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,...
LAS VEGAS – Kicking off the International Consumer Electronics Show in style on Tuesday, Asian tiger AsusTek Computer Inc. unveiled a host of tablets and slates under its now famous Eee brand.Asus Chairman Jonney Shih showed his firm's tablet offerings, seen recently in...
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...
Motorola Inc. has officially split into two separate companies, Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MOT) and Motorola Solutions Inc. (MSI). The two-year long plan has also stripped the co-CEO title from the company's two top executives, leaving each to run a standalone company on his...
Following a trial at last year's World Expo in Shanghai, China Mobile Communications Co. is planning to expand its technology choice for future 4G networks to six cities.
The next phase of tests, which was approved by China's government last week, will put TD-LTE, or...
“Unwrapping The Opportunities, The Next-Generation of Smart Devices," is RCR Wireless News' Special Edition for the International Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas. The 52-page special edition is available for download here. This special edition explores the impact of smart phones...
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...
Following a trial at last year's World Expo in Shanghai, China Mobile Communications Co. is planning to expand its technology choice for future 4G networks to six cities.
The next phase of tests, which was approved by China's government last week, will put TD-LTE, or...
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,...
MindTree Ltd. said it completed the restructuring of its wireless products business into a design services business, a move first announced Oct. 19. The company said the restructuring cost between $3.6 million and $3.9 million, much cheaper than its original estimates.MindTree in late 2009...
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...
A dozen photos and some light details about a forthcoming HTC Corp. device for Verizon Wireless' (VZ) new LTE network have leaked.No doubt the device maker and carrier plan to announce the Android-based smart phone at next week's Consumer Electronics Show. But details about...
Editor's Note: The mobile space witnessed a lot of news over the past 12 months that have and will alter the mobile landscape for years to come. With the end of 2010 just days away, RCR Wireless News takes a look back at the...
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...
Each and every jump from one network technology to another presents wireless infrastructure vendors with a chance for new business. And sure enough, changes are afoot in the infrastructure space again today as mobile operators make their climb to fourth-generation networks.While recent newcomers are...
A feather long missing in Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android Market cap has been procured. Android users on the AT&T Mobility (T) network can now pay for app purchases directly on their monthly bill.Google has been rolling out Direct Carrier Billing to AT&T users this...
Lookout Inc., a mobile security app provider, has raised $19.5 million in a third round of funding.The company claims more than 4 million users and says it will continue to invest in products for smart phones and tablets. The latest cash infusion came from...
News Corp. (NWSA) has sold its Fox Mobile Group unit to Jesta Group for an undisclosed sum. The sale marks a yearlong exit from many of News Corp's digital media businesses and MySpace could be next.The business will be renamed Jesta Mobile Holdings with...
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...
The future of China Mobile’s Ophone platform surprisingly appears to be in some doubt, just days after it was reported that the operator is set to establish an industry alliance to drive use of the OS. According to Marbridge Daily, Borqs, the design-house behind the OS,...
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.One thing you may not know is how the World Wide Web is being re-created...
