Software is becoming a key differentiator for mobile devices and networks, and companies throughout the wireless ecosystem are competing for software talent. Carriers, device manufacturers, chip makers, and test and measurement companies all need software engineers, as do communications and telecom software companies. Telecom...
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 are looking for new opportunities. The $60 billion dollar wristwatch market seems like a...
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 giant to acknowledge the shifting landscape; the network will reportedly launch an app that...
Modern tracking generators deliver a convenient way to test the performance of two port components. In this webinar you will discover when you need to normalize a measurement and when you don’t. The need for wide dynamic range will be shown and advanced topics will...
Samsung upped its game in the smartphone space with the unveiling of its latest Galaxy S model, the S4, which will supersede the S3 in its lineup.
The S4 includes a 5-inch Super-AMOLED screen, up to 64 gigabytes of embedded memory and 2 GB of...
The tablet market is growing even more quickly than some estimates had predicted, and the devices are being widely adopted by enterprises and driving billions in application revenue, according to several reports released this week. Low-cost smaller tablets in particular are influencing both device...
Looking perhaps to ride the buzz being generated by Samsung’s expected unveiling of a new smartphone, BlackBerry and Verizon Wireless announced that the carrier would begin taking pre-orders on the latest BlackBerry Z10 device March 14, with shipments expected to begin on March 28.
The...
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 in addition to the 4,000 cuts announced last August after Google completed its $12.5...
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. Wireless Consumer Choice Act is sponsored by Democrats Amy Klobuchar and Richard Blumenthal, and...
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 and a relationship with one of Apple's key suppliers.
Apple's dependence on Sharp made...
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 37.8% of U.S. smartphone subscribers for the 3 months ending in January, up from...
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, Spain. Once the show got underway, their handsets were joined by the latest from...
RCR Wireless News Editor-In-Chief Dan Meyer spoke with Dan Hays, principal and U.S. wireless advisory leader at PwC, about what he viewed as the most compelling topics and under-the-radar trends he spotted at the event. Hays touched on what he felt was some stagnation...
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 that it is not a crime to unlock a phone or tablet that is...
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 tablet on the market. The company demonstrated the tablet for RCR last week.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLltYRYzmiI
Apple makes a statement each year by NOT attending Mobile World Congress, but its presence is felt in the product announcements made by its competitors. Samsung is of course Apple's top competitor in the device space, and although the Korean giant sells more smartphones...
Building on its $840 million acquisition of BrightPoint last year, Ingram Micro debuted its Ingram Micro Mobility business unit, combining its existing mobile group with its BrightPoint assets. Ingram Micro noted the new unit will focus on providing end-to-end solutions for “the lifecycle of...
The two leading telecom groups in Latin America, América Móvil and Telefónica, are preparing to launch handsets featuring the Firefox OS. The companies released launch details at the Mobile World Congress (MWC—check out all pieces) in Barcelona this week.
The Spanish group Telefónica said their handsets...
The world's leading maker of smartphones and the world's top credit card company are teaming up. Visa says its NFC payment software will be built into all future Samsung smartphones. NFC stands for near field communication, and devices with NFC chips can communicate with...
Huawei knows its newest LTE smartphone is one of many new products coming this week at the Mobile World event, but the Chinese giant seems confident that nothing coming up will be faster than the Ascend P2. The company says the phone can download...
BlackBerry will start sales of its recently launched z10 touchscreen smartphone and the BlackBerry Q10 (BB10), a hybrid smartphone that includes a touchscreen and a QWERTY keyboard, throughout Latin America beginning with Venezuela on March 12. The company, which was until recently known as...
Finnish cell phone maker Nokia is optimistic about Brazil, currently its fifth largest market behind China, India, the United States and Japan. During the Brazilian launch of the Lumia 920, 820 and 620, Almir Luiz Narcizo, Nokia Brazil's general manager, said that if the...
