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2011 was a transitional year for the mobile space as consumers began to look at their wireless devices more as a connection to the Internet than as simply a phone. …

The ‘India Telecommunications Report – Q1 2012’ by by Business Monitor International (BMI) has forecasts strong broadband subscriber base by 2016.

LAS VEGAS – Once considered the equivalent of supermodels – only around to have things draped over their curvaceous bodies – automobiles have now become a central “product” in the …

Microsoft’s message at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show was that its Metro user interface for mobile “puts people first,” but analysts say the company’s future in mobile depends on putting …

When the chips are down, mobile computing is not so much about the device as about the experience that device provides, according to Intel CEO Paul Otellini. Of course Intel …

The iPhone 4S is helping Apple’s iOS operating system to catch up with Android, at least in the short term. The latest data from NPD Research shows that 43% of …

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a pre-consultation paper on Issues relating to exit-policy for various telecom licenses.

Trapit co-founder Hank Nothhaft, Jr. is no stranger to Facebook or Twitter — in fact that is where his company has found most of its customers to date. But Nothhaft …

The holidays are ending, but Austin’s Tabbedout hopes the party will go on, and that bars and restaurants around town will let you use your smartphone to pay the bill. …

California’s Mindspeed Technologies (Nasdaq: MSPD) is making a big investment in small cells — the company is buying Picochip for $51.8 million in cash and stock, plus up to $25 …

The global telecommunications industry continues to expand as spending by consumers and businesses for wireless services fuels industry revenue growth, a market analysis report from the Insight Research Corp. says.

The growth in the Indian telecom industry will be fueled by rising foreign direct investment, according to a report from market research and analysis firm RNCOS.

Shares of Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) opened lower Wednesday after surging more than 7% Tuesday on investor hopes that a leadership change may finally be in the works for …

Startups in the wireless space will need more than a good idea to secure funding in the year ahead, according to investors and technologists who track early stage funding. “You …

The Federal Communications Commission said it would adjust the deadline for filing comments on recent spectrum deals announced by Verizon Wireless, adding that the alignment is not an attempt to …

India’s telecom sector has seen an increase of 17% investment in 2010-11 over the previous fiscal year, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said in its annual report. Capital employed in the sector increased from $53.5 billion in 2009-10 to nearly $63 billion in 2010-11.

While referring to media reports that nearly 3,000 mobile towers operating in India’s capital of Delhi were set up without the required approvals, the parliamentary standing committee on information technology expressed serious doubts over the efficacy of the telecom authority’s vigilance and monitoring mechanism.

Editor’s Note: With 2011 nearly over, RCR Wireless News takes a look back at the top 100 stories from the past 12 months. The stories are in chronological order beginning …

Editor’s Note: With 2011 nearly over, RCR Wireless News takes a look back at the top 100 stories from the past 12 months. The stories are in chronological order beginning …

The Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association (TEMA) Friday, in a communication to the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, raised the issue of defiance by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).

Qualcomm (QCOM) is set to lose one of its co-founders to retirement as the company announced Irwin Jacobs would retire from its board of directors at Qualcomm’s 2012 annual stockholder …