Yearly Archives: 2011

AT&T scouts Taiwan for new handsets, innovation

While Taiwan is clearly an important country to chip and device makers, US carriers look to the island for innovation too, with AT&T scouting...

AT&T scouts Taiwan for new handsets, innovation

While Taiwan is clearly an important country to chip and device makers, US carriers look to the island for innovation too, with AT&T scouting...

RIM sees falling shipments, misses earnings forecast

RIM's continued slowdown was laid bare in the company's quarterly earnings call yesterday, where the Canadian smartphone maker dished out their latest figures, which included lower-than-expected revenue, and bad news for those looking for a 4G Playbook.

ARM founder discusses firm's “unholy alliance” of partners, advantage over Intel

The fascinating thing about the ARM partnership and ecosystem is the “unholy alliance” of competitors within it, according to the firm's founder and president...

BlackBerry-maker RIM hits the skids, slashes jobs and guidance

Smartphone pioneer Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) could use some wind in its sails. Revenue is down 12% from the previous quarter, an unknown...

Android business model is fluffy says Freescale rep

Microsoft’s business model for next generation Windows may be better suited to the mobile industry than Google’s strategy for Android, according to Glen Burchers, director of Freescale’s global consumer industrial segment marketing.

Worst of the Week: No summer Apple

We have used this space recently to highlight the fact that mobile devices are now basically in charge of the mobile industry and that a week cannot go by without a new mobile device or smartphone being hoisted onto the market. This hoisting is usually followed by carriers scrambling to figure out how to tame the new beast.

Reality Check (Special Edition): The mobile American revolution

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...

ZolkC brings heritage sites to life through mobile

While antiquity is something many museums strive to preserve, there’s no reason to do so when it comes to guiding equipment, according to Irish startup ZolkC.

GlobalFoundries culls top tier management, ex-Motorola man placed in charge

GlobalFoundries has fired its top tier management this morning, effective immediately, replacing the CEO, COO and chairman of the board with appointees of the...

Medio Systems hits stride, traffic grows tenfold in a year

Medio Systems Inc., which launched a customer retention platform last month, has since surpassed 2.5 million daily unique users. Data captured from that...

RCR Wireless News MBB Philadelphia: Rajant looks to take mobile networks mobile

PHILADELPHIA – Despite the name, mobile networks are in fact heavily reliant on stationary objects that require significant infrastructure to make them go. This...

General Motors embarks on ‘something different’ for infotainment

WARREN, Mich. — Like many of its competitors, General Motors Co. (GM) has adopted infotainment and telematics as one of its technical pillars....

Smartphones gain steam in Spain

The draw of smartphones is beginning to hit hard in Spain where a recent survey by Nielsen found nearly 40% of the country's mobile...

LightSquared granted extension for GPS report

LightSquared received a 16-day extension from the Federal Communications Commission on its plans to file a report into potential interference issues its proposed terrestrial...

UndercoverTourist.com launches BlackBerry app to round out app trio

UndercoverTourist.com, an Austin-based provider of online discounts for travel to Orlando, Fla.-based destinations such as Disney World, Universal Studios Orlando, SeaWorld, Richard Petty Driving...

Macheen raises $10M in latest round of funding

Macheen Inc., an Austin-based mobile broadband service provider for retailers and device makers, announced that the company raised $10 million to put into product...

Facebook hires former Oracle, Clinton spokesman as VP of global communications

Amidst months of rumors, Facebook Inc. decided to hire former Oracle Corp. (ORCL) chief spokesman Joe Lockhart as VP of global communications. Lockhart is also...

RCR Wireless News MBB Philadelphia: Carrier consolidation shifts investment strategy, VC panel says

PHILADELPHIA – Timing, scale and the long-term sustainability of a business and business model are key factors to betting right in the mobile broadband...

LulzSec gets serious – Senate and CIA websites hacked

What began with the hacking of Sony Corp.'s Playstation Network back in April has now snowballed into a full-on hackers open season, as a whole raft of websites have fallen to the group calling themselves LulzSec. The collective have now turned their hive-mind on the government, with high-profile hacks of both the Senate and CIA sites in less than 24 hours.

Fairchild Semiconductor sounds out the mobile audio space

A clear trend for improved audio appears to be emerging in the mobile space, with a plethora of companies from chip makers to speaker...

Cavium Networks signs Samsung as a customer

Samsung Electronics has chosen Cavium Networks’ (NASDAQ: CAVM) Octeon processors for its 3G/4G systems, according to the firm. Samsung has increasingly been dipping its toes...

Cellular baseband market revenue reaches $3.5 billion; Qualcomm, Intel leading

Cellular baseband market revenue reached $3.5 billion during the first quarter of 2011, with Qualcomm Inc. and Intel Corp. leading the way, according to...

Essar to exit telecom business in Africa

Economic Times | June 15, 2011 | Deepali Gupta MUMBAI: After exiting telecom businesses in India, the Essar Group is following suit in Africa. The...

Telstra sees sense in Sensis ad merger

The Australian | June 15, 2011 | Simon Canning CONTINUING pressure on margins has forced Telstra to merge its online advertising sales business, Sensis Digital...
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