October 2011

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SAN DIEGO – The Wireless History Foundation inducted four new members into its Wireless Hall of Fame during a dinner prior to this year’s CTIA Enterprise & Applications event in …

Are your parents asking you for advice on buying a smartphone? Those who want a basic, reliable, and very affordable smartphone will appreciate the LG Enlighten for its simplicity. No …

The latest casualty of this “can’t help but stare” phenomenon in the mobile space is Research In Motion, which this week saw its bread-and-butter server operations take a(nother) worldwide dump. Now, something bad happening to RIM is not necessarily a new-new thing as the once proud BlackBerry maker has seen its once sterling shine lose some of its luster in recent years thanks to falling market share, uninspiring devices that seem a step (or three) behind and previous bouts of service outages.

The company that manufactures the Apple iPad will start manufacturing in Brazil, said the Science and Technology Minister Aloizio Mercadante. Yesterday the Brazilian government reported that president Dilma Rousseff had …

The future of Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB) seems to be uncertain. It is the phone company for the city of Bogota, and one of the largest telephone operators …

A confident Dell chairman and CEO Michael Dell explained how the company is transforming itself into a one-stop shop with servers, storage and networking, as well as a services business solutions.

As Dell was hosting its annual Dell World convention in Austin, news broke that China’s Lenovo has overtaken Dell to become the world’s number two personal computer maker for the …

As a mobile operator across 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central America, and the Pacific, Digicel Group Limited was facing a growth that its in-house CRM(customer relationship management) system could …

The devices we carry in our pockets today have little in common with those of just a few years ago. Incremental upgrades to components and the widespread adoption of touchscreens …

Last week, the mobile industry lost a great hero and villain with the passing of a single person, Steve Jobs. Companies like Apple and Pixar have toppled industry leaders in …

As phones are getting smarter, they are also becoming more vulnerable. Mobile threats that have existed for years are becoming more common, and a new report shows that Android phones …

The Mexican telecom sector grew 11.2% during the second quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year, reported Cofetel, the country’s telecom regulator. The rate is a little …