Cisco braces for biggest layoffs in its history
Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) is expected to cut thousands of jobs in possibly its worst-ever round of layoffs to meet Chief Executive John Chambers’ goal of slashing costs by $1 billion.
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Ericsson pushes mobile broadband and cloud services
By 2015 today’s global mobile subscriber base will increase dramatically from the current 5.3 billion to a staggering 7-8 billion.
Microsoft upgrade to let phones connect to Xbox
Microsoft showed a video of three people using an Xbox game console with a Kinect camera. One of them, standing in front of the camera, “dodged” balls that appeared on the TV screen, sent by the two other players from their Windows phones.
Vodafone given $2.5bn Indian tax bill deadline
Indian tax authorities have given Vodafone 30 days to pay a 112bn rupee ($2.5bn, £1.6bn) tax bill, as part of an ongoing tax dispute.
Ottawa says hopeful on RIM deal with India
Canada’s trade minister said on Friday he believes Research In Motion will be able to reach an agreement with India that gives police and security agencies access to encrypted BlackBerry communications.
FCC Approves BlackBerry 9670 Clamshell
The FCC has approved the yet to be officially announced BlackBerry 9670 clamshell.
FCC paves way for new mobile devices
U.S. regulators paved the way on Thursday for new, faster wireless devices by opening unused television airwaves for mobile broadband use.
IBM to build out computing network for Bharti Airtel in Africa
IBM today said it has won a deal to consolidate Bharti Airtel’s information technology and mobile network operations across 16 different African countries into one integrated system, in a ten-year deal worth as much as $1 billion to IBM.
HTC unveils new smartphones, pushes into services
Smartphone maker HTC Corp unveiled details on Wednesday of its push into the increasingly important mobile services sector and introduced two new handsets using Google’s Android operating software. The launch came a day after Nokia, the world’s biggest cellphone maker, launched three new smartphones at its
Internet is getting better in West Africa
West Africa is getting a new connection to the Internet in the form of a second cable snaking along the West African coastline, ending in Lagos, Nigeria. It has more than five times the capacity of the old one.
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