One widely touted solution for current U.S. economic woes is for America to produce more of the high-tech gadgets that the rest of the world craves.
Yet two academic researchers have found that Apple Inc.’s iPhone — one of the most iconic U.S. technology products...
BEIJING, Dec 13, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --
China's mobile phone output is likely to exceed 700 million and takes a 60 percent share in the global market in 2010, predicted Wang Xiang, senior Vice President of Qualcomm recently.
Wang...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- A recently published report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, indicates that worldwide enterprise Wireless LAN (WLAN) shipments grew 35 percent in Asia...
Slowdown in the growth of mobile revenue compared to growth in mobile subscriber base has been encouraging Chinese operators to focus more strongly on the development of Value-Added Services (VAS) for rich urban and rural (to some extent) consumers. According to...
IF JULIA GILLARD wants to "wind down" in these early days of her much-needed holiday, she'd be wise to avoid papers, radio and TV. The continuing unfolding drama of WikiLeaks is not conducive to relaxing and refreshing for a new year...
The opposition's attack on the national broadband network should focus on how replacing Telstra's copper wire will lead to higher consumer costs, a federal Liberal MP says.
Opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull's criticism of the $36 billion project has centred on issues...
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,...
Google may have breached Australia's Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act, but the Australian Federal Police won't prosecute, saying the chances of a successful prosecution are "low."
Google collected private data, including full e-mails and passwords, off unsecured wireless networks with its Street View cars...
ZTE has successfully completed the world's first large-scale commercial GPON-based mobile backhaul network for TELKOM Indonesia, a full-service telecom operator in Indonesia. The project is the first large-scale, commercial deployment of GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Networking) backhaul technology, and...
Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today discussed its views on the future of mobile internet at the fourth annual Huawei Asia Pacific CTO Forum, hosted in Hong Kong and themed “Mobile...
By Tiernan Ray
Interesting piece by Matthew Campbell and Jonathan Browning over at Bloomberg this morning, who write that European telecoms are demanding that Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG), Facebook and their ilk must help the phone companies pay for the “billions” needed for network...
Mobile VoIP apps may promise to slash users' phone bills, but the lack of security, patchy performance and need for constant wireless broadband access mean that it will take time before enterprise users consider adopting the technology, said analysts.
Shirleen Kok, general...
Mobile VoIP apps may promise to slash users' phone bills, but the lack of security, patchy performance and need for constant wireless broadband access mean that it will take time before enterprise users consider adopting the technology, said analysts.
Shirleen Kok, general...
Telecommunications providers are failing to provide proper consumer protection, the Australian Communications and Media Authority said today.
The warning comes as the ACMA's continues its ‘Reconnecting the Customer' inquiry into how the industry deals with its customers.
In particular, the body has...
SINGAPORE, 9 DECEMBER 2010 - VOIP (voice over internet protocol) telco Skype has released an update to its Symbian App adding support for extra Nokia mobile phone models.
In an announcement on its blog, Skype says the upgraded App ‘Skype for Symbian’...
MORRISTOWN, NJ, Dec 09, 2010 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- TM Forum's latest Case Study Handbook provides the most compelling and comprehensive view yet of how communications service providers are reaping substantial financial and operational benefits by using TM Forum's...
This annual publication provides analysis on the telecoms market in 2010, forecasts, overview and discussion on:
- National Broadband Network
- International broadband and trans-sector activities
- Mobile communications market
- Mobile data
- Smart grid infrastructure
- Social networks
- Broadcasting and pay TV
NBN full steam ahead
The industry is...
Oracle Corp. (ORCL) is acquiring Art Technology Group Inc. (ARTG) for approximately $1 billion in an purely cash-for-stock deal.
Oracle plans to push further into mobile following the deal, particularly with ATG's ability to create mobile commerce apps for business.
ATG made the announcement on the...
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in our September Special Edition, Behind the Scenes, a focus on integrated subscriber and network management systems. To download the complete Special Edition, click here. In an increasingly mobile world, securing data on the go has become more...
Vertical markets present wireless carriers with a host of new opportunities and challenges. Just because wireless technology and enterprise infrastructure should work together doesn't mean they do. As carriers target these new customers and encourage them to move from a wired to a wireless...
Motorola must be doing something right, as the firm seems to have found a way to generate higher profits from lower revenues this quarter, mainly thanks to Droid X.
A little birdie tweets that AT&T may be betting big on Microsoft’s soon-to-launch Windows Phone 7 (WP7) putting itself down for an order of eight million units.
