Mobile and Wireless Industry Reports

Privacy advocates’ concern over what Apple will do with iPhone user data may be overblown, industry experts say

After much waiting and wondering, Android developers finally got a real response to their gripes about the mobile phone OS’s lack of direction: Google released an Android SDK beta update to all developers, not just a chosen few , along …

A partnership with Where.com means that owners of select Garmin navigators can use the devices to find lower gas prices and tell their Facebook friends where they are.

A study from ABI Research predicts the market for femtocell semiconductors could top $1.8 billion 2013, from $72 million this year, growing at an annual compound growth rate of more than 300%. The lucrative market is attracting more and more …

An annual University of Michigan survey drops Yahoo to the second spot. Google’s customer satisfaction improved 10.3 percent over last year.

Many people are familiar with the coffee shop’s Wi-Fi, while others even know how to set up a simple home network. Pretty much everyone, however, knows that Wi-Fi is what makes it all possible. That ubiquity is what many venture …

The first Bluetooth headsets were simple mono devices, designed to sit in one ear as you took a call on your mobile phone. However, as handsets has developed into sophisticated entertainment devices that can play music and video, so headsets …

Picture whipping out your cell phone and catching up with “Lost” or “Jeopardy,” or watching the local 11 o’clock news, all for free. You can do this with an imported Chinese phone, but you can’t with any phone sold in …

Australia’s ‘Big Four’ are revitalising their core banking systems to enable real-time transactions for increasingly online and mobile customers, experts claim.

Today Visa and eight financial institution partners announced a new pilot program whereby Visa cardholders can receive SMS alerts directly on their phones whenever there is activity on their account.

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.—AirDio: Ambient Sound Investments invested $295,000 into Taiwan-based AirDio, which makes system in package modules …

A judge has ruled against SiRF Technology’s request to re-examine an earlier ruling that Broadcom has not infringed against the company’s patents.

The company’s geo-location platform has clear implications for advertisers since ads can be targeted to user locations.

iPhone 3G reception issues were reported in 32 states across the U.S., and while Apple has yet to officially acknowledge the problem, technical support staffers are well aware.

AT&T’s Premier Enterprise Web site is now selling Apple’s popular handset online for $199 and $299 with a two-year contract.

T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone powered by Google’s Android software, according to people briefed on the company’s plans. The phone will be made by HTC, one of the largest makers of mobile phones in …

After 219 developers signed a petition asking for more information about Android ‘s progress, Google offered a two-sentence reply saying, in essence, “thanks.”

Sun Microsystems has open sourced its Java toolkit for building mobile applications just as the role Java plays on handsets comes into question.

Chip will allow people to receive phone calls on their PCs even when the machine is powered-down.

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier–RBC Capital Markets raised its price target on Leap Wireless to $49 from $45 after the carrier reported strong second-quarter subscriber …

Someone was attacking women in Fairfax County and Alexandria, grabbing them from behind and sometimes punching and molesting them before running away. After logging 11 cases in six months, police finally identified a suspect.

A substantial number of mobile users worldwide will follow the Olympics on their cell phones this summer, including nearly 45 percent of United States and 31 percent of United Kingdom mobile video users, according to Nielsen Mobile, MarketingCharts writes .

CNN announced on Tuesday that it would assign journalists to 10 cities across the United States, a move that would double the number of domestic cities where the cable news network has outposts.

Can developing free software for mobile phones be a business? It can if you’re Illusion Labs, a fledgling company in the Swedish port city of Malm

Penetration of all mobile device management (MDM) technologies in handsets is growing strongly globally, claims a new report from Ovum.