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5G smartphones to emerge in first half of 2019: Ericsson Mobility Report
5G-ready smartphones won't start appearing until the first half of 2019, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report.
Ericsson expects the first smartphones supporting 5G to be available in early 2019, according to its June Ericsson Mobility Report. The report came out before the 3GPP...
US smartphone consumers hold on to phones longer
US smartphone consumers hold on to phones longer. Will US consumers have 5G in their pockets?
U.S. consumers received over $479 million from trading in smartphones in Q1 2018, an increase of $35 million over Q1 2017, reports HYLA Mobile, a company that sells software...
Huawei, Oppo dominate smartphone shipments in China
Xiaomi and Apple see decline in Q2 smartphone shipments
Chinese vendor Huawei shipped a total of 19.1 million smartphones in the local market during the second quarter of the year, climbing 15.2% compared to the same quarter the previous year, according to a recent report...
Smartphones on track to reach 1.03 billion units in 2015
Smartphone shipments will more than double from 478 million in 2011 to 1.03 billion in 2015, according to a new report from IHS iSuppli. By then, smartphones will comprise the majority of all cellphone shipments at 54.4%, up from 32.5% this year.Highlighting the dramatic...
Smart phone = smart grid: CIOs must mobilize the workforce and customers
Will the "consumerization of IT" affect how smart grids are perceived or participated in by both utility workers and ratepayers? To my mind, that's not just a valid discussion point—it's an immediate imperative. Mobility is a critical forefront in productivity and customer engagement.......
New Technology Makes Credit Cards Safe From Online Fraud
ICAP Patent Brokerage Offers to Sell a Patent Portfolio Disclosing an Important Improvement in E-Commerce SecurityChicago – (August 11, 2011):ICAP Patent Brokerage, a division of ICAP plc, the world’s largest intellectual property brokerage and patent auction firm, and 3M Future LLC have just signed...
Reader Forum: Embrace mobility without breaking the bank
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Reality Check: Q2 postpaid wireless – experiments, projections and pressure
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.One of the great things about summer, especially this year’s Midwest rainfest, is watching things grow. Trees,...
Reality Check: The view of 4G from the tower
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.You’ve heard them all on television and radio: “AT&T, the nation’s fastest mobile broadband network, is getting...
Bits & Bytes: Dept. of Homeland Security tests multi-band radio at Jazz Fest; FinnMob opens in NYC; and more
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate will launch a 30-day pilot in the New Orleans area in partnership with law enforcement and emergency management agencies in the region to test the latest portable, multi-band radio technology—which will allow police...
Mobile app store revenues set to jump 77.7% this year
The combined revenue of the four major mobile application stores is projected to jump nearly 80% this year, according to a new report from iSuppli Corp. Following 2010, when Apple Inc. (AAPL), Google Inc. (GOOG), Nokia Corp. (NOK) and Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM)...
Spotlight on: UIEvolution
The challenge with mobile applications remains that while every brand wants one, consumers are constantly using new platforms to communicate. Thus, applications are going beyond smart phones and tablets to connected TVs and automobiles, noted Chris Ruff, CEO of UIEvolution.The 10-year-old Kirkland, Wash.-based company...
Reader Forum: Get smart about smartphone customer care
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Reader Forum: For tablets, all data is not created equal
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Reality Check: Seven trends to track in mobile handset market
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.Wireless handsets have been around for decades, but this market has perhaps never had a more promising...
Sprint to release Nexus S 4G from Samsung this spring
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has another carrier for one its flagship smartphones in Sprint Nextel Corp. The carrier announced that it will begin selling the Nexus S 4G this spring.The device will be the first 4G device running on Google Inc.'s Android 2.3 in...
Reader Forum: The importance of cloud computing in mobile security
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
RIM teams up with Microsoft to kickstart cloud effort
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. is on the verge of releasing the PlayBook and has struck a deal with Microsoft Corp. to handle what it expects will be a growing amount of data storage needed in the cloud.By the time RIM releases its first...
Spotlight on: CounterPath
The migration of voice services to data networks is not a new phenomenon in the world of telecommunications, but for the mobile space the move has started to gain steam as carriers continue the roll out of high-speed data networks.According to research from Juniper,...
Worst of the Week: Another (?!?) trade show?!?
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Survey: Social media spurs device love
Wireless consumers that are really addicted to their devices are also really happy with those devices, according to the latest customer satisfaction studies conducted by J.D. Power and Associates. The studies, one focused on smart phones and one on traditional mobile phones, found that...
Sprint Nextel sheds more light on PTT plans
Following up on comments made earlier this month, Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) said it plans to begin rolling out an updated CDMA-based push-to-talk service later this year. The offering will be branded as Sprint Direct Connect, include a more diverse handset lineup and be...
Analyst Angle: Motorola Xoom and iPad 2 – tablets begin to mature
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.Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen the introduction of the second generation of tablets,...
Verizon Wireless tips LTE smart phone pricing with ThunderBolt launch
Verizon Wireless (VZ) is finally set to unleash one of its LTE-equipped smart phones onto the market with the HTC Corp. ThunderBolt set to be available March 17 for $250 after all rebates and a two-year contract. The device is one of four LTE...