Devices

The U.S. government’s commitment to BlackBerry may be over. Today the Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Defense Department will approve the use of Apple and Samsung devices. The …

Skype is coming to Microsoft Outlook, adding voice and video calls to email. In other news, Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son reportedly will not raise his company’s bid for Sprint Nextel. …

Samsung’s newest tablet is the 7-inch Galaxy Tab 3, an offering that fits squarely into the “phablet” category. It makes calls on cellular networks and fits into a pocket or …

Samsung says first quarter profit surged 42% to a record $6.4 billion, as the company’s smartphones, tablets, and telecom equipment continued to win market share from rivals. Mobile devices and …

Facebook means business when it comes to mobile – the company is spending an estimated $85 million to acquire Parse – that’s a hot startup that manages mobile for businesses. …

Apple took investors through its numbers yesterday, but not all those numbers were financial results or product sales. Faced with slowing growth rates and declining margins, Apple focused on numbers …

RCR Wireless takes a look at the regulatory challenges facing the wireless industry, including spectrum issues, potential for additional spectrum auctions, regulations on the second-hand spectrum market, M&A regulations and …

AT&T and U.S. Cellular are the first two U.S. carriers to offer Samsung’s new flagship, the Galaxy S4. Pre-orders start today, with the handsets shipping at the end of the …

China’s Foxconn is hiring workers to produce a new version of the iPhone, according to Bloomberg. The news service says that Foxconn has ended a hiring freeze at its Zhengzhou …

Samsung says demand for the Galaxy S4 is stronger than expected, and that’s causing some U.S. carriers to delay the phone’s launch. Visit RCR Wireless for today’s Mobile Minute. Today’s …

RCR Wireless News Editor-in-Chief Dan Meyer was joined by esteemed guests, including long-time industry analysts Roger Entner, former FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth, former Senior Attorney with the Competition Division in …

Service providers have been buffeted by the explosive growth in data traffic. Meanwhile many networks remain highly siloed and are becoming more complex even as service providers move to converge …

Taiwan’s HTC, the world’s fourth largest smartphone maker, recorded its lowest quarterly profit since it began reporting publicly in 2004. During the first quarter HTC earned $2.85 million (T$85 million), …

Ericsson’s purchase of Microsoft’s Mediaroom underlines the growing importance of the video-on-demand market market for mobile operators. Demand for set-top boxes is set to skyrocket during the next five years, …

Facebook says its new mobile interface is all about shifting devices away from apps and tasks, and towards friends and people. Today the company shared the specifics about its new …

Samsung says it will launch branded stores at 1,400 Best Buy locations by this summer. Best Buy employees will help customers purchase and activate Samsung devices, but will not service …

BlackBerry is getting a boost from its longtime partner Telefonica. The global carrier has made a commitment to buy roughly $200 million worth of smartphones, services and solutions from the …

The HTC One was one of the hottest new smartphones to come out of Mobile World Congress, and now it looks like AT&T will be the exclusive U.S. carrier of …

Facebook will unveil what it calls its “new home on Android” at a Thursday press event. Today 9TO5 Google is reporting that Facebook is planning a new HTC device that …

BlackBerry (BBRY) surprised Wall Street with a small profit during the fourth quarter, and said that it has already shipped a million Z10 smartphones. The Z10 is BlackBerry’s new touchscreen …