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T-Mobile leases 7000 cell towers to Crown Castle for $2.4B
CNET (blog)
T-Mobile USA said it has agreed to sell the rights to its network of
cellular towers to Crown Castle for $2.4 billion as it looks to focus on
its core operations. T-Mobile has been shopping its 2,700 cell towers
around for several years, seeing it as ...
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China Mobile Invites Bids for 4G Handsets Purchase
Businessweek
The company met with suppliers at the China Mobile Terminal Industry Chain
Summit in Beijing yesterday to discuss development of the 3G market and
trials of the new 4G system, Rainie Lei, a Hong Kong-based spokeswoman for
the carrier, said in an ...
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Mobile Ads: Here's What Works and What Doesn't
Wall Street Journal
In 2010, Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs proclaimed, "Mobile advertising
really sucks." Now, however, the rule book for what works in mobile
advertising is slowly being written. Some of the ingredients to success
include ads that play on the unique ...
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ComScore: Instagram Tops Twitter in Mobile Engagement
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Matthew Lynley. In August, U.S. smartphone owners used photo-sharing app
Instagram more than Twitter, according to one analytics firm. Instagram had
an average of 7.3 million U.S. smartphone users accessing the application
every day, according to a ...
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Word on the street: mobile libraries bring books to underserved populations
New York Daily News (blog)
You probably have a favorite food truck: artisanal frozen yogurt, halal
dishes or Korean tacos. But there's another type of truck out there roaming
the streets, and these guys are offering library books. The public library
is a marker of community ...
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Facebook Mobile, Web App Debuts
WLTX.com
San Mataeo, CA (written by Jon Swartz/USA Today) -- Facebook is hoping
social-gift giving will be a revenue gift that keeps on giving. On
Thursday, the social-networking giant unwrapped Facebook Gifts, a new
service that will eventually let its more ...
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Thailand's top mobile operators bidding for 3G licences
Reuters
Total Access Communication, controlled by Norway's Telenor, sent its unit
DTAC Network Co, and True Corp, which owns True Move, the country's
third-largest mobile operator, joined the bid via Real Future Co. Ltd.
Shares in Thai telecoms firms have ...
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UPDATE 1-India to ask mobile carriers to stop 3G data roaming pacts
Reuters
Latest move adds to uncertainty on telecom industry. * Companies can
appeal, but most stop immediately. * 3G premium services account for small
portion of revenues. NEW DELHI, Sept 28 (Reuters) - India will ask mobile
telecommunication carriers to ...
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MEDL Mobile to Bring Developers and Industry Insiders Together at Mobile ...
NASDAQ
28, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MEDL (OTCBB:MEDL) - a pioneer in the creation,
development, marketing, and monetization of mobile apps - announced today
that the company will host a joint mixer in association with the
Application Developers Alliance ...
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