With its new lines of Lumia and Asha Windows-based phones, Nokia is hoping to maintain its hold on low-end consumers while increasing its appeal to high-end users, say analysts and company executives.
American businesses hired more workers in November than they have in almost a year, payroll firm ADP reported today, and a survey of job opportunities at wireless device manufacturers in the United States shows that a number of technical jobs have been open for as long as six months, suggesting that demand for engineers is outpacing supply.
Shares of Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) shot up today after the company announced the introduction of BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, a unified system for managing BlackBerry, Android and Apple iOS devices. After years of watching competing operating systems cut into its market share, RIM...
Some of last week's biggest losers in the wireless space rebounded this morning, as technology stocks led a broad rally on Wall Street. Shares of Vonage (NYSE: VG) shot up more than 10% on the heels of the voice over IP company's weekend offer...
So, cable giant Cox Communications finally threw in the towel on its half-hearted attempt to become a mobile operator on its own terms. The company, which prior to its launch bragged it would be able to garner 20% of the market, this week stopped selling its own branded service and said it would completely shut down operations early next year.
Employees infused with mobile devices spend about 28 minutes per day on technology distractions, according to a new report from iPass. The quarterly “iPass Mobile Workforce Report” noted that the top two most time consuming distractions employees face are work e-mail and technical issues,...
The iOS 5.0.1 patch that was supposed to fix problems with the iPhone 4S battery life received mixed reviews today. Some users are saying the battery life is no better than before, and others who have downloaded iOS 5.0.1 for older version of the...
Even though it happened about four and a half years ago, I remember it like it was yesterday. It was the most depressing CTIA show I ever attended, March 2007 in Orlando Florida, and it definitely wasn’t the Happiest Place on Earth.
The problem was...
While Apple loyalists waited for the newest iPhone to arrive, Samsung Electronics nabbed the top spot in smartphone sales for the third quarter. According to the latest research from the analysts at IHS , Samsung shipped an estimated 27.3 million smartphones last quarter, a...
Sprint Nextel’s (S) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde operations continued in the third quarter as the carrier continued to show improved customer growth results that are hampered by higher costs associated with network upgrade plans and the recent launch of Apple’s iPhone.
For the quarter,...
Regional wireless operator C Spire Wireless said it would spend an additional $10 million on top of the $90 million announced last month to expand mobile broadband services to 61 cities and 65 counties across its coverage areas in portions of Mississippi, Alabama and...
UPDATED: Verizon Wireless iPhone sales numbers added.
In what might be a trend for several operators, Verizon Wireless failed to meet postpaid growth expectations, which some cited was linked to a pause in sales leading up to the launch of Apple’s latest iPhone model.
Verizon Wireless...
I think most people in the wireless industry – outside of wireless operators – feel that at this point in the game the device makers are really the ones steering this ship. Sure, wireless operators are the ones that control the spectrum and networks, have that one-on-one relationship with consumers and throw their weight around like they own the joint. You know, think they are actually at the controls.
Emerging countries such as Brazil, India and China have been strategic for companies around the globe, specifically in the IT and telecoms sector. When presenting recent financial results, Latin American enterprises reported some interesting perspective on the region, including comments about the continued expansion...
Apple saw its position as the world’s most valuable company slip following release of its fourth fiscal quarter financial results that posted significant year-over-year gains, but fell short of the lofty expectations of investors.
Apple reported $6.62 billion in net profits for the quarter on...
Rural wireless operator – and recent name changer – C Spire Wireless said it would begin offering Apple’s recently launched iPhone 4S “in the coming weeks.” The move is significant as it will be the first time the iconic device will be available through...
With wireless scheduled to start releasing third quarter results in the coming days, analysts have begun to place their cards on the table as to what we should expect.
(Check out Q2 2011 results here.)
Many noted that with Apple pushing off the launch of its...
Apple said it sold more than 4 million iPhone 4S devices since its launch in Oct. 14, a number that is set to skyrocket with the expansion of availability into more countries. Apple noted that the launch totals were more than double the number...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but...
A U.S. District Judge held two black tablets above her head -- one iPad and one Samsung Galaxy -- and asked Samsung's attorney if she could identify her client's product. The lawyer was standing about ten feet away from Judge Lucy Koh in her...
The latest casualty of this “can’t help but stare” phenomenon in the mobile space is Research In Motion, which this week saw its bread-and-butter server operations take a(nother) worldwide dump. Now, something bad happening to RIM is not necessarily a new-new thing as the once proud BlackBerry maker has seen its once sterling shine lose some of its luster in recent years thanks to falling market share, uninspiring devices that seem a step (or three) behind and previous bouts of service outages.
Apple's iPhone 4S went on sale at 8:00 am in each time zone this morning, and Apple stores around the country opened to long lines of customers who had camped out for one or more nights waiting for the phones. Those who pre-ordered the...
The company that manufactures the Apple iPad will start manufacturing in Brazil, said the Science and Technology Minister Aloizio Mercadante. Yesterday the Brazilian government reported that president Dilma Rousseff had a meeting with Foxconn president Terry Gou. The company expects to invest an estimated...
