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Google Maps is one of the most popular smartphone apps and one of the most lucrative, as advertisers are quick to see the value in location-based mobile ads. Now Apple is reportedly working to move into Google’s territory with its …

Holiday weekends are usually quiet ones overall for business, and especially in the telecom world. Not this year. Between Leap’s iPhone announcement, Randall Stephenson’s wide-ranging discussion at the Sanford C. Bernstein conference,

Summer is here and with it a hot new smartphone – but this June it’s not an iPhone that will have consumers lining up outside retail stores. While Apple is widely expected to delay its new iPhone launch until fall …

News this week that Leap Wireless would begin offering Apple’s iPhone devices was a significant escalation in the competitive landscapes across the already red-hot smartphone and prepaid markets.

Leap Wireless joined the growing number of regional operators offering Apple’s iconic iPhone device, though as has been the case for much of its history, the carrier is adding a unique twist: no contract required. Leap, which operates its flat-rate, …

BERLIN – Germans take their days off very seriously, but in the early hours of May 29, just after a Monday holiday when most stores were closed in Berlin, many were up bright and early for the new Samsung Galaxy …

Smartphones have been used in corporate environments for quite a while and, since the advent of Apple’s iPad, tablets have also flooded the enterprise environment. Sometimes, adoption is driven by users under the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon; other times it is …

NEW ORLEANS – Following on news earlier this week flushing out more details of its network plans, T-Mobile USA continued to hammer home the point that it wants to re-establish its position as an industry disruptor. Highlighting that cause, the …

Little by little, the iPhone is making its way to rural America. Today Kentucky’s Bluegrass Cellular and Nex-Tech Wireless of Kansas both announced that they will offer the iPhone 4S starting this month. “It helps put us on an even …

Every few months, or whenever the rumor mill is running a bit thin (never!), a new report seems to surface claiming that Apple is looking to become a wireless carrier of some sort.

Brazilian Foxconn plant employees in the city of Jundiaí, Brazil, gave up going on a strike that was proposed last week due to bad working conditions. In a meeting held yesterday, employees voted for no downtime. The strike was contemplated …

This past week and a half were marked by quarterly results from some of the nation’s largest wireless operators, each showing an interesting challenge that remain in the mobile space.

Brazilian workers in the city of Jundiaí have threatened to go on strike against Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn beginning May 3 if the company does not fix problems related to water, food, and transportation. Local newspaper Jornal de Jundiaí first reported the situation on April 25. …

Apple (AAPL) put a shine on the US stock market Wednesday, rising 9% and regaining most of the ground lost earlier this month. Fears that the engine of the mobile revolution might be slowing down were quickly put to rest …

AT&T Mobility (T) looks to have hit an iPhone wall, with the iconic device still remaining a big seller for the carrier, but a greater share of new customers looking elsewhere when selecting the device. AT&T Mobility said it sold …

Following a rough fourth quarter in which strong iPhone sales hit its bottom line, Verizon Wireless’ first quarter results showed the fruit of that labor by posting robust growth in average revenue per user and increased wireless margins. The nation’s …

Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular added some color to its LTE device plans, announcing the immediate availability of the Samsung Galaxy S Aviator. The device is set to run on the carrier’s LTE network that is available in select markets …

Sprint Nextel continued to add to its LTE device lineup with the launch of the HTC Evo 4G LTE smartphone expected to hit shelves by mid-year. The device joins a trio of previously announced LTE-enabled devices by the carrier ahead …

Rural carriers are increasingly lining up to offer Apple’s iPhone device as this morning Ntelos Wireless Cellcom Alaska-based General Communication said they would begin offering versions of the iconic smartphone on April 20. All three operators are also undercutting price …

To the potential delight of wireless operators, a new report from ComScore shows that a significantly higher percentage of iPhone users in the United States and United Kingdom rely on their device’s Wi-Fi capabilities than customers with Android-powered smartphones. This …

Calling 2012 a “breakout year for 4G LTE technology,” Strategy Analytics today released a report predicting tenfold growth this year in shipments of LTE phones. The firm’s Neil Shah projects that 67 million LTE phones will ship this year, primarily …

As the company that revolutionized the mobile industry and continues to set the bar, Apple has no problem getting an audience with local and state governments when it announces plans for expansion. So the Austin City Council was all ears …

Chinese wireless operators showed robust year-over-year growth in net customer additions, with all three of the country’s largest carriers showing increased demand for mobile, and more specifically 3G, services. The results also showed increasing impact from Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone device …