Millicom Pulling out of Asia?
(02/07/2009, BWCS Staff)
Mobile operator Millicom has announced that several companies are keen to buy its Asian operations, after it employed Goldman Sachs to help flog them, or rather "look at strategic options for the activities". The operators which are in Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Laos, generated total ... more
Mobile Transfer Season Now On ...
(02/07/2009, BWCS Staff)
It's the season of inflated buy-outs, in the mobile world as much as in the football world, and now it appears that Vodafone will not be alone in its pursuit of T-Mobile. Earlier in the week, the FT reported that the Newbury-based global wireless giant was poised to mount a take-over of the ailing, ... more
Apple Sees Light and Joins Interchangeable Charger Brigade
(30/06/2009, BWCS Staff)
Finally, the years of wasteful duplication of mobile phone chargers may be about to come to an end. Today the European Commission announced that ten major mobile phone manufacturers and chip-makers have agreed to produce standard chargers. The big ten, which unexpectedly includes Apple, have all ... more