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Samsung Now World Leader in Cell Phone Manufacturing, ahead of Nokia
vAfter 14 years of Nokia holding the top spot in the cell phone food chain, there is now a new number one in the world of cell phone manufacturing. That new number one, according t…

Telefonica Europe, European Union Work to Keep Mobile Data Charges Down and 'End the Rip-Offs'
For EUR2 a day, Spanish-owned Telefonica Europe offers subscribers data access that will prevent users from receiving excessively high bills for their mobile devices. Telefonica wi…

Mobily Gives MVNE Solution Contract to XIUS
Unless you live in Saudi Arabia, odds are you haven't heard of Mobily, but they are one of the fastest growing telecommunications providers in the region. The growing company recen…

I Cancelled my 4G Phone; Evidently it Wasn't Primary
As some of my readers may know, I am not a bleeding-edge type guy anymore. Instead, I am a voluntary laggard who watches the technology and adopts it after some thought. So it took…

LTE Technology Boosts Redknee's North American Tier 1 Business
New technology can prove to be extremely valuable for a company's long-term growth. For Redknee, a provider of business-critical billing and charging software and solutions for com…

Google Makes Major Change in Android Release Schedule
In a move that might allay concern among Android licensees about Google "favoritism" shown to Motorola Mobility or any other device manufacturer, Google now plans to give multiple …

CellAntenna Corporation's New Cell Phone Jamming System Keeps Airspace Quiet
In places like prisons and some government buildings, cell phone use of any kind is strictly forbidden. Whether for reasons of public safety or national security, those signals mus…

POS Portal and Ingenico Team Up to Introduce Telium Series POS Devices
Two innovators in credit card and mobile payments have come together to take the U.S. markets by storm. POS Portal is a provider for Point of Sale (POS) systems and Ingenico is a p…

New Study Finds Taxation a Hindrance to Turkish Mobile Telephony
The GSMA has released the results of a study investigating the economic impact of mobile phones, and taxation relative to mobile phone ownership in Turkey. Taxes on the use of …

Four Biggest Mobile Service Providers are Tied for Customer Satisfaction, ACSI Study Suggests
It is only one measure of overall product perception or value, but the latest American Customer Satisfaction Index suggests that, at least in the area of customer satisfaction, the…

Ameranth Enters New Patent Agreement with Skywire Media, Establishes Strategic Partnership
Ameranth, Inc., a recognized leader in the hospitality technology market, announced Monday that it has entered into a new patent license agreement with Las Vegas, Nevada-based, Sky…

TI Intros New Audio Codec Providing Echo, Noise Cancellation at 16KHz
Those who demand good audio always want higher quality from smaller devices. Texas Instruments (TI) is now delivering, once again, with a new chip. In the world of computers, at…

Sprint Launches HTC Evo 4G LTE Phone in Test Markets
Sprint plans to expand its nationwide network to include 123 billion customers this year and 250 million customers by 2013. The carrier is launching its HTC Evo 4G LTE Android smar…

MobilityTechZone Week in Review
It has been an extremely busy week in the wireless space, especially with the CTIA Wireless 2012 conference happening this week in New Orleans, Louisiana. With good news for the U.…

xMax Cognitive Radio System Brings Hope to Rural Broadband
With caps on mobile broadband usage all over and the speeds at which users reach those caps increasing, it's clear that some technological solutions are required to help users get …

Kyocera Brings Three Game-changing Smartphones to CTIA in New Orleans
You may know Kyocera for manufacturing and distributing an array of innovative smartphones and devices that appeal to very specific audiences in the mobile industry today. But the …

Mobile Service Providers to Offer Security Solutions?
Apart from fighting over the 4G bandwidth and luring marquis devices to their lineup, there is little competitive difference between the four major mobile service providers. This l…

Paul Hastings Selects Xirrus Wireless Networks for Global Offices
Paul Hastings Law Firm selected Xirrus to install high-performance wireless networks in its offices around the globe, recognizing the need for reliable wireless for both employees …

Applied Global Technologies Unveils EncoreB2B
A new mobile video platform called "EncoreB2B" has been introduced by Applied Global Technologies (AGT).

