Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, signed a law that creates incentives for technological innovation, establishes programs to support broadband network installation and restores digital inclusion projects in the country’s public schools. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Industry applauds Brazil’s new tax incentive law for telecom sector >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Ripple effect: iPhone 5 expected to help wireless infrastructure companies >
Companies that make equipment for managing traffic on LTE networks stand to benefit from the launch of the iPhone 5.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Networks over count video use; customers may pay the price >
Researchers at UCLA say U.S. mobile operators are potentially charging customers for data those customers never receive.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">iPhone 5 a sellout; component shortages and carrier testing may delay shipments >
iPhone enthusiasts who awoke in the wee hours this morning were able to pre-order a new iPhone 5 for delivery next Friday. The rest of us may have to wait a little longer
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Brazilian smartphone sales increase 77% to 6.8 million in 1H 12 >
Smartphones are hot in Brazil. While the total mobile phone market dropped 16% in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period of 2011, smartphone sales rose 77%. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analysts: Apple iPhone 5 to boost BYOD >
Worldwide enterprises have been impacted by the bring-your-own-device trend. Of course, Apple’s new devices are not the only cause, but the company has definitely contributed substantially to the phenomenon. When …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Apple iPhone 5 set to launch Sept. 21; bigger screen, LTE, same price >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Updated to include Leap Wireless’ launch of device on Sept. 28 To the surprise of few and delight of many, Apple today unveiled its latest smartphone with the aptly named …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">The iPhone and the economy >
Does an Apple a year keep the economy in gear? Probably not, but Apple’s iPhones have definitely had a ripple effect on the world economy during the last five years.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">General Dynamics buys mobile security software firm >
General Dynamics chose the anniversary of 9/11 to announce its acquisition of Open Kernel Labs, a Chicago software startup that makes virtualization software to enhance security on mobile devices.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Feature Report: FirstNet First Step for Public-Safety Interoperability >by rtwissby rtwiss
Expect new relationships and tricky negotiations. Everyone wants priority via LTE – the first responders in any emergency, utilities for mission-critical services, and wireless carriers who don’t want to risk …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Another 7-inch Wi-Fi only tablet: Toys R Us launches Tabeo >
The introduction of another Wi-Fi only tablet is part of a troubling trend for wireless carriers.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Nokia, coffee house offer energy for people and their phones >by Sara Zaskeby Sara Zaske
Mobile phone users feeling low on power will soon be able to slip into a café and order a cup of coffee with a wireless phone charge on the side, thanks to a new agreement between Nokia and The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf®.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">All eyes on Amazon >
The world’s largest online retailer has the wireless industry’s attention today
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Survey finds smartphone users spend more; iPhone most satisfying >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
On the heels of a bevy of smartphone launches, J.D. Power and Associates this morning reported that its latest customer survey found that customers that regularly use social media applications …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Webinar: Connected Cities Series: Public Safety LTE Trends >by rtwissby rtwiss
The public safety space has for years been tasked with attempting to accomplish an increasingly complex job using antiquated equipment. That challenge appears to be gaining some attention as the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Nokia and Microsoft launch Lumia 920 >
Microsoft’s marketing muscle is of course Nokia’s ace in the hole as the Finnish company struggles to regain a foothold in the mobile phone market that it dominated until recently.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Brazil market shakeup: Lenovo to acquire CCE; Positivo to produce cellphones >
Two events shook up the Brazilian computer manufacturing market on Tuesday. The Brazil’s personal-computer maker Positivo Informática announced that it will start producing mobile phones and smartphones. On the same …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reports of screen delays plague iPhone 5 >
Reports that Sharp has failed to start shipping screens for the new iPhone are just the tip of what could be a very sharp iceberg for Apple.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Amazon kindles interest in its next tablet launch >
It’s hard to believe, but as of today you can no longer buy a new Kindle Fire from Amazon.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Feature Report: LTE: A Tough Test to Pass >by rtwissby rtwiss
As long as the wireless industry has been in business, test and measurement has been an integral part of the process. A network doesn’t launch and accompanying devices cannot be …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">New Android LTE devices on tap for fall >
Android’s legal troubles aren’t slowing down production of a bevy of new Android LTE tablets and smartphones set to hit the market.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Winners and losers in the Apple – Samsung case >
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.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Sony Mobile to cut 1,000 jobs, move to Japan >
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.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">China Telecom feels smartphone subsidy sting >
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.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Samsung to invest up to $4B to make chips for mobile devices in Austin >
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.