Motorola Nears Release of First Modular Smart Phone Prototype: Is a Market Building?

By Gary Kim

Phonebloks thinks smart phones have problems solvable if they were designed modularly.
12/09/2013

China Mobile Finally Inks Deal with Apple to Bring the iPhone to Subscribers

By Chandra Johnson-Greene

China Mobile has inked a deal with Apple to offer iPhones on its network later this month. China Mobile, which services more than 700 million subscribers, is one of the last major mobile carriers that currently does not offer the popular smartphone.
12/06/2013

Inside Ryan Seacrest's Million Dollar iPhone Keyboard, The Typo Keyboard

By Steve Anderson

There's a lot that can be said for the iPhone, from its sleek overall dimensions to its sheer array of functions built right in, but typing on an iPhone is an exercise that many still find cumbersome, especially when it comes to working with a touchscreen. Ryan Seacrest, as it turned out, had notice…
12/06/2013

Brazil Orders Telefonica to Reduce Market Share in Mobile Market

By Gary Kim

The Brazilian antitrust authority CADE has ruled that Spain's Telefonica, which owns stakes in two firms operating in the Brazil mobile market, must sell its stakes in TIM Participações SA or seek a new partner for Vivo, Brazil's largest mobile phone carrier and part of Telefonica Brasil.
12/06/2013

Samsung Teams with Kids' Mobile Technology Co. for Mobile App Network

By Michelle Amodio

Samsung Electronics recently partnered with Fingerprint, a kids' mobile technology company, to develop a mobile app network in Southeast Asia and Oceania in Q1 2014.
12/05/2013

FCC Approves Verizon for Acquisition of Verizon Wireless

By Joe Rizzo

We know that Verizon Wireless is the largest mobile network operator in the U.S. Did you know that on the books it is listed as Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless?
12/05/2013

Broadcom Announces New Platform Well-suited for Small Cell Deployment in Emerging Markets

By Ed Silverstein

Broadcom has announced a gateway platform which will make small cell deployment simpler especially in emerging markets, such as Brazil.
12/05/2013

Mobile Gaming is on the Rise

By Ryan Sartor

Gaming is making its way out of your parents' basement and into your parents' hands. With commuter trains and shopping lines throughout the world now filled with adults playing games on smartphones and tablets, it's easy to feel as though we are on the brink of having every commuter somehow required…
12/05/2013

2G, 3G Spectrum More Actively Considered for LTE Repurposing Under New Plans

By Steve Anderson

There's no denying that LTE is catching on. Huge new LTE networks are being built throughout the United States, even stretching into some smaller towns and more unlikely places. Getting LTE coverage to a large swath of the United States-and well beyond-is a priority operation for many mobile carrier…
12/05/2013

SkyCross Unveils Line of High-Performance 5G Wi-Fi Antennas

By Rory Lidstone

SkyCross, a global designer and manufacturer of advanced antenna and RF solutions, has introduced a new line of wireless networking device antennas operating on the 5GHz frequency and designed to work optimally on the 802.11ac Wi-Fi specification.
12/05/2013