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                                                                                By Jonah Iboma Nokia’s newly launched windows smartphone the Nokia Lumia 900 is making waves in the United States. The world’s leading mobile manufacturer made a triumphant return to the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas over the weekend, winning a raft of awards and honors for the Nokia Lumia 900. Nokia won the prestigious “Best Smartphone” award from technology site CNET. In addition to the Nokia Lumia 900 launch for AT&T’s 4G LTE network, the Nokia Lumia 710 went on sale at all T-Mobile stores. Microsoft said it will sell the Nokia Lumia 800 in all its retail stores, and in Canada, Rogers said it will carry the Nokia Lumia 710, while TELUS will sell the Nokia Lumia 800. The buzz around Nokia’s return was clearly seen in Las Vegas: standing room only at a packed press conference, where media had to be turned away, enthusiastic customer meetings and a non-stop flow o

International Data Corporation, the world's leading  provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications and consumer technology markets  has announced the appointment of Mike Cansfield to the position of associate vice president, Telecoms Consulting, Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA).  In this role, Cansfield will support and work closely with IDC EMEA's Telecoms and Networking research team led by Eric Owen. "Mike Cansfield comes to IDC with a with a fantastic track record in telecoms research and his arrival is another indicator of IDC's strategic focus on building our ICT consulting and advisory offerings in Europe," said Martin Canning, group vice president, European Consulting, IDC EMEA.  "He is very well known and widely respected, and his knowledge and understanding of the telecoms industry and the challenges that industry is facing will further strengthen IDC's ability to