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TELUS to Acquire Mobilicity for $380M

By Rory Lidstone

The Canadian wireless market is once again heading toward less choice as one of the country's three largest wireless carriers, TELUS, has entered into an agreement to acquire newco…

Samsung Announces Galaxy S4 App Contest

By Robbie Pleasant

There are apps for just about anything these days, but not all for the same device. In order to bring more apps to its Galaxy smartphone, Samsung Electronics Co. has announced a ne…

BlackBerry Q10 May Sway Converts Back to a QWERTY World

By Joe Rizzo

There is no denying that when the BlackBerry Z10 came out as an all-touchscreen smartphone, a lot of loyal BlackBerry users felt lost without the famous QWERTY keyboard. I myself h…

i-Mobb Helps Travelers Stay In Touch, Time For Wi-Fi to Catch Up

By Peter B. Counter

The world keeps getting smaller for the mobile customer with wanderlust. As new technology in every sector makes the idea of moving from country to country easier, it is becoming m…

The Party's On - BYOD

By TMCnet Special Guest

The party is on. BYOD or "Bring Your Own Device" is a growing trend in most industries - especially trucking. Company-issued mobile devices are declining in numbers in favor of emp…

LTE Revenues to Reach $340B by 2017

By Gary Kim

Juniper Research forecasts Long Term Evolution network subscribers will double from an estimated 105 million subscribers in 2013 to nearly 220 million in 2014.

Protecting Company Data Is Getting Cheaper, But Is It Any Less Invasive?

By Peter B. Counter

The BYOD trend continues forward, and with it comes the need for security. Seven million dollars' worth of mobile devices are lost or stolen every day in the United States, and now…

Samsung Earns 95 Percent of Android Phone Profits

By Gary Kim

Some things did not change in the global smartphone industry in the first quarter of 2013. Apple has been dominating actual smartphone profits for some time, but Samsung has captur…

Mobility Techzone Week in Review

By Michelle Amodio

As the week comes to a close, let's take a look at what has happened in mobility technology headlines.

Acknowledging Fragmentation and More with the Android Team

By Peter B. Counter

The Google Android team gathered around on Thursday and asked some developers to take a seat and listen. It was the Google I/O development conference where 11 engineers addressed t…

BlackBerry 10, BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 Deployed by LA Country Sheriff's Dept

By Joe Rizzo

A lot of news is coming out of Orlando, Fla., where BlackBerry held its BlackBerry Live 2013 event this year. The keynote address was packed with a lot of information about the dir…

u-blox Collaborating with Intel on Compact Dedicated HSPA Module

By Rory Lidstone

Swiss-based provider of wireless and positioning semiconductors, software and solutions, u-blox, has begun collaborating with Intel Corporation to produce a small, cost-effective 3…

Flurry Analytics Coming to BlackBerry 10

By Joe Rizzo

Many announcements were made at the BlackBerry Live 2013 event this week in Orlando, Fla. One of those declarations was the collaboration with Flurry Analytics. Towards the end of …

Sony Unveils Xperia ZR High-End Waterproof Smartphone

By Rory Lidstone

Sony has unveiled yet another smartphone, the Xperia ZR, as part of its most recent line of Xperia devices. While many have accused the company of "flooding the market" as the ZR c…

Smaller Chip, More Power: Ethertronics Unveils EitherChip 2.0

By Michael Mayday

It's no secret that as display sizes get bigger, so too do the needs for bigger batteries. But bigger batteries require more space in incredibly valuable real estate.

SI Wireless Expands License to Equinox Information Systems' TeleLink

By Nicole Spector

Equinox Information Systems, a global provider of software solutions for hundreds of telecommunications customers worldwide, announced on May 10 that SI Wireless has expanded upon …

50B Downloads for the Apple App Store Now a Reality

By Steve Anderson

What a difference a week makes! It was just under a week ago when word emerged that Apple had a contest ready for the person who managed to get the Apple App Store over the line fo…

Movius Introduces myIdentities App to Help Carriers Compete with OTT Services

By David Delony

Most people would expect mobile carriers to be happy to hear that users sent over 19 billion messages last year. They would be if they were using their SMS networks. Instead, users…

Panasonic Releases Toughbook H2 Tablet Upgrade

By David Delony

Even as careful as many people are with their mobile devices, accidents still happen sometimes. Panasonic's new Toughbook H2 tablet PC upgrade can give individuals who depend on th…

BlackBerry Messenger Setting a New Standard in Real-Time Engagement Experiences

By Joe Rizzo

Back in January when BlackBerry launched its newly re-designed, re-booted OS, BlackBerry 10, it made a lot of changes. One of those changes was how BlackBerry Messenger or BBM work…

Report Highlights Y/Y Growth in the Mobile RAN Market

By Brian Anderson

Dell'Oro Group, a market research firm for both the networking and telecommunications industries, has recently published a report showing that the mobile RAN market recorded its se…

Google Android's New Chief Sheds Light on Ecosystem

By Ashok Bindra

While Andy Rubin's exit from the Android division in March came as a surprise to many in the industry, equally surprising was his replacement. In a blog post in March, Google CEO L…

Route1 Offers Free Trial of MobiKEY for iPad to Help with BYOD Trend

By Ed Silverstein

The growing number of employees bringing their own tablets, laptops or smartphones to the workplace continues to lead to new advancements in technology. For instance, Route1, a …

Mobile Video Ad Spending Set to Triple in 2013

By Tara Seals

Mobile video is gaining steam, paving the way for it to command premium ad rates. In fact, eMarketer's "Mobile Video Advertising: Choices for a Rapidly Changing World" report estim…

