Heavy spending on research and development could depress profits somewhat in the short-term for chip giant Qualcomm, and that has investors bailing out of the stock today. The leading maker …
Ericsson says margins weakened during the first quarter as the company worked to win new contracts. The company says long-term trends are positive and investors seem to agree; Ericsson’s shares …
Apple took investors through its numbers yesterday, but not all those numbers were financial results or product sales. Faced with slowing growth rates and declining margins, Apple focused on numbers …
The UK’s largest mobile operator and the world’s leading designer of mobile processors both reported first quarter earnings today. EE saw revenue slide, but reported a healthy increase in LTE …
Intel makes its move in SDN Intel is courting the carriers with hardware and software to enable software-defined networking (SDN). The company’s reference designs use standard x86 servers and programmable …
It’s been more than two years since Nokia CEO Stephen Elop decided that the struggling phone maker would make handsets based on Microsoft’s Windows operating system. Elop, a former Microsoft …
With mobile video projected to represent two thirds of all mobile data traffic by 2017, service providers must manage and monetize video traffic to stay competitive. Openwave Mobility and Sandvine …
Verizon Communications earned $1.95 billion in the first quarter, or $0.68/share, an increase of more than 15% from the year-ago quarter. Total operating revenue was $29.4 billion, up 4.2% from …
Shares of Apple (AAPL) are off almost 5% this morning on concerns about the company’s upcoming earnings report, due next Tuesday. iPhone 5 buzz has died down somewhat, and many …
Intel (INTC) said in its first quarter earnings call that its tablet business is doubling every quarter, with first quarter semiconductor shipments to tablet makers twice as high as the …
AT&T and U.S. Cellular are the first two U.S. carriers to offer Samsung’s new flagship, the Galaxy S4. Pre-orders start today, with the handsets shipping at the end of the …
Nvidia delays Tegra 4 launch Nvidia (NVDA) says it will delay the launch of its Tegra 4 processor and accelerate the launch of the Tegra 4i, which integrates an LTE …
With the escalating number of employees using mobile devices to access both personal and professional content on corporate networks, mobile device management is becoming a significant point of discussion
China’s Foxconn is hiring workers to produce a new version of the iPhone, according to Bloomberg. The news service says that Foxconn has ended a hiring freeze at its Zhengzhou …
Powerwave has secured an additional $5 million debtor-in-possession credit facility as it works to find a buyer. The Gores Group is the buyout specialist financing P-Wave Holdings, which will provide …
Samsung says demand for the Galaxy S4 is stronger than expected, and that’s causing some U.S. carriers to delay the phone’s launch. Visit RCR Wireless for today’s Mobile Minute. Today’s …
MetroPCS has rescheduled its shareholder vote on the proposed merger with T-Mobile USA. The meeting originally scheduled for today will take place on April 24 in order to give shareholders …
Semiconductor startup Quantance has raised another $12 million from investors including DoCoMo Capital, TD Fund, Granite Ventures, InterWest Partners and DoCoMo Capital. The company makes power supply chips that use …
Apple is finally ending its relationship with Samsung Semiconductor, according to a report in The Korea Times. For years Apple’s devices have used mobile processors made by Samsung, and some …
Gartner estimates worldwide chip sales at $300 billion for 2012, and IHS iSuppli puts the number at $304 billion. Both firms agree that worldwide semiconductor sales were down more than …
In response to Google’s announcement that it is bringing Google Fiber to Austin, AT&T said that is also prepared to build a 1 gigabit-per-second fiber optic network in the Texas …
Fairsearch, a business group formed to fight the dominance of Google, has filed a complaint with the European Commission alledging that the search engine giant uses “deceptive conduct to lockout …
Taiwan’s HTC, the world’s fourth largest smartphone maker, recorded its lowest quarterly profit since it began reporting publicly in 2004. During the first quarter HTC earned $2.85 million (T$85 million), …
Google Fiber, the superfast broadband network that claims to move 1 gigabit of data per second, is rolling out in Austin, Texas. Austin competed with Kansas City to be the …
Ericsson says it will buy Microsoft’s Mediaroom for an undisclosed amount, a move that will give the world’s largest maker of mobile telecom equipment the lead position in the market …
