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  • Regulator releases draft on telco levy payments

    New Zealand Herald

    The Commerce Commission has released the amounts telcos will likely have to put towards a $50 million levy that helps pay improvements to the 111 phone system, broadband in rural areas and services for the deaf and hearing-impaired. The Telecommunications Development Levy is an annual duty paid by companies earning more than $10 million per year from operating part of a telco ...

  • Minority Clearwire shareholders oppose Sprint offer

    Dallas Business Journal

    Minority shareholders in Clearwire say they will oppose the offer made by Sprint. Minority shareholders of Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) likely will vote against a buyout offer from Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) next week. Fox Business reported that they want to force Sprint, the nation's third largest wireless carrier, to sweeten its offer. Sprint owns slightly more than half of Clearwire and it ...

  • Yahoo board agrees to take Tumblr for $1.1B

    Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal

    David Karp, the 26-year-old co-founder and CEO of Tumblr Inc., has agreed to sell the blogging site to Yahoo, whose board approved spending $1.1B in cash on the deal. Yahoo's board of directors reportedly approved buying the Tumblr blogging site in a $1.1 billion cash deal. The Wall Street Journal reported the board's action on Sunday. This is the biggest deal yet for CEO Marissa Mayer, ...

  • Zimbabwe Government to Crack Whip On Telecoms Operators

    All Africa

    GOVERNMENT is mooting a policy that forces telecommunication firms to share infrastructure in far reaching reforms set to remove the duplication in investments by operators. The move comes at a time when government's calls for infrastructure sharing had been ignored by the operators. Speaking in Bulawayo last week, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure ...

  • Cambrios to Deliver Four Presentations at Display Week 2013 Highlighting Its ClearOhm™ Transparent Conductive Coating Material

    Fresh News

    Display Week 2013 , Cambrios executives will deliver four presentations, each of which will detail the characteristics and benefits of Cambrios’ silver nanowire-based ClearOhm™ transparent conductive coating material. The presentations will reveal how and why ClearOhm material is emerging as the leading alternative to indium tin oxide (ITO) in three distinct markets: mobile ...

  • COAI seeks cancellation of 19 GSM permits of Tata Tele

    Times of India

    Tata Teleservices (TTSL) over five years ago. COAI is of the view that that the 19 licences awarded to Tata Teleservices (TTSL) on January 2008 stand cancelled as per the Supreme Court's February 2012 ...

  • All eyes on Vodafones Vittorio Colao for signs on Verizon

    Times of India

    David Beckham hugged his teammates with tears in his eyes, then walked off the pitch to a standing ovation for the last time in front of a home crowd.

  • Dubais du warns of broadband slowness

    Arabian Business

    Dubai's second telecommunications company, Du, has warned its internet customers they may experience slower connections on Sunday and Monday as it carries out maintenance on the ...

  • Aust golfer Griffin wins on OneAsia tour

    SBS

    Australian golfer Matthew Griffin won his second OneAsia Tour title in a year on Sunday when thick fog forced the cancellation of the final round of the SK Telecom Open in South Korea.Griffin could credit a spectacular 40-foot putt from off the back of the 18th green on Saturday for the win, as it meant he had a one-shot lead over Korean veteran Kang Wook-soon.The tournament, at Pinx Golf Club on ...

  • Autodesk to Acquire Tinkercad Easy-to-Use Web-Based 3D Design Software

    Fresh News

    Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tinkercad, an easy-to-use browser-based 3D design tool. The addition of Tinkercad to Autodesk will help broaden the popular ...

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  • Exar to Present at 14th Annual B. Riley Co. Investor Conference

    Fresh News

    FREMONT, Calif., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR), a leading supplier of high performance analog mixed-signal components and data management solutions, today announced that the Company will present at the 14th Annual B. Riley & Co. Investor Conference. Exar's presentation will take place on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 11:00 AM PDT. Management will also conduct ...

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