BlackBerry Live 2013 Keynote Address, Part 2

By Joe Rizzo

The next person to take the stage was Kristian Tear, BlackBerry's COO. He has been the COO for about nine months now. His emphasis was on the paramount importance of security and p…

Wireless Enterprise Infrastructure Revealed by Samsung

By Joe Rizzo

Through Samsung's Wireless Enterprise service, businesses can replace their desktop phones with mobile phones. Samsung asserts that businesses will be able to deploy wireless LAN (…

AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile Team up for Anti-Texting Campaign

By Nicole Spector

What will it take to get people to stop texting while driving? Seriously, are the ghastly pictures of mauled cars and lost lives not enough for you? And what about the terrible com…

Secure Enterprise Instant Messaging is Now Available on BlackBerry 10

By Joe Rizzo

On Tuesday, May 14, BlackBerry announced the availability of BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 version 10.1. BlackBerry is also updating its Enterprise Instant Messaging (Enterprise…

BLU Announces Three New Smartphones

By Kayvon Ghoreshi

BLU Products, a mobile phone manufacturer, has announced a new addition to their line of Studio Series smartphones. The most notable feature of these phones is their screen size. T…

Vox Increases Availability in Samsung App Store

By Rory Lidstone

Cloud-based voice and video communications, apps and services provider Vox Communications has now expanded the reach of its Android mobile VoIP calling app to all devices that have…

Working Out? Android Phones Will Know Soon

By Steve Anderson

Google's I/O developer event has been proven to offer a wealth of information for those who follow developments in the Android community, with news on everything from music to game…

Etisalat Completes Tests for LTE and eSRVCC

By Nicole Spector

Etisalat, a prominent operator in the Middle East and the GCC's third largest corporation, has announced that it has successfully completed testing of Voice over LTE (VoLTE) and eS…

Smartphones are Driving Mobile Prepaid Growth

By Gary Kim

In the first quarter of 2013, total smart phone sales increased 42 percent year-over-year, with prepaid devices representing 36 percent of the unit volume increase, according to Th…

The Window for Cheap Money is Closing. Will That Impact M&A?

By Carl Ford

The Fed is finally starting to indicate that it is going to honor investors with some rate of return. Portfolios everywhere are suffering from the cheap money strategy that has hel…

Free Continues to Disrupt French Market

By Gary Kim

While T-Mobile USA and Sprint attempt to reverse their fortunes in the U.S. mobile market, Free, the upstart mobile operation owned by Illiad, continues to do so in the French mark…

Apple, Samsung Smartphone Duopoly to Continue Growth

By Rory Lidstone

Recent data from Gartner found Samsung to be the number one manufacturer of smartphones based on sales during the first quarter of this year, while Apple came in second. The former…

BlackBerry Live 2013 Keynote Address, Part 1

By Joe Rizzo

On May 14, 2013 at 9:20am, the festivities for BlackBerry Live 2013 started. Everyone who attended the event was given a connected Z10 smartphone. The event began with BlackBerry's…

BlackBerry in Season this Summer as BBM to Hit Android & iOS

By Steve Anderson

One of the biggest things on BlackBerry devices is BlackBerry's chat platform, BBM. This summer, BBM won't be just for BlackBerry devices any more, as the popular chat platform wil…

Latest Version of BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 is Now Available

By Joe Rizzo

There were several interesting announcements made during the BlackBerry Live 2013 keynote address, including the announcement of a new version of BlackBerry 10. With version 10.1 c…

Verizon Wireless Expands 4G LTE Coverage in Select Connecticut Counties

By Rory Lidstone

Verizon Wireless continues to expand coverage of its 4G long term evolution (LTE) network, this time within a number of Fairfield and New Haven County communities in Connecticut. T…

BlackBerry Launches Enterprise IM 3.0

By Robbie Pleasant

BlackBerry users are receiving the long-awaited Enterprise Instant Messaging 3.0. This update is a great step forward for the IM tools for BlackBerry, as it not only provides new f…

Nokia Lumia 925 Goes Metal, Drops Weight

By Steve Anderson

Nokia recently unveiled its new Nokia Lumia 925, and this Nokia not only looks to learn from some past missteps, but also show that Nokia can put together a mobile device every bit…

Wireless Carriers Worried About Use of OTT Apps

By Rory Lidstone

As over-the-top (OTT) messaging apps like Skype, WhatsApp and MessageMe continue to gain popularity among mobile users, many mobile operators have been vocal about the drain this h…

Polaris Wireless Closes on Recapitalization with Industry Ventures

By Nicole Spector

Polaris Wireless, a provider of software-based wireless location solutions, has revealed that it has closed on a recapitalization of existing equity interests.

