The world's largest mobile phone maker confirmed today that sluggish smartphone sales have depressed sales and earnings. Today Finland's Nokia (NOK) attached some numbers to last week's announcement that its devices and services unit would lose money during the first half of 2012. Nokia...
Over the span of five years, smartphones, mobile broadband and the ongoing transition to all-IP networks has transformed the mobile industry. While revenues have grown across every sector in the market, startups are increasingly eating into network operators’ legacy revenue streams. Wildly popular over-the-top...
RCR Wireless News announced today that Jason Marcheck has joined its executive team as Managing Director for News, Insights and Analysis. Jason joins RCR Wireless News from Current Analysis where he served as a Principal Analyst and Director of Custom Research.
In addition to...
RIO DE JANEIRO - There will not be a unique frequency band for deploying LTE in Latin America. However, planned auctions and current LTE trials suggest that AWS (1700/2100 MHz) and 2.6 GHZ are likely to be the most common bands as Brazil, Chile,...
Having taken over the Spring Break spot on the calendar once occupied by its larger brethren CTIA, the RCA - The Competitive Carriers Association this year is going all-in hosting the 2012 Competitive Carriers Global Expo at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort in...
Less than a month after raising $100 million in a deal that valued it at ten times that amount, Square is reportedly considering a new round of financing that could value it at up to $4 billion. $4 billion is also the amount that...
RIO DE JANEIRO – The next evolution of telecommunications so-called fourth generation will enhance user experience by improving Internet capacity. “It brings the same experience to the mobile environment as the fixed world,” said Oi’s technology consultant Alberto Boaventura.
“It is all about lifestyle and possibilities....
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Nokia's long-term credit rating by one notch to Baa3, just one level above non-investment grade, or "junk" status. The rating agency also left a negative outlook on Nokia, meaning a further downgrade could be next if sales of the...
RIO DE JANEIRO – Back in September 2007, Venezuelan pay-tv company Movilmax started to provide WiMAX access to people in Caracas, the country’s capital. After having attracted 10,000 subscribers to the service, the company plans to migrate the network to LTE technology and expand...
IT consumerization and the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend are changing companies and as consequence, their IT departments. If a couple of years ago, a company's chief information officer (CIO) was “the man” who decided all, current employees – and many high-level executives – are now...
Nokia may be trailing Samsung in smartphone sales, but it definitely has a publicity edge this month with its on-the-street smartphone speed tests. Nokia representatives offer cash rewards to any smartphone user who can upload a video to Facebook faster than a Lumia Windows...
All four of the major US wireless carriers have agreed to work with the Federal Communications Commission to disable lost or stolen mobile phones. The so-called PROTECT initiative will create a national database into which carriers will enter the IMEI numbers of phones reported...
The world's largest seller of mobile phones says its devices and services unit will lose money during the first half of this year as it struggles to make the transition from feature phones to smartphones. So far Nokia says it has sold 12 million...
Mobile is a key pillar for the German enterprise software giant SAP's future growth. SAP is relying on mobile platforms to reach its global strategy of 1 billion users for its solutions by 2015. Following this move, SAP announced on April 10 that it...
Next time your mobile device asks you to update firmware, think twice before procrastinating that update. A new study on mobile device security found that roughly three quarters of the devices tested in small-to-medium sized businesses could eliminate "severe vulnerablities" by upgrading to the...
Apparently taking its cue from Samsung, Toshiba is focusing on thinner, sleeker offerings in the tablet market, but the Japanese company is not skimping on screen size. Today Toshiba said it's upgrading its Excite line of Android tablets with three new products named for...
Sales of the Galaxy Note propelled Samsung (005930.KS) to record earnings in the first quarter – estimated operating profit was $5.1 billion on revenue of $340 billion. The Korean company will report final results April 27, after an external audit.
Samsung has sold more than...
Taking notes on a tablet when you're on the go can mean balancing the slate in one hand while trying to type with the other. The HTC Flyer is for those who want to make quick notes or pictures on a tablet - it's...
Eyeing the growing range of connected devices, ARM, Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient have created a joint venture focused on delivering a secure and accessible environment for advanced services running on platforms such as tablets, smart-TVs, games consoles and smartphones.
All three companies will contribute...
About 5 million DirecTV subscribers in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and 16 other U.S. cities are able to again watch local TV stations that went dark early Sunday. Bankrupt Tribune Broadcasting pulled the programming after failing to reach an agreement with DirecTV, but late...
When it comes to bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies, chief information officers (CIOs) tend to become resistant, mostly because of management and security issues. BYOD is a trend which sooner or later will catch up with many companies, so IT managers must become more open to...
Google is gobbling up a growing share of the smartphone operating system market, according to the latest report from ComScore. The market research firm says that for the three months ending in February, Google's Android operating system had just over half the U.S. smartphone...
American teachers are spending more and more time telling students to put away their smartphones, but that didn't stop Qualcomm from funding a program that gave free smartphones to 150 North Carolina algebra students. The students used the 3G phones to communicate with teachers...
April has already been a busy month for Dell (DELL) - the company has announced two acquisitions in two days. Wyse Technology is the larger purchase. The California-based maker of software and clients for cloud computing should help Dell stay competitive as enterprise demand...
