In this note, we focus on handsets, operating systems and the networks that support them. As we consider handsets, OS and networks, a few bottom line conclusions spring to the fore.
iPhone
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A day after AT&T Mobility adjusted pricing for its Aio Wireless no-contract service, Sprint countered the move by announcing a price cut for its Boost Mobile offering. For a limited …
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By staying on top of current and emerging trends, businesses can avoid getting blindsided by an unforeseen change in the market. Here’s what’s happening in mobile chip development news this week.
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A new report from JDSU examines data use across more than 150 devices as well as generational technologies, and has found that “use of mobile data and consumer behavior is …
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A new report from Actix found that different devices interact with wireless networks in different ways, resulting in the customers experience varying across a carrier’s handset portfolio. The report, which …
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Finding a successful niche in the wireless space is no easy task, especially for a company providing wireless services. With four nationwide operators spending billions each year on advertising and …
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The touch-screen is a key element of most smartphones and tablets today, and the speed with which it responds to users’ touch is a critical part of successful interaction with …
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Android may dominate the smartphone market, but Apple continues to own the most desirable smartphone customers: those who spend money. On the heels of two reports showing iOs users outspending …
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Time Trippin’: No 3G iPhone; CES fails to impress handset analysts … 6 years ago this week
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerEditor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take …
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With more than 760 million subscribers (including 181 million 3G subscribers), China Mobile holds a substantial growth opportunity for Apple. Even with those staggering numbers, Apple still has a long way to go before it can consider itself a power player in the world’s biggest smartphone market.
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Time Trippin’: Sprint, AT&T lay out LTE plans; iPhone 4S set to hit China … 2 years ago this week
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerEditor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take …
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The mobile device market has morphed into a battle similar to what the domestic wireless carrier market has become over the past several years: two dominate players, with a handful of smaller companies fighting over the scraps.
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Before we turn the page on 2013, we thought we would take a look back at the past 12 months by highlighting what we felt were the top 100 stories …
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Apple finally reeled in the biggest fish, announcing over the weekend that it finally secured a deal with China Mobile to offer its iPhone products beginning next month. China Mobile …
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AT&T launches mHealth device Carriers often think of the M2M market in terms of network traffic, but AT&T is taking a different approach with its EverThere mobile device for seniors …
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Apple and China Mobile may finally have a deal to offer the iPhone to the carrier’s 700 million-plus subscribers, but most of those people are unlikely to be able to …
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Carrier Wrap: Consumer Cellular set to offer iPhone line; TeliaSonera fires 4 executives
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerEditor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from …
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Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular announced that online retail giant Amazon.com would begin carrying prepaid devices compatible with the carrier’s network. The move comes just ahead of increasingly important holiday …
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China Mobile set to launch TD-LTE ‘4G’ service Dec. 18; iPhone to be included in plans
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerChina’s Shanghai Daily is reporting that China Mobile will launch “4G” services on Dec. 18, bringing the latest wireless technology to the world’s largest mobile operator. The TD-LTE network will …
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It was bound to happen, and bound to happen at the hands of Sprint.
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Apple is getting another slice of the $1.05 billion that a jury awarded it last year in its patent trial against Samsung. Judge Lucy Koh cut that amount to $600 …
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Google and Apple are investing in RF technology to support multiple carrier bands on one device, meaning that users will be able to take their smartphones and tablets from one …
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Digital signal processing is the key technology that enables connection from humans (and machines) to the Internet, whether by wire or wireless. Furthermore, there is no digital multimedia without DSP technology.
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Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. Winter chill is in the air and that means it’s the end of the year and a …
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Apple may finally be caving in to pressure from competing smartphones with larger screens … or perhaps curving in is the more appropriate phrase here. Bloomberg reports that curved glass …