Enterasys Network Releases Survey Data About Top Channel Trends

By Kayvon Ghoreshi

Enterasys Networks announced the results of a global survey of reseller partners about the top channel trends in the industry. Some interesting trends they found were that, among t…

Nearly Three Quarters of Smartphones Sold in Q1 Run Android

By Rory Lidstone

Market research firm Gartner has released figures for the worldwide smartphone market during the first quarter of 2013. Unsurprisingly, Google's popular Android mobile operating sy…

AT&T Rumored to Discontinue HTC First Due to Poor Sales

By Rory Lidstone

Facebook's latest attempt to further its presence in the mobile market has apparently been less than successful, according to a rumor that leads back to a "trusted source." Specifi…

ItsOn Aims to Reinvent the Wireless Plan with Zact

By Rory Lidstone

The U.S. wireless market has received an interesting new player with the launch of Zact, described as "the industry's first smart mobile service provider." Leveraging Sprint's netw…

Mobile Bandwidth Forecasts Now Reflect Changing User Behavior

By Gary Kim

Most forecasts of mobile data consumption over the last couple of years until 2012 were consistent in the prediction that bandwidth demand would grow between 25 times to 26 times o…

HD Voice Chatter in the US: We Are Not Impressed

By Doug Mohney

There's been a lot of media chatter over the past two weeks with AT&T and Verizon continuing to swear allegiance to Voice over LTE (VoLTE), both vowing to deliver the technology re…

Macadamian Fast-tracks BlackBerry 10 App Development

By Joe Rizzo

Macadamian is a development firm that was founded in 1997 and headquartered in Canada. They proudly see themselves as having the ability to tackle uncharted territory and jump into…

InfoSonics Releases verykool RS75 Rugged Smartphone

By Rory Lidstone

InfoSonics Corporation has yet again expanded its ruggedized line of smartphones with the launch of the verykool RS75 Smartphone. Designed with rugged durability in mind above all …

Atmel Sensor Hub MCU Helps Enhance Samsung Galaxy S4 User Experience, Battery Life

By Rory Lidstone

A provider of microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, Atmel Corporation recently made it known that its AVR microcontroller-based sensor hub solution was used in Sams…

harmon.ie Delivers Native Office 365, SharePoint App for BlackBerry 10

By Joe Rizzo

You have to love technology. Going through an 800 number in Boston, my BlackBerry Z10 connected with Yaacov Cohen's Z10 in Israel. Who is Yaccov Cohen? He is CEO and co-founder of …

Walmart Now Carries Two TP-LINK Wireless Routers

By Rory Lidstone

Global provider of networking products, TP-LINK, has secured a national distribution deal with Walmart, which will see two of its portable wireless networking products available in…

Nokia Teases Next Lumia Device on British TV Spot

By Rory Lidstone

Nokia's plight in the smartphone market has been well known for quite some time now. While the iPhone and Android were grabbing up market share over the last couple years, Nokia wa…

New Cermetek Sensors have CDMA Options

By Frank Griffin

Moving the data collected by machine-to-machine (M2M) communications into the cloud gives customers a better platform in which to access the information. With the right software se…

A Breakthrough in 5G Mobile Technology is Claimed by Samsung

By Joe Rizzo

As of today, 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) is widely used in most parts of the world. The reason that it is not used in all parts of the world is because rollout of the technology i…

BYOD Buddies Beef Up Security

By Peter B. Counter

Webalo has a lot going for it in the world of mobile enterprise management. Having undergone an upgrade in February, the cloud-based, enterprise-to-mobile technology can make compa…

Facebook Silently Updates Facebook Home Support, Adds it to New Devices

By Nicole Spector

Inundated in the mounting negative reactions to its Facebook Home Launcher as AT&T, Facebook has lowered the price of the HTC First to only 99 cents and has added support for the H…

Mobility TechZone Week in Review

By Tony Rizzo

This week brought us a very interesting find, in the form of a hardware review. Are you in the market for an 8-inch Android tablet that is every bit as solid as an Apple iPad Mini …

The Pros and Cons of Aio

By Peter B. Counter

The power to choose is a strong demand, and people need it met. Wireless carriers are realizing this, with various companies starting to provide prepaid no-contract options for the…

ESPN Talks Subsidies to Data Providers for More Sports Streaming

By Steve Anderson

It really shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that ESPN would prefer it if viewers watched more sports, since the entire network is built around them. But what ESPN is talking a…

The Mobile Device of the Future - German University Looks Ahead

By Peter Bernstein

As those of you who follow me know, one of my favorite bookmarks is Phys.org. It is a site I highly recommend you bookmark as well. The reason I mention this is because of a recent…

100M Connections are Reached through 4G LTE

By Joe Rizzo

4G LTE networks are basically still in their infancy, although a major portion of the U.S. is covered. About 90 percent is covered by the four major carriers. Research firm Wireles…

TCL Global Releases First Quarter 2013 Findings for Global LTE Offerings

By Michael Mayday

TCL Global has released its first quarter edition of its Global Long Term Evolution (LTE) Pricing Tariff Tracker service for 2013. The service has tracked over 100 Mobile Network O…

Intel Launches High-Performance Silvermont Micro Architecture

By Tony Rizzo

Earlier this week, we took a look at where Intel it going with its next-generation integrated SoCs.

Nokia's Asha Launches for $99 and Comes with a New OS

By Joe Rizzo

Last year Nokia, acquired a company called Smartphone. It is a small Norwegian company that has an operating system for basic cell phones, most commonly known as feature phones. "T…

More Hints of Cheaper iPhone as Pegatron Plans to Boost Workforce by 40 Percent

By Nicole Spector

Apple's moves to up its workforce in China have been fueling speculation that a new iPhone is in the works - and one that could be more affordable than past offerings. Pegatron…

Facebook Phone Will Cost You 99 Cents One Month after Its Debut

By Joe Rizzo

What is the first thing that would come into your mind when you see that AT&T has dropped the price of one of its phones from $99 to 99 cents? What would you think if this took pla…

Google and Motorola Found Guilty of Patent Abuse by European Commission

By Tony Rizzo

Several weeks ago we took note of Microsoft winning a significant patent lawsuit against Google - one in which Google had sought billions of dollars in licensing fees for patents h…