Qualcomm Takes Smart Technology a Step Further with Innovative Chipset Line
Qualcomm, provider of innovative wireless technology solutions may be most commonly known for its chipset technology, however, the company is experienced in a number of different a…

HD Voice at CTIA: Sprint Wins, Everyone Else Not Playing
Looking over the news this week from CTIA's annual meeting, I am a bit gobsmacked (as the Brits would say) on the lack of mobile HD voice news. Sprint is reaping serious mileage ou…

NewNet Relaunches Company with WiMAX Focus at CTIA Wireless 2012
While NewNet is certainly not new in the WiMAX market by any means, the company has decided to utilize this year's CTIA Wireless event in New Orleans, LA as the platform to relaunc…

Sierra Wireless 4G LTE Tri-Fi Hotspot is First to Support 4G LTE, 4G WiMAX and 3G, Sprint Exclusive
Wireless provider Sprint and Sierra Wireless, a wireless communications equipment designer and manufacturer, announced Wednesday that on May 18 they will release the first device t…

WiTT Enables Operators to Enhance Voice, Messaging Coverage via Wi-Fi
Despite advances, high quality indoor coverage is still a challenge for many mobile operators. But no more. Mobile communications company Syniverse has addressed the problem with a…

James Israel to Head Acision's Operations in North America
Mobile messaging solutions company Acision has appointed James Israel as senior vice president and general manager for North America.

Sprint Introduces Remote Management Service and New Designation
It's no secret that the fourth largest national cell phone carrier, Sprint, has been looking for ways to increase its user base and revenue generation. Now, it seems the company ha…

Nokia Siemens Networks Boosts Small Cells Portfolio
With the telecommunications industry increasingly looking to "small cell" low-power wireless access points, Nokia Siemens Networks is expanding its portfolio of the products. A…

Vesta Parlays Mobile Payments Expertise into New Arenas
You may not be familiar with the name Vesta, but the company has been enabling monetary transactions for such major cellular carriers as AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile for years - in so…

Research by Acision Shows SMS Service Important to Mobile Users
Short Message Service, more commonly known as SMS, has been deemed the most prevalent messaging service in the United States by Acision. The global leader in mobile messaging compl…

T-Mobile Upgrades LTE Network
T-Mobile has outlined its plan to have its 4G LTE network up and running by the end of 2013, the Unofficial Apple Weblog reports, which is good news for iPhone users who've switche…

Qualcomm, Samsung Introduce the Alliance for Wireless Power
A handful of vendors, including Qualcomm and Samsung, have come together to form the Alliance for Wireless Power. The initiative was announced this week at CTIA in New Orleans.In a…

Research by Acision Shows SMS Service is Important to Mobile Users
Short Message Service (SMS), more commonly considered "texting," has been deemed the most prevalent messaging service in the United States by Acision. The mobile messaging provider…

DOD Approves Use of Blackberry 7 Devices
Research in Motion (RIM) scored a key victory on Wednesday when its largest customer - the Department of Defense (DOD) - approved the company's line of Blackberry 7 smartphones for…

ADTRAN Acquires Nokia Siemens Networks Fixed Line Broadband Access Business
The Nokia Siemens Networks Fixed Line Broadband Access Business has been acquired by ADTRAN. Some 400 employees will make their way to ADTRAN as a result of the deal, particular…

Almira Labs Cloud-based Services Help Wireless Carriers, Developers Target Feature-Phone Users Too
For all the growth and excitement around smartphones, there are still far more feature phones out there today. To help service providers address all such endpoints, Almira Labs is …

Altair Semiconductor Develops LTE Chipset for the Indian Market
Altair Semiconductor, one of the leading developers of power-saving 4G LTE chipsets, just announced that it has launched a low-cost feature-rich chipset specifically catering to th…

The Blue Bulb of Facebook
For those who need the history of the reference, I will give it quickly. Once upon a time, the tulip industry was a big business and the hunt for a blue bulb was the buzz of the Ne…

Frontier Communications' Bottom Line Hammered
Frontier Communications Corporation reported on Monday that its first-quarter profits were less than half of the same number a year ago. Frontier's bottom line is being hammered by…

Wireless Industry Helps to Grow US Economy
The U.S. wireless industry is a key factor in the growth of the American economy. Last year, the sector supported 3.8 million jobs - either directly or indirectly -and led to al…

Kineto Adds VoLTE to its Smart Wi-Fi Client, Expands LTE Coverage on any Network
Kineto Wireless, Inc., one of the top innovators of solutions that deliver mobile services over broadband, announced today that it has added to its Smart Wi-Fi smartphone client ,I…

