Infonetics said this week that Huawei has earned the top spot in its 2012 Telecommunications Equipment Vendor Leadership Scorecard. Ericsson was a very close second, followed by Cisco. Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia …
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences. The number of devices signing …
Wireless service providers will soon be adding capacity to their networks with small cells powered by 28 nanometer chips that can connect more users than an entire base station once …
The creators of Ubuntu have raised a record $10.3 million in a crowdfunding campaign to build a hybrid PC/smartphone. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is selling the Ubuntu Edge online …
Silicon Valley’s Cavium is not as well-known as some of its larger rivals in chip design, but the company intends to have an impact in mobile, particularly in supplying chipsets …
Spectrum spat AT&T came out swinging this week with a hard-hitting response to T-Mobile’s proposed “dynamic market rule” for upcoming 600 MHz spectrum auctions. T-Mobile U.S. wants to limit the …
Talk of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Gear device has been circulating ever since the Korean company filed trademark applications for the name earlier this summer, but now Bloomberg is reporting a …
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) was created in 1971, and is the agency responsible for the regulation and licensing of almost 200,000 yellow medallion taxicabs and …
Amazon is clearly interested in Windows, or at least in executives who have worked with the mobile version of the operating system. The online retail giant has hired another Windows …
The battle for KPN’s German business is the latest wave in a flood of mergers and acquisitions in the European telecom sector. According to Dealogic, telecom was the most active …
Cisco (CSCO) is clearly in the process of transforming its business, and the changes are prompting the networking giant to shift its workforce. CEO John Chambers says that in order …
Android has 79% of the smartphone market according to the latest research from Gartner. The firm estimates that in the second quarter of this year, 178 million Android phones were …
LG has teamed up with Azuki Systems to market an “Android stick” to compete with Google’s Chromecast. Both devices enable users to stream Internet video to their television sets, but …
China’s Huawei is currently the top worldwide supplier of LTE network equipment, according to new research from Informa Telecoms and Media. The research firm estimates Huawei’s market share at 40% …
Silicon Valley’s CEVA (CEVA) says that China’s ZTE Corporation has licensed its CEVA-XC DSP to power its multi-mode base station system-on-chips. Semiconductor companies designing DSPs (digital signal processors) for wireless …
Details about Apple’s newest smartphone may be less than a month away. The company is planning an iPhone launch for September 10, according to All Things Digital. The big question …
Is there money to be made in M2M? Clearly the answer is a resounding yes, given the dedicated corporate departments, products and solutions, business models and partnerships that carriers are …
Ten years after it launched its first smartphone, BlackBerry (BBRY) may be nearing the end of an era. Today the company said its board has formed a special committee to …
Google Glass has barely scratched the surface of the huge market for wearable technology, according to researchers who have analyzed the market from several perspectives. Transparency Market Research says the …
BlackBerry (BBRY) may follow the lead of other troubled tech companies by going private in an effort to turn its business around without the scrutiny of shareholders who want quarterly …
LG G2 breaks new ground Korea’s LG made it clear this week that it wants to compete with the big boys in the smartphone market. Its LG G2 breaks new …
As mobile devices replace personal computers in many homes and workplaces, chip manufacturers are repositioning themselves to focus on wireless technologies. Intel is investing $2 billion in the first foundry …
Google is taking direct aim at Facebook and Twitter with its new MixBit video editing app for YouTube. According to The New York Times, MixBit will work the same way …
Qualcomm Atheros partners with Nokia for indoor maps Qualcomm Atheros and Nokia are teaming up to combine Nokia’s map data with Qualcomm’s Wi-Fi solutions. Using Nokia’s map data, Qualcomm says …
NSN is losing the Siemens name without sacrificing the NSN acronym. The world’s second largest maker of mobile broadband equipment has changed its name to Nokia Solutions and Networks. NSN …