Broadcom's New StrataGX SoC Offers 5G Wi-Fi Optimization, Low Power Consumption

By Rory Lidstone

Broadcom Corporation recently introduced a new highly integrated processor system-on-a-chip (SoC) for enterprise access points (EAPs) that is specifically designed to optimize the …

Grid2Home Releases ZigBee IP Implementation, G2H-ZIP

By Rory Lidstone

Grid2Home, a communications software company at the forefront of smart grid connectivity technologies, and Smart Energy Profile 2.0 (SEP 2.0) communication technologies recently ac…

Comings and Goings: Boingo Wireless Appoints New President

By Michael Mayday

Boingo Wireless, Inc., the small-cell Wi-Fi provider found in airports, shopping malls and coffee shops across the United States, has a new president: Nick Hulse, former Chief Reve…

Improved Wi-Fi at MGM Resorts Causes Stir in Hospitality Industry

By Hannah Bond

When a hotel looks to improve its services and attract new customers, what should it focus on? Should rooms be better decorated? Should they provide a complimentary breakfast? When…

Base Stations' 'Headlights' Often a Neglected Factor

By TMCnet Special Guest

The right antenna tilt can improve network capacity by up to 20 percent and performance even more.

More Wireless Devices will be Supported by USAT, Verizon Partnership

By Joe Rizzo

On May 6, 2013, USAT announced that it has become a Verizon Wireless Vertical Solutions Provider (VSP). A VSP is a company that focuses on delivering industry specific application …

Single Number Reach to Apple iOS, Android through Toshiba's IPMobility for Strata CIX

By Joe Rizzo

It would seem that now you can take a piece of your office with you no matter where you go. The Telecommunications System Division of Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. annou…

Galaxy S4 in 32GB Set to Release

By Jerry Biolchini

Android users have long touted the ability to upgrade their phone's internal memory to any size they choose by simply purchasing an internal micro SD card, as opposed to the iPhone…

Mobile Ad Revenue Up and So is the Creep Factor

By Jerry Biolchini

xAd, a leader in the mobile ad space based on location and search context, has released amazing growth in its quarterly report. According to xAd , mobile ad trends continue to show…

How Well Will T-Mobile USA Fare?

By Gary Kim

Eric Costa, Technology Business Research analyst, believes T-Mobile USA will do better, but perhaps not "much better," now that it has merged with MetroPCS, begun its Long Term Evo…

Infonetics Names Allot as Deep Packet Inspection Market Leader

By Rory Lidstone

Allot Communications was recently named the overall market share leader in the latest Infonetics "Service Provider Deep Packet Inspection Products" report, published near the end o…

Bradford Networks and Brocade Collaborate on BYOD Security Solution

By Rory Lidstone

The biggest concern typically expressed regarding BYOD is security. Bradford Networks is a company that knows this all too well. Recently, Bradford entered into a strategic part…

Reliable and Secure Infrastructure Services Provided by Sprint CloudCompute

By Joe Rizzo

Earlier today, May 6, 2013, Sprint announced the launch of its Sprint CloudCompute. It is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) solution designed to integrate CSC's virtualized, ut…

Microsoft Brings Office Web Apps to Android via Chrome

By Rory Lidstone

Microsoft has held onto its Office advantage pretty tightly since entering the mobile market, but as Windows Phone and Windows 8/RT have failed to capture significant share of the …

Pervasive Group Announces a New Mobile Parental Control Solution

By Michael Guta

The new generation of cellular phones provides many services and solutions in the form of entertainment, information, games, tools and services. One of the best tools a cellular ph…

Telstra Goes Big in Spectrum Auctions, Vodafone Doesn't Bid at All

By Gary Kim

New spectrum is the fundamental underpinning of Long Term Evolution networks. Without new spectrum, mobile services cannot be in the business. But neither is it the case that conte…

To Every Leader, There is a Reason

By Carl Ford

Looking to write about what is going on with smartphones and tablets right now, has been frustrating. To BlackBerry's point, the iPhone is looking a little stale and it seems Apple…

iTalk Adds Dell Inspiron Mini 10 to its Product Lineup

By Joe Rizzo

iTalk Inc. is a mobile communications company whose goal is to use innovative and disruptive technologies so that it can offer its customers a high quality cellular alternative, wh…

Looking Good, BlackBerry Q10

By Nicole Spector

In its latest offering, the Q10, BlackBerry merges its new OS with a physical keyboard. The Q10 resembles the last-generation models Blackberry Bold and Blackberry Curve with i…

Deciding on a Wireless Provider in 90 Seconds or Less

By Doug Mohney

TMCNet CEO Rich Tehrani and I went through an interesting exercise last week - pick a wireless carrier in 90 seconds or less. We both came up with the same one, but for different r…

Tablets Continue Seeing Market Growth

By Oliver VanDervoort

Where desktops used to reign supreme, mobile PCs are becoming the new norm when it comes to adoption rates. The mobile PC market is actually so strong right now that new industry a…

European Regulators Issue Statement of Objections to Motorola Mobility over Patent Dispute

By Ed Silverstein

European Commission regulators have weighed in on a continuing legal battle between Google and Apple over patent disputes.

Amazon Android App Store Released to China

By Jerry Biolchini

Over the weekend Amazon opened its online store on the heels of its Kindle e-book store, which opened in December 2012, and became the first western company to offer pay-for Andrio…

Tablets Continue Seeing Market Growth

By Oliver VanDervoort

Where desktops used to reign surpreme, mobile PCs are becoming the new norm when it comes to adoption rates. The mobile PC market is actually so strong right now that new industry …

Wunderlist Updates App For Android and iOS

By Oliver VanDervoort

Wunderlist has long been one of those applications that comes in quite handy when you are trying to put together a party or just keep your day to day operations straight. The appli…

Sprint and Time Inc. Form Three-Pronged Partnership with Heavy Mobile Focus

By Rory Lidstone

Sprint and Time Inc. today entered into a mobile content, advertising and retail alliance under which Tim will delivers its branded content within a section of the SprintZone appli…

Does New Haswell SoC Mean Intel is Finally and Truly Goin' Mobile?

