Yearly Archives: 2011

Verizon, Boost lead customer-care satisfaction in J.D. Power survey

Contract customers are more satisfied with their customer care than no-contract or prepaid customers, according to a new study from J.D. Power and Associates....

WSJ digits: Apple Nears iPhone Deal with China Mobile

Apple is getting closer to offering its iPhone through China's largest mobile carrier, state-owned China Mobile, further opening a vast market and spurring what...

Samsung announces Galaxy S 3 before US launch of S 2

Samsung seems to be getting ahead of itself in the smartphone race, with talk of the Samsung Galaxy S 3 before the Galaxy S 2 has even been officially released in the US.

Crown Castle increases full-year outlook on strong Q2 earnings

Crown Castle International Corp. (CCI) increased its 2011 outlook after reporting better-than-expected second-quarter earnings. The company increased its outlook for site rental revenue...

Samsung and Apple reap rewards from smart phone policy

Smartphone sales may be set to top 420 million units in 2011, but some handset makers are poised to do far better than others...

Motorola has an LTE problem

Owners of the Motorola Xoom tablet on Verizon Wireless (VZ) will now have to wait until September to upgrade their devices to LTE. When...

Sugar overload

Gingerbread? Cupcake? Froyo? Who’s hungry? When did the updating of a mobile phone’s Android operating system become a reality show on the Food Network?

Netflix to distribute Televisa programs

Online film-rental service Netflix and Mexican broadcaster Grupo Televisa have agreed to a partnership where Netflix will distribute Televisa soap operas and other programs. The...

Brazil registers 217.3M mobile access; almost 28 million 3G

The Brazilian mobile market counted 217.3 million cellphones by the first half of the year, according to Telecommunications Nacional Agency (Anatel), which just released numbers that show a teledensiy...

Vivo leads Brazilian mobile market; Claro, TIM tied for second place

Brazilian carrier Vivo, which was bought by Spanish operator Telefônica in July 2010, kept its leadership in mobile access during the first half of 2011. According...

Google rolls out tablet version of search page

Google has begun experimenting with a more tablet hugging search page, according to reports. The search engine giant apparently realizes that when it comes to...

Senior LulzSec member arrested in Scotland

Just a few hours ago the UK's police force announced they had arrested a member of hacking collective LulzSec in Shetland, an island off the north coast of Scotland (not, as Fox reported in the US, in London).

Netflix to distribute Televisa programs

Online film-rental service Netflix and Mexican broadcaster Grupo Televisa have agreed to a partnership where Netflix will distribute Televisa soap operas and other programs....

Brazil registers 217.3M mobile access; almost 28 million 3G

The Brazilian mobile market counted 217.3 million cellphones by the first half of the year, according to Telecommunications Nacional Agency (Anatel), which just released...

Samsung and Apple reap rewards from 'smart' phone policy

Smartphone sales may be set to top 420 million units in 2011, but some handset makers are poised to do far better than others...

Vivo leads Brazilian mobile market; Claro, TIM tied for second place

Brazilian carrier Vivo, which was bought by Spanish operator Telef

Google rolls out tablet version of search page

Google has begun experimenting with a more tablet hugging search page, according to reports.The search engine giant apparently realizes that when it comes to...

BlackBerry 9930 accidentally outed – on video – by Verizon

As a mobile news site which thrives on rumor and gossip, we love it when the industry springs a leak and spews out information...

Japan's KDDI first to get sexy new WP7 Mango devices: Juicy

Japanese carrier KDDI has teamed up with Microsoft and Toshiba-Fujitsu today to unveil the world's first Windows Phone 7.5 – Mango – device, the...

Capital Markets: Stratos acquires Blue Ocean; Mobile health Azumio receives funding; and more

Stratos BV, provider of mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, announced it has purchased most of the operational assets of Blue Ocean Wireless Ltd....

LG's mobile business continues to lag

LG Electronics Inc. reported an 87% decline in net profit in the recently closed quarter as mobile handset sales continue to falter. The South...

Franken: Just say 'no' to AT&T buy of T-Mobile USA

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) has asked the Federal Communications Commission and Department of Justice to reject the proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY)...

RCR Wireless News MBB Baltimore: LightSquared tackles GPS controversy

BALTIMORE – LightSquared's plans to deploy a nationwide mobile broadband network using both satellite and terrestrial components has been a contentious issue since those...

VC investment in mobile at an all-time high

Venture-capital investments in the mobile sector are soaring, led by media and applications, commerce and payments and healthcare, according to a new report from...

Analyst Angle: Note to Canon and Nikon – Look over your shoulder, smartphone cameras may be sneaking up on you

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the...
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