April 2012

Apparently taking its cue from Samsung, Toshiba is focusing on thinner, sleeker offerings in the tablet market, but the Japanese company is not skimping on screen size. Today Toshiba said …

A couple of days before the Brazilian national telecom agency Anatel’s intended announcement of the final auction framework of the radio frequency in the 450 MHz, 2.5 GHz bands, mobile …

Colombia’s Ministry of Information Technology and Communications (Mintic) extended the deadline for comments on the draft resolution for the auction of spectrum in the 1.7/2.1 GHz, 2.5 GHz and 1.9 …

Mobile, cloud, social and information are the four pillars of what Gartner calls a “nexus force.” These topics will drive business in coming years, and both chief executives officers (CEOs) …

“The customer is always right” is an axiom that has never held more truth than in today’s hypercompetitive mobile market. Subscribers around the world have become accustomed to always-on mobile services,

With the proliferation of mobile devices around the world, which includes the recent invasion of tablets, the number of mobile Web users has grown to 1.2 billion.

T-Mobile USA and Leap Wireless looked to shore up some spectrum shortages in their respective networks, announcing the exchange of licenses covering a handful of markets. The deals were technically …

I have never claimed to be a numbers sort of guy, and in fact what drew me to a journalism education was the promise that all number games could be solved using a calculator.

Sales of the Galaxy Note propelled Samsung (005930.KS) to record earnings in the first quarter – estimated operating profit was $5.1 billion on revenue of $340 billion. The Korean company …

Taking notes on a tablet when you’re on the go can mean balancing the slate in one hand while trying to type with the other. The HTC Flyer is for …

British American Tobacco has closed a $209 million deal with Deutsche Telekom’s IT subsidiary T-Systems. The seven-year contract focused on cloud computing offerings represents one of the largest cloud deals …

Eyeing the growing range of connected devices, ARM, Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient have created a joint venture focused on delivering a secure and accessible environment for advanced services running …

Emerging regions will generate $1.22 trillion in IT spending in 2012, representing more than 31% of the worldwide total, according to Gartner. The consulting firm has also forecast that worldwide, …

Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular added some color to its LTE device plans, announcing the immediate availability of the Samsung Galaxy S Aviator. The device is set to run on …

Sales of chipsets that enable connectivity for mobile devices are expected to surge in the months ahead, and this is seen as an area of opportunity for smaller players. The …

Freed from its recent acquisition attempt by AT&T, T-Mobile USA has come out swinging against what it sees as anti-competitive spectrum deals concocted by Verizon Wireless. In a blog post …

About 5 million DirecTV subscribers in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and 16 other U.S. cities are able to again watch local TV stations that went dark early Sunday. Bankrupt Tribune …

Sprint Nextel continued to add to its LTE device lineup with the launch of the HTC Evo 4G LTE smartphone expected to hit shelves by mid-year. The device joins a …

Brazilian carrier Vivo, owned by the Spain’s Telefónica, expanded its HSPA+ services to nearly all of Brazil’s states, except for Roraima and Amapá. The business offerings started April 4 under …

When it comes to bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies, chief information officers (CIOs) tend to become resistant, mostly because of management and security issues. BYOD is a trend which sooner or later …

The Brazilian holding company EBX Group,  owned by Brazil’s richest man Eike Batista, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have reached an agreement under which IBM will acquire a 20% stake in …

Dish Networks’ nebulous wireless plans received a boost from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, which today upgraded its outlook on the satellite television provider and wireless spectrum holder from “stable” …

Rural carriers are increasingly lining up to offer Apple’s iPhone device as this morning Ntelos Wireless Cellcom Alaska-based General Communication said they would begin offering versions of the iconic smartphone …