2012

Latin America’s largest telecom group (measured by subscribers), América Móvil, posted an increase of 37.5% in net profit for the first quarter 2012, beating analysts’ forecasts largely due to the …

Brazilian workers in the city of Jundiaí have threatened to go on strike against Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn beginning May 3 if the company does not fix problems related to water, food, and transportation. Local …

Chilean telecom regulator Subtel is considering auctioning the 700 MHz band for LTE, the Minister of Telecommunications, Pedro Pablo Errazuriz, said during the 37th Plenary Meeting of the GSMA Latin …

Canadian wireless operator Wind announced a triumph in its running dispute with rival Public Mobile, claiming a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada stays an appeal to a Federal …

Clearwire (CLWR) said it will launch its TDD-LTE network across 31 cities during the first half of 2013, including New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle. The …

Wireless infrastructure trade association PCIA announced that Michael Fitch will resign his position as president and CEO of the organization he has headed since 2005. Fitch will remain in his …

An increased focus on subsidizing LTE handsets and dramatic drop in gross customer additions torpedoed MetroPCS’ PCS) first quarter results that sent stockholders scurrying. MetroPCS reported an 82% drop in …

Fitch Ratings has downgraded Nokia’s debt to “junk” status with a negative long-term outlook, citing disappointing first quarter results from the world’s largest mobile phone maker. The move follows a …

Leap Wireless (LEAP) saw its stock price plunge more than 20% early Thursday following release of its first quarter financial results that showed an increase in expenses to support smartphone …

Crown Castle International (CCI) says network upgrades by carriers helped boost leasing activity by 25% in the first quarter. Net income also increased 25% to $50 million, on revenue of …

NII Holdings, Inc. [NASDAQ: NIHD], which operates in Latin America under the brand Nextel, unveiled its consolidated financial results for the first quarter of 2012, reporting revenue of $1.63 billion …

Boosted by the growth of smartphone use, mobile banking is on track to become as common as Internet banking in Brazil during the next five to seven years, industry analysts …

IBM (NYSE: IBM) yesterday announced it will acquire Vivisimo, a Pittsburgh-based firm that helps large organizations access and analyze enterprise data.  IBM also announced that its big data platform will now run on Cloudera’s distribution of Hadoop. The announcements …

With the nation’s three largest wireless operators now having posted first quarter results, No. 3 Sprint Nextel appears to have pulled off a bit of a coup by adding more …

SHENZHEN, China – Ericsson reported first quarter revenues of $7.6 billion, a 4% decline year-over-year from the same period last year. The company also recorded net income of $1.31 billion …

China’s Huawei Technologies is signaling its intention to compete throughout the wireless ecosystem. Already the number two global provider of wireless infrastructure (behind Ericsson) and an up-and-comer in the handset …

Sprint Nextel’s (S) ongoing operational evolution remains ongoing as the carrier posted yet another quarter of mixed financial results, but promises of better days ahead. During the first quarter, Sprint …

Apple (AAPL) put a shine on the US stock market Wednesday, rising 9% and regaining most of the ground lost earlier this month. Fears that the engine of the mobile …

Wireless trade association CTIA shook up the plans for its annual spring event for 2012, pushing the shows traditional late March, early April timing until early May. In announcing the …

Google yesterday unveiled Google Drive, a cloud-based file storage, management, and sharing service. Its use in the workplace is inevitable and could present advantages, but it could also present some headaches to chief information officers …

Adobe Systems, Inc., (Nasdaq:ADBE) is moving to change its lifetime license model to a monthly subscription-based offering. Adobe launched the effort this week around the globe with Creative Cloud, a …

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 hot topics in the wireless industry. In …

If up to this year companies only investigated enterprise mobile solutions, 2012 might prove to be a milestone year for companies to finally include them in their IT strategy, Paulo …

It is well established that mobile data traffic is growing much faster than mobile data service revenues. One thing that really has helped mobile operators handle this traffic is

If AT&T Mobility is interested in the 700 MHz spectrum assets Verizon Wireless is looking to offload, it’s keeping that interest close to the vest. Speaking during its quarterly conference …