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Regional RSS FeedsPalm Q3 sales up to USD 350 mln, ships 960,000 smartphones - (Telecompaper) Palm shipped a total 960,000 smartphones in its fiscal third quarter to 26 February, up almost 300 percent from a year earlier. Smartphone sell-through for the quarter was 408,000 units, down 15 percent year-over-year. The company's revenues increased to USD 349.9 million from USD 90.6 million a year earlier. In accordance with two recently released accounting standards related to revenue recognition, these results include the effe...Feed Source: feedproxy.google.com Mobile internet user base growing rapidly in BRIC countries - (Telecompaper) Although the mobile markets in BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) continue to expand, the growth is slowing down. As mobile subscriber bases solidify, it is now the mobile internet user base that is rapidly increasing, according to a study by eMarketer. Brazil is expected to top 82.8 million mobile internet users in 2014, up from 19.1 million in 2009 and 31.6 million at end-2010, with an estimated CAGR of 34 percent. ... Worldwide enterprise switch shipments fall 15% in 2009 - (Telecompaper) Worldwide enterprise switch shipments totalled USD 21.7 billion in 2009, down from USD 25.5 billion in 2008, representing a decline of 14.9 percent, according to a study by Canalys. The year ended more positively as sequential quarterly shipment growth gained momentum. The first three quarters of the year were particularly difficult, as businesses first assessed the impact of the global recession following the banking crisis late i... Android battles iPhone for Blackberry users - survey - (Telecompaper) Nearly 40 percent of Blackberry users continue to prefer Apple's iPhone as their next smartphone purchase, but a third of them would also switch to the Android operating system, according to a survey by Crowd Science. The survey also found Android users rivaling iPhone users in loyalty, with about 90 percent of each user group planning to stick with their current brand when buying their next phone. Asked specifically if they had sw... Siemens restructures IT business with loss of 4,200 jobs - (Telecompaper) Siemens plans to revamp Siemens IT Solutions & Services towards solution areas, with additional investment of more than EUR 500 million by 2012 to support long-term success. The structure of SIS will be simplified into two units: a solution unit focusing on systems integration services and industry-related IT solutions ? services and solutions that will also benefit the Siemens' Energy, Industry and Healthcare Sectors; and one on ... Vimpelcom moves to net profit, revenues down 10% in Q4 - (Telecompaper) Russia and CIS operator Vimpelcom saw its revenues fall by 9.6 percent year-on-year to USD 2.309 billion in Q4 2009. OIBDA declined 3.2 percent to USD 1.088 billion, while the OIBDA margin, despite seasonal effects, showed an improvement to 47.1 percent versus 44 percent a year earlier. Of the total revenue, USD 1.955 billion was generated by the group's mobile business and USD 507 million by the fixed-line business. The group's mo... Ericsson to buy controlling stake in LG-Nortel - report - (Telecompaper) Ericsson will acquire a controlling stake in LG-Nortel, according to an unsourced report on the website of the Seoul Economic Daily. The report said Ericsson will make an official announcement on the acquisition on 19 March. The Swedish company will a 50 percent stake plus one share in the joint venture. Currently, Nortel owns 50 percent plus one share in LG-Nortel, and LG holds the remainder. An LG spokesman told Bloomberg that no... China Mobile posts FY revenues up 8.8% to CNY 229 bln - (Telecompaper) China Mobile reported revenues of CNY 452.1 billion for 2009, up 9.8 percent from a year earlier. EBITDA rose 5.9 percent to CNY 229.0 billion, and net profit was up 2.3 percent to CNY 115.2 billion. China Mobile maintained its dividend pay-out ratio at 43 percent of profit, with a final dividend of CNY 1.458 per share. Growth was driven by continued expansion of the customer base, which increased 14.2 percent or by 65 million user... Google partners Intel, Sony on Android set-top box - report - (Telecompaper) Google and Intel are said to have partnered Sony to develop a platform called Google TV which aims to connect TVs to the web using a new generation of TVs and Android-based set-top boxes, the New York Times reports. As part of the project, Sony would produce the first hardware, Intel would supply Atom chips and help make the software, and Logitech is said to create a remote with a keyboard. Google intends to open its TV platform, w... Dutch broadband market tops 6 mln subscribers in 2009 - (Telecompaper) The Dutch broadband market grew by 1.3 percent during the fourth quarter to 6.06 million connectionsat year-end. Slightly more than 77,000 net additions were recorded during the quarter, compared with just over 32,000 during the third quarter, according to Telecompaper's latest report on the Dutch broadband market. The number of DSL connections dropped by 0.2 percent or 7,100 during the quarter, to reach a total of 3.535 million, w... Spring Break in Mexico: Is it Safe? - It's that time of year again: spring break, and the new travel warning and scary headlines are causing people to question whether Mexico is a safe spring break destination. Most of ... Mexico Travel Warning: Avoid Border Areas - The U.S. State Department has issued a travel warning for the Mexico border area following the deaths of three people with connections to the U.S. embassy in Ciudad Juarez (a ... Daylight Saving Time in Mexico - Daylight Saving Time begins in the United States and Canada this weekend but here in Mexico we won't be setting our clocks forward until the first week of April. So ... Día de la Samaritana: Lenten Tradition in Oaxaca -
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On the fourth Friday of Lent (this year on March 12) a special celebration known as La Samaritana takes place in Oaxaca. Aguas frescas, refreshing fruit drinks, ... Tell Us About Your Mexico Blog - Do you write a blog about Mexico? We're compiling information about Mexico blogs in order to create a resource for people planning a trip to Mexico, those planning to move ... Mexico Requires Passports - A new rule brought into effect by the Mexican government this week will require U.S. and Canadian citizens to present a passport or equivalent travel document to enter Mexico. Until ... Safety in Cancun - A year ago I wrote about concerns of prospective visitors about safety in Cancun. Many readers commented on that blog post, several who were in the process of planning a ... Lent Observances in Mexico - The craziness of Carnaval is over and in the church calendar, this period leading up to Easter is supposed to be a time for reflection and self-restraint. There are some ... Ancient Cultures of Mexico - Mexico's many archaeological sites are an enigma and a source of wonder for visitors of all ages and backgrounds. However, it's sometimes a challenge keeping the different ancient cultures ... Valentine's Day in Mexico - Heart shaped balloons, flowers, candies and teddy bears are as common in Mexican Valentine's celebrations as they are in other places, but there are some special things about the way ... Copyright © 2010, Self Help and Wellness. All Rights Reserved. |