Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of telecom software news. CES 2014 may be dominating headlines this week, but some of the biggest stories in software came from companies not participating in CES, like Oracle announcing its acquisition of Corente or Apple announcing the $10...
Curved screens, connected cars, and wearable tech are three of the biggest trends so far this year at CES.
Ahead of the curve
Since the human face is curved, why shouldn't a smartphone follow that shape? That's the apparent thinking behind LG's G Flex, which...
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.
Savvy smartphone users know the names of the chip companies that make the processors and modems inside their devices, but most have never heard of the companies that make the accelerometers, the gyroscopes, or the ambient light sensors.
“Sensors are the fastest growing segment...
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse told investors yesterday that the carrier's decision to "rip and replace" its entire network had led to "dust issues" which have elevated churn in some markets. "As we are building out Network Vision ... it is something that really hasn't...
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 and others at risk of falling. The company is selling the wearable wireless device for...
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 shopping season.
The U.S. Cellular devices that will be available through Amazon.com include the...
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 million earlier this year, and now a new jury has awarded Apple an additional...
Perhaps tired of only hosting “free” services, Sprint announced it would begin offering one free year of wireless service to eligible students. The offer is being made in partnership with big-box retailer Best Buy and requires students to pay full price for a device...
Editor’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 the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--Shenandoah Telecommunications said it has completed...
Samsung may be outsourcing some of Apple's chip fabrication to GlobalFoundries. An Albany newspaper is reporting that GlobalFoundries will start making iPhone and iPad processors at its foundry in Malta, New York. A Samsung team is reportedly visiting the factory to share Apple's chip...
With Samsung and Apple dominating the mobile device market, Qualcomm is feeling the pressure as these powerful buyers push for lower chip prices. Qualcomm (QCOM) is the leading supplier of modems and applications processors for high-end smartphones, but the company says the high end...
Longtime Sprint partner Ericsson will not be a supplier for Sprint Spark, the carrier's upcoming TD-LTE network, but the telecom equipment giant will still have an important role to play. Ericsson will continue to manage Sprint's entire network as part of a $5 billion...
Traditional mobile devices are quickly making way for new form factors looking to take advantage of advancements in various mobile components and a growing acceptance of new ideas from consumers. This can be seen with Google’s Glass device and the more recently launched Samsung...
Three top Android smartphone makers will be the first to offer tri-band devices as part of Sprint's new "Spark" offering. Samsung, HTC and LG have all worked with Sprint to enable their smartphones to shift from one band to another, depending on what speed...
Mobile devices are finding their way to more and more parts of the world, and the first phone most new users get will be a smartphone. Smartphones now outsell feature phones, and mobile phone manufacturers are finding that success in the entry-level market is...
Worldwide mobile phone shipments rose 7% to 418 million units during the third quarter, with smartphones accounting for 60% of the total, according to the latest report from Strategy Analytics. Samsung again dominated the market, shipping more phones than Nokia, Apple and LG combined....
A slowdown at the high end of the smartphone market did not stop Samsung from raking in record profits once again during the third quarter. While sales of the Korean giant's high-end Galaxy smartphones leveled off, mass-market smartphones did very well, as did the...
T-Mobile US added a second phase to the third phase of its “un-carrier” marketing initiative, announcing the addition of tablet devices to its previously announced device payment model. Along with the ability to pay for a device over a 24-month period, T-Mobile US also...
New Nexus
Google is expected to launch its new Nexus smartphone today. Pictures and videos have started to leak, and the rumor mill has dubbed the new device the Nexus 5. The smartphone is expected to debut Google's newest version of Android, Android 4.4 (KitKat)....
BlackBerry's $4.7 billion dollar deal with Fairfax Financial may be in jeopardy, with BlackBerry stock trading below Fairfax's $9-per-share offer price. Today Bloomberg is reporting that the troubled Canadian smartphone maker is talking to other suitors, and that each of these potential buyers only...
A look under the hood of the iPhone 5s suggests that Apple once again turned to archrival Samsung to manufacture the processor inside its flagship smartphone. A Chipworks teardown has found that the A7 appears to made by Samsung using its 28-nanometer process. The...
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...
