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News.blog: Hon Hai wins iPhone contract?

News A Chinese newspaper reported on Wednesday that Apple has awarded a contract to build the elusive iPhone to Hon Hai, a contract manufacturer based in Taiwan. The Commercial Times says Apple has ordered 12 million iPhones from Hon Hai, also known as...

16 November 2006, 10:53

O2 tipped to win iPhone contract

News The Times, without citing sources, said the final contract was expected to be signed imminently. It would be a blow to Vodafone, which had hoped to get the contract. Mobile-phone operator O2, part of Spanish telecommunications group Telefonica, is...

6 July 2007, 10:40

German iPhone offered without contract

News Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile will allow customers in Germany to buy Apple's iPhone without having to sign a T-Mobile contract after rival Vodafone obtained a court injunction against it. T-Mobile said on Wednesday it will offer the iPhone without a...

22 November 2007, 8:41

EMC seals Accenture contract

News Storage giant EMC has signed a deal with Accenture to provide a "platform independent" storage consultancy. EMC said the new venture was a genuine attempt to provide independent consultancy, and will be kept completely separate from its existing 1...

10 July 2002, 16:45

O2 secures iPhone contract

News Spanish-owned mobile phone operator O2 secured a deal to sell the iPhone in Britain after agreeing to give Apple 40 per cent of the revenue it will make from customers using the device, The Guardian has reported.

18 September 2007, 9:37

Free wi-fi to blanket San Fran?

News While EarthLink and Google are still hammering out details of their citywide wi-fi contract with San Francisco officials, a company called Meraki plans on blanketing the city with free wi-fi using volunteers who will deploy and manage the...

15 August 2007, 8:22

ABCNews is through with Yahoo!

News in favour of a more profitable contract with the Realnetworks RealOne subscription service. The exclusive contract with RealNetworks will usurp the long standing arrangement between ABCNews and Yahoo!

8 February 2002, 16:15

Aruba edges Cisco for Microsoft Wi-Fi deal

News Aruba Networks has won a major wireless contract with Microsoft, beating Cisco Systems. Financial terms of the contract have not been disclosed. Microsoft plans to use Aruba's wireless switches and roughly 5,000 Wi-Fi access points to replace its...

13 June 2005, 10:18

News.blog: US whistleblower on YouTube

News A former Lockheed Martin engineer has taken to YouTube to air charges of corruption in a military contract he apparently worked on. The self-proclaimed whistleblower is Michael De Kort, who says he worked on a $17bn US Coast Guard contract.

30 August 2006, 10:40

TfL puts Oyster's future in question

News Transport for London has terminated its contract with the Transys consortium that provides the Oyster ticketing system for the London Underground, buses and trams. A spokesperson for TfL insisted that the contract has been terminated due to...

Tags: london, contract, continue, terminate

11 August 2008, 9:14

LCOS TV maker gears up for comeback

News First, Intel cancelled its LCOS project, and then start-up company Brillian lost a contract to provide LCOS televisions to Sears. Syntax produced only LCD televisions and relied heavily on Asian contract manufacturers and designers.

12 August 2005, 10:26

O2 rolls out mobile broadband service

News Opting for an 18-month contract, users will get a free USB modem and pay £20 per month for a 3G broadband service with a Those who want a rolling month-on-month contract will have to pay £120 for the modem up-front.

Tags: modem, customer, customers, wi fi

18 April 2008, 10:05

Siebel: Old news is better than bad news

News Local government outsourcing company ITNet - Siebel's partner in the seven year, £3.5m deal - announced the contract win in September 2001, and cynical observers could be forgiven for being suspicious of the timing of Siebel's announcement.

28 January 2002, 14:17

Bush administration objects to .xxx domains

News Michael Gallagher, assistant secretary at the Commerce Department, has asked for a hold to be placed on the contract to run the new top-level domain until the .xxx suffix can receive further scrutiny.

16 August 2005, 10:46

New Yorkers turn to Web in transit strike

News Members of the Transport Workers Union Local 100 and the Metropolitan Transit Authority in New York have been deadlocked in contract negotiations for several days. TWU members have threatened to strike when their contract expires at midnight on...

16 December 2005, 9:28