Telstra | August 2, 2011 | Press Release
Organisations will be able to manage their smartphone fleet more easily, track multiple devices and update mobile security configurations through a new Telstra web service launched today.
Tim Webber, Director of Business Mobility, Telstra said the Telstra Mobile...
UPDATED: Editor's Note: With all of the domestic industry's public, facilities-based operators having announced second quarter results we decided to provide a quick snapshot of how the quarter stacked up.Verizon Wireless (106.3 million connections)Quick facts: Posted 2.2 million net additions for the quarter, including...
Intel Corp. aims to play in wireless and device markets, introducing digital signage and machine-to-machine solutions. “We are working with some players to validate our chips to tablets and smartphones,” said Carlos Kokron, Intel’s Latin America’s director of carriers business, in an interview with...
Bloomberg | August 4, 2011 | Jun Yang
SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile-phone operator, reported a 3.7 percent increase in second-quarter profit, helped by a higher number of smartphone users and sales from new businesses.
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BBC News | August 3, 2011
Nearly one in three adults in the UK now uses a smartphone, according to a report by the telecoms regulator Ofcom.
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BBC News | August 3, 2011
Nearly one in three adults in the UK now uses a smartphone, according to a report by the telecoms regulator Ofcom.
Read the full article here via BBC News
Reuters | August 3, 2011 | Paul Sandle
Teenage Britons are spending more and more time using smartphones to make calls, send texts and use social networking sites, and more than half of those that own the devices claim to be addicted to them, regulator...
Leap Wireless International Inc.'s (LEAP) second quarter results were not as bad as some had feared, but were apparently bad enough to scare off investors who fled the carrier's stock this morning to the tune of a more than 30% drop in the carrier's...
Apple Inc. (AAPL) rose to the top spot in second-quarter marketshare in the smartphone space, capitalizing on a 31% plunge from longtime market leader Nokia Corp. (NOK), according to new analysis from IHS Inc.
Even though the smartphone space grew 7.5% quarter to quarter, Nokia’s...
Showing that yet again I have no clue as to what will be a successful consumer product, tablet devices appear to be somehow making their way into the hands of the buying public at an alarming rate.
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’ve heard predictions lately that the emergence of the tablet will most certainly kill off...
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.
It was a morbid week for Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) and Clearwire Corp. (CLWR), no doubt about...
For you techies out there, you are probably asking why would I get rid of my perfectly good iPhone/Droid/Evo/MyTouch device and get something made by a company known more for calculator watches? Here is why. Grab that smartphone that you just threw into the garbage, walk to the nearest concrete sidewalk or brick wall and throw that device against that object.
Sony Ericsson | July 27, 2011 | Press Release
Beijing, Wednesday 27th July 2011: Sony Ericsson today announced the opening of its global Research and Development (R&D) operation center in Beijing. The new center demonstrates Sony Ericsson’s expansion of its R&D capabilities and its commitment...
Reuters | July 29, 2011 | Clare Jim
Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp said on Friday the lawsuit against Apple Inc will not have a fundamental impact on the company, adding the company is preparing an appeal to a U.S. court decision on the case.
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Reuters | July 29, 2011 | Miyoung Kim
Samsung Electronics Co is relying on the smartphone market to boost group profits after its flat screen unit reported a second quarter of losses and the mainstay chip business struggled.
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DigiTimes | August 1, 2011 | Yenting Chen, Adam Hwang
Samsung Electronics, in view of booming sales of its Galaxy i9000 and S2 smartphone, has placed orders for 30 million touch sensors used to make 4-inch AMOLED screens
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Orange | July 26, 2011 | Press Release
BNP Paribas and Orange have formed a partnership and signed a trademark licence agreement to launch innovative mobile banking services in November 2011.
This strategic business partnership allows the groups to share expertise in their respective areas of...
HTC Corp. closed another fantastic quarter with profits up $102.9% year over year and device shipments up 24.8% from the previous quarter and up 123.7% from the year-ago period. The Taiwanese manufacturer shipped 12.1 million devices total, generating $608.3 million in net income on...
Qualcomm | July 27, 2011 | Press Release
TOKYO and SAN DIEGO – July 27, 2011 – Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), through its Wireless ReachTM initiative, and Renaissance Academy Incorporated, a private correspondence high school in Daigo-cho, Ibaraki, today announced the launch of the 3G...
The Palo Alto-based company develops biofeedback apps for smartphones, including its Instant Heart Rate, which lets users monitor their heart rate by holding their finger over a phone's camera for 10 seconds....
The growth of smartphones is indeed an international phenomenon as highlighted by Japan's largest carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. (DCM) reporting a surge in net profits it attributed to the device segment.NTT DoCoMo said that profits jumped nearly 12% year-over-year during its first fiscal quarter...
Epocrates has won over nearly half of the nation's doctors for its free smartphone apps that lets them look up information on drug dosing, interactions and insurance coverage while seeing a patient.
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Almost everything is up at Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) except for profits. The company swung to a $56 million loss in the last quarter, after recording $80 million in profits a year ago. Motorola shipped 11.1 million devices total, including 4.4 million smartphones...
