Last week, the mobile industry lost a great hero and villain with the passing of a single person, Steve Jobs. Companies like Apple and Pixar have toppled industry leaders in their respective markets by delivering disruptive user experiences that raised the expectations of consumers...
SAN DIEGO – While not traditionally considered a “device” show, the annual fall CTIA event has on occasion been a chance for carriers and device makers to roll out new products ahead of the holiday shopping season.
This year, however, the device news was...
SAN DIEGO – Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said it’s planning on putting greater emphasis in the mobile device space in North America, with hopes of cracking the top five amongst device manufacturers over the next three years. The move would be significant from the...
SAN DIEGO – The GSMA poked its head into the domestic space this week, announcing a new report showing that connected devices are set to increase to 24 billion by 2020, with those devices connected to mobile networks surging 100% to 12 billion. That...
AT&T Mobility says it has something for everyone with its five new Android smartphones introduced today. From entertainment to business to social media, the company is clearly trying to market specific phones to different groups of customers.
The Motorola Mobility Inc. Atrix 2 is aimed...
Are you tired of squinting at your smartphone and one finger typing? T-Mobile is hoping you'll upgrade to one of its new 4G tablets announced Monday. The T-Mobile SpringBoard and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 are being promoted as some of the most portable...
In the mobile handset world, there has long been a drive towards smaller more powerful devices. And even though the rise of the smartphone has seen a return to larger screen sizes, today’s handsets are still remarkably compact.
To the surprise of few, Sprint Nextel Corp. officially threw its hat into the LTE ring this morning, announcing details of its planned Network Vision upgrade that will see the carrier begin offering LTE-based services by the middle of next year.
Well, I guess it was bound to happen, though I thought for sure I would never see it in my lifetime. Apple released a product that did not immediately make everything else in the same category obsolete. And maybe even more surprising, it actually seemed to anger people for not being advanced enough.
Consumers and developers hoping to get their first taste of "Ice Cream Sandwich" at next week's CTIA show in San Diego may have to wait a little longer. Ice Cream Sandwich is a name for the newest version of Android, and many expected the...
DALLAS – RCR Wireless News managed to secure exclusive video interviews with a number of key executives and speakers at PCIA’s 2011 Wireless Infrastructure Show this week in Dallas. The insight provided touched on a number of topics impacting the mobile infrastructure space, including current carrier consolidation plans, public safety network plans and the current operating environment for tower companies.
DALLAS – Sprint Nextel’s SVP of networks, Bob Azzi, provided event goers with an overview of how the carrier interacts with the infrastructure community following its agreement to turn over network operations to Ericsson in late 2009.
AUSTIN, Texas (Oct. 6, 2011) – RCR Wireless News was proud to announce the winners of the 2011 RCR Wireless News Mobile Innovation Awards on the show floor at the 2011 Wireless Infrastructure Show in Dallas. The winners were selected by the RCR Wireless...
LONDON – According to a report from the Mobile Marketing Association, smartphone penetration in Europe’s five largest economies (the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain) is growing between 30% and 40% per year.
The study found that the Symian platform continues to...
D Shivakumar, the current Managing Director and Vice President for Nokia India, has been elevated to head of Nokia's business throughout Africa and Middle East, a roster of around 90 countries. This move consolidates Nokia's markets into four distinct blocks - Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific (including...
The $45 device, named Aakash, is aimed at eliminating digital illiteracy in the country and making available high quality study content to the students.
Apple's market share in the Indian markets is already under threat with reports that the iPhone-maker is way behind Nokia and BlackBerry in terms of smartphone sales in India.
According to the latest report by the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), mobile HD voice based on AMR (Adaptive Multi Rate) wideband technology (W-AMR), is currently being supported by 32 mobile networks across the world. With almost 52 mobile phone models launched in the...
The tablet will run on Google's Android platform. It will have WiFi connectivity for accessing the web and cloud storage. The device comes with 256 MB RAM, a 2 GB SD memory card, a 32 GB expandable memory slot, and two USB ports.
The company that is spending billions to build a business invisible to consumers wants a consumer products heavyweight in its corner. LightSquared has chosen Japan's Sharp Corporation to make smartphones and tablets to operate on its 4G-LTE network. LighSquared says it wants to leverage...
During your average day how many times do you speak or text on your smartphone, browse on your tablet, or work on your laptop? In the evenings you may read e-books, message from your mobile, or check your Facebook. You go on vacation and watch videos while waiting for the plane, take pictures with your phone and send them to friends back home.
SUNTEC, Singapore – Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is better known for its smartphones and is possibly the strongest contender to Apple Inc.’s iPhone. On the mobile networks side, Samsung strongly positioned itself as a WiMAX-focused vendor and is still the No. 1 provider of WiMAX equipment globally.
In a nation already burdened by billions in debt, spending money we don't have is getting even easier. Handset makers are scrambling to release phones that can be used as credit cards. Near field communication (NFC) is the technology that allows data exchange between two...
BBC News | August 31, 2011
Almost half of UK internet users are going online via mobile phone data connections, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Read the full article here via BBC News