Before Flying from New York or LA, Grab a MiFi Rental
Engadget is raving about Xcom Global's MiFi rentals as the best connectivity option for passengers flying out of New York or LA to other countries, and based on what they have repo…

Kore Domains Launches Cloud-based Hosting Solution for Stability, Security and Flexibility
Kore Domains, a provider of cheap domain registration services, announced the launch of 4th Generation Web Hosting (4GH) platform. The new cloud-based platform will reshape the …

RIM Names New COO, Marketing Head
Looking to make a big splash with its soon-to-be-launched Blackberry 10 platform, Research in Motion retooled its executive team on Tuesday by filling two long-vacant leadership po…

YTL Communications Launches Eclipse Smartphone
YTL Communications, a well-known 4G mobile Internet provider in Malaysia, recently finalized a new WiMAX + HSPA 4G smartphone - Eclipse. The smartphone is WiMAX single-chip solutio…

WiFi 3 Technology Benefits Defined
The overwhelming data demand in today's wireless networks has become a significant challenge. Smartphones, tablets and other devices that connect to these wireless networks compete…

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Selects Corning
Preparing for the International CTIA WIRELESS 2012 conference, the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center has selected the distributed antenna system (DAS) from Corning Mob…

LightSquared Receives Second Extension from Creditors
Philip Falcone's struggling wireless venture, LightSquared has received another one-week extension from creditors, postponing a possible debt default while Falcone considers a prop…

FCC Mobility Fund Auction Outlined, Furthers Wireless Access in Rural Areas
The Federal Communications Commission recently announced the competitive bidding procedures for Phase I of its Mobility Fund, which is meant to accelerate the delivery of mobile da…

Nokia Siemens' New Software Tools Link Network Performance to Customer Experience
Nokia Siemens Networks has released the most sophisticated tools for processing data more rapidly and intelligently, to help telecom operators build closer relationships with their…

HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE to Build on the Success of its Predecessor
Major wireless provider Verizon announced today that the HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE will be available exclusively on its network soon. The Droid Incredible 4G LTE is an update to …

Clearwire Offers Smith Micro's QuickLink Mobile Solutions for Easy Connectivity
Clearwire, a leading provider of 4G wireless broadband across the United States, is now offering Smith Micro Software's Quicklink Mobile Connection Management through its wholesale…

Cincinnati Bell Announces IPO
In 2010, Cincinnati Bell acquired the data center business, CyrusOne for $525 million. By the end of the fourth quarter, Bell hopes to file IPO documentation and head to the market…

MobilityTechZone Week in Review
Week in and week out, the mobile technology space is one of the busiest and most fascinating corners of the tech world. This week, there was exciting news about a host of big compa…

Android's Native Development Kit 8 Supports All MIPS
Android's Native Development Kit (NDK) Release 8, which is available from Google, will assist app developers for all MIPS-base devices. According to the press release, the new NDK …

PrepaYd Wireless' New Y Plans' Feature Cheap, Unlimited 4G Coverage
Wholly-owned subsidiary of PrepaYd Inc., PrepaYd Wireless announced today the introduction of its new "Y Plans." These no-contract unlimited plans start at the low price of $35…

Sprint May Soon be Out of Financial Worries
Sprint has been seen as the 4th national wireless provider as well as a company in some difficulty for a long time now. Ever since their merger with Nextel, the company has been st…

BlackBerry Delivers on its cAPPabilities
A while ago while attending Verizon's Wireless App Event, I listened to the RIM people talk about the company's push capability. I thought that was a key differentiator, so much so…

FCC Rule Permits TV Antennas on Rooftops
Answering a reader's query on the right to install TV antennas on rooftops because his home owners association (HOA) would not permit, USA Today tech writer Rob Pegoraro told the r…

Samsung Tops Apple in Smartphone Sales in Q1
Recent data from mobile research and analysis firm Juniper Research shows that Samsung is now ahead of Apple once more in the increasingly competitive smartphone market - a positio…

Nokia Looks to Sell Off Luxury Brand Vertu
Vertu is, some would say, notorious in the market for making phones and similar devices that take the concept of ostentation and elevate it beyond all limits. But its parent compan…

