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Qualcomm, Apple extend 5G modem agreement for three years

Qualcomm also makes money from Apple as a result of a lawsuit over royalties that was settled in 2019 Qualcomm this week announced that it will supply Apple with 5G modems for smartphones through 2026, despite previous suggestions that Apple would likely begin using an internally developed 5G modem...

Xiaomi announces the ‘cheapest 5G phone’ in China, preps for 6G

Xiaomi CEO said the company has already started preliminary research into 6G Just months after releasing the Redmi K30 5G handset, Chinese device manufacturer Xiaomi launched a “lite” version of the new phone, which offers similar features at the affordable price of $266, making it...

Boingo announces tier one carrier deal for Wi-Fi offload

Boingo Wi-Fi hot spots to connect 40 million handsets Wi-Fi and distributed antenna systems provider Boingo signed a deal with a "tier one" American carrier that includes shipment of 40 million handsets enabled with Wi-Fi offload onto Boingo’s network of hot spots. Boingo apprised investors of...

Time Trippin’: Auction analysis; economic uncertainty … 12 years ago this week

Editor’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 a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...

AT&T plans to bring local ads to apps

The mobile local ad market got more crowded and competitive today with AT&T Interactive announcing that in-app ads will be coming to its own network soon. Billed as yet another extension of the AT&T Inc. (T) subsidiary's local Yellow Pages business, the company is...

ARM founder discusses firm's “unholy alliance” of partners, advantage over Intel

The fascinating thing about the ARM partnership and ecosystem is the “unholy alliance” of competitors within it, according to the firm's founder and president Tudor Brown who believes ARM licencees will give Intel a run for its money in both the computing and mobile...

Computex 2011: C-Media takes cell phone noise cancellation to new levels

Audio appears to be becoming a burgeoning trend in the mobile industry, and at Computex 2011, the vendors were out in force to showcase how best to bring the beats to cell phones.Local Taiwanese company C-Media, widely known for its audio-playback hardware for PC...

Reader Forum: Get smart about smartphone customer care

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,...

Reality Check: Seven trends to track in mobile handset market

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.Wireless handsets have been around for decades, but this market has perhaps never had a more promising...

Russia: BrightStar partnering up to take the telecom distribution space by storm

Editor's Note: RCR Wireless News Editor Sylvie Barak delved deep into the Russian wireless landscape during a recent trip to the country. She delivered a feature report for RCR Wireless News that was included in our November Special Edition. Click here ...

Report: Wireless industry to generate $235.5B in equipment revenues

Industry market research firm iSuppli Inc. reports that due to the continued growth in the cell phone market, worldwide factory equipment revenues associated with the wireless industry will hit $271.3 billion in 2011. That growth will be on top of the $235.5 billion generated...

Reader Forum: 2011 mobile industry predictions

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,...

@ Oracle OpenWorld: Java primed for future needs of mobility

SAN FRANCISCO -- To get a sense of how important the Java language is to mobility, here's a smattering of stats presented at Oracle Corp.'s OpenWorld conference this week: Java is running on 5 billion SIM cards, 3 billion mobile handsets and countless embedded...

Analyst Angle: A world of differences in mobile handset usage and spending Top 10 takeaways about the mobile handset market

Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' May Special Edition, "Enabling the Mobile Revolution: Mobile Chips, Devices and Accessories." The 80-page special edition is availablehere.During the past several months, Accenture has been conducting global market research on consumer usage and...

Nokia, D&G see 10% clickthrough on viral effort

Luxury brand Dolce&Gabbana said it ran a successful mobile advertising campaign on the Nokia Media Network.The company's youth-oriented brand, D&G, used a viral campaign on mobile handsets to raise awareness of its products during the Male Collection Fashion Show in Italy earlier this summer....

GPS-enabled cellphones to hit 834M units by 2012

Global shipments of GPS-enabled mobile devices will grow at 40% per year for the next five years to reach 834 million units in 2012, according to a new report from Parks Associates.The forecast includes personal navigation devices, mobile handsets and smart phones, portable media...

REVIEW: Mogreet’s video messaging service: $1+ MMS service should keep parents on their toes

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and what doesn't. If you wish to submit your application or...

Analyst Angle: Mobile device management and the user experience

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Why is the mobile user experience important?For many mobile service providers in developed markets, what...

Qualcomm invests in GSM-based femtocell firm

Qualcomm Inc. will buy a stake in ip.access Ltd., a U.K.-based femtocell vendor. The dollar amount of the investment and Qualcomm's relative share in ip.access were not made public, but ip.access said the stake was not a controlling one.Other well-known ip.access investors include the...

Analyst Angle: Clearwire attracts billions from strange bedfellows

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Current Analysis' Peter Jarich, IDC's Shiv...

Nokia working to maintain grasp on Chinese handset market

Nokia Corp. announced today it signed a "strategic partnership agreement" with China's largest distributor, China Postel, for up to $2 billion in mobile handsets this year.Nokia's announcement noted that China Postel is "expected" to make purchases of that magnitude, rather than committed to such...

Industry Outlook 2008: Mobile Search: Mobile search rife with potential waiting to be found

What is mobile search? A search for "mobile search" on Merriam-Webster's online dictionary returns only paid search terms. I will refrain from comment. Wikipedia returns the following:". an evolving branch of information retrieval services that is centered around the convergence of mobile platforms and...

Industry Outlook 2008: Security: Mobile security more than a solution looking for a problem

Mobile security has been a topic of discussion for many years. Skeptics have always said "mobile security is a solution looking for a problem." True, few mobile security disasters have occurred on the scale of a Code-Red or Blaster, however, mobile data usage has...

Great expectations: Glimpsing the new year

PREDICTIONS ARE SO LAST YEAR.Instead, let's talk "expectations" - a term that seems to promise a more realistic look ahead at the new year. And there are questions worth asking that dog the conventional wisdom.To keep it tangible, consider issues related to mobile handsets...