Stephen Elop, Nokia’s CEO and president, visited Brazil twice in less than a year—once in November 2011 and again this week. It is unusual for a device manufacturing company to have its global CEO visiting an emerging country so often. In Nokia’s case, it shows how...
While Microsoft was busy unveiling its new Windows 8 operating system and Surface tablet today, Google's new Nexus 10 tablet surfaced a little earlier than planned. Today a Korean website posted two photos of a what appears to be the user manual for the...
To the surprise of no one that has consumed any form of media over the past week, Apple today unveiled a smaller iPad device, along with updates to a handful of the company’s core computing devices. The announcements follow the release of Apple’s iPhone...
Apple (AAPL) is livestreaming its new product launch starting at 10 a.m. PST, sharing its latest news in real-time with its most loyal customers. The Apple livecast will be available to those who have Apple TV, Macintosh computers running OS X 10.6 or later,...
AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile have launched their Isis mobile payments program a bit behind schedule, but with strong device support. Isis says nine handsets already support the mobile payments platform, with 11 more scheduled
Motorola Solutions latest bet is on a new class of hands-free enterprise mobile computers that use advanced voice recognition, head gestures and video streaming to navigate applications to access business-critical documents and schematics. With the so-called HC1, Motorola Solutions aims to redefine how work gets...
okia is draining its cash reserves as it waits for its Lumia phones to take off, but sales of feature phones are solid, especially in emerging markets.
While many Americans are struggling to keep or hold their jobs, those with the right training have their pick of positions with carriers racing to roll out LTE networks, infrastructure companies building those networks, and manufacturers competing to be first with devices that leverage...
Microsoft and Apple are gearing up for what promises to be one of the fiercest battles in the tablet wars next week. The world's largest software company will start shipping its Surface RT tablets with prices starting at $499, right in line with the...
As carriers race to build next generation wireless networks, they must also race to hire the best and the brightest to design and deploy these networks. The ripple effect of their investments is impacting other industries, including
wireless infrastructure, mobile software and test and measurement...
Four Ways Merchandising Improves Your Profitability: A simple change in how you secure and merchandise devices can solve multiple challenges and boost your bottom line. This report explains how updating your security and merchandising displays can solve the four most common pain points for...
Special Report: Women to Watch in Wireless 2012: Meet a group of women who are emerging as thought leaders and innovators in the wireless ecosystem. By identifying new products and new opportunities for their companies, these women are building markets as they build their own...
If Japan's Softbank wants to take over Sprint Nextel, it could be in part because the Japanese carrier wants access to more cutting edge devices like the ones unveiled today by its biggest rival, NTT DOCOMO.
The begging of LTE roll out and the need of expansion and improvements on 3G networks comprise the biggest challenge for telecoms industry across Latin America and the Caribbean. In addition, customers are seeking for more data capacity. It is time to improve and...
It's not all about the iPhone 5 for AT&T - the nation's second largest carrier says it has two new Android LTE smartphones and a Windows 8 phone on the way.
While investors and consumers in North America have been busy bashing Research in Motion, customers in emerging markets have been busy buying its products. The Canadian company that was a smartphone innovator and pioneer in the pre-iPhone days released its first good news in...
Troubled Research in Motion (RIMM) is playing to its strengths with the launch of the upcoming BlackBerry 10 smartphone and operating system. The company is billing its newest device as a smartphone with the functionality of a personal computer, targeting the corporate clients that...
Smartphones shipped globally will hit 1.7 billion in 2017 with emerging markets seeing particularly strong growth, Ovum has predicted. According to the independent telecom analysis firm, application stores are also gaining ground in emerging markets resulting from the increased smartphone penetration as users seek richer experiences...
A Foxconn plant that reportedly makes components for the iPhone 5 is idle today after a worker riot that involved two thousand people and sent 40 individuals to the hospital. Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that manufactures iPhones and iPads in China, said the riot...
5 million people in at least 9 countries took home a new iPhone 5 this weekend, breaking the weekend launch record set last year by the iPhone 4S. The latest iPhone went on sale Friday in the US, the UK, Canada, Germany, France, Australia,...
The unofficial national holiday that is the launch of a new Apple iPhone is upon us, and as can be seen via most news outlets, the usual lines in front of retailers are as strong as ever.
For those that are not already standing in...