By Tony Rizzo

Would anyone have guessed five to seven years ago that Intel would not be dominating today's mobile landscape? We don't think so, but this has turned out to be the case, and Intel …

AT&T Introduces USB Modem with LCD Screen for 4G LTE Network

By Joe Rizzo

This morning, May 6, 2013, AT&T announced that in a few days (May 10, to be exact) customers can pick up and use the AT&T Beam. "What is the Beam?" you may ask. It is a new option …

Competition May Have a Fight on Its Hands from T-Mobile

By Joe Rizzo

T-Mobile has been making some strategic moves lately. In the beginning of April, the company announced that its data plans would become contract-less. At the same time, T-Mobile sa…

Clearwire Urges Shareholders to Accept Sprint Offer

By Gary Kim

Clearwire shareholders will vote on May 21, 2013, whether or not to sell the remainder of the company to Sprint. Complicating the decision is a rival bid tendered by Dish Network. …

BlackBerry 10 Apps Aren't Completely Compatible with the Q10 Smartphone

By Joe Rizzo

At the end of January, I attended the BlackBerry 10 launch, where I was introduced to both the Z10 and Q10 smartphones. The entirely brand new phones were very impressive. Unfortun…

Mobile Active Defense Supports Apple's Fight

By Nicole Spector

Apple has vowed to reconsider a decision it made to change the way in which iPhones and iPads handle virtual private networking (VPN) access. The new development follows the conclu…

Mobility TechZone Week in Review

By Tony Rizzo

As Samsung continues to make its secure play for the enterprise, it got some very interesting and, for the company, some very welcome additional news on the security front.

New Wi-Fi ZiggBee System on a Chip

By Jerry Biolchini

Alpha Micro and GanSpan have unveiled the first merging of Wi-Fi and ZigBee protocol standards onto a System on a Chip (SoC). SoC is an integrated circuit that embeds all component…

Opera Teams with Samsung on Blu-Ray Players

By Oliver VanDervoort

Opera might be best known to some as a company that put out what was a pretty revolutionary browser when it was released. These days, the company is putting even more focus on comi…

Dept of Defense Approves Samsung and BlackBerry Devices

By Joe Rizzo

The DoD has adopted a strategy that using the best device for certain situations is better than just using the same device for everything. The DoD goes through a rigorous testing p…

Distributed Antenna Systems May Help Improve Mobile Coverage

By Hannah Bond

Have you ever been in a crowded place and needed to make a phone call? Depending on how many other people were also using their cell phones, there's a good chance that your call ei…

Super WiFi Coming to the U.S.

By Jerry Biolchini

The U.S. started the transition to digital television (DTV) in 2009 with full implementation by 2015. DTV is an innovative type of over-the-air broadcasting technology that enables…

BroadSign X Celebrates it's 10th Anniversary With A More Flexible Platform

By Michael Mayday

BroadSign International, a leading platform for digital signage, is celebrating its 10th year anniversary by releasing its new Software as a Service (SaaS) platform, BroadSign X. A…

Verizon Releases Smartphone Backup Service For Android

By Jerry Biolchini

From pictures, to contacts and text message conversations, smartphone users keep a lot of data on their smartphones. The reality of an inadvertent loss can stall business or throw …

FlowFinity Enables Mobile Business

By Jerry Biolchini

Finding relevant information is a full time job. Statistics show that managers spend two hours each day searching for information and about 50 percent of that has no value. Forrest…

Ten-Hut! Pentagon May Be Looking For A Few Good Apple & Samsung Devices

By Steve Anderson

A new report has emerged suggesting that the U.S. Department of Defense is looking to grant a pair of new security approvals for mobile devices. One of these is set to go to Samsun…

Texas Instruments Bluetooth Low Energy Remote Control Solution Delivers on Compatibility Promise

By Rory Lidstone

Texas Instruments, a global semiconductor design and manufacturing company that develops analog ICs and embedded processors, recently extended its remote control solutions offering…

AT&T Offering $100 Credits for Phone Trade-ins

By Oliver VanDervoort

AT&T is looking for new ways to bring in customers, and thinks it's found a winner with a new policy that began yesterday. The company's newest promotion allows users to get at lea…

Tablet Shipments Grow; Apple and Samsung Lead

By Gary Kim

Global tablet shipments grew 142.4 percent, year over year, in the first quarter of 2013, according to International Data Corporation. This has also been true for the smartphone ma…

The Next iPhone and iOS 7: Rumor Has It

By Nicole Spector

There is speculation floating that some major changes to the operating system that powers Apples iPhones and iPads, and the iPhone 5S/6, the next anticipated product, could be the …

Samsung and Google Team Up Yet Again

By Joe Rizzo

Even though Samsung has its own line of products, the company also supplies components to other companies and sometimes, even manufactures the product. Such is the case between Sam…

Google Now Makes its Way to iOS

By Joe Rizzo

Google Now is Google's version of an intelligent personal assistant. You can communicate with Google Now using a natural language user interface. It is designed to perform function…

