Yearly Archives: 2010

Analyst Angle: A nexus to vex us

Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' May Special Edition, "Enabling the Mobile Revolution: Mobile Chips, Devices and Accessories." The...

Day in the life of a chip designer

Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' May Special Edition, "Enabling the Mobile Revolution: Mobile Chips, Devices and Accessories." The...

Wireless network expenditures set to increase in 2011 with 4G deployments

Capital spending on wireless infrastructure is set to rise in 2011 as global operators build out fourth-generation networks, according to iSuppli Corp. Following two...

Capital Markets: FMHC acquires MDM; quarterly results; and more

FMHC Corp., which is a turnkey wireless site developer, acquired MDM Construction Inc., a general contractor that provides installation, maintenance, technical and construction...

ARM beats financial forecast

With the demand for better, faster smartphones increasing exponentially by the day, it comes as no real surprise that little British chippie ARM has managed to beat even its own earning expectations and gain market share, pushing from handsets into all kinds of other electronics, from fridges to MP3s.

Top five components of today’s smartphones

Relatively rare just a few years ago, smartphones - or superphones as some are now calling them - have become as ubiquitous as Usher on the radio. But just how well do you know your sophisticated handset gadgetry? RCR Unplugged recently spoke with ARM wireless segment manager James Bruce to identify the five most important components of today’s smartphones (in no particular order).

Vodafone brings solar powered phone to India

Battery life is a very limiting factor when it comes to using mobile phones in places where there simply isn’t any electricity, but thanks to Vodafone, the problem could be solved with a new solar powered handset targeted at the Indian market.

iPhone saves man from jail

et out of jail free? There’s an app for that – or at least, an Australian man has discovered there’s a way to prove his innocence from rape allegations by retrieving deleted text messages on his iPhone proving his liaisons with his accuser were consensual.

Americans have no patience for dud travel apps

Americans are even less tolerant of travel agent trouble when it comes via mobile according to a new survey. Travel research firm PhoCusWright polled 792 Americans traveling for pleasure rather than business over the past year and found many of them rather unforgiving of any mobile mishaps.

How Citibank dealt with iPhone app security snag

Citigroup Inc. (C) has publicly disclosed a security flaw in its iPhone banking app. While the disclosure is clearly the right move, it also shines a light on some weaknesses in mobile banking that might not bode well for the industry in at least the near term.

Mobile device ecosystem: Devices, the OS and application stores

Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' May Special Edition, "Enabling the Mobile Revolution: Mobile Chips, Devices and Accessories." The...

Mobile in Palestine : New Mobile Monday group formed

The Palestinian telecom sector is growing. Exports in IT, software and mobile are finding customers in regional markets. Access to capital is improving with...

How Citibank dealt with an iPhone app security snag

Citigroup Inc. (C) has publicly disclosed a security flaw in its iPhone banking app. While the disclosure is clearly the right move, it also...

Reality Check: Verizon and AT&T Earnings: Have We Touched Bottom?

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their...

Exalt, Mu offer solutions to address onslaught of network traffic

The problem with advanced generation networks is no one really knows how applications are going to impact the networks, so operators will have a...

Rough road ahead for ODMs

Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' May Special Edition, "Enabling the Mobile Revolution: Mobile Chips, Devices and Accessories." The...

Reality Check: The future of smart phones is open

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their...

Featured Video: Interview with Intel's 4G evangelist

RCR Wireless News interviewed Intel Corp.'s Kevin Jones, Global 4G evangelist, to get a better understanding on WiMAX's role in future technology deployments, some...

Contracts: ALU equips FET; KTP Korea chooses Motorola and more

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:ADC Telecom (ADCT)United States: With Texas Tech University to deploy its distributed antenna system to provide...

Shifty picture of Android 3.0 pops up

So much for Google slowing the speed of its Android releases, with claims that version 3.0 (Gingerbread) has already been spotted in the wild, just weeks after the official release of version 2.2 (Froyo).

Eight million Windows Phone 7's for AT&T

A little birdie tweets that AT&T may be betting big on Microsoft’s soon-to-launch Windows Phone 7 (WP7) putting itself down for an order of eight million units.

Eight million Windows Phone 7's for AT&T

A little birdie tweets that AT&T may be betting big on Microsoft’s soon-to-launch Windows Phone 7 (WP7) putting itself down for an order of eight million units.

Making mobile chips – a sneak peek at wafer manufacturing

In Singapore recently, RCR was privileged to be able to get a glimpse behind the chipmaking curtain at GlobalFoundries’ fab 7, where wafer upon wafer of chips are churned out daily from within the impressive maze of cleanrooms.

Jailbreaking cool according to Library of Congress

The Library of Congress has turned a new page in the chapter of digital rights, announcing that people can now legally “jailbreak” their phones and install legally obtained software on them.

Ad shows Android running on Nokia

Nokia is still struggling to take a larger bite out of the smartphone market and retain its position as number one mobile manufacturer in the world, though recent results and growing uneasiness amongst shareholders has given the firm cause to worry.
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