AT&T to Shutter ATM Service Throughout U.S.
AT&T has announced its intention to discontinue certain Frame Relay (FR) and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) services throughout the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska and …

Apple Patent Application Suggests NFC-Enabled iPhone 5
With the iPhone 5 expected to launch sometime in the next few months, analysts suspect the new Apple handset will finally feature an NFC chip for self-payments. In the weeks pre…

Winners Thus Far in the 2012 HD Voice Sweepstakes
In reviewing the growing movement towards HD voice quality around the world over the last twelve months, some companies are winners. Service providers, network equipment manufactur…

Google Takes On FCC Over Wi-Fi, Street View Investigation
Google rose to prominence on the strength of its slogan, "Don't Be Evil," but a recent fine by the FCC cast some doubt on the veracity of that particular motto. Google is therefore…

Analysts Say China's Spending on LTE Expected to Top $11B by 2014
There is very little doubt that in order for companies to keep up with wireless demand, they need to continue to embrace the next generation of wireless networks. These days, those…

TeleCommunication Systems Expands Secure the Edge Portfolio with Mobile Security Apps, Services
TeleCommunication Systems (TCS), a provider of reliable and secure mobile technology, has expanded its Secure the Edge portfolio. The firm has added tools called Security Broker an…

ExteNet to Serve as Middleman for Stadium Network Solutions
During huge sporting events like the Super Bowl or Olympics, the sheer number of smartphone toting fans eating up data in such a close-knit crowd can bear a tremendous amount of st…

DoubleDutch Raises $2M from Investors
DoubleDutch has raised $2 million from investors in a new funding round. The Series A-1 funding was led by Bullpen Capital. Also taking part were the Floodgate Fund, Aaron Patzer a…

Sprint Beats First Quarter Expectations
Sprint surpassed Wall Street analysts' expectations this quarter and is steadily moving ahead. When Wall Street predicted that Sprint would lose $0.42 per share from $8.71 billion …

NEC Corporation Deploys 5000iP Series High-capacity Microwave Communications Systems
Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks provide the most speedy mobile connection out there, but the drawbacks of these networks are no secret: providers just don't have the bandwidth t…

China Mobile and Nokia Siemens Partner to Test TD-LTE 4G Network
China Mobile Limited is a Chinese state-owned telecommunications company that provides mobile voice and multimedia services through its nationwide mobile telecommunications network…

Crunching Data with Wi-Fi
Think about 18 million hours of video streaming. That's the amount of video streaming that took place during March Madness alone. From 2010 to 2015, mobile traffic will increase 26…

Will AT&T Still Win With the iPhone 5?
The earnings are out and Apple continues to show that no matter how much I don't like its products, they still lead the market. In discussions with my friends, particularly the one…

Clearwire Extends Smith Micro's Connection Manager Solution to its 4G Wholesale Partners
Clearwire recently confirmed it will extend Smith Micro's QuickLink Mobile connection manager solution to its wholesale partners. With the QuickLink Mobile solution, Clearwire's Mo…

ST-Ericsson Introduces New Strategic Direction and Cuts 1700 Jobs
ST-Ericsson, which is a joint venture of Swedish group Ericsson and French company STMicroelectronics, has reported a loss of $2 billion in its three years of operation. Thus, the …

Adaptrum Unveils FCC Certified 'Super Wi-Fi Solution, ACRS 1.0 TV White Space System
The Federal Communications Commission has given its nod of approval to Adaptrum's television white space equipment, to harness the 'super Wi-Fi' spectrum, left vacant after the shi…

U.S. Telcos Shift Investment in Direction of Wireless
U.S. telcos and cable companies invested $66 billion in capital in 2011, according to the U.S. Telecom Association. The USTA data shows that cable companies made 19 percent of the …

Mobility Now Drives Cloud Computing Adoption
Up to now, it may have been reasonable to consider the impact of "mobility" on enterprise workflow, and separately from other trends, such as "consumerization" or "cloud computing"…

Wi-Fi Business Case isn't What it Used to Be
Reported and actual Wi-Fi business cases have changed over the last fifteen years. It might be hard to imagine now, but there was serious talk about Wi-Fi competing with mobile bro…

Report: Mobile Devices to Put More Strain on Networks by 2016
A new survey by Juniper Research has found that notebook computers and e-readers will onload 24 percent of traffic onto data networks by 2016, Cellular-News reports.

