google’s fledgling social network, now has 90 million users according to CEO Larry Page.
Page disclosed the number in a press release issued for Google’s fourth quarter. “I am super excited about the growth of Android, Gmail, and Google+, which now has 90 million users globally – well over …
WordPress, MGID Inaccessible on Different Internet Networks
by Sitara Khan
WordPress and MGID have been reportedly inaccessible on different internet networks in the country since Sunday.
Users of different internet services said that WordPress.COM and MGID.COM could not be viewed or uploaded with disruption. Few of them said that page views problem was witnessed as no page could be …
Apple Man Awarded Knighthood
by Admin
Jonathan Ive, Apple’s head of design, has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours list.
Mr Ive, who can now style himself Sir Jonathan, has been made a Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE).
Raised in Chingford, Mr Ive began working for Apple in 1992 and since then …
Indian Authority Caps Spam SMSes, Challenged in Court
by Ahmed Rayyan
Pakistan telecom authority is not alone to carry out measure for curbing spam SMS but the same situation happened in India as its telecom authority has recently taken action to contain spamming through levy restriction of 200 SMSes per day per SIM.
The action was taken because of the …
Etisalat To Launch 4G For Laptops Ahead Of Phones
Etisalat says customers with laptops will be able to surf with 4G internet before mobile phone users.
Ali Al Ahmad, chief corporate communications officer at etisalat, said the company would start selling USB dongles giving users super speeds within two months.
His comments come amid a reported row over which UAE telecom operator will …
Google Testing MVNO Facility in Spain
Google may be testing networks in Spain for the possible launch of its own MVNO in the country, based on some photos that have been leaked from an employee working at the company.
It appears — and there is little corroborating proof — that Google staff are being supplied with dedicated …
HTC will stick with Android, continue to pursue acquisitions – CEO
Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp. will stick with Google Inc.’s mobile software despite the software giant’s planned acquisition of competitor, Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., and will continue to pursue acquisitions to grow, its chief executive said Friday.
In an interview, Peter Chou downplayed the possibility that HTC would develop its own …
GSMA declares Barcelona as Mobil World Capital
by Ahmed Rayyan
GSMA announced that Barcelona has been selected as the Mobile World Capital from 2012 to 2018, the official press statement said.
This was decided after an 18-month search and deliberation, Barcelona will be the home of the mobile industry’s must-attend event, the GSMA Mobile World Congress, and will also …
Mobile operators to generate billions in revenues from hypochondriacs
The global market for machine-to-machine (M2M) healthcare applications will be worth €69 billion in 2020, a large portion of which could go to the mobile operators, according to a new report from Machina Research.
The company predicts that connected devices in the healthcare space will number 774 million by the same …
Rebels launch own mobile network in Libya
Libya’s highly centralized telecoms network remains in Gaddafi’s grip at the country’s western front. And the Colonel has promptly shutdown both the mobile networks (State-owned Almadar and Libyana) across the rebel-held eastern front. He also jammed the satellite-phone signals, which equally impacted the rebels, the international media and the humanitarian …
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