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SK Telecom and Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that provides a framework for research projects in next-generation telecommunications technology. The two companies met on the 16th at SK Telecom headquarters and signed the MoU agreeing to cooperate in research and development of post 4G wireless telecommunication technologies and intelligent network… Read More

Quote from the story: “This will soothe the competative market and force the wireless operators to mainly focus on networking and their facilities enabling them to have a much more efficient network operator. A temporary ban on wireless operators from signing on new subscribers will cool the overly competitive Korean market and prevent companies from spending heavily on marketing, enabling them to invest on network and facilities… Read More

The worldwide sale of ring tones, which started as a marketing gimmick for music labels and mobile phone companies, is roughly equivalent to 10 percent of the $32.2 billion global music market. Replacing the standard phone ring with a few bars from Elvis or a favorite TV show was first popularized by tech-savvy teenagers in the late 1990s. The subsequent success of ring tones is a rare bit of good news for the music industry which has been… Read More