London Store Quickly Sells Out of BlackBerry Q10

By Joe Rizzo

Is it the feel of the keyboard that all us long time BlackBerry users like? I did hold a BlackBerry Q10 in my hand at the launch in January and I have to admit that the keyboard fe…

Cell Phones Bring Higher Incomes, Other Benefits to Lower-Income Workers

By Ed Silverstein

When former U.S. President Bill Clinton wanted to show this week how technology can help lower-income earners in the developing world - he didn't look any further than cell phones.…

No Matter Who Gets Sprint, Consolidation is Not Over

By Gary Kim

With the completion of the T-Mobile USA reverse merger with MetroPCS Communications, the company has begun trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker TMUS. With th…

Samsung Makes a Strong Play for the Enterprise

By Doug Mohney

Samsung presents a compelling case for its handsets to be the number one enterprise mobile phone choice over other Android and other "Fruit named" options. The company teamed up wi…

Julius Will Not Be There at the End, But He Has Laid a Path

By Carl Ford

And while paying attention to Policy is a lot like being a product manager who must grass seed watch their product in action, there have been a number of activities at the FCC that…

BlackBerry's CEO is at it Again! Proclaims Tablets will be Dead in Five Years

By Tony Rizzo

Back on March 22, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins proclaimed the, "iPhone is just kind of sitting there." While we chose to be amused by the statement it was of course both a silly t…

Samsung Begins Production of Powerful, Efficient New 4Gb LPDDR3 Mobile DRAM

By Rory Lidstone

The mobile hardware arms race continues to heat up as manufacturers such as Samsung and Qualcomm aim to best each other in terms of speed, efficiency, size and power. Indeed, Samsu…

T-Mobile Offers Small Businesses a Simple Choice Plan

By Robbie Pleasant

Small businesses now have a simple choice, brought to them by T-Mobile. To be more specific, they can have a Simple Choice plan, which provides unlimited talk, text and Web without…

How Much Will LTE Allow Operators to Raise Prices?

By Gary Kim

Long Term Evolution (LTE) is going to provide a key test of whether most Tier 1 mobile service providers can change consumer expectations about pricing levels and packaging for hig…

Telenor Purchases Bulgarian Mobile Unit Globul

By Joe Rizzo

Hard times are hammering down everywhere. The economy is struggling in most parts of the world. Greece is no exception. Hellenic Telecommunications Organization, known better by it…

AntiVirus FREE for Android Surpasses 70 Million Downloads

By Jerry Biolchini

Smartphone security is a potential area for growth for computer security companies. AVG Technologies, makers of the free desktop computer anti-virus software, revealed that the AVG…

Samsung Galaxy S4 Gets a Dangerous Seven Rating from SquareTrade's Breakability Score

By Joe Rizzo

SquareTrade is an extended warranty service provider for consumer electronics and appliances. The company prides itself on transparency and a human approach to customer service.

Web Chat Services Through the Roof as Text Messaging Slumps

By Nicole Spector

People are now sending more messages via Web chat services than they are through text message, and the fact has many mobile carriers shaking in their boots.

Haptic Feedback Technology Market Set to Grow Briskly Thanks to Smartphones

By Tracey E. Schelmetic

You may not think about it much, but haptic feedback in your electronic devices has been growing in use. Haptic feedback, of course, is the technology that allows you to feel somet…

Small Cell Strategy Summit to Discuss Best Practices for Improving Network Performance

By Jerry Biolchini

Cell phone network capacity is getting worse every day: Cisco's Visual Networking Index (VNI) reports that global mobile networks grew by 70 percent, and that mobile video traffic …

Windows Phone 8 Notches Steady US Growth in Q1 2013

By Tony Rizzo

At the very beginning of April 2013, Kantar Worldpanel ComTech released research that more or less pointed to BlackBerry withering on a dying global vine. The company is now back w…

A Smartphone for the Blind Powered by Braille

By Steve Anderson

For many people, smartphones evoke mental images of powerful displays and brilliant imagery, and large amounts of heavily-visual content. But for the blind, that matter is often si…

Qualcomm Comes Out on Top in ABI Research LTE Baseband Competitive Assessment

By Rory Lidstone

With the expanding presence of LTE across the globe, it's no surprise that the market for chipsets with LTE baseband processors has increased accordingly. Of course, competition is…

A 'Compact' 4.3-inch Galaxy S4 - Now that Could be an Apple iPhone Nightmare

By Tony Rizzo

Last week, in discussing Samsung's earnings, we also had to note that Samsung is going to deliver new ruggedized versions of its Galaxy S4 and larger Galaxy Note tablets. We also n…

Toshiba Brings Cloud Service to iPhone Users

By Peter B. Counter

Until now, Toshiba's call management solution, Call Manager Mobile, was only available on Android platforms. Released in February of this year, the service operates using Toshiba's…

Playing Risk at the BYOD Party

By Peter B. Counter

A survey conducted by Symantec shows that businesses are all on the same page. BYOD is here to stay, despite the security risks inherent in having sensitive information on the pers…

Switchpoint Solutions Emerges Victoriousfrom Cloud of Innovation

By Peter B. Counter

When everything starts moving to the cloud, it is important not to be left behind, grounded, scrambling for a solution that no one else has thought of yet. New solutions can give c…

All iSigns Point to US

By Peter B. Counter

Announcing plans to bring wireless connectivity to its customers all over the United States through a partnership with Verizon (no stranger to distributing wireless services where …

HTML5 Websocket Developer Kaazing Secures $15 Million in Funding

By Ashok Bindra

HTML5 Websocket developer Kaazing has raised $15 million in funding. This brings the company's total financing to $39 million. The capital for this round of funding was raised thro…

