Replicating field issues in the lab has always been difficult. The field is, by its very nature, dynamic.  Duplicating a reported issue by driving the route again and waiting for the failure to happen is simply a roll of the dice. However carriers, device vendors and infrastructure providers all drive test. Wouldn’t it be nice [...]

Mobile technology will play a significant role in the provisioning of healthcare services globally, according to a new report from the GSMA. The industry association noted in its report, “Touching Lives through Mobile Health: Assessment of the Global Market Opportunity,” that the growth of the m-health market will lead to $23 billion in revenue opportunities [...]

Connected devices built into automobiles would have to turn themselves off when the car was in motion under new voluntary guidelines proposed by the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The move is both intuitive and yet seemingly counter to the general trend of increasing connectivity everywhere, including in-car dashboards. Auto makers don’t seem [...]

Datawind, the manufacturer of the Aakash tablet, have denied a media report that stated that it will not be associated with the product any more.

Broadcom CEO Scott McGregor spoke with RCR Wireless News during the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas about Broadcom’s Wi-Fi initiatives. While this was clearly one of the event’s top stories, McGregor’s comments about hiring and investing caught our attention as well. “Last year we hired more than 1,000 employees and more than 1,000 [...]

Huawei recently announced that it will award OEM contracts totaling $6 billion to Qualcomm, Broadcom and Avago, three California-based leading communications technology companies.

Reports that Foxconn will make the next version of Amazon’s popular e-reader are gaining credence as chinatimes.com reported that Amazon is finalizing a deal with the Taiwanese manufacturing giant. Foxconn has been under fire for abusive labor practices at the plant in China where it makes the Apple’s iPhones and iPads. Apple (AAPL) has responded [...]

Despite reports that Apple’s share in the smartphone market of China has slipped in Q3 and Q4 of 2011, the company had an exceptional fourth quarter globally by selling 35.5 million smartphones to end users, a 121.4% increase year on year.

In another sign that tablets are replacing notebooks in the workplace, more than two-thirds of small businesses surveyed by AT&T said their employees are using tablets on the job. Checking e-mail and surfing the Web were by far the most popular uses for tablets, with social media, online banking and general business management ranking much [...]

Almost half a billion smartphones were sold worldwide last year, and about a third of those were sold in the fourth quarter. Analysts agree that by the fourth quarter, Apple was at the top of the smartphone market with its record 37 million iPhones shipped. There is less agreement on who won the smartphone race [...]