March 2012

Chinese wireless operators showed robust year-over-year growth in net customer additions, with all three of the country’s largest carriers showing increased demand for mobile, and more specifically 3G, services. The …

Stripped of their ability to track crime suspects using GPS devices without a warrant, federal agents may instead rely more heavily on mobile phones as keys to tracking suspects. Earlier …

HP (NYSE: HPQ) announced the merger of its imaging and printing group (IPG) with its personal systems group (PSG) to create the printing and personal systems group. The company said …

The Copenhagen Metrosubway changed its distributed antenna system (DAS) to better meet the need for wireless coverage in stations and trains with an investment of U.S. $2 million, according to …

Cisco is using its expertise in networks and the software that runs them to help companies manage and unify their bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies. The holistic approach is based on Cisco …

Each year Americans retire roughly 130 million mobile phones, and only one in ten is re-used. Operators and device makers see tremendous opportunity in recycled phones, saying that reclaiming old …

Cricket Communications today became the latest wireless service provider to join RCA – the Competitive Carriers’ Association. The move follows T-Mobile’s decision last week to join the organization, leaving AT&T …

Sprint Nextel’s (S) stock received a hit of bad news this morning as an analyst warned of a potential bankruptcy in the carrier’s future. The analyst, Craig Moffett from Sanford …

Brazil’s recently passed Conditioned Access Service law, which was passed last September, or the new Brazilian pay-TV law seemed to diminish market rumors that femtocell adoption would be encouraged by Brazilian Regulation in 2011, due to a regulatory change on femtocell-related taxes.

Brazil ended February with nearly 247.6 million active mobile lines, which represents a mobile teledensity of 126.45 lines per 100 inhabitants, according to a new report from Brazilian telecom agency …

IBM Brazil said it has invested $22.85 million (R$40 million) to launch its first corporate public cloud in the country. According to José Luis Spagnuolo, cloud computing director at IBM …

Android devices are clearly the target of mobile malware with a 400% increase in Android infections in the latter part of 2011. So why is the Android platform so vulnerable?

While thousands of consumers were busy enjoying their new iPads this weekend, analysts were busy ripping the device apart (literally) in an effort to figure out which firms supplied the …

The Communications Workers of America last week applauded the New Jersey State Assembly for passing the “Save New Jersey Call Centers Jobs Act,” which requires public disclosure by companies that …

The domestic mobile broadband market took an interesting turn today as United Online launched its NetZero Wireless service offering consumers plans beginning at the attractive price of free. The service …

Three days after its newest iPad finally made it to the hands of eager customers, another group of Apple affiliates is also getting what they’ve wanted. Apple (AAPL) shareholders will …

When mature markets are saturated, emerging regions become great opportunities. In general, emerging countries tend to grow at higher rates due to lower market penetration. German software company SAP has …

A recent report for 4G Americas showed Latin America has 72 commercial deployments of HSPA technology in 31 countries, and of those, 32 have been upgraded to HSPA+ in 20 …

Few would argue that there is nothing as un-sexy, yet more useful than voicemail. Sure, in this day and age of rampant text messaging and social media, the thought of …