Global data usage has skyrocketed since the launch of the first smartphones. In 2010 the figure stood at just 2 ZB. Fast forward to now and it has reached 120 ZB and this figure is predicted to increase by a further 150% by the...
Mid-range gen AI smartphone shipments are expected to take off in 2026
According to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) forecast, global generative AI (gen AI) smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 363.6% year over year in 2024 to 234.2 million units, which represents 19%...
Since the announcement on May 20th, 2024, the PC industry has been abuzz with the new generation CoPilot+ PCs. Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x laptop was among over 20 models launched in June 2024. These PCs have started shipping as we enter the busy back-to-school...
Ericsson and Oppo will also work together on several 5G-related projects, including device testing and marketing
Ericsson and Oppo have entered a multi-year cross-licensing patent agreement that covers patents related to standards for cellular technologies, including 5G. Per the agreement, the handset vendor will make...
Demand 'remains challenged in many markets,' IDC said; gen AI smartphones expected to grow rapidly
The second quarter of 2024 marked the fourth consecutive quarter of growth for the smartphone market, according to preliminary quarterly data from IDC, with global shipments up 6.5% since the...
GSMA says smartphone affordability is the most significant connectivity barrier for those living in low- and middle-income countries
Mobile operators and vendors, the World Bank Group, ITU and several other institutions have joined a new global coalition spearheaded by the GSMA focused on making smartphones...
Smartphone users are consuming and creating short-form videos at astonishingly high rates
Vodafone Group and Meta Platforms are deepening their network traffic optimization partnership by addressing the capacity needs of short-form video on 11 of the carrier’s European mobile networks.
Smartphone users are consuming and...
Consumers dislike current device options and worry about social perception and privacy when it comes to XR, according to a report from Ericsson Consumer Lab
Options and adoption of augmented, virtual and mixed-reality devices, applications and services are moving more slowly than expected, with most...
EchoStar said that the estimated value of the program with all yearly options is up to $2.7 billion over 10 years
EchoStar announced it has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract as part of the U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command Spiral 4 wireless...
Samsung's Galaxy S24 provided 'statistically significant' improvement in 5G download speeds across seven out of 15 countries, according to Ookla testing
Samsung's newest Galaxy models provide faster median 5G download speeds in about half of the global markets in recent testing by Ookla, and also...
Docomo and the other three Japanese companies have been jointly conducting R&D on sub-terahertz devices since 2021
Japanese companies NTT Docomo, NTT Corp., NEC and Fujitsu jointly announced the development of a 6G wireless device capable of 100 Gbps transmissions in the 100 GHz and...
Qualcomm continuously delivering technology upgrades to its XR platform as glasses gradually become next-generation mobile compute devices
The long arc of Extended Reality (XR)—a term that covers augmented, mixed and virtual reality—is toward standalone glasses and headsets that deliver mobile, immersive experiences and gradually become...
Apple is not 'making its own products better,' says Attorney General Merrick Garland, but 'other products worse'
The U.S. Department of Justice and 16 state and district attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of monopolizing the smartphone market. The...
ZTE recently launched a set of 5G-Advanced products at MWC 2024
Chinese vendor ZTE said it has recorded an operating revenue of CNY 124.2 billion ($17.27 billion) during 2023.
In a release, the company said its net profit amounted to CNY 9.33 billion last year, representing...
Vodafone, Qualcomm and Xiaomi achieved peak upload speeds of up to 273 Mbps in this recent test
Vodafone, Xiaomi, and Qualcomm Technologies said they have successfully tested a new 5G technology that will enable customers to get faster upload speeds and wider coverage with the...
During a CES keynote, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger predicted “at least” a 10-year AI super cycle as automation is brought into different industries
AI everywhere—that’s the new tagline from Intel as it optimizes its silicon for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, and partners with its growing...
LAS VEGAS--As you’d expect, CES was dominated by positioning, presentations and products designed to capitalize on the (hopefully durable) moment generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) is having. As to how this opportunity maps generally to the mobile industry and specifically to Qualcomm, company CEO...
Juniper expects that Apple's move to support RCS will boost business RCS messaging revenues by 500% in just two years
With Apple set to begin supporting Rich Communications Services (RCS)-based messaging late this year, Juniper Research estimates that the shift will drive operator revenue from...
The XR2+ Gen 2 comes with more GPU and AI capabilities; Qualcomm named Google and Samsung as among OEM partners
Ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show starting today in Las Vegas, Qualcomm announced the latest-and-greatest in Extended Reality (XR) silicon platforms. The XR2+ Gen 2,...
HFCL said its 5G FWA products are already under trial with domestic and international customers
Indian telecom gear maker HFCL announced the launch of its locally developed 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) consumer premises equipment (CPE) for telecom operators, local press reported.
HFCL said its 5G...
Total mobile shipments in the January-October period surged 4.2% year-on-year to 230 million units
China's mobile phone shipments surged 19.7% year-on-year to over 29.16 million in October, local press reported, citing data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT).
According to the report,...
5G presents a challenge for batteries in connected devices. Ookla has estimated that, based on its data, smartphone users connected to 5G networks drain their batteries between 6-11% faster than users on LTE networks—although the newer the chipset inside the device, the better the...
Oppo says that the AI model has three major technical characteristics: dialogue enhancement, personalization and cloud-device collaboration
Chinese handset manufacturer Oppo has furthered its commitment to generative AI (GenAI) with the launch of AndesGPT, a self-trained, an in-house large language model (LLM) designed to improve...
The GSMA published the SGP.32 eSIM IoT Technical Specification in May
Last year, the GSMA published the architecture and requirements for the new eSIM remote provisioning standard intended for IoT devices, SGP.31 eSIM IoT Architecture and Requirements for remote provisioning of eUICCs in Network Constrained...
