Telecommunications

Telecommunications

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  Taiwan tech industry faces up to Samsung

  Taiwanese companies have long viewed tech giant Samsung as a major threat and the battle has recently appeared to tilt in favor of the South Korean ... 

• Dish's Ergen says Sprint debt manageable

  Dish Network's combative chairman, Charlie Ergen, on Tuesday defended his $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel, saying the debt load the deal would ... 

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  Cellphone use heavy, but still operating in Boston

  Cellphone companies say service is operating in the Boston area, but with heavy traffic following of the explosions at the Boston Marathon. A law ... 

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  Dish Network offering to buy Sprint in $25.5B deal

  Dish Network Corp. is trying to snag U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Nextel away from a Japanese suitor, the latest sign that satellite dishes are losing ... 

• EU clears $22.6bn cable operator, pay TV takeover

  The European Union's antitrust body has cleared the 17.2 billion euros ($22.6 billion) takeover of Britain's Virgin Media by U.S. cable TV operator ... 

• Verizon to extend phone-upgrade waiting period

  Verizon Wireless, the country's largest cellphone carrier, on Friday said that it is extending the time it takes to earn a subsidized phone upgrade ... 

• RIM seeks probe into report on BlackBerry returns

  The maker of the BlackBerry said Friday that it wants U.S. and Canadian regulators to investigate a "false and misleading" report by a financial ... 

• TV stations feel 'squeezed' by airwave auction

  As the federal government tries to encourage companies like AT&T and Verizon to create bigger, faster mobile networks, TV broadcasters are feeling ... 

• T-Mobile USA sweetens bid for US carrier MetroPCS

  Deutsche Telekom AG, the parent company of T-Mobile USA, has raised its bid for MetroPCS Communications Inc. to placate shareholders for the cellphone ... 

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  PC outlook darkens as sales slump deepens in 1Q

  The ailing personal computer market is getting weaker, and it's starting to look as if it will never fully recover as a new generation of mobile ... 

• Orders of keyboard BlackBerry start in Canada

  The maker of the BlackBerry phone said Tuesday that a modern smartphone with a physical keyboard will be available in Canada in the coming weeks as ... 

• Ericsson to buy Microsoft's TV software unit

  Ericsson, the Swedish maker of telecommunications equipment, has agreed to buy Microsoft's Mediaroom business, which makes the software that powers ... 

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  Facebook barges into Google turf with Home

  Facebook Home, the new software that takes over the front screen of a smartphone, is a bit of a corporate home invasion. Facebook is essentially ... 

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  Facebook tweaks Android phones to build new 'Home'

  With its new "Home" on Android gadgets, Facebook is trying to prove that a company doesn't have to make a smartphone or operating system to define how ... 

• Samsung's operating profit up 53 percent in 1Q

  Samsung Electronics Co. said its operating profit last quarter rose 53 percent over a year earlier, outpacing expectations for what's normally a slow ... 

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  SKorea: North Korea moved missile to east coast

  After a series of escalating threats, North Korea has moved a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korea's defense minister said ... 

• T-Mobile USA gains subscribers

  T-Mobile USA's subscribers were more likely to stick with the company in the last three months, a welcome trend for a carrier that's struggling ... 

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  North Korea still far from backing up nuke threats

  North Korea's vow to restart its mothballed nuclear facilities raises fears about assembly lines churning out fuel for a fearsome arsenal of nuclear ... 

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  NKorea clears its military to attack US with nukes

  North Korea warned Thursday that its military has been cleared to attack the U.S. using "smaller, lighter and diversified" nuclear weapons, while the ... 

• Report: Apple to release updated phone this summer

  Apple is set for a possible summer launch of the next iPhone, rather than a fall launch like the last two models, according to a report Tuesday in The ... 

• Goldman takes Apple stock off 'preferred' list

  Goldman Sachs dropped Apple off its list of most highly recommended stocks Tuesday as it joined other analysts in reducing expectations for a company ... 

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  RIM success in 4Q, but too early to declare win

  Research In Motion Ltd., once written off as dead amid fierce competition from more modern mobile devices such as the iPhone, surprised Wall Street ... 

• MetroPCS shares up as T-Mobile deal is criticized

  Investors bet Thursday that T-Mobile USA will have to sweeten its proposal to merge with smaller cellphone carrier MetroPCS Communications Inc. 

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  New book shares insights from Steve Jobs' 1st boss

  When Steve Jobs adopted "think different" as Apple's mantra in the late 1990s, the company's ads featured Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Amelia Earhart ...