BT Gets Back into the Facilities-Based Mobile Business

By Gary Kim

BT is one of the few tier-one telcos globally who does not own a facilities-based mobile operation, as a result of its 2001 decision to sell its mobile assets (Cellnet) because of …

New Security Conference by TMC Will Pay Attention to BYOD Program

By Joe Rizzo

Google Analytics is a service offered by Google that generates detailed statistical information about a website''''s traffic. On April 15, 2013 Google released a report on mobile b…

Mobility Techzone Week in Review

By Tony Rizzo

For months, we've made pronouncements that Apple has to finally deliver on an entirely new level of innovation this year. And the time to deliver on that innovation - or at least t…

The BlackBerry Q10 Comes Available with Skype

By Joe Rizzo

The end of January saw the launch of the new BlackBerry. The U.K. was the first to see the new Z10; we had to wait until the end of March. I had mine activated on March 22. Now, Bl…

Shareholders Approve Merger between MetroPCS and T-Mobile USA

By Joe Rizzo

In March, we wrote that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was looking to approve a proposed merger with T-Mobile USA and Metro PCS Communications, Inc. What was inte…

Hong Kong Company May Buy Italy's Largest Mobile Network

By Jacqueline Lee

If a deal being considered by Telecom Italia goes through, the Chinese company Hutchinson Whampoa could end up owning Italy's fixed-line telephone network.

European Union Hits Smart Card Chip 'Cartel' Letters of Objections

By Michael Mayday

The European Commission has hit a number of smart card chip suppliers with formal antitrust objections, alleging a number of smart card chip companies may have colluded to create a…

FreedomPop Offers Sprint Mobile Broadband

By Robbie Pleasant

FreedomPop is a wireless startup company designed to offer affordable mobile broadband service. Up until now, its devices have all been tied to Clearwire's WiMax network, but it ha…

Will Spectrum Set-Asides Really Work?

By Gary Kim

It's a bit early to tell what ultimately will result from the furious merger activity in the U.S. mobile service provider market at the moment. Nor is it possible to predict whethe…

Sprint Data Link and Static IP Now Operate Over 4G LTE

By Rory Lidstone

Sprint's Data Link and Static IP networking services recently became available over the Sprint 4G LTE network, expanding the reach of both services and making it easier for busines…

Verizon Communications Prepping Bid for Verizon Wireless Shares?

By Gary Kim

Verizon Communications has hired advisers to prepare a possible $100 billion bid to take full control of Verizon Wireless from its partner Vodafone, according to Reuters. The lates…

BlackBerry Highlighted as the Perfect Gadget When On the Go

By Jamie Epstein

While some iPhone lovers out there may not agree with the above headline, Blackberry's extensive portfolio was recently highlighted as being ideal in scenarios in which the individ…

Dates Finally Established for Apple's 2013 World Wide Developers' Conference

By Tony Rizzo

The official news is finally out: what we believe will be one of the most important Apple events ever held, this year's World Wide Developers' Conference (WWDC), will be taking pla…

Contactually Takes to the iPhone

By Jerry Biolchini

Contactually, a contact management service, has released an iOS app that coincides with its updated service Contactually 2.0. The service is unique among other contact management s…

With SpeakingPhoto, a Picture Can Now Say a Thousand Words

By Brittany Walters-Bearden

Those using iPhones and iPads can add a little fun to their photos with the new photo app SpeakingPhoto. SpeakingPhoto will allow users to add voice and sound to photos taken on th…

Business Only Broadband Selected By BYNC

By Oliver VanDervoort

Business Only Broadband recently revealed that it has been selected by the Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council (BYNC) as the provider for the alternative Internet access and dat…

Sony Releases OSS Project For Xperia Z Smartphone

By Jerry Biolchini

Sony released an Open Source project for its Xperia Z smarthpone, one of its flagship smartphones. This will allow developers to manipulate most of the software on the phone and de…

Samsung Executive: More Rugged Galaxy S4 Coming Soon

By Christopher Mohr

Earlier this week at a press conference in Dubai, Samsung Gulf Electronics President Young Soo Kim, alluded to an upcoming version of the Galaxy S4 that would be water and dust res…

France Telecom Betting on LTE to Reverse Revenue Trends

By Gary Kim

France Telecom says it is banking on long term evolution (LTE) to reverse its revenue fortunes, particularly in its crucial home market.

Perfecto Mobile Rolls Out Cloud-based Mobile Application Performance Platform

By Erin Harrison

Mobile application testing provider Perfecto Mobile has launched a new cloud-based mobile application performance platform called MobileCloud Performance. The platform, which is de…

Sex, Drugs and Mobile Brand Identity

By Peter B. Counter

It's all about accessibility in today's marketing world, and nothing makes a brand more livable than an intuitive mobile experience. A sleek, consistent and focused mobile site can…

Both SoftBank, Dish Remain Interested in Sprint Nextel

By Ed Silverstein

SoftBank and Dish Network still appear to be interested in acquiring Sprint Nextel - even after the company saw a loss in its customer base during the recent quarter.

TESSCO and BLiNQ Team Up for X-100 System

By Wayne Adam

TESSCO Technologies, a provider of the product and value chain solutions to organizations responsible for building, operating and maintaining wireless broadband systems, has teamed…

Nokia Asha 210 Gets New Hard-Key Functions

By Steve Anderson

Nokia, rapidly becoming known for its lineup of Windows Phone hardware, has plenty of other devices in its product line, including the Asha portfolio. Geared to compete with the le…

EE Releases Strong First Quarter Results

By David Delony

EE, a British mobile carrier, has recently revealed its strong first quarter results, with a revenue of $1.42 million pounds ($2.17 million).

