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Telefonica Leans on Latin America Revenues

Spanish carrier Telefonica today announced a doubling of year-over-year profits for the period beginning in January and ending in September.


Telefonica Deal to Buy Brazil's Vivo Falls Apart

Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica on Saturday pulled out of negotiations to acquire a stake in Brazil's leading cell phone company Vivo.


Portugal Telecom, Telefonica Mull Brazil Deal

The board of Portugal Telecom (PT) is continuing its extended deliberations on Telefonica's offer for its stake in Vivo.


Telefonica Q4 Profits Up 22 Percent

Spanish telecom company Telefonica SA said Friday its fourth-quarter net profit rose 22 percent as an increase in customer numbers in Latin America helped boost revenue.


iBasis Files Federal Suit, Escalates KPN Fight

In yet another move to stop Royal KPN’s unsolicited buyout offer, wholesale VoIP provider iBasis has brought a second suit against the Dutch telecommunications company.


The Many Arms of NFC

To be sure, contactless payments and ticketing are the breakout near-field communications (NFC) use cases. But while contactless point-of-sale terminals are proliferating in the United States, there’s been a general disparity across the globe in deployment of the smart card infrastructure necessary to enable NFC.


NFC Likely for 2010, Not 2009

IMS Research said it’s skeptical of industry claims that near-field communications (NFC) will see wide growth in 2009.


NFC-on-a-Card is Startup’s Big Idea

Mobile banking startup Tyfone has a unique twist on near-field communications (NFC) – the chips can be built into memory cards


Alltel Taps mFoundry for Mobile Wallet

Alltel Wireless will be using mFoundry’s extensible mobile wallet platform to create the Alltel Wallet, the companies announced today.


SIMalliance Forms NFC Working Group

SIMalliance said it has formed a new working group to promote near-field communications (NFC) with a phone’s SIM card as the central technology.


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Ten-Yard Penalty, Failure to Engage Via Mobile

Ten-Yard Penalty, Failure to Engage Via Mobile

I was about as impressed with attempts to integrate mobile with this year's Super Bowl as I was with the Green Bay Packers’ effort during their NFC divisional playoff loss to the New York Giants.


LightSquared Deserves a Hearing

LightSquared Deserves a Hearing

The government should figure out how the LightSquared saga came to be.


In Other News: Patents

In Other News: Patents

The tech industry may have had its attention focused on gadgets this week due to the annual hullaballoo at the 2012 International CES show in Las Vegas, but at least a few people were thinking about the patented inventions that make those electronics work.


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