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Smartphones on track to reach 1.03 billion units in 2015

Smartphone shipments will more than double from 478 million in 2011 to 1.03 billion in 2015, according to a new report from IHS iSuppli. By then, smartphones will comprise the majority of all cellphone shipments at 54.4%, up from 32.5% this year.Highlighting the dramatic...

iPad shipments set to rise beyond previous growth expectations

Apple Inc. is expected to increase its iPad shipments at a rapid clip, according to IHS iSuppli. Tablet shipments are expected to rise to 60 million units worldwide in 2011, marking a 245.9% jump from 17.4 million in 2010, the firm calculated.At the time...

Apple iPad 3 production to begin in October

The trial production of Apple Inc’s iPad 3 will begin in October, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal which says Apple is already working closely with its component suppliers and manufacturing partner in Asia. The WSJ said Apple had already completed its...

Analysts do the math: Google will pay $510,204.08 for each of Motorola's patents

Analyst comments are pouring in following Google Inc.’s (GOOG) somewhat out of left field announcement that it would make Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) it’s largest acquisition target yet to the tune of $12.5 billion. And virtually everyone sees the move as a...

Apple looks to Taiwanese vendors to cut iPad 4 costs

Apple is looking to cut slices out of its iPad 4 bill of materials (BOM) by looking to cheaper Taiwanese integrated circuit designers according to local source DigiTimes. According to the Taiwanese tech daily, Apple is weighing up its options to extract more profit from...

HTC ThunderBolt expensive to make, IHS reports

A teardown of HTC Corp.'s (HTCFX) ThunderBolt highlights the expense behind LTE phones, according to the IHS iSuppli Teardown Analysis Service. IHS said the ThunderBolt carries the highest bill of materials of any phone it has ever torn apart.With a bill of materials...

Driving the next generation of business innovation: An RCR Wireless News Feature Report

Today's telecom operators are facing perhaps the most competitive threats to their business that they ever have. Device manufacturers, operating system companies, over-the-top service providers and large digital content giants are each developing their own relationships with individual end users and enterprises. Faced with...

Mobile app store revenues set to jump 77.7% this year

The combined revenue of the four major mobile application stores is projected to jump nearly 80% this year, according to a new report from iSuppli Corp. Following 2010, when Apple Inc. (AAPL), Google Inc. (GOOG), Nokia Corp. (NOK) and Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM)...

More than 1B embedded devices to ship this year, IHS iSuppli says

More than 1 billion electronic products with embedded wireless technology will ship this year, and more than 2 billion will ship in 2015, as consumers start to demand that all of their devices have Internet connectivity, according to research from IHS iSuppli.“In today's world...

Reality Check: Seven trends to track in mobile handset market

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.Wireless handsets have been around for decades, but this market has perhaps never had a more promising...

Report: Wireless industry to generate $235.5B in equipment revenues

Industry market research firm iSuppli Inc. reports that due to the continued growth in the cell phone market, worldwide factory equipment revenues associated with the wireless industry will hit $271.3 billion in 2011. That growth will be on top of the $235.5 billion generated...

HTC to open R&D facility in N.C.

HTC Corp. said it plans to lease space for a new research and development office in Durham, N.C., where it plans to employ 45 people beginning in the first quarter of next year. HTC said the facility will conduct “research into multiple areas of...

China's gray-market cellular shipments to decline in 2012, iSuppli predicts

China's gray market cell-phone shipments will total about 255 million devices next year, up 11.8% from 2010, but nothing compared to the huge 43.6% surge between 2009 and 2010, proof that a government crackdown against the illegal handset sales is working, according to research...

Reality Check: Mobile broadband in the Americas: What to expect in 2011

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.A decade ago, you could go to any wireless industry trade show and be absolutely sure of...

Despite Android advances, status quo remains in smart phone market

Google Inc.’s (GOOG) Android operating system is beginning to have a pronounced impact on market share for the world’s largest smart phone makers, according to a new report from iSuppli Corp. However, despite the momentum, the three largest smart phone device makers remain unchanged.The...

Report: Game makers have a longer runway with mobile

As dedicated gaming device sales decline, video game makers are looking to smart phones for future growth.According to a new report from research firm iSuppli Corp., the video game industry is coalescing around mobile like never before. Whereas top game publishers have built or...

Apple sells a lot of iPhone 4s, AT&T Mobility braces for impact

Driven by an insatiable consumer demand for anything “i” related, and apparently overlooking some slight design flaws, Apple Inc. (AAPL) said it managed to sell more than 1.7 million iPhone 4 devices through its first three days of availability, becoming the “most successful product...

Capital Markets: Carrier IQ secures financing; DeNA invests in gaming fund; and more

Carrier IQ said it completed its Series D financing round, totaling $12 million. The round was led by Bridgescale Partners. Existing investors Intel Capital, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Accel Partners, Charles River Ventures and Nauta Capital also participated. The funding will support global expansion,...

Sony Ericsson to relocate Americas' headquarters to Atlanta: Will bring 180 jobs to the area

Sony Ericsson announced it will move its Americas' headquarters to Atlanta, closing its offices in Research Triangle Park, N.C., and Miami. The move to Atlanta, where the company signed a three-year lease in Buckhead, is part of the cellphone manufacturer's continuing cost-cutting measures....

We read HP's Palm to get a glimpse of the future

On Wednesday, the mobile world was rocked with news flailing phone maker Palm had been snapped up by the world's premiere computer maker Hewlett-Packard for a cool $1.2 billion. Palm had been officially up for sale for a couple of weeks, with suitors including...

2010 has legit shot to be the year of mobile marketing

Editor's Note:This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' March Special Edition, "The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content and Apps." The 80-page special edition is available here. Following years of promises, and highlighted by the annual claim that...

Apple's iPad faces touchscreen display shortages

Not only is Apple Inc. falling short on iPad shipments due to hyped up demand decimating its supply, but it has now surfaced that the firm is having trouble getting hold of enough 9.7 inch touchscreens from its Asian suppliers. Business news outlet, Bloomberg, quotes...

Motorola names new execs

Motorola Inc. named Mark Shockley SVP of Global Go-to-Market for the company’s Mobile devices business where he will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of Motorola’s mobile device sales operations around the world. Shockley will report to Motorola Co-CEO Sanjay Jha.Shockley has been at...

Disastrous 2009 lingers through 2010 for ODM, EMS segments: Handset shipments to rise this year, iSuppli predicts

Even though the wireless handset market will rebound this year, the world's top 10 contract manufacturers will continue to struggle as they try to recover from a disastrous 2009, according to research from iSuppli Corp. Cellphone shipments for the largest original development manufacturers (ODM)...