Mobile Phones

Total mobile shipments in the January-October period surged 4.2% year-on-year to 230 million units China’s mobile phone shipments surged 19.7% year-on-year to over 29.16 million in October, local press reported, citing data from the China Academy of Information and Communications …

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Mobile phones have become so ubiquitous that it appears everyone has one. Today, there are all different levels of phones on the market—from prepaid phones that cost under $100 to the latest Apple devices that run well over $1000. We’ve …

Celistics sees strong growth opportunities across Latin America BARCELONA, Spain – Despite an economic crisis countries in Latin America are facing, the telecommunications sector has a lot of growth potential, explained Jose Antonio Rios, CEO of Celistics, in a video …

Swisscom claims it is the first European operator to effectively combine voice-over-LTE and Wi-Fi calling to combat weak mobile signals in heavily insulated buildings. The Swiss operator recently made its Wi-Fi calling service available in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Wi-Fi will …

WASHINGTON – Mobile phones are having a major impact across the Indian sub-continent. Socioeconomic and census data show that mobile phones massively outnumber landlines in rural India. All told, 68% of households have a mobile phone while only 1% have …

WASHINGTON – Decades after they were invented and became a staple of everyday life, mobile phones are finally finding a clear legal footing in U.S. courts. Mobile technology has spurred a multiyear global debate touching on issues such as privacy, …

I recently sat down with the GSMA to discuss connected women, or the lack thereof, in emerging markets. The statistics were more challenging than I expected. This is the first of a series of three articles that will highlight the …

Samsung increased its leadership in the mobile phone market even as worldwide mobile phone sales decreased. According to Gartner’s latest numbers, mobile phone sales to end users were down 3.1% in 3Q12 compared to 3Q11 with approximately 428 million units …

All Brazilian mobile line numbers will have one more digit by December 2016.  The digit “9 “will be added to the left of the current eight digit numbers of each mobile phone, according to the implementation roadmap released by the …

Mobile phone numbers in Ecuador will include the number “9” by Sept. 30, as a measure to increase the number capacity to 100 million available mobile phone numbers. The increase will allow the country to meet future voice and data …

Mexico’s telecommunications sector grew 14.8% during the second quarter of 2012 over the same period of 2011, according to data from the Telecommunications Sector Production Index (ITEL). This represents the highest growth in the last four quarters. For the six-month …

Mexico’s telecommunications sector grew 11.9% during the first quarter of 2012 over the same period of 2011, according to data from the Telecommunications Sector Production Index (ITEL). This is also the highest growth in the last three quarters. The growth …

Mobile phone giant Nokia said it has filed claims involving 45 of its patents in the United States and Germany. The patent lawsuits take aim at products by  HTC, ViewSonic and BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion. “Though we’d prefer to avoid …

Vietnamese mobile network operator Viettel Group announced plans to launch operations in Peru in 2013. Viettel plans to invest about $400 million in the country over the next 10 years. Viettel currently has operations in Cambodia, Laos, Haiti and Mozambique. …

Mobile lines registered in Brazil’s São Paulo area, which includes 64 municipalities, will have one digit added starting June 29, 2012, the Brazilian telecom regulator Anatel announced. The measure aims to expand the numbering resources to meet the growing demand. …

Micromax, an Indian mobile brand, in its endeavor to further firm up its leadership position in the market, Tuesday announced appointment of key positions to further strengthen its management team in India.

Non-computer devices (including mobile phones, tablets and other connected devices) accounted for an average of 2.6% of all web browsing activity across ten Latin American markets included in a recent ComScore’s report on connected device usage. The study noted that …

Global enterprises are shifting to mobile-only communications more rapidly than expected, as well as adopting unified communications services more broadly, notes the 2011 BroadSoft Mobile Enterprise of the Future survey. This trend could be an opportunity for mobile network operators, …

Latin Americans like to communicate, especially Brazilians. That’s why social networks such as Facebook or Orkut have so many Brazilian subscribers. Another aspect – as well as consequence – is the growth of mobile devices embedded with access to social …

Sony announced that it would acquire Ericsson’s 50% stake in their handset joint venture for $1.46 billion, ending a roller-coaster ride of a partnership that failed to make significant inroads into the device market despite the brand recognition of its …

Colombia ended June with more than 46.147 million mobile-phone subscribers in mobile telephony, which is a small growth of 1.78% compared with March and corresponds to 100.2 subscribers per 100 inhabitants, says a report conducted by the Ministry of Information …

Reuters | August 26, 2011 | Miyoung Kim, Anshuman Daga South Korea’s LG Electronics hasn’t been so smart with its smartphone business. Its mobile phone division has suffered five consecutive quarterly losses, cutthroat competition is pressuring it to overhaul the …