Diversity is an important word for Jessica Firestone. She founded Tempest Telecom in 2005 to help carriers build and maintain their networks more efficiently while implementing diversity programs that require …
The first smartphone to be made in America has not set any sales so far, and Google’s Motorola is hoping that will change as the Moto X rolls out to …
Verizon Wireless is serious about monetizing big data, so serious that the company has hired a rocket scientist to lead the effort. Ashok Srivastava landed at Verizon seven months ago …
Isis, the mobile payments venture formed by AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile US, has launched its mobile payments app in the Google Play store. The app enables users to load …
Mavenir Systems (MVNR) got something of a chilly reception on Wall Street last week after pricing its IPO on the same day as Twitter. The telecom software provider sold 5.5 …
Motorola has officially launched its Moto G smartphone, with the goal of bringing high-end Android devices to new segments of the global market. The Moto G is not an LTE …
Motorola is set to launch a new smartphone tomorrow. The Moto G is expected to be a lower-priced companion to the Moto X, which has failed to gain much traction …
Samsung may be outsourcing some of Apple’s chip fabrication to GlobalFoundries. An Albany newspaper is reporting that GlobalFoundries will start making iPhone and iPad processors at its foundry in Malta, …
Apple may finally be caving in to pressure from competing smartphones with larger screens … or perhaps curving in is the more appropriate phrase here. Bloomberg reports that curved glass …
4K video is the next evolution of digital video, and it’s the first flavor of ultra-HD video to hit the market. It offers 2160 by 3840 pixel resolution, or 8 …
The National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) is taking an important step to keep tower climbers safe by offering training to anyone with access to the Internet. The NATE Exchange …
BlackBerry canceled its plan to go private and instead will carry on with a new CEO, John Chen, former CEO of Sybase. Chen says he wants BlackBerry to focus on …
Leap Wireless (LEAP) says its Cricket prepaid service lost 140,000 customers during the most recent quarter, while the company lost $83.4 million on revenue of $694 million. Average revenue per …
Apple’s launch of its 64-bit A7 processor has clearly turned up the heat on its competitors, even though there is still very little a mobile device can actually do with …
Quality One Wireless has completed its acquisition of the assets of wireless device distributor PCD, saying the purchase price was north of $125 million. Quality One Wireless had previously submitted …
With Samsung and Apple dominating the mobile device market, Qualcomm is feeling the pressure as these powerful buyers push for lower chip prices. Qualcomm (QCOM) is the leading supplier of …
Incoming BlackBerry CEO John Chen says the company is not really in the smartphone business. “We’re not really in phones, but we’re in phones for software, for services,” Chen told …
Longtime Sprint partner Ericsson will not be a supplier for Sprint Spark, the carrier’s upcoming TD-LTE network, but the telecom equipment giant will still have an important role to play. …
Apple is bringing up to 2,000 jobs to Arizona – the company is building a new manufacturing facility in the town of Mesa, near Phoenix. The plant will employ at …
BlackBerry (BBRY) has abandoned its plan to go private and is calling in a new leader in a last-ditch effort to turn around the troubled company. John Chen, formerly of …
Qualcomm has emerged as a reported 11th-hour bidder for BlackBerry, which has abandoned its plan to go private in a $4.7 billion deal with Fairfax Financial. Qualcomm is reportedly considering …
Sprint and T-Mobile US plan to sell Google’s Nexus 5, a first for Google which has never before sold a phone directly through a carrier. Google’s new flagship Android 4.4-equipped …
Three top Android smartphone makers will be the first to offer tri-band devices as part of Sprint’s new “Spark” offering. Samsung, HTC and LG have all worked with Sprint to …
Intel wants to be inside your mobile device in more ways than one. Its Atom processors have already made into several new tablets, and now the chip giant has launched …
“M2M is a worldwide opportunity.” So says Steve Brumer, partner at 151 Advisors during his interview with Limor Schafman of the U2U Connect show on RCRTV. Brumer goes on to …
