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On Feb. 11, 2011, Nokia CEO Steven Elop announced that the company would abandon the Symbian operating system. At the same time, he also announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft. The two would share

Google may not yet be making money with Motorola Mobility, but the software giant is making a statement. “As a part of Google we’re being encouraged to take big bets on things that make a difference,” said Motorola in a …

While a select group of app developers and early adopters are paying $1,500 for prototypes of Google Glass, a competing set of digital eyewear is already making inroads with businesses and software developers who are focused on practical uses for …

In response to Google’s announcement that it is bringing Google Fiber to Austin, AT&T said that is also prepared to build a 1 gigabit-per-second fiber optic network in the Texas capitol. The fiber optic network would be part of AT&T’s …

Google Fiber, the superfast broadband network that claims to move 1 gigabit of data per second, is rolling out in Austin, Texas. Austin competed with Kansas City to be the first city to get Google Fiber, and lost narrowly. Late …

Samsung upped its game in the smartphone space with the unveiling of its latest Galaxy S model, the S4, which will supersede the S3 in its lineup. The S4 includes a 5-inch Super-AMOLED screen, up to 64 gigabytes of embedded …

Google will lay off another 1,200 Motorola Mobility employees, or 10% of the company’s remaining workforce. The cuts will impact workers in the United States, China and India. They are in addition to the 4,000 cuts announced last August after …

Internet powerhouse Google is once again dipping its toes into the spectrum space, announcing a partnership with the Federal Communications Commission to become certified as a “TV white spaces database administrator.” Google, which was initially tapped as one of nine …

Great Britain’s TTP is making use of unused TV broadcast spectrum to deliver high-speed broadband service in rural areas. The so-called “white space” is license-exempt radio spectrum that exists between licensed broadcast spectrum. TTP says that more than 100 MHz …

Device demos from CES 2013 were our top videos for January. Google’s Nexus 4, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1, ZTE’s Grand S, and Broadcom’s LTE modem were among the most popular, as was Broadcom’s demonstration of consumer products that use its …

The one thing that I’ll say about this industry is it never fails to surprise. 2013 will be no exception. Overall, we’ll see much more emphasis on mobile operators trying to take back the subscriber

Price pressures ensure the survival of the feature phone: Although the feature-phone category will continue to play second fiddle to the smartphone in 2013, price pressures will secure

Despite its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility, Google turned to LG to manufacture its Nexus 4 smartphone. While LG workers in Asia are undoubtedly scrambling to get the phones out the door, the company’s marketing arm is working hard …

40 billion apps, 7 billion dollars and a quarter of a million different apps for iOS — those are the numbers Apple is touting this week. The company says that users have downloaded 40 billion iOS apps to date, with …

The world’s largest trade show gets underway next week in Las Vegas, and odds are that wireless technology will permeate everything from cars to cameras on the show floor. In addition, we’ll see new innovation in traditional mobile devices: Hybrids …

For the telecoms industry, 2013 will be a continuation of the “interesting times” that we have seen in 2012. The past year has seen slowing economic growth as a result of the continuing debt crisis in the developed world.

Three out of four smartphones shipped last quarter were running Google’s Android operating system, while just 15% ran Apple’s iOS, and yet Google has a problem: those 15% of smartphone buyers who chose Apple are likely to buy more, download …

Enterprise adoption of Google’s Android operating system is quickly catching up to Apple’s iOS, according to ThreatLabZ, the research arm of cloud security company Zscaler. The company just released its third quarter “State of the Web” research infographic, which shows that …

Motorola Mobility LLC, owned by Google, will stop manufacturing products in China and Brazil. The company announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Singapore-based Flextronics which will acquire Motorola’s manufacturing operations in Tianjin, China and assume the management and operation …

As we head into the holiday season, I thought it would be good to look back on five key themes that framed a momentous year. These events are really in no particular order, but we grouped them into themes to …

Now that December is here and the Google Nexus 4 still isn’t, it’s becoming clear that the smartphone sitting atop many Christmas lists will not be under the tree. According to Google’s website, the Nexus 4 will not ship for …