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LightSquared's bankruptcy is a cautionary tale

(Stephen Lawson) — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:37:00 GMT

After more than a year of active testing and debate over LightSquared's plan for a nationwide, wholesale 4G network, the now bankrupt company may end up as no more than a cautionary tale for mobile investors.

Voyager postpones mobile service launch, citing Web attack

(Stephen Lawson) — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:10:00 GMT

Voyager Mobile, a startup promising cheap, unlimited mobile service around the U.S., has postponed the launch it planned for Tuesday, saying a malicious attack took down its website.

Baidu unveils low-end smartphone with cloud platform

(Michael Kan) — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:29:00 GMT

Baidu, which runs China's most popular search engine, unveiled a smartphone that features its own mobile platform.

SAP offers mobile device management on Amazon's cloud

(Mikael Ricknäs) — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:36:00 GMT

SAP's Afaria mobile device management tool is now available on Amazon Web Services' cloud, offered as a way to make it easier to start using the platform, SAP said at the Sapphire conference on Monday.

BYOD: New animal, new taming techniques

(Teresa Leung) — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:49:00 GMT

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New coalition opposes Verizon and cable spectrum deals

(Grant Gross) — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:25:00 GMT

A proposed sale of mobile spectrum from a group of cable providers to Verizon Wireless, along with accompanying marketing and research agreements, will lead to higher prices for broadband and mobile customers, a coalition of groups opposing the deal said Monday.

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