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March 4, 2010

Nokia launches Skype for smartphones

Skype can be downloaded onto 23 devices from Nokia starting today, Nokia has announced.
 
However, users on the Official Nokia Blog site are reporting problems with the downloading the app.
 
Nokia yesterday released Skype for Symbian, w

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February 19, 2010

MWC day 3: The rise of the machines

OvumWith machine-to-machine (M2M) back in vogue, MWC has proved a focus for a string of M2M announcements.
 

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THE WRAP: Mobile gets the platform blues

This week the mobile industry went to Barcelona and got tangled up in platforms.
 
Microsoft scrapped its OS platform and announced another, the Windows Phone 7.
 
Nokia and Intel promised to merge their two Linux platforms – Maemo a

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February 9, 2010

Streaming video is fastest growing mobile app

Streaming mobile video has become a mainstream medium and is the single most influential factor driving the need for increased network capacity, according to the latest survey from IP firm Allot.
 
The report found that global mobile data bandwidth usage increased by 72% between the second quarter and fourth quarter of 2009, and that YouTube was responsible for

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January 22, 2010

THE WRAP: China fallout hits Android

This week Google’s China skirmishes continued, while Skype ate up more of the
voice market.
 
In week two of the Google-China showdown, Google and Unicom delayed indefinitely the launch of the first Android handsets  because o

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January 20, 2010

Skype’s share of the global voice market increased

Filed under: Mobile, Skype — Editor @ 5:55 pm

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Skype’s share of the global voice market has been increased despite a recession that almost halved growth. 8% growth in the international call volumes has been recorded in the past two years as compared toJoin Now Free

Skype takes bigger bite of global call market

Skype has increased its share of the global voice market despite a recession that almost halved growth, according to TeleGeography.

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January 6, 2010

LG, Samsung to embed Skype in web-TVs

Skype has signed deals with LG and Samsung to embed its VoIP software in the vendors’ internet TV models, and has added HD video chat functionality in anticipation.
 
LG will install Skype on its 26-model range of 2010 NetCast Entertainment Access HDTVs, while Panasonic will

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December 22, 2009

Avaya and Skype weigh partnership options: report

Avaya has confirmed that it is in talks with Skype exploring some sort of tie-up. Both parties share a private equity owner, private equity firm Silver Lake.

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December 11, 2009

Skype launches Symbian beta

Skype has launched a beta version of its VoIP software for Symbian devices, in the next step in its efforts to carve out a place in the mobile sector.
 
Skype for Symbian beta already supports 17 different Nokia handset models, all of which are Symbian S60 3rd edition feature pack 1 and 2 devices, the company

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