Travelling in this electronic age is all very nice - it's now easy to communicate with the folks back home, send them photos, catch up on news in New Zealand, listen to your favourite music and get the latest information about places you plan...
According to Opera's survey of the more 11.9 million Opera Mini users in March, almost 41% of mobile traffic now goes to social networking -- up to 60% in some countries, including the US. Compare that to about 6% of total web traffic for...
Ovum, a consulting firm that specializes in telecom and software consulting, released a study this week projecting that the global market for managed services will deliver revenues of $66 billion by 2012.
NEW YORK When word came down on March 12 that New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was going to resign after revelations that he'd paid more than $80,000 for sex, Jeff Blackwell of the Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat & Chronicle grabbed his video camera and headed...
Much has been made of Best Buy's ( BBY ) $2+ billion investment in Carphone Warehouse (CRWHF.PK) , announced Thursday, May 8 th . This article suggests a manner in which to think about this investment, from the point of view of a value-oriented...
Its gains fly in the face of current economic downturn, says analyst. Apple Inc. 's Macs accounted for 66% of all personal computers priced at $1,000 or more sold at retail in the U.S. during the first three months of this year, a market...
NEW YORK - Nokia, the world's leading mobile phone maker, does not expect to start to see returns from its investment in Internet services until 2010, Chief Financial Officer Rick Simonson said Monday.
AOL on Monday said it has completed the acquisition of Bebo, an online social network focused on the youth market and particularly strong in the United Kingdom.
Korean telecommunications provider SK Telecom has long wanted a bigger beachhead in the U.S. Last year the company went so far as to make an audacious attempt to buy a stake in Sprint Nextel (S), according to reports. That deal didn't pan out, but...
Sprint 's customer satisfaction rating plummeted by more than 8% in the first quarter of 2008, according to the latest American Customer Satisfaction Index , published today.
HP has introduced a smaller and lighter version of its mobile thin client device as it ramps up its desktop virtualisation offerings. The new HP 2533t features a 12 inch widescreen display, with integrated WiFi support and slots for a 3G wireless...
Lee Yoon-woo, the new CEO of Samsung Electronics officially started his job Tuesday. And Samsung officials couldn"t be happier as the technology giant is urged to find new momentum for sustainable growth amid fierce competition in the global electronics industry.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc (MOT.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) said on Tuesday that a U.S. judge had approved a settlement, at no cost to the cell phone maker, related to disputes stemming from the 1999 bankruptcy of satellite service Iridium.
Boost Mobile is hoping to boost sales with a line of new retail stores.The Sprint Nextel Corp. division opened outlets in Hialeah, Fla., Huntington, Calif., and Houston, offering customers and would-be customers an opportunity to explore Boost's offerings "in a hands-on, contemporary environment." The...
Cellphone sales in the United States declined abruptly in the first quarter of the year, the first time since The NPD Group began tracking handsets, the firm wrote in a new report. The quarter saw a 22% decline in sales year-over-year, reaching just shy...
The first criminal conviction of an international prepaid mobile-phone trafficker was announced by U.S. officials in Houston, news that again highlights a growing problem of global proportions for wireless. Indeed, the issue has already triggered numerous lawsuits by a number of U.S. wireless service...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Current Analysis' Peter Jarich, NPD Group's...
As part of Apple's efforts to improve on the shortcomings of its popular iPhone, the company has approached some of the major music labels to try to expand the variety of ringtones and other musical features available on the device, several label executives said...
Cell phones, PDAs, and other mobile devices are generally on the "do not use" list when it comes to the classroom. Teachers ban them. Students put them on silent and tap away.
