telecommunications

Is carrierwide ad blocking coming to the States? That really depends on who you ask. “Absolutely,” said Roi Carthy, CMO of ad-blocking company Shine. “Simply no way,” said Mike Zaneis, EVP of public policy at the Interactive Advertising Bureau. But there’s a reason for Carthy’s swagger. At the end of September, Jamaica-based telco Digicel revealed […]

Under two separate deals that took place this week, Microsoft, Nokia, Verizon and Vodafone took steps that speak to the companies’ expectations for the smartphone market and the telecom industry as a whole. Microsoft’s decision to acquire Nokia’s devices and services division could help it shore up its place in the smartphone ecosystem while Verizon […]