Employers are getting used to the idea that workers want to bring their own devices to work and connect to the network, but if that network isn't fast enough they may soon see employees toting in another device: the mobile hot spot. Mobile hot...
With the iPad 3 already generating a huge media buzz, this is would not be a good time for Apple to see customers reconsider their purchase plans due to concerns about data privacy on mobile devices. So the smartphone and tablet pioneer wasted no...
Senator Charles Schumer wants the Federal Trade Commission and smartphone manufacturers to both take action to insure that private data on smartphones stays private. Yesterday the New York Democrat told Reuters News Agency that he's asked the FTC to find out whether apps that...
The company that started the digital migration from the desktop to the mobile device chose not to set up shop at this week's Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. Instead, Apple issued an invitation from its Cupertino headquarters this week, inviting analysts and members...
Sprint Nextel has launched its Sprint TV App in the iOS app store, enabling millions of iPhone owners to watch free TV on their phones. Powered by MobiTV, the Sprint TV App will be free with Sprint's unlimited data plans. Free channels will include...
PolyCom's RealPresence video conferencing solution will be available for select HTC smartphones later this year, the two companies announced at Mobile World Congress. HTC smartphone owners will be able to download RealPresence from the Android Market by the middle of this year, according to...
Samsung is already running neck-and-neck with Apple in the smartphone market, and this week at Mobile World Congress the Korean giant is unveiling products aimed at closing the gap in the tablet space. First Samsung launched the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, followed today by...
More and more smartphone owners are using their devices as entertainment systems and cameras, and at Mobile World Congress it is clear that smartphone makers get the picture. HTC Corp. is unveiling three new Android 4.0 phones, all of which feature its proprietary ImageChip...
Device life cycle management has been a complex issue for corporations that need to deal with an increasing proliferation of device types, business demands for flexibility, and the consumerization of devices.
Indeed, CIOs note that managing a wireless portfolio is becoming more complex than ever...
BARCEOLONA, Spain – Often viewed as a distant rival to fellow South Korean device powerhouse Samsung, at this week’s Mobile World Congress event LG looked to get out from under the shadow with what it termed three pillars: speed, display and design. However, in...
The iPad will remain on sale in Shanghai for now, after a local court denied efforts by China's Proview to force retailers to remove the tablets from their stores. Proview, which makes computer monitors, is fighting Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) in courts all over China...
Although more and more mobile phone users in Brazil are adopting short message service (SMS) as a means of communication, the Brazilian SMS market remains smaller than other countries in the region. In Brazil, text messaging represents 37.1% of total value-added service (VAS) revenues...
The worldwide Ethernet switch market reached record revenues of $6.06 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011 (4Q11), representing strong growth of 5.5% year over year and 1.2% quarter over quarter.
Replicating field issues in the lab has always been difficult. The field is, by its very nature, dynamic. Duplicating a reported issue by driving the route again and waiting for the failure to happen is simply a roll of the dice. However carriers, device...
Mobile technology will play a significant role in the provisioning of healthcare services globally, according to a new report from the GSMA. The industry association noted in its report, "Touching Lives through Mobile Health: Assessment of the Global Market Opportunity," that the growth of...
Connected devices built into automobiles would have to turn themselves off when the car was in motion under new voluntary guidelines proposed by the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The move is both intuitive and yet seemingly counter to the general trend...
Broadcom CEO Scott McGregor spoke with RCR Wireless News during the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas about Broadcom's Wi-Fi initiatives. While this was clearly one of the event’s top stories, McGregor’s comments about hiring and investing caught our attention as well.
"Last year...
Huawei recently announced that it will award OEM contracts totaling $6 billion to Qualcomm, Broadcom and Avago, three California-based leading communications technology companies.
Reports that Foxconn will make the next version of Amazon's popular e-reader are gaining credence as chinatimes.com reported that Amazon is finalizing a deal with the Taiwanese manufacturing giant. Foxconn has been under fire for abusive labor practices at the plant in China where...
Despite reports that Apple's share in the smartphone market of China has slipped in Q3 and Q4 of 2011, the company had an exceptional fourth quarter globally by selling 35.5 million smartphones to end users, a 121.4% increase year on year.
In another sign that tablets are replacing notebooks in the workplace, more than two-thirds of small businesses surveyed by AT&T said their employees are using tablets on the job. Checking e-mail and surfing the Web were by far the most popular uses for tablets,...
Almost half a billion smartphones were sold worldwide last year, and about a third of those were sold in the fourth quarter. Analysts agree that by the fourth quarter, Apple was at the top of the smartphone market with its record 37 million iPhones...
While worldwide mobile data traffic is expected to increase 18-fold over the next five years, reaching 10.8 exabytes per month by 2016, in Brazil the rate is slightly higher with Cisco Systems predicting an 19-fold increase between 2011 and 2016. That will result in...
