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BT profit soars in tenth quarter of sales decline
03 February 2012Telco's revenue fell 4% in final quarter of last year, its tenth consecutive quarter of revenue decline, but pre-tax profit rose by nearly 50%
O2 sends users' phone numbers to website operators
25 January 2012Engineer finds that O2 includes customers' phone numbers in HTML headers when they use their mobile devices to browse the web
RIM's co-CEOs step down
23 January 2012Company founder Mike Lazaridis demotes himself to vice chairman after turbulent, loss-making year
Ofcom extends 4G coverage plan to more rural areas
12 January 2012Communications regulator revises 4G proposal to cover at least 98% of the population, up from 95%, following government's £150m investment pledge
Shipping giant Maersk upgrades maritime network
12 January 2012The world's largest container ship operator has selected Ericsson to build mobile and satellite infrastructure to link its 500 plus vessels
O2's services arm wins Network Rail contract
09 January 2012O2 Unify has won a three-year contract to upgrade the UK rail operator's network infrastructure
China Telecom to launch mobile services in UK
05 January 2012Telecommunications giant partners with Everything Everywhere to offer services to Chinese expats and tourists
RIM caught up in Pakistani diplomacy scandal
04 January 2012'Memogate' probe calls on BlackBerry-maker to hand over records of conversation discussing US intervention in the country
AT&T to pay $3bn for failed T-Mobile USA bid
20 December 2011Telecommunications giant to pay huge break-up fee and hand over mobile spectrum after regulatory opposition derails $39 billion acquisition attempt
BT sues Google over patent infringement
19 December 2011Google Maps, Music and Android operating system all infringe BT patents, UK telco alleges
Intel to include NFC with smartphone chips
14 December 2011Deal signed with Inside Secure will give Intel the option to incorporate near-field communication technologies into its chipsets
Aviva trials Playbooks for risk assessments
13 December 2011Research in Motion's Playbook chosen to minimise governance headaches, integrating with existing BlackBerry framework
HP open sources webOS
12 December 2011Operating system given to the open source community, months after HP's Touchpad tablet, which used webOS, was withdrawn due to poor sales
RIM writes down its PlayBook inventory
02 December 2011BlackBerry-maker admits the inventory it holds of its tablet device is worth less than it previously estimated, triggering $360 million charge
UK carriers deny using controversial smartphone tracker
01 December 2011O2 and Vodafone say they do not use mobile service intelligence software CarrierIQ, which researcher claims is logging keystrokes and tracking location
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