July 2011

Canadian telecommunications provider Rogers Communications Inc. (RCI) rolled out the country’s first LTE network late last week, getting a jump on its rivals.The launch was limited to the Ottawa region, …

Communications service providers are fighting internal battles between their financial, IT and marketing departments that prevent them from deploying innovative plans that would help them retain customers and increase consumer …

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 for those with something meaningful to …

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 for those with something meaningful to …

Telecom Italia’s Brazilian mobile unit TIM Participações SA has bought telecommunications infrastructure operator AES Atimus Group from Companhia Brasiliana de Energia for R$ 1.6 billion (US$1.025 billion), in cash. The …

The number of Cubans using mobile phones was close to 1 million at the end of 2010, up from 621,000 in 2009 and 330,000 in 2008. The numbers, released by …

Verizon Wireless (VZ) didn’t get Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPhone 4 until eight months after AT&T Mobility (T), but it now has 32% of all iPhone 4s in the United States …

When the space shuttle Atlantis blasted off earlier today for the final mission of its kind in space, it was also carrying a first of its kind for m-health. General …

BOULDER, Colo. – Recently installed Federal Communications Commission Wireless Bureau Chief Rick Kaplan ventured out west this week to participate in a question and answer session at a Silicon Flatirons …

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 this column is a chance for …

Apple Inc. (AAPL) said the company is working to fix security flaws highlighted by the German Federal Office for Information Security (GFOIS) this week. The agency said “critical weaknesses” in …

A teardown of HTC Corp.’s (HTCFX) ThunderBolt highlights the expense behind LTE phones, according to the IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service. IHS said the ThunderBolt carries the highest bill of …

As a child I was enthralled with buffet restaurants. Here was a place where I could get a wide variety of all the salt-drenched food and ice cream I could possibly manage to shove down my pie hole for a single price. Sure, I did not actually have to pay anything since all of my disposable income at that time went towards more important things like candy and bottle rockets, but you get the point. The best part was always sticking my head under the ice cream machine and just letting it run.

Few companies have seen as much technology change across the mobile space than InterDigital Inc., which for nearly 40 years has had a hand in developing the intellectual property for …

Applications for smartphones that facilitate access to social networks is an important driver for increasing mobile devices sales, which has projected to grow more than 73% in Latin America in …

Brazilian carrier Net is expanding its broadband services by installing Wi-Fi hotspots in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The project is still a pilot, but follows an international trend. …

Huawei and IDEA, GSM mobile service operator in India, announced the successful launch of the first commercial MNP (mobile number portability) solution in India. The whole project was completed one …

With more than half of 2011 behind us, Chetan Sharma Consulting is projecting the mobile industry to drive $1.3 trillion in activity by year’s end. Mobile data is expected to …

eBay Inc. (EBAY) has reached a deal to acquire Zong for $240 million in cash. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company provides mobile payments through carrier billing channels and has deals …

Deutsche Telekom (DTEGY) is taking its machine-to-machine communications strategy seriously. So much so, that the German-based operator just inked an agreement with TeliaSonera (TLSNF) to extend global M2M roaming capabilities …