Smartphone and feature phone buyers outside the iOS world are ready and willing to switch manufacturers when upgrading, according to a survey of more than 50,000 people who bought new phones within the last six months. Mobile Posse's on-screen survey covers more than 100...
After months of hype, Verizon Wireless today rolled out details on new family share plans that allow up to 10 devices to share voice, messaging and now data allowances. The plans will be available beginning June 28.
The new plans include unlimited voice minutes and...
Relevvant, a mobile ads firm targeting the enterprise retail segment, today announced a software tool that uses social, location, and purchasing data to target ads on mobile devices that the firm believes achieves a greater level of granularity than existing mobile advertising platforms.
In its...
Typically a June announcement from Apple would have a significant impact on the wireless industry, but following last year’s announcement adjustment of an updated iPhone to the fall the wireless industry could be breathing a sigh of relief.
Apple is kicking off its annual Worldwide...
The debate over device subsidies has hit a fever pitch with carriers struggling to make the economies of smartphones jibe with their bottom line. However, a new report from Macquarie Equities Research seems to indicate that as carriers continue rolling out LTE networks and...
Holiday weekends are usually quiet ones overall for business, and especially in the telecom world. Not this year. Between Leap’s iPhone announcement, Randall Stephenson’s wide-ranging discussion at the Sanford C. Bernstein conference,
News this week that Leap Wireless would begin offering Apple’s iPhone devices was a significant escalation in the competitive landscapes across the already red-hot smartphone and prepaid markets.
Google (GOOG) won a key court victory yesterday in Northern California when Federal Judge William Alsup ruled that 37 of Oracle's Java APIs are not protected by copyright law. APIs are the application program interfaces that help different pieces of code work together, and...
Leap Wireless joined the growing number of regional operators offering Apple’s iconic iPhone device, though as has been the case for much of its history, the carrier is adding a unique twist: no contract required.
Leap, which operates its flat-rate, unlimited wireless offering under...
Following days of reports predicting job cuts, Research In Motion said it expects to report an operating loss for its first fiscal quarter ending June 2 due to continued slow sales of its core BlackBerry products. The news follows a $125 million loss posted...
BERLIN – Germans take their days off very seriously, but in the early hours of May 29, just after a Monday holiday when most stores were closed in Berlin, many were up bright and early for the new Samsung Galaxy S III.
The new Android...
After studying a multitude of different data findings from our recently released global consumer electronics usage survey of 19 consumer electronic devices, Accenture asked a simple question:
Tablets and smartphones are replacing PCs for many consumers and businesses, and Hewlett-Packard is feeling the sting. The company says it will lay off 27,000 workers in a restructuring effort aimed at saving up to $3.5 billion a year. HP was the world's largest...
Just a few weeks after taking Apple's title as the world's top seller of smartphones, Samsung has scored another victory over Cupertino: The Galaxy S III is emerging as the most pre-ordered smartphone in history, with reported advance orders of 9 million units, more...
Google’s recently closed acquisition of Motorola Mobility marked the end of Sanjay Jha’s leadership at the handset company as Google announced Dennis Woodside would take over the helm of Motorola. The move comes as Google gained final approval of its $12.5 billion acquisition from...
In Argentina, 24% of the population owns a smartphone, while in Mexico the penetration rate is 20% and in Brazil it is only 14%. Argentinians still lead when it comes to how often they use their smartphones to access the Internet with 67% of...
The domestic mobile virtual network operator space has seen its ranks swell as a slightly delayed launch finally took shape and an unexpected retail chain has quietly jumped into the fray.
Having had its scheduled launch delayed last week due to a hack attack on...
News this week that Verizon Wireless may or may not begin forcing customers currently on unlimited data plans for their smartphones to bucket plans sent many in the blog-o-sphere into a tizzy.
The American Automobile Association says almost half of all teens admit to texting while driving. California's SecuraFone claims that 11 teenagers die each day while trying to text and drive. The company is the maker of an app for iOS and Android that puts...
Determined to put more homegrown products into the pockets of China's 1 billion mobile subscribers, Baidu is launching a new low-cost Android smartphone for China Unicom. Baidu is the Chinese search engine giant that is often called "the Google of China." The company launched...
MIAMI – Following the launch of LTE data commercial services, Puerto Rico’s telecom operator Open Mobile is preparing to launch a smartphone LTE service. Speaking at Amdocs InTouch event (check out all our stories) this week in Miami, Neville Cruz, chief technology officer at...
Verizon Wireless set off a firestorm this week when Fran Shammo, CFO of parent company Verizon Communications, told investors at a conference that the carrier plans to require current customers with unlimited smartphone data plans to switch to bundled, limited data offerings.
The news,...
NEW ORLEANS – Leap Wireless’ remains focused on its smartphone future, with plans to rollout several new models this year targeting both the high-end of the prepaid market as well as entry-level models designed to entice consumers into the revenue-generating segment. All of this...
Smartphones have been used in corporate environments for quite a while and, since the advent of Apple’s iPad, tablets have also flooded the enterprise environment. Sometimes, adoption is driven by users under the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon; other times it is the corporation that starts...
