<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/10001105/device/rss/rss.html" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>Telecommunications</title><description><![CDATA[Find the latest news on the telecommunications sector.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/10001105</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:41 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Is Facebook's 'Super App' the Future?</title><description><![CDATA[Chien-Wen Tong, senior account planner at JWT, explains Facebook&#039;s new &#039;Super App&#039; and discusses whether or not it will be a success.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000159307</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100619632</guid> </item>  <item><title>First phones with Facebook's "Home" will be exclusive to AT&amp;T</title><description><![CDATA[MENLO PARK, Calif., April 4- AT&amp;T Inc will exclusively sell the first smartphones pre-loaded with Facebook Inc&#039;s new family of &quot;Home&quot; applications starting April 12, the wireless carrier said on Thursday.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100617203</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100617203</guid> </item>  <item><title>Crest tries to lure Clearwire from Sprint deal</title><description><![CDATA[HOUSTON-- Crest Financial Ltd., the largest minority shareholder of Clearwire Corp., is offering the wireless operator $240 million in debt financing, which would free it up to consider options beyond a takeover offer from Sprint Nextel Corp..]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100614389</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100614389</guid> </item>  <item><title>The Nine-Day Cyber Attack That Broke the Internet</title><description><![CDATA[McAfee Sr. VP discusses how the Spamhaus cyber attack was executed and how he believes this can be prevented in future. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100613689</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100613689</guid> </item>  <item><title>Best Telecom Play Right Now</title><description><![CDATA[Forty four years ago today, the very first cell phone call was made. Will Power, Robert W. Baird analyst, explains why he thinks Vodafone is your telecom pick today.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000158830</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100613960</guid> </item>  <item><title>Google Launching a Cheaper, More Powerful Tablet in July</title><description><![CDATA[Google aims to ship as many as eight million competitively priced second generation Nexus 7 tablets starting in July. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100613467</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100613467</guid> </item>  <item><title>Can Android Overtake Apple? </title><description><![CDATA[Nate Lanxon, editor of Wired UK, explains how the smartphone war between Apple and Samsung is more of a war between Apple and Android as consumers are more interested in apps, games and other features than in the handset. ]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000158648</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100612295</guid> </item>  <item><title>Verizon Denies Intention to Merge With or Buy Vodafone</title><description><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc said it does not &quot;currently have any intention&quot; to merge with or buy its partner Vodafone Group, either alone or in conjunction with others, in response to press reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100611478</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100611478</guid> </item>  <item><title>UPDATE 2-Verizon bid denial sharpens Vodafone wireless focus</title><description><![CDATA[*FT blog had said Verizon, AT&amp;T may bid for Vodafone. Vodafone shares closed down 3 percent after Verizon Communications said late on Tuesday it had no intention of buying the world&#039;s second largest mobile operator, following months of speculation.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100613555</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100613555</guid> </item>  <item><title>M&amp;A talk helps Europe stocks bounce after 2-week slide</title><description><![CDATA[*Vodafone surges 5 percent on renewed M&amp;A talk. Vodafone, the world&#039;s second largest mobile operator, surged 5 percent, boosted by a report saying U.S. firms Verizon Communications and AT&amp;T have been working together on a break-up bid for the British group.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100608571</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100608571</guid> </item>  <item><title>Why Facebook Will Not Make Its Own Phone</title><description><![CDATA[Mike Butcher, editor at large at TechCrunch, discusses the possibility of a Facebook phone and believes the social platform is more likely to release an application for Android phones that will turn them into a &quot;Facebook experience&quot;. ]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000158379</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100608214</guid> </item>  <item><title>Facebook Phone Announcement: What to Expect</title><description><![CDATA[The social network is set to unveil its own operating system for Google&#039;s Android phone on Thursday.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100606927</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100606927</guid> </item>  <item><title>Netflix's Hastings: Internet-Era TV's New Mogul</title><description><![CDATA[Netflix has more than survived its price-hike debacle of fall 2011 to emerge as a new, Internet-era TV network. So what&#039;s the downside?]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100606302</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100606302</guid> </item>  <item><title>MetroPCS Urges Shareholders to Vote for T-Mobile Deal</title><description><![CDATA[MetroPCS urged shareholders to support its proposed merger with Deutsche Telekom&#039;s T-Mobile USA.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100605913</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100605913</guid> </item>  <item><title>Feds: Give Us More Say, We'll Approve Sprint's Deal</title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. government is seeking oversight as a condition to approve the $20 billion takeover of Sprint Nextel by Japanese mobile carrier Softbank according to the Wall Street Journal.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100600142</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100600142</guid> </item>  <item><title>Clearwire taps into Sprint financing for April</title><description><![CDATA[Clearwire has received buyout offers from both Sprint and satellite TV provider Dish Network Corp. In December it agreed to a deal with Sprint Nextel Corp. that offered $2.2 billion for the 49 percent of Clearwire that Sprint doesn&#039;t already own.