Martha DeGrasse

Brightstar is buying San Francisco’s Let’sTalk in a move to help carriers add value to their device offerings. The wireless distribution and logistics provider says it will be able to …

Winners include Apple shareholders, software developers, and anyone associated with the Windows phone. The losers are you and me, plus the U.S. carriers, Samsung and Google.

4G and LTE technologies will only partially deliver the efficiencies required to handle the necessary network capacity. Service providers are looking towards the use of small cells to help alleviate the capacity issue.

Mobile messaging app WhatsApp says it processed more than 10 billion messages in one day this week. That’s more than one message for every person on earth. On one app.

Verizon Wireless has gotten the final green light it needs to proceed with its acquisition of spectrum from seven different companies, including four cable companies.

PCIA – The Wireless Infrastructure Association announced today that FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will deliver the keynote address at this fall’s Wireless Infrastructure Show in Orlando, Florida. The show runs …

The SuperPAC app records political ads from TV or YouTube and displays the name of the group that paid for the ad.

Sony Corp. is taking control of its mobile business. The consumer electronics giant says it will axe 1,000 jobs and move its mobile business unit from Sweden to Japan.

An Israeli business newspaper is reporting that Qualcomm (QCOM) is set to acquire Israel’s DesignArt Networks for between $120 and $140 million. The deal would not be a large acquisition …

The cost of bringing 3G smartphones to China showed up in the China Telecom’s earnings report today as the nation’s third-largest carrier reported a sharp drop in quarterly profits.

Samsung Electronics says it will invest $3 – $4 billion to upgrade an Austin memory-chip making plant so that it can produce chips for mobile devices.

The jurors will be sequestered, but Judge Koh has decided to allow them to access the Internet during deliberations. Several jurors apparently carry the same devices that are the subject of the trial – smartphones and tablets made by Samsung and Apple.

iPhone and iPad users who want to make video calls using FaceTime when it becomes available through iOS 6 this fall will be able to do so for free on …

This weekend some of Finland’s strongest arms hurled phones into the air in the country’s annual Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships.

The Federal Trade Commission has reportedly ordered Google to pay a $22.5 million fine for deceiving users of Apple’s Safari web browser.

Keeping everyone connected is a job that began more than a year ago for the wireless carriers and equipment providers involved in preparing the various venues that will host the RNC and the DNC.

The latest research on smartphone sales shows purchases of prepaid devices surging while sales of phones purchased with contracts is basically flat.

Mobile payments innovator Square is getting a $25 million investment and a major contract from Starbucks.

Strategy Analytics’ Neil Shah analyzes the Apple/Google smartphone platform duopoly.

Silicon Valley’s FreeMonee Network has just raised $34 million and it’s ready to start giving it away. The software company works with banks to analyze data and predict consumer spending patterns,

With a little history and a bit of mystery, National Instruments has been working hard to build anticipation for its newest test instrument for mobile device makers and chip designers.

American smartphone users report more dropped calls and unwanted text messages than users of feature phones.

AT&T Inc. has until midnight on Thursday to sign a new contract with 22,000 CWA members in the Southeast.

Millions of Chinese citizens watching their country’s athletes win medals in London this week are using smartphones to share messages and updates. The latest research on global smartphone shipments shows …