Skype Wednesday announced it named Scott Durchslag as Chief Operating Officer. This is an important hire as it brings an individual with over 20 years of experience, including 5 years at the helm of Motorola's $25 billion Mobile Devices Business."I believe in Skype not only because I've been a user [...]

Nivis and Cisco unveiled an embedded wireless IP mesh technology using a 6LoWPAN solution for integrated device management last month at the Cisco Live technology showcase[...]

The addition of Navteq's location services creates an online maps powerhouse that will compete with Tom Tom and potentially the Google Android set. ... - W. DavidGardner[...]

Telecoms equipment giant, Ericsson has signed a seven-year loan deal worth four billion Swedish kronor (US$672.4 million) with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to research and develop the next generation of mobile broadband technology. Reuters reports that the money will be used to develop equipment and software for LTE and[...]

Cisco has announced that it has made an anchor investment of US$60 million in venture capital fund Almaz Capital Russia, in collaboration with Almaz Capital Partners. The fund will examine investment opportunities in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States region, primarily in the form of high-growth small and medium-sized[...]

Here a new blog from Nokia, CTO.Nokia.com "Welcome to CTO.nokia.com… Nokia and the mobile industry are entering an incredibly exciting time. The confluence of mobile high-speed data networks, massive portable computing power, and a wild proliferation of on-board sensors are enabling a whole new wave of feature and service innovation [...]