FCC Reviews Potential Verizon Airwaves Deal with T-Mobile
Verizon has recently announced plans to buy $3.6 billion in airwaves from cable companies, and the FCC has dispatched a regulatory official to T-Mobile to discuss the arrangement a…

AT&T Looks Toward the Future with Watson API Release and Next Generation Cloud Connectivity
A primary goal of cloud computing is to reduce the cost of computing resources, while increasing system flexibility and scaling. It offers such physical resources as processors and…

Mobile Data Consumption Leading to 'Bill Shock' for American and European Corporations
We've all heard the horror stories. A cell phone user surfs the Web, uploads an app or makes a series of calls outside of their coverage area and gets hit with a massive, near laug…

AT&T Brings 4G Network Access to Canton, Ohio
AT&T is outfitting the Aakron/Canton area of Ohio with 4G capabilities. The prediction is that bringing 4G to the area will draw in more brains and encourage business development i…

Nokia Loses Patent Battle with IPCom
It seems like there are more companies everyday trying to find as many loopholes as possible that will allow them to sue the competition and bring them down a peg or two. Back in 2…

Mobile Ecosystem Revenue Still Favors Access Providers
2011 was the first year that global consumer spending on media content, apps and services for mobile phones broke through the $100 billion barrier, according to Strategy Analytics.

BridgeWave Communications Hits $100 Million in Revenues
Provider of LTE wireless backhaul solutions BridgeWave Communications announced its crossing of the $100 million mark in cumulative revenues today. Specializing in 60 and 70/80 GHz…

OTI v. T-Mobile: Another Technological Property Dispute
Another event following the infringement lawsuit trend highlighted by Apple and Samsung, is the ongoing suit between Israeli company On Track Innovations (OTI) and T-Mobile USA. OT…

GAI-Tronics Launches WiFi VoIP Emergency Telephones
Staying connected is a necessity in the 21st century, though not every locale has access to mobile coverage. GAI-Tronics Corporation has launched its RED ALERT WiFi VoIP Emergen…

First Quarter Brings Big Losses for Nokia amid Plummeting Sales
There was a time once when, for those who were planning to buy a cell phone, Nokia was the go-to brand. But then the smartphone market started up, and Apple entered the field, and …

Europeans Appear Reluctant to Purchase or Promote Lumia Phones: News Reports
There are news reports surfacing that European carriers are keeping their distance from Nokia's Lumia smartphone line - despite the Windows-powered phone's apparent success in the …

Wireless Market Coming to a Halt
New market analysis says the wireless market is about to come to a halt, and it's all because of the abundant iPhone sales from late 2011. iPhone sales, Bloomberg says, may hav…

Approve Our Cable Deal and We'll Sell Two Swaths of Spectrum, Verizon Tells FCC
In what could be perceived as a veiled attempt to push through its proposed $3.6 billion acquisition of wireless spectrum from a consortium of cable companies, Verizon on Wednesday…

Verizon Unites LTE Service with Private IP Networks
Verizon has integrated its sprawling 4G LTE network with its global Private IP network service, giving enterprise customers the ability to use their LTE devices without having to r…

Is Voice over LTE Arriving Too Late?
I was listening to an earnings call and heard the same thing I have been hearing in the marketplace: Voice over LTE (VoLTE) is not a 2012 activity. As a matter of fact, on the call…

Nokia Windows Phone Lagging Behind Apple, Android
AT&T has been selling the Nokia Lumia 900 for two weeks in the United States, and the telecom company says the demand for the phone is strong. European operators, however, are far …

Verizon Expands 4G Network Coverage to 27 New Markets
Get ready for another slew of Verizon commercials touting the reach of its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. Come Thursday, Verizon will introduce its 4G service to an addition…

Connect Ten Devices Simultaneously in Europe
The Sierra Wireless AirCard 762S wireless hotspot is now available from the DNA LTE network in Finland. The AirCard made its debut at Mobile World Congress back in February, and it…

EnOcean's Technology is an International Standard
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has ratified a new standard for wireless applications with ultra-low power consumption. It is the first and only wireless standa…

Mobile Customer Churn is a Complicated Issue
The average mobile customer switches service providers every 27 months - more than twice as frequently as a decade ago - according to Strategy Analytics. Perhaps more surprising, s…