2012

To the surprise of few, Verizon Wireless and a handful of cable operators will need to make changes to their current spectrum deal in order to gain government approval. However, those changes appear to be modest and set the stage …

The chief executive officers (CEO) of five big Brazilian companies from different sectors showed concerns about Brazil’s future economic growth, during a panel discussion at the IBM Forum this week in São Paulo. While emphasizing past progress, they also agreed …

More time is needed to understand the impact of the advent of mobile devices and tools in corporate business. Talking with members of the press during the IBM Forum held August 15-16 in São Paulo, the new IBM Brazil president, Rodrigo …

With the second quarter financial reporting finally complete, and the school year set to begin for many across the country, we figured this was a great time to hand out some Q2 grades for the domestic market’s largest players. Analysis …

LTE initial network build activity has been particularly strong in North America, South Korea and Japan. Success by early adopters when it comes to network rollout and performance, device offering and subscriber adoption has compelled

Vietnam’s largest mobile operator, Viettel, which is set to launch operations in Peru next year, picked up more spectrum bands at yesterday’s auction in Peru. The carrier will pay a total of U.S.$48.43 million to secure four bands in the 900 …

Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users decreased 2.3% in the second quarter of 2012 to 419 million units, according to Gartner, Inc. Samsung remained the leader and accounted for 21.6% of the total market, higher than its 16.3% global …

Published reports indicate that Verizon Wireless’ plans to acquire wireless spectrum from a handful of cable companies is on the verge of government approval, with conditions. The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that anti-trust regulators were set to approve …

Before we dig into four examples of those who had to work straight through the summer, let’s update a few of the trends we have been developing over the past few months.

Brazilian telecom minister Paulo Bernardo has called for a requirement for carriers to share network infrastructure. “Wireless carriers have announced that all towers and antennas for LTE will be shared. This is sensible and correct. They will gain from it; …

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion saw its stocks rise late last week following a Bloomberg report stating that IBM was interested in acquiring RIM’s enterprise-services unit, which is considered to be the company’s most valuable asset. Bloomberg cited two people …

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. The current explosion in mobile data provides operators with a considerable opportunity to increase revenues …

Google reported today in a government filing that it plans to cut 4,000 jobs, or about 20% of Motorola Mobility’s workforce in an attempt to streamline operations and “shifting the emphasis from feature phones to more innovative and profitable devices.” …

Anatel reports TIM disconnected calls on purpose A report released last week by Brazil’s telecom regulator agency Anatel claims that TIM Brasil purposely dropped calls on customers of its low-cost Infinity Plan that charges customers by the call and not …

The Federal Trade Commission has reportedly ordered Google to pay a $22.5 million fine for deceiving users of Apple’s Safari web browser.

Just days after announcing a small cell partnership with Alcatel-Lucent, Sprint Nextel today said it has an agreement with Samsung to develop small cell network infrastructure for the carrier’s ongoing Network Vision program. The agreement calls for Sprint Nextel and …

Keeping everyone connected is a job that began more than a year ago for the wireless carriers and equipment providers involved in preparing the various venues that will host the RNC and the DNC.

Wireless customers transacting business in retail locations have become increasingly satisfied with the experience, even more so if that business is with Sprint Nextel, according to a new report from J.D. Power and Associates. The consumer survey found that overall …

T-Mobile USA’s customer retention efforts continued to struggle during the second quarter as the nation’s No. 4 operator posted growing subscriber losses and declining revenues. During the quarter T-Mobile USA said it lost a total of 205,000 customers across its …

In the short lifespan of the still nascent wireless Internet, the owners of the operating systems have already learned that best is not always enough. Palm, Windows CE and Symbian are the three OSs trying to slug it out with …

Not sure how much everyone is following the ongoing court battle between Samsung and Apple over who stole who’s designs, but it’s pretty funny.