The world's largest SIM card maker said it has "reasonable grounds" to believe that its networks were hacked by the National Security Agency and the U.K.'s Government Communications Headquarters in 2010 and 2011. However, Gemalto does not think that SIM card encryption keys were...
Need for #MWC15 Speed
Each year, RCR Wireless News sends members of our team to Barcelona, Spain, to cover the proverbial "Super Bowl" of the mobile industry – GSMA's Mobile World Congress. Last year, our team met with over 125 companies, posted dozens of articles and...
The number of LTE device manufacturers has more than doubled within the last year, according to the latest data from the Global Mobile Suppliers Association. There are 275 companies now making LTE devices, and the number of different devices on the market is up...
AT&T Mobility customers looking to take a trip back in time will have a new option later this week as the wireless carrier is set to begin offering BlackBerry’s Classic device.
The Classic is an update of BlackBerry’s Bold 9900 series device, including BlackBerry’s full...
Alibaba pumps $590M into Chinese smartphone-maker
Alibaba has announced plans to invest $590 million in Meizu, a fast-growing Chinese smartphone-maker, in exchange for an undisclosed minority stake in the company.
Alibaba reportedly plans to integrate its mobile operating system and e-commerce technology into Meizu’s phones, as...
Sprint and T-Mobile US are both looking to tablets to win new subscribers and encourage existing customers to upgrade. Sprint is offering an iPad Mini 3 with 2GB of data in tandem with the iPhone 6 with unlimited talk, text and data. The plan...
Lenovo Q3 revenue climbs 31% as device sales more than double
Hong Kong-based Lenovo Group beat analysts’ estimates for its third fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31, 2014, notching $14.1 billion in revenue on net income of $253 million.
The company said in a statement that, striving for...
Sprint is swooping into more than 1,500 stores owned by RadioShack, which filed for bankruptcy this week. The carrier will set up shop in those RadioShack locations and plans to turn them into co-branded Sprint/RadioShack stores. Sprint said it will occupy roughly one-third of...
Wi-Fi router comes in three-pack and covers whole home
The new Eero router seeks to create small-scale Wi-Fi mesh networks by foregoing the traditional one-router home setup for a base kit of three routers available on pre-order for $309.
The easy-to-install network is run from a...
Hotel fined $600,000 for jamming Wi-Fi hot spots
After being fined $600,000 for jamming a guest’s personal Wi-Fi hot spot, Marriott Hotel Services will not press a petition against the Federal Communications Commission, which took a firm position on the issue.
Following an investigation, the FCC...
The latest research on mobile device market share shows Android solidifying its dominant position, despite a fourth-quarter flurry of iPhone purchases. Strategy Analytics said that 1 billion Android smartphones shipped last year, vs. 192 million iPhones and roughly 100 million smartphones running other operating...
Connected car: car-2-car, car-2-infrastructure – How does it all come together?
"Connected car" has become a catch-all term to include aspects related to telematics, vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure, infotainment, ADAS, autonomous driving and on and on. This report maps the different categories that fall under this umbrella, explains...
Car-2-Car, Car-2-Infrastructure - How does it all come together?
"Connected car" has become a catch-all term to include aspects related to telematics, vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure, infotainment, ADAS, autonomous driving and on and on. This webinar will look to map the different categories that fall under this umbrella,...
The iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus propelled Apple to a record-breaking performance during the holiday shopping season, as the company sold 74.5 million iPhones in a single quarter. That's a 46% increase from the year-ago quarter, when holiday shoppers were picking up...
Qualcomm chipsets remained the industry leader in cellular and smartphone apps processors in 2014, according to a new report from research firm Strategy Analytics.
Although Qualcomm continues to dominate the LTE baseband processor space holding a unit share of about 80% in the third quarter of 2014,...
Chinese manufacturers are six of top 10
In 2014, smartphone sales totaled some 1.167 billion, an increase of 25.9% from 2013, according to a new report from market research and analysis firm TrendForce.
TrendForce’s Global Smartphone Analyst Avril Wu points out in the report, released Jan....
Network security is big business for Cisco, and each year the company provides updates on potential new threats and the evolution of existing security loopholes. Cisco's annual security report this year highlights three trends, and also offers insight on the changing nature of countermeasures.
Snowshoe...
Xiaomi has made it crystal clear that it's ready to take on the smartphone establishment. The Chinese devicemaker launched a new smartphone that shares its name with Samsung's popular Note, and is marketing it as a direct competitor to the iPhone 6 Plus.
Xiaomi Chairman...
Multiuser MIMO powers connected home
A new generation of routers, many unveiled last week at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show, promise to deliver connection speeds in excess of 1 gigabit per second using an as yet unadopted 802.11ac – or Wave 2 – standard.
The precursor...
Apple wants to slice the licensing fees it pays each time it sells an iPhone. The company is suing wireless equipment giant Ericsson, which holds many patents for 3G and 4G technologies. Apple says Ericsson is demanding excessive royalty fees, and that its wireless...
"We all carry a smartphone, we carry a tablet, we carry mobile devices and they're in our hands wherever we go. I want you to stop and think about that, it has two cameras on it, it has two microphones, it has GPS, it...
Snapdragon processor enters automotive
LAS VEGAS – While several major chip manufacturers displayed the latest in connected car technology at CES 2015, San Diego-based Qualcomm turned heads with its polished in-vehicle concept set up in a state-of-the-art Cadillac XTS.
Nakul Duggal, VP of product management for automotive...
LAS VEGAS – Epson unveiled three new products in its Active line at this week's Consumer Electronics Show. The devices include the Runsense, Pulsense and M-Tracer.
The Runsense wearable uses GPS to track distance and pace, as well as provides a heart monitor. The device also...
LOS VEGAS – LG has good news for those who are less than gentle with their cellphones, launching an updated version of its curved, self-healing LG G Flex 2 phone at CES 2015.
The self-healing coating is designed to rid your phone of scratches and...