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100600925</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100600925</guid> </item>  <item><title>BlackBerry Earnings Will Reveal Turnaround Truth</title><description><![CDATA[The integrity of BlackBerry&#039;s turnaround story is at stake as the company prepares to report fourth-quarter earnings. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100597354</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100597354</guid> </item>  <item><title>Fitch Affirms China Telecom at 'A'; Outlook Stable &lt;0728.HK&gt;</title><description><![CDATA[HONG KONG/ SYDNEY, March 27 Fitch Ratings has affirmed China Telecom Corporation Limited&#039;s Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings at&#039; A&#039;. Strong fixed-line market position: The ratings reflect CTCL&#039;s commanding fixed-line subscriber position and scale of operations in China.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100594799</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 06:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100594799</guid> </item>  <item><title>T-Mobile USA CEO: ready for any outcome of MetroPCS process</title><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, March 26- John Legere, the chief executive T-Mobile USA, said he expects shareholders to approve the company&#039;s plan to merge with MetroPCS Communications Inc. Legere has been meeting with MetroPCS shareholders ahead of an April 12 vote on the deal, which two activist investors are trying to block.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100594107</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100594107</guid> </item>  <item><title>T-Mobile USA Finally Gets the iPhone</title><description><![CDATA[T-Mobile USA will start selling Apple Inc&#039;s iPhone on April 12, making it the last of the national U.S. operators to sell the device.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100593138</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100593138</guid> </item>  <item><title>Ericsson sues Indian handset maker for patent infringement</title><description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM, March 26- Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson said on Tuesday it had sued Indian handset maker Micromax and its distributor for infringement of wireless patent rights.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100592699</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100592699</guid> </item>  <item><title>Britain's Three says it's in no hurry to launch 4G</title><description><![CDATA[LONDON, March 26- Three, Britain&#039;s smallest mobile operator, said it was confident that the quality of its 3 G network would stop data hungry customers defecting to rival 4 G services before it rolls out its own superfast coverage.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100592344</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100592344</guid> </item>  <item><title>Europe seeks to spur building of fast broadband networks</title><description><![CDATA[*Europe behind Asia, parts of US on faster fibre broadband. *Part of Europe&#039;s effort to create a telco single market. BRUSSELS, March 26- The European Commission has set out rules aimed at reducing the cost of building high-speed broadband networks, in a move that shows how Brussels is seeking more power over the telecoms sector.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100592248</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100592248</guid> </item>  <item><title>Yahoo Wonder Kid Eyes New Start-ups </title><description><![CDATA[The 17-year old founder of mobile news app Summly plans to finish school and start more companies, after Internet giant Yahoo purchased his product.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100590339</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100590339</guid> </item>  <item><title>Op-Ed: Why Facebook Is Still the Future of Social Media</title><description><![CDATA[Believe in Facebook. If you believe in data, you believe in Facebook, says a social media expert. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100554505</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100554505</guid> </item>  <item><title>PRESS DIGEST - SUNDAY BRITISH BUSINESS - MARCH 24</title><description><![CDATA[VODAFONE LINES UP $135 BLN EXIT FROM AMERICA Vodafone has held talks with U.S. partner Verizon. over the sale of its 45 percent stake in the mobile phone operator that could see Britain&#039;s second biggest company leave America and bank $135 billion.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100585563</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100585563</guid> </item>  <item><title>Sorry Blackberry, Z10 Won't Change a Thing: Analyst</title><description><![CDATA[Blackberry is wagering its new Z10 smartphone will be its game changer, but one analyst says it&#039;s a losing bet.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100582533</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100582533</guid> </item>  <item><title>Kuwait telco Viva turns profitable, four years after launch</title><description><![CDATA[*2012 net profit 3.9 mln dinars vs loss of 14.4 mln dinars in 2011. DUBAI, March 21- A rapidly increasing customer base helped mobile operator Viva Kuwait make an annual profit for the first time in 2012, four years after the Saudi Telecom Co affiliate launched services.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100577875</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100577875</guid> </item>  <item><title>RLPC-Polkomtel to refi 5 bln zloty of buyout loans</title><description><![CDATA[By Tessa Walsh and Michelle Meineke. LONDON, March 20- Polish mobile phone operator Polkomtel has asked local and foreign banks for proposals to refinance around 5 billion zloty of loans from the company&#039;s 14.3 billion zloty buyout financing of July 2011, bankers said on Wednesday.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100574529</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100574529</guid> </item>  <item><title>Politics, money overhang ambitious Lebanon telecom reforms</title><description><![CDATA[*Could boost economy, make Lebanon regional data hub. DUBAI, March 20- Lebanon is embarking on an ambitious plan to bolster its telecommunications industry with a tender to run its two state-owned mobile telephone operators.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100573173</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100573173</guid> </item> </channel>   </rss