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Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: ZTEBahrain: With Batelco Group to provide 2G and 3G equipment under a framework agreement.Value: UndisclosedIndia: With Aircel to provide an SDR-based …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. For mobile …

Interesting conclusions are being drawn based on some daily point-of-sale data that ITG Investment Research analyst Matthew Goldman apparently leaked to AllThingsD.Depending on who you ask or what you read, …

The global mobile application market is set to surpass $35 billion in 2014, according to a new report from IDC. Mobile application developers have built more than 300,000 apps in …

The number of machine-to-machine devices will grow 36% in 2011, and is expected to reach 2.1 billion M2M connected devices in 2020, driven by the utilities, healthcare and securities industries, …

Looking to jumpstart adoption of 3G service, China Unicom Ltd. (CHU) is expected to unveil less expensive service plans later this month, according to Dow Jones Newswire.Citing a statement from …

Zacks Investment Research late last week upgraded its long-term recommendation on Latin American mobile operator America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. (AMX) from “underperform” to “neutral” citing the “growing Brazilian economy …

Online freelance employment site Elance came out with its end of year employment trends, noting a 98% increase in the number of jobs posted on the site by businesses seeking …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …

CTIA announced its 2011 officers and said six new members have been elected to its executive committee. The new officers are Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint Nextel; Pat Riordan, president …

Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) is putting the final details on its FLO TV shutdown.Leading up to the shutdown of the service on March 27, 2011, the company has opened up a …

Guinness — the mere mention of the stuff should make your mouth water. You either love it fervently, hate it or at least think you hate it.The Irish stout is …

Wireless modem provider Novatel Wireless Inc. (NVTL) filed a lawsuit against Franklin Wireless Corp., ZTE Corp. and ZTE (USA) Inc. claiming the firms have infringed on five Novatel patents related …

Austin, Texas, is home to an eclectic assortment of musicians, an unofficial city slogan that challenges people to “Keep Austin Weird,” a local celebrity transvestite and one of the premier …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

Scanbuy said customers who have downloaded its ScanLife mobile barcode scanning application on their smartphones have contributed to 30 times more traffic on the platform compared with last year. The …

Almost half of all smart phone users in the United States have already made purchases or plan to do so soon, according to a new survey from ABI Research. The …

Television is as American as apple pie. Translating that love for moving pictures to the mobile screen has been a prolonged challenge. Usage is finally up in some areas, but …

Prepaid provider Page Plus Cellular introduced a new annual cell-phone plan aimed at its low-volume, voice-only customers. The plan offers 2,000 airtime minutes for one year for $80, which equates …

LightSquared said its LTE network rollout is expected to proceed on schedule, despite a glitch with its recently deployed satellite.Boeing, which built and launched the satellite for LightSquared, said the …

To the surprise of few mobile network managers, the recent proliferation of advanced mobile devices is putting an increased strain on carriers’ networks, according to a report from mobile network …

Verizon Wireless (VZ) made some recent price adjustments to its prepaid offerings that now allow some of those plans to undercut pricing on its postpaid services. The carrier has slashed …

United Kingdom-based Cable&Wireless Worldwide plc announced plans to set up a global markets solution center in Bangalore, India, that will serve as a headquarters for the company’s “offshore product development” …

Telecom solutions company Argela selected Picochip as the core technology supplier for its femtocell developments. Argela will use Picochip’s femtocell technology in products including a residential femtocell with home-zone applications …

AUSTIN, Texas–Freescale Semiconductor introduced two new products into its family of DSPs, one designed to support 3G and 4G wireless networks, while the other is cost-optimized for W-CDMA rollouts. Both …