The government is making it easier for members of the U.S. military to use smartphones to do their jobs. While members of the armed forces must curb their use of …
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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Security experts are warning Android users about a potential new malware strain that they say has already infected more than 1,600 smartphones. DKFBootKit piggybacks onto legitimate apps that require root …
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Spectrum scarcity, data roaming and interoperability are three of the biggest key issues facing the US wireless industry, and carriers are hoping to see action from Washington …
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Cricket Communications CEO Doug Hutcheson says his company has traditionally served the younger, lower income mobile subscribers, but even among these 6 million customers demand is growing …
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Another quarter of disappointing results for Canadian Blackberry-maker Research in Motion (RIMM) has the company’s new CEO finally considering what his predecessors would not: a sale of the company. New …
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Bob Azzi, SVP of Networks at Sprint Nextel, outlined the carrier’s network vision program today at the RCA Spring Expo. Azzi said the company is working with …
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Saying that “too many devices and too little spectrum” have put the wireless industry “on track to run out of network capacity … threatening future innovation and …
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On Thursday Verizon Wireless will begin offering the LTE-ready LG Lucid for just $80 with a contract, hoping to trump AT&T Mobility’s upcoming launch of Nokia’s Lumia 900 for $100 …
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Enterprises from Fortune 500 companies to hospitals to schools are adopting iPads and other tablets to replace much of the work that personal computers used to do, and the people …
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Taiwan’s HTC, currently number five in worldwide smartphone shipments, wants to differentiate itself by working with the companies who deliver the content users want most on their smart devices. After …
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The Easter Bunny will bring Nokia’s high-end Windows Phone to AT&T this spring – the Lumia 900 goes on sale for $99 on Easter Sunday, according to CNET’s Roger Cheng. …
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Intel (INTC) and Samsung (SSNLF) continue to dominate the global semiconductor market, but Qualcomm (QCOM), Texas Instruments (TXN), Broadcom (BCOM) and nVidia (NVDA) are coming on strong, thanks in large …
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Calling 2012 a “breakout year for 4G LTE technology,” Strategy Analytics today released a report predicting tenfold growth this year in shipments of LTE phones. The firm’s Neil Shah projects …
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As the company that revolutionized the mobile industry and continues to set the bar, Apple has no problem getting an audience with local and state governments when it announces plans …
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If you’ve made it through a year without losing your phone, you’re beating the odds. That’s according to statistics from the mobile security experts at Lookout, who say their phone-finding …
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Six weeks, $200 million. That’s the story for Draw Something, the run-away hit mobile game that has been dominating downloads on both Apple and Android devices. OMGPOP, the New York-based …
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The GSMA is making a commitment to Wi-Fi, partnering with the Wireless Broadband Alliance to make mobile roaming easier for consumers. Together the two trade associations said they will work …
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Stripped of their ability to track crime suspects using GPS devices without a warrant, federal agents may instead rely more heavily on mobile phones as keys to tracking suspects. Earlier …
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Each year Americans retire roughly 130 million mobile phones, and only one in ten is re-used. Operators and device makers see tremendous opportunity in recycled phones, saying that reclaiming old …
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Cricket Communications today became the latest wireless service provider to join RCA – the Competitive Carriers’ Association. The move follows T-Mobile’s decision last week to join the organization, leaving AT&T …
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While thousands of consumers were busy enjoying their new iPads this weekend, analysts were busy ripping the device apart (literally) in an effort to figure out which firms supplied the …
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Three days after its newest iPad finally made it to the hands of eager customers, another group of Apple affiliates is also getting what they’ve wanted. Apple (AAPL) shareholders will …
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While thousands of people around the world were lined up to buy the new iPad, and Apple’s stock price (AAPL) was soaring to new highs, a small group of lawyers …
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Cisco Systems says its $5 billion acquisition of NDS Group will position it to help service providers profit from video. The networking giant says service providers need to be ready …
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In the good old days, the IEEE or a similar standards body would go through the long, intentionally-arduous process of developing a new standard.