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While Mozilla’s Firefox OS smartphones won’t be launching in the U.S. anytime soon, both the Alcatel One Touch and the ZTE Open are making their way to Latin America. The handsets will launch in Colombia and Venezuela through Movistar retail locations, and will launch in Brazil on Telefonica in Q4 2013. Firefox OS phones have…
Microsoft launched Windows Phone yesterday with nine handsets and a launch plan that includes 30 wireless carriers worldwide. Now that the press event is over and we have had some hands-on time with all nine handsets, it is now time to wrap-up the event and combine all of our information together into one comprehensive post.…
If you’re one of our many fabulous readers in a country that hasn’t yet seen the Apple iPhone 4 launch, you’ll be happy to know that the next wave may hit retail stores July 28, according to multiple reports. Multiple tweets from Spanish mobile operator Movistar said the device should be available July 28 but…
Huawei has announced two low-end Android handsets, due for O2 and Movistar. The first is the G7002, and is pretty basic: 2.4″ display, 1.3 megapixel camera, FM radio, and only 2G. It’ll be available on O2 soon for £40 with a prepaid plan. The Ivy U8100 for Movistar is a bit higher-class, including Android 2.1,…
The GSA (Global Suppliers Association) is reporting that over the past 8 months there has been a near 100% increase in the number of operators around the world committing to the LTE standard. There are now 51 network commitments in 24 countries, an increase of 96% over the past 8 months. Not all is rosy…
Keeping with Palm Pre news, I’ve just received some launch date information for the great folks over in Spain. Rumor has it the Pre will launch for you on October 14th. The Movistar Pre will run anywhere from free up to 219 euros, depending on plan, term, etc. You know the deal. Throw this together…
Palm has gone official with their plans for the Pre in Europe, going with Telefonica as their primary carrier. O2 in the UK, Ireland and Germany, and Movistar in Spain will be offering the Pre sometime before the holidays, according to the release, but German banners have hinted at a release as early as October…
Many wireless markets in the world will soon see Telefonica’s brand give way to Movistar as the telecom giant rebrands its services around the globe. Telefonica is reportedly ditching the Telefonica name in favor of the Movistar brand for its telecommunication services. The news of Telefonica’s move to rebrand themselves as Movistar follows on speculation…