On Oct. 22, Apple announced that it has sold 170 million iPads since the launch of the tablet in 2010. The unprecedented use of tablets at a mass-market level in Western countries has many implications
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...
Smartphones are set to become smarter than their users by 2017, according to analysts speaking at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, held earlier this month in Barcelona, Spain. Accumulated apps and contextual information
Digital signal processing is the key technology that enables connection from humans (and machines) to the Internet, whether by wire or wireless. Furthermore, there is no digital multimedia without DSP technology.
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...
BYOD – an acronym that has executives jumping for joy and IT managers shaking in their boots. BYOD, or bring your own device, is top of mind for enterprises around the globe.
What if, when you walked in to Walmart – the world’s largest retailer – and inquired about refrigerators, their “greeter” directed you across the street to Sears? What if
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...
Smartphone-savvy city dwellers want new mobile services to improve their lives; they just don't always expect ICT companies to be the ones delivering them, according to a new survey from Ericsson ConsumerLab.
"Mass demand for new ICT services can change city life, beyond what we...
If one thing can be drawn from third-quarter financial results from both Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility it’s that competitive pressures are impacting their abilities to retain “price-sensitive” consumers.
Executives from both carriers came out and said as much during conference calls following their respective...
AT&T Mobility shrugged off talk of lost market share during the third quarter, posting strong wireless customer growth and robust financial metrics.
The carrier reported 989,000 net customer additions for the quarter, which was a 46% improvement compared with the 678,000 net customer additions posted...
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...
Last week marked the beginning of the third quarter earnings season for the telecommunications providers. Leading the parade was Verizon Communications, which posted good revenue growth and
Well, it’s official. By this time next week, we will all be wearing a smart watch, or at least wanting to rip the smart watch off of the wrist of the next person we see wearing one,
Verizon Wireless kicked off the third quarter reporting season posting strong customer growth that came in just under expectations, but financial results that again set a high bar for rivals to match.
Verizon Wireless said it added 1.061 million total connections during the quarter, including...
Customers looking to for “cheap” wireless services have a growing list of options, though they may need to makes sure to check the fine print before making that final selection.
The latest entrant looking to undercut pricing standards set by established wireless carriers is Scratch...
AT&T Mobility is going all in with its Mobile Share rate plans, announcing that beginning Oct. 25 all new customers will be required to sign up for rate plans that include data services that can be shared across multiple devices.
In a statement posted...
Much a to-do was raised this week by rogue wireless provider FreedomPop, which announced its “free” wireless service for a smartphone. I say “a” smartphone because
Wireless service provider and rabble-rouser FreedomPop is making its biggest splash to date, announcing plans to begin offering smartphones to customers with a limited bucket of voice, messaging and data services for free, or the ability to upgrade to unlimited voice and messaging with...
It goes by many names. “The industrial Internet.” “The Internet of things.” “Machine-to-machine,” or M2M for our purposes. And as amusing as the name game may be, the innovative and transformative power
Brand marketers need to ask themselves where mobile fits into their digital strategy and then drive the behavior and actions they want from their mobile audience.
With more than 17% of global internet traffic already coming through mobile devices, an increasing volume of digital entertainment and media is purchased and
