Nvidia says the future of mobile lines up perfectly with its core strength in graphics processors. More than half of all mobile data traffic is now video, according to Cisco, …
Martha DeGrasse
Martha DeGrasse
Martha DeGrasse is the publisher of Network Builder Reports (nbreports.com). At RCR, Martha authored more than 20 in-depth feature reports and more than 2,400 news articles. She also created the Mobile Minute and the 5 Things to Know Today series. Prior to joining RCR Wireless News, Martha produced business and technology news for CNN and Dow Jones in New York and managed the online editorial group at Hoover’s Online before taking a number of years off to be at home when her children were young. Martha is the board president of Austin's Trinity Center and is a member of the Women's Wireless Leadership Forum.
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The smartphone sales boom may have lots of room to run worldwide, but in the developed world the explosive growth of smartphones is slowing and the makers of high-end devices …
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The Samsung Galaxy S4 is already generating an almost iPhone-like buzz, and the hype is likely to accelerate next month as carriers prepare to sell the phone. But while Samsung …
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Warren East is stepping down from the top position at ARM Holdings (ARMH) after leading the British company to become the world’s premiere architect of processors for mobile devices. Simon …
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Cable and broadcast networks are clearly not planning to be passive couch potatoes while tablets and the Internet steal eyeballs and advertising dollars. Walt Disney’s ABC is the latest media …
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The Samsung Galaxy S4 is the first smartphone to boast an “octo-core” processor. The chip is based on ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture – four ARM A15 processors running at 1.8 GHz …
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Ericsson (ERIC) and STMicroelectronics (STM) have agreed to dissolve their ST-Ericsson joint venture, calling it quits on the effort to establish a competitive European semiconductor supplier for the wireless industry. …
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Intel may look outside the semiconductor industry for its next CEO. The world’s largest chipmaker has traditionally promoted from within, but ever since CEO Paul Otellini announced his departure rumors …
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Google will lay off another 1,200 Motorola Mobility employees, or 10% of the company’s remaining workforce. The cuts will impact workers in the United States, China and India. They are …
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Congress appears ready to take action to make unlocking cell phones legal again. Three Senators have introduced a bipartisan bill directing service providers to allow subscribers to unlock their phones. …
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Samsung may have killed two birds with one stone with its investment in Japan’s Sharp Corp. For $110 million, the Korean conglomerate gets a stake in a TV screen manufacturer …
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Apple and Samsung continue to solidify their dominance of the smartphone market, according to the latest MobiLens report from comScore. The iPhone 5 helped Apple boost its market share to …
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With less than three months to go until graduation, many college students are hard at work fine tuning their resumes and scheduling job interviews. And companies from across the mobile …
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Consumers who first experienced the Internet through smartphones and tablets expect to synch and switch devices with consistency of experience, and this creates opportunities for carriers to mobilize the cloud …
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Qualcomm told Nvidia that its day in the sun was over, boasting at Mobile World Congress that the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor is faster than Nvidia’s Tegra 4, touted …
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The most stunning smartphones at Mobile World Congress were not even announced at the show; both Sony and HTC unveiled their new flagship phones before the week began in Barcelona, …
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Many people in emerging markets will experience the Internet for the first time this year, and most of them will do so on a smartphone. For many, the gateway to …
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The White House says consumers should have the right to unlock their mobile phones. The administration released a statement saying that it supports “legislative fixes” that will make it clear …
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Communications service providers are deploying LTE networks, increasing the available bandwidth to their customers and finding that their existing models for revenue growth are not applicable
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For those of us old enough to remember, there was a time when you couldn’t buy a corded, rotary phone. Instead, you had to lease your phone from Ma Bell. After divestiture, customers were given the options
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With a 10.1-inch screen, Sony’s new Xperia Z tablet is certainly not the smallest tablet to debut at Mobile World Congress, but Sony says it is the thinnest and lightest …
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Chip sales got off to a good start in 2013, with sales up 3.8% year-on-year to $24 billion. According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, North and South America were the …
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Great Britain’s TTP is making use of unused TV broadcast spectrum to deliver high-speed broadband service in rural areas. The so-called “white space” is license-exempt radio spectrum that exists between …
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Mobile operators hear a lot about monetizing subscribers with new services, but now they are also finding ways to earn revenue from consumers who are not their subscribers. “Mobile carriers …
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Boingo Wireless means airport Wi-Fi to most people, but the company is also a provider of distributed antenna installations, and it says the four carriers it works with are asking …