telecom

Huawei’s John Roese on the Telecom Giant That Wants to Roar: The Full AsiaD Interview (Video)

Kara Swisher in AsiaD on November 21, 2011 at 1:08 pm PT

The Chinese company is the world’s second-largest maker of telecommunications and networking gear — and you’re about to hear a lot more from it going forward.

Google Ponders Pay-TV Business

Sam Schechner and Amir Efrati, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Media on November 4, 2011 at 4:05 am PT

Internet giant Google Inc. is considering a plan to offer paid cable-TV services to consumers, a move that could unleash a new wave of competition within the traditional TV business.

Chinese Tech Giant Aids Iran

Steve Stecklow, Farnaz Fassihi and Loretta Chao, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on October 27, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

When Western companies pulled back from Iran after the government’s bloody crackdown on its citizens two years ago, a Chinese telecom giant filled the vacuum. Huawei Technologies Co. now dominates Iran’s government-controlled mobile-phone industry. In doing so, it plays a role in enabling Iran’s state security network.

John Roese on Redefining Huawei and the Democratization of Smartphones

John Paczkowski in AsiaD on October 20, 2011 at 8:30 pm PT

Today, Huawei is a $29 billion company. Ten years from now, it hopes to be at $100 billion. The head of Huawei’s North American R&D team is one of the guys charged with making that happen.

AT&T: T-Mobile Is Awful. Please Let Us Buy Them.

Shira Ovide, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on September 9, 2011 at 2:56 pm PT

AT&T today answered the government’s lawsuit seeking to block the telecom company’s proposed takeover of T-Mobile USA. And one nugget of AT&T’s argument is rather odd: T-Mobile — that company we want to buy for $39 billion — is doing just awful.

More AsiaD Speakers: Sony, Google+, Microsoft, Hollywood, Huawei and Hot SV Start-Ups!

Kara Swisher in AsiaD on August 9, 2011 at 5:00 pm PT

Here’s the latest list of speakers for the upcoming AsiaD conference, which will take place October 19 to 21 in Hong Kong.

Verizon Pursues Tough Line on Labor

Anton Troianovski, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on July 13, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Verizon Communications Inc. is seeking some of the biggest concessions in years from its unions, stepping up pressure on organized labor as the telecom industry shifts to less labor-intensive wireless technology.

BoomTown on KQED's "iPhone or iSpy" Radio Show (Audio)

Kara Swisher in News on April 29, 2011 at 9:02 am PT

The Apple iOS and Google Android smartphone location-tracking kerfuffle. Smarty-pants commentators. KQED’s “Forum” radio show with interviewer Michael Krasny yesterday. Go!

Cellphone Companies Defend Privacy Practices

Spencer E. Ante and Amy Schatz, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 29, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

U.S. lawmakers called for closer scrutiny of developers that make software for mobile phones, after wireless carriers highlighted them as a weak spot in keeping smartphone users’ locations private.

Liveblogging Microsoft 3Q Earnings: Office-Tastic and Kinect-Able (But PC-Frown)

Kara Swisher in News on April 28, 2011 at 2:48 pm PT

You’d think there would be a party in Redmond, Wash. today, as software giant Microsoft soundly beat Wall Street expectations in its third-quarter earnings released today. But there are shadows too, as results were dragged down by weaker revenues for its flagship Windows unit. The report comes as Microsoft’s stock continues to lag, declining 14 percent for the year. Buzz kill!