Nokia Corp. (NOK) is still finding the United States a very hard nut to crack, with reports T-Mobile USA Inc. has cancelled yet another of the Finnish phonemaker's launches, this time for the C5-03 smart phone, which would have been dubbed the Nuron 2...
HTC Corp. reported $500 million in net income for its quarter ending Dec. 31, 2010. Full year sales for 2010 jumped 150% from 2009's total and the Taiwanese mobile phone maker is projecting shipments to more than double in the first quarter of 2011.The...
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.We quickly forgot the Consumer Electronics Show by last Tuesday (talk about a short news cycle) with...
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) said it will begin charging a $10 per month premium for all smart phone devices and a select line of feature phones activated on its network beginning Jan. 30. The additional charge will apply to all devices running Research In...
LAS VEGAS — ZTE Corp. had a banner year in 2010 and it wants to build on that momentum even further in 2011. The company experience a 30% growth rate in handset sales from 2009 to 2010 and a nearly 50% jump in terminal...
LAS VEGAS — ZTE Corp. had a banner year in 2010 and it wants to build on that momentum even further in 2011.
The company experience a 30% growth rate in handset sales from 2009 to 2010 and a nearly 50% jump in terminal products...
While Apple Inc. (AAPL) remains top dog in the device space, Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android operating system continues to pull ahead in Millennial Media's monthly mobile device report. Android shot past Apple's OS on the Millennial ad network for the first time in December,...
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,...
Along with the myriad of wireless tablets showcased at this week's International Consumer Electronics Show, Verizon Wireless and Cisco Systems Inc. announced plans for a 3G/4G tablet aimed at business users, with heightened security permissions and policies as well as Cisco collaboration applications.Verizon Wireless...
LAS VEGAS — T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) is set to boost its HSPA+ network over the next 12 months, announcing plans to increase network download speeds up to a theoretical 42 megabits per second, or roughly twice the speeds the carrier currently offers for...
The wireless industry has turned its hype amplifier to 11 for the Consumer Electronics Show with carriers announcing a bevy of new tablet devices they expect will change the world and, at least in the case of Verizon Wireless (VZ), a network that can...
UPDATED: LAS VEGAS — It was only a matter of time before AT&T Mobility (T) jumped into the “4G” marketing game, and that time has come.The nation's second largest operator today unveiled “accelerated” LTE plans that call for the carrier to begin launching LTE...
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.I have always tried to give readers some perspectives on the coming year – trends...
LAS VEGAS – "CES Unveiled" was a bit of a dismal affair Tuesday evening in the Las Vegas Venetian hotel, but RCR Wireless News was impressed by Lenovo Group Ltd.'s innovative take on tablet/netbook hybrids.Showing off both the LePad slate and the IdeaPad U1,...
With Verizon Wireless (VZ) on deck to unveil a handful of LTE-equipped mobile devices at this week's Consumer Electronics Show, Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) attempted to redirect some of that acclaim by announcing a third smart phone compatible with the carrier's WiMAX-powered “4G” service.The...
If Wirefly.com is any indication, Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) could be in for some surprising fourth quarter results. The online wireless retailer, which is owned by Simplexity, reported that the HTC Corp. Evo 4G was its best selling device during the holiday season. The...
Google Inc. (GOOG) and its Android operating system will be the biggest story of 2011, with more than 50% of survey respondents picking it as top story, according to Chetan Sharma Consulting's annual survey of wireless industry executives. Fourth-generation network rollouts and the...
Electronista | December 20, 2010
At the developer day held recently in South Korea, Samsung highlighted some of the features of its upcoming Bada 2.0 OS for smartphones. The operating system is currently in version 1.2 and was first introduced in the Wave. The update...
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 many ways, 2010 was a landmark year in consumer devices: after years of...
MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) reported a deal with Boingo Wireless Inc. to pre-install the Boingo Mobile application on select Wi-Fi enabled smart phones. The application will allow users unlimited access Boingo’s more than 200,000 Wi-Fi hot spots worldwide using a single username for $8...
Verizon Wireless' (VZ) LTE network might be using a new technology, but so far there is nothing new about the companies that will build the devices running on that network. Motorola Inc. (MOT) has been tapped to release one of the early, if not...
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) can't be faulted for pulling out all the stops to make sure it isn't completely left behind in the mobile operating system war. Today the company announced sales of 1.5 million devices running on Windows Phone 7 in its first six...
Here's a rumor that keeps cropping up: Nokia Corp. (NOK) plans to introduce a device running on Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Windows Phone 7 operating system.While the move would be a monumental shift for Nokia it's one that has reportedly gained traction now that the...
Interesting conclusions are being drawn based on some daily point-of-sale data that ITG Investment Research analyst Matthew Goldman apparently leaked to AllThingsD.Depending on who you ask or what you read, Verizon Wireless (VZ) could be too dependent on Android devices, AT&T Mobility (T) is...