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Sony’s Altair Semiconductor will supply modem chips for AT&T’s $7.50 Category M1 LTE modules, which the carrier announced late last week. Altair was also AT&T’s modem vendor for its Category …

Connecting everything: news bytes for Nov. 16 1. Japan’s largest telecom operator, NTT DoCoMo, is demonstrating two low-power LTE chipsets at its annual open house in Yokosuka. Sequans is set …

Mobile network operators will do almost anything to keep their customers, as evidenced by the ongoing price wars and promotions that consumers enjoy. But what will happen as more of …

Sony and Tepco could start bringing smart home services to millions of Japanese households as soon as next year. Sony Mobile Communications and power company Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings …

Carriers race against dedicated low-power networks BARCELONA, Spain – Mobile World Congress is all about the newest wireless technologies, but this year the end of an old technology is driving …

5 things to know today … 1. Smartphone apps that will let you draw cash out of your bank at an ATM are coming this year, according to Bank of …

Sony jump starts IoT strategy with LTE-only chipmaker purchase LTE has an important role to play in the “Internet of Things,” according to Sony. The Japanese conglomerate said it’s buying …

Multi-year agreement includes development of original content, music for Verizon Go90 platform Verizon Wireless signed a multi-year deal with Sony Music to distribute original video content from Sony Music through …

Sony lithium-ion battery might not be commercially available until 2020 According to reports, Sony has developed a new lithium-ion battery that, although potentially not available to consumers for a few …

The UK operator also plans to launch VoLTE in the short term U.K. telecom operator EE plans to start offering 4G LTE services through spectrum in the 800 MHz band …

Foxconn is best known as the manufacturer of Apple’s iPhones and iPads, and the human costs of its efficient fabrication processes are well documented. Less well known are the Taiwanese …

Several companies, including LG, Nokia and Sony, have recently announced new smartphones and tablets.

Smartphone prices range from $40 to $4,000, but the cost of building a device usually falls somewhere between those extremes. The bill of materials for a high-end smartphone like the …

Becoming part of Microsoft apparently will not stop Nokia from creating an Android smartphone. Codenamed Normandy, perhaps to symbolize a turning point, Nokia’s Android smartphone is reportedly slated for release …

Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. After last week’s focus on looking back, this week seems to be all about the new: new …

Sony’s entertainment business is outperforming its electronics business. Today the company trimmed its smartphone sales forecast and said it would consider a shareholder proposal to sell part of its entertainment …

The most stunning smartphones at Mobile World Congress were not even announced at the show; both Sony and HTC unveiled their new flagship phones before the week began in Barcelona, …

With a 10.1-inch screen, Sony’s new Xperia Z tablet is certainly not the smallest tablet to debut at Mobile World Congress, but Sony says it is the thinnest and lightest …

HTC was not shy about using words like “reinvent” and “new standard” when introducing its new HTC One smartphone. “Although smartphones are one of the main ways we stay in …

Near field communications has been around for a while, but at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show it was clear that the technology has made it out of the technical journals …

Sony Corp. is taking control of its mobile business. The consumer electronics giant says it will axe 1,000 jobs and move its mobile business unit from Sweden to Japan.

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