Yearly Archives: 2010

Infrastructure Awards: ALU boosts China Telecom; ZTE wins Canada contract; and more

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:Alcatel-LucentChina: With China Telecom as the sole equipment provider for the carrier’s CDMA/EV-DO Rev. B network...

Reality Check: Time for wireless operators to rethink offer design and order delivery

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...

@WWDC: Apple holds firm to leader status with iPhone 4

SAN FRANCISCO – Although millions of fanboys and industry watchers have already seen what turned out to be the new iPhone 4 today, Apple...

No porn for Windows Phone 7

Today Microsoft revealed the policies governing the marketplace on its upcoming Windows Phone 7 series devices via a post on its Windows Team blog. Amongst the announcements, no adult content allowed.

Power: The biggest mobile challenge

At a recent Google event the search engine giant’s co-founder raised an important issue that is still very much an unsolved problem for the mobile industry.

Cell charging gumboots

Mobile operator Orange and unfortunately named GotWind have teamed up to create a pair of cell phone charging and rather funky wellington boots for the UK’s Glastonbury music festival.

Smartphone for the home? Yes, says DSP Group

As mobile phones become smarter and smarter, one firm firmly believes your home phone shouldn’t be left behind. DSP Group, which has been churning out wireless chipsets for over two decades thinks it’s time for people to have smart-home-phones and is the first company to come up with an Android based home phone product.

iPad car charger tips up

If your iPad runs out of fuel your car may offer an optimum charging solution, according to Chinese firm Mettei Technology, which is peddling its USB car charger for the fruity device.

Flash Networks brings Harmony to congested networks

Congested cellular networks are an increasing and crippling problem. Many firms have only just begun grappling with the severe overload issues being caused by increased end user demand for video and rich media beamed over dilapidated and outdated cellular network infrastructure, but Flash networks - the self-proclaimed leading provider of intelligent mobile Internet services – believes it has an answer.

Apple unveils iPhone 4

SAN FRANCISCO—Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone 4 today, calling it the “biggest leap since the original iPhone,” making it the thinnest...

Computex: the biggest winners and losers

Now that the frenzied craziness that is Computex Taipei is done and dusted for another year, we can all take a step back and take a look at some of this year’s winners and losers.

Sprint says HTC Evo 4G sets sales record

Sprint Nextel Corp. said sales of its HTC Evo 4G handset broke single-sales-day records at the company, even leading to temporary shortages at some...

RCR Unplugged: Computex Bits n Bytes – Last days

A cabal of companies have thrown their weight behind the e-reading phenomenon here at Computex Taipei, proclaiming it to be not only the technological...

Telecom sector down 47,800 jobs from one year ago

The telecommunications sector had 4,600 fewer jobs in May than in April, employing 929,500 positions in May. However, the year-over-year employment figures show a...

Verizon Wireless expands Vcast Video to Android

Just ahead of the expected announcement of a refreshed iPhone from Apple Inc., Verizon Wireless announced this morning that it was making its Vcast...

LTE on track for 22 deployments by year-end, 45 by 2012

The Global mobile Suppliers Association said that it expects 22 LTE networks to be up and running by the end of this year with...

Reader Forum: The next generation of location-based services

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum...

Reader Forum: A cost-effective solution for rural backhaul

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum...

Computex Bits n Bytes – Last days

We give you the best of what's left from the Computex show in Taipei.

SIMORE shows off mobile payments

Mobile payments is widely agreed to be an up and coming industry and here at Computex Taipei there was certainly evidence that vendors are pushing ahead with products to facilitate the transition from ATM cards to SIM card transactions.

Samsung shows off iPhone killers in Korea

With Apple’s new 4G iPhone in the pipelines, Samsung the world’s number two handset maker is showing what its got, with two new hot phones of its own.

Leap cautious on LTE

Leap Wireless International Inc. has plans, and a small test in place, for LTE service, but the carrier is looking to take a steady...

Sprint Nextel begins selling HTC Evo, a 4G handset first

Sprint Nextel Corp.'s HTC Evo 4G handset went on sale today, accompanied by an advertising campaign that focuses on “first” inventions, starting with the...

Worst of the Week: iPretend

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

AMD shows off its Fusion APU

AMD’s Fusion APU looks like a monster. Its future CPUs due in the first half of 2011 feature not only the traditional CPU but also a multi-functional graphics chip built in as well.
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