With 138 million mobile users in Indonesia, the market presents a huge opportunity to operators and service providers alike. Bakrie telecom, one of the leading CDMA brands in Indonesia, is one of those carriers cashing in on the country’s mobile hype.Bakrie boasts that...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.One of the great things about summer, especially this year’s Midwest rainfest, is watching things grow. Trees,...
The days of Apple and Google's tit-for-tat device activation race has long since passed with Google emerging the clear victor. The search giant's Android operating system pulled ahead, somewhat inevitably, due to the broad range of devices available and, some would argue, its increasing quality compared the ageing iOS interface.
Penn Olson | June 27, 2011 | Willis Wee
Mobile advertising expenditure is rocketing around the world, but nowhere like it is in China. Citing eMarketer, Chinese Internet research firm iResearchproduced a graph showing rising mobile spending in China. By 2015, the figure will hit a whopping $1.4...
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,...
InformationWeek | June 21, 2011 | Eric Zeman
BlackBerry Tablet OS 1.0.6 adds support for Flash Player Mobile 10.3 and Adobe AIR 2.7. Android 3.1 brings improved USB compatibility and boost Wi-Fi performance.
Research In Motion released version 1.0.6 of the BlackBerry Tablet OS ...
The Telegraph | June 24, 2011 | Dean Nelson
A mobile phone recovered during the US raid last month on Osama bin Laden’s hideout shows the al-Qaeda leader’s closest courier regularly communicated with commanders of a terrorist group linked to Pakistan’s ISI intelligence...
MSN News India | June 24, 2011
After HTC Bliss, pictures of HTC Glamor, another women oriented smartphone leaks online
The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer is in news again. Rumored to have been developing an Android-based women-centric smartphone known as HTC Bliss in May, it now appears...
India Today | June 23, 2011
Micromax Q80, the first push-email (ezmail) phone from handset maker Micromax, was launched in the market on Thursday, priced at Rs 4,999.
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Huawei | June 24, 2011 | Press Release
MILPITAS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kineto Wireless, the key innovator and leading supplier of Smart Wi-Fi solutions for mobile operators, today announced it is working with Huawei to pre-load its Smart Wi-Fi application onto select new Android-based...
MarketWatch | June 21, 2011 | Press Release
Intcomex, Inc. Announced the Signing of a Distribution Agreement with RIM and the Incorporation of Its Line of Mobile Phone Products for Latin America and the Caribbean
MIAMI, Jun 21, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Miami, Florida...
Antitrust regulators in the United States have given Apple Inc. (AAPL) the go-ahead to bid on Nortel Networks Corp.'s (NRTLQ) patent portfolio comprised of at least 6,000 patents. The company got the green light following a review at the Justice Department, Bloomberg reports.Though Apple...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Two major handset makers have been given the proverbial kiss of death in an annual list of 10 companies not expected to last through the coming year.Sony Ericsson and Nokia Corp. (NOK) both drew the short stick in 24/7 Wall St.’s latest list of...
SINGAPORE — Here on the show floor at CommunicAsia, there's been a strong emphasis on quality in the wealth and breadth of phones and devices on hand. From curved screens to fast chipsets and hot-swappable SIMs to loud speakers, a flurry of new devices...
Ford Motor Co. (F) is expanding its Sync AppLink platform to 10 vehicles in 2012. The car maker tapped the 2012 Fusion, Fusion Hybrid, Fiesta, F-150, F-150 SVT Raptor, Super Duty, Expedition, E-Series, Mustang and the Shelby GT500 for the platform that brings voice...
Nearly four years after Nokia Corp. (NOK) paid $8.1 billion to acquire Navteq Corp., the struggling Finnish company is repositioning the business under the arm of “location & commerce.” The new division, to be headed by EVP Michael Halbherr starting July 1, will integrate...
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) has launched a centralized portal to enable customers to manage and control their machine-to-machine (M2M) devices and services. The Sprint Command Center enables business to control provisioning, billing, management and development of their M2M offering.Via Web portal or direct API,...
Video generates anywhere from 40% to 60% of mobile data traffic on wireless networks today, according to a fresh mobile analytics report from Bytemobile Inc. Considering that, it’s no wonder mobile videos are stalling between 5% and 40% of the time depending on network...
PadGadget | June 20, 2011
The shift in popularity from netbooks to tablet PC’s prompted Acer, the world number 2 PC maker, to announce that they are changing their focus. The company shipped 400,000-500,000 netbooks in May which represents a cut of over 50% below...
InfoSonics | June 16, 2011 | Press Release
SAN DIEGO, June 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- InfoSonics Corporation (NASDAQ: IFON) today announced the launch of its new verykool® i310 handset in Latin America.
"Our new verykool® i310 is a 2G flip phone that is an upgraded version of one of our most...
