2012

Low-power wireless technologies will gain a foothold in the smartphone: In 2012 over 35% of smartphones will be shipped with dual-mode Bluetooth low energy (also known as Bluetooth Smart Ready). In addition, a third major phone brand will incorporate ANT, …

Smartphone sales as percentage of total sales will break the 20% barrier in 2012, with Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Chile having especially important increases in smartphone adoption. Smartphone adoption in the region will be driven by increased vendor competition, fuelled …

Revenue for wireless voice and data has flattened. Carrier revenue will be generated ever-increasingly in two ways: by extended LTE, Ethernet and small-cell networks that capture as many users as possible; and through reduced operations costs. This streamlining of operations …

A new survey by IDG Connect, a lead generation division of International Data Group, states that 91% of Information Technology and business professionals worldwide use Apple iPad for work communication.

Images of dozens of Foxconn workers clustered on a rooftop and threatening to jump have apparently inspired Apple to join The Fair Labor Association and allow outside monitors into its suppliers’ factories. The FLA says Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the …

After the local data, fixed-line, cable TV and Internet provider Grupo GTD gave up the merger with Chile’s Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A. Entel, the second largest telecom operator has release a material fact regarding its eventual entrance into the …

German software developer SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced its intention to acquire Datango AG, a German provider of workforce performance support software. The transaction, scheduled to close during the first quarter of 2012, is subject to the usual regulatory …

The nearing maturity of mobile voice services in most Latin American countries and the reduction on mobile termination rates set by regulators are leading to three main trends in the region: the launch of unlimited plans; the search for new …

2011 was a transitional year for the mobile space as consumers began to look at their wireless devices more as a connection to the Internet than as simply a phone. Sure, that foundation had been laid out over the previous …

In 2011, MEF accurately forecast that the proliferation of smartphones would drive mobile consumer engagement with a number of other predictions also coming to fruition. MEF’s success in anticipating and addressing key industry issues, combined with its increased representation of …

If the recent holiday shopping season showed us anything it’s that what the Internet began – with the ability to offer up every imaginable toy and product, all from the comfort of your armchair (and with free shipping to boot) …

The ‘India Telecommunications Report – Q1 2012’ by by Business Monitor International (BMI) has forecasts strong broadband subscriber base by 2016.

If I were to take anything from this week’s Consumer Electronics Show as an indicator of what to expect in 2012, that would be that there a lot of people interested in gadgets and that we can expect to be …

While Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) was introducing its new PlayBook 2.0 software at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show, mobile security consultants from Intrepidus Group were talking about problems with the current PlayBook that could give hackers access to e-mail …

Chinese consumers who stood outside all night in freezing temperatures waiting to buy iPhones were greeted in the morning by security guards and told there would be no phones for sale. Riots reportedly broke out in Beijing after an Apple …

According to the new rules, all telecom products, equipments and services in the telecom network should be certified “Green Passport [GP]” by the year 2015.

IDC Latin America followed the company’s global predictions in forecasting that 2012 will be the year of mobile and cloud platform wars as IT vendors vie for leadership while the industry redefines itself. The market intelligence firm also added the …

The Chilean Senate has approved 33 – 0 new regulations on mobile phone antenna installations (read the document in Spanish). This agreement is expected to be ratified in the coming weeks by the National Congress, and soon to be enacted …

Sify Technologies Limited, a company offering Managed Enterprise, Network and IT Services in India with growing global delivery capabilities, announced the operational readiness of their Undersea Cable Landing Station in Mumbai.

LAS VEGAS – Once considered the equivalent of supermodels – only around to have things draped over their curvaceous bodies – automobiles have now become a central “product” in the consumer electronics space. This was evident at this year’s Consumer …

For almost every new iPhone, Galaxy, or Droid Razr sold, an older phone is retired. Altogether, Americans retire an estimated 130 million phones each year, and only one in ten is re-used. ERecycling Corps is working to change those statistics, …