Tekelec Enhances Solution

By Brian Anderson

Tekelec, an international provider of mobile broadband solutions, significantly enhanced its Mobile Policy Gateway (MPG) offering. MPG is highlighted as increasing revenues, decrea…

Can't Catch a Break: Nokia Stalls HTC One Sales over a Microphone

By Tony Rizzo

Last month, shipments of HTC's flagship smartphone were delayed because of parts shortages - most notable for a shortage of camera parts. This week brings additional bad news: Noki…

Fortinet Unveils Secure Wireless LAN Solution aimed at Distributed Enterprises

By Peter Bernstein

It also should be noted that switch and access point management, as well as user and device policy enforcement, is powered by FortinetFortiGate security appliances, which integrate…

Chinese Smartphone Maker ZTE Signs Patent Licensing Agreement with Microsoft

By Tony Rizzo

Last week we made note of Microsoft announcing that Foxconn parent Hon Hai has joined the ranks of Microsoft Android patent licensees. Today comes word that that Microsoft has adde…

Synaptics In-Cell Touch Technology Makes Big in Premium Smartphone Market

By Miguel Leiva-Gomez

Synaptics, Inc., a company that designs and creates human interface solutions, just announced that its In-Cell mobile platform is successfully tapping into smartphones, starting wi…

Cisco Strength on the Inside

By Carl Ford

I had the privilege of speaking with two Cisco executives in the last few weeks about the company's small cell strategy. I found Cisco's vision compelling and true to its strengths…

Holy Smokes! Apple Reports Record Fiscal Q2 2013 Revenue; Fiscal Q4 2013 Likely to be Next Blowout Quarter

By Tony Rizzo

Apple CEO Tim Cook delivered generally good news today for Apple's current quarter during the company's earnings call. We'll get to the core numbers in a minute, but the essential …

Aereo Announces Launch Date for Boston

By Joe Rizzo

Aereo is a technology company based out of New York City that allows subscribers to view live as well as time-shifted streams of over-the-air TV on Internet-connected devices. The …

Tumblr's Native Ad Format Brings Promotional Bonuses to Mobile Advertising

By Steve Anderson

One of the key purposes of advertising is to catch the attention of users, and more and more these days, that's a difficult prospect. There's more advertising than ever out there, …

Embarcadero Technologies Unveils True Native Multi-Platform Mobile App Development Suite

By Tony Rizzo

The new mobile development platform is designed to be used by enterprise developers who specifically need to quickly create - or only desire to create - true native apps. RAD Studi…

iPhone Users Now Have a Reason to Smile: Money

By Jamie Epstein

You know that happy feeling that flows from head to toe when you receive your biweekly paycheck? (At least until you're forced to subtract your rent, utilities and student loan owe…

Yahoo! Trimming Its Mobile Line-Up

By Jerry Biolchini

It was a day of reckoning for Yahoo! services Friday, as the tech company shut down a few of its long-standing products: Deals, SMS and Yahooligians (AKA Yahoo! Kids). In the realm…

Survey: iPhone Users Might Switch to Samsung with Galaxy S4 Release

By Monica Gleberman

A new report from Avanti revealed that Chinese consumers are anxiously waiting for the new Galaxy S4 release by following its latest development news in hopes of purchasing the dev…

Dish Vs. SoftBank: Sprint Forms Special Committee to Review Offer

By Jerry Biolchini

Sprint has responded to Dish Network's $25 billion offer by forming a Special Committee to evaluate the proposal. The Special Committee consists of Larry C. Glasscock, James H. Han…

Can Samsung Really Use Brain Waves to Control a Tablet?

By Tony Rizzo

The simple answer is yes. Though still entirely in the experimental stage, Samsung has developed a means to capture brain wave patterns generated from user thoughts, send the captu…

Firefox OS 'Geeksphone' to Hit Select Marketplaces

By Nicole Spector

The wait is over: Firefox OS smartphones are here. The company delivering is a Spanish startup called Geeksphone. The company, which consists of 12 people including its 20-year…

Huawei Unveils New A199 Android Smartphone for China

By Rory Lidstone

Since changing its focus to sell higher-end Android devices, Chinese ICT (Information and Communications Technology) company Huawei has been experiencing more success in the smartp…

Carta Worldwide Reveals NFC Mobile Handset Production Service

By Brian Anderson

Carta Worldwide, an international provider of electronic payments and transaction processing technology, announced last week that it has initiated a production service that deliver…

Google Brings Game Center Like Feature To Android

By Jerry Biolchini

Google is bringing Android more in line with iPhone capabilities. Android Police recently discovered a soon-to-ship feature that may give Android OS the iPhone's Game Center-like f…

iTalk Causes Chatter to Arise with Newly Debuted Product

By Jamie Epstein

Probably not one of the favorites of the big name national carriers like AT&T and Verizon, iTalk is a mobile communications company that known for delivering high quality mobile co…

justWink Joins TOMS Again for 'One Day without Shoes'

By Brittany Walters-Bearden

For the second consecutive year, American Greetings Corporation has linked their justWink app with TOMS' shoes for their public awareness campaign 'One Day without Shoes.' The camp…

Seth and The Socially Responsible Contract

By Peter B. Counter

PTel Mobile, launched in December by PlatinumTel Communications under the creed of doing away with the restrictions of multi-year contracts, will be launching GIV Mobile on May 15,…

Xamarin Announces Mobile App Developer Test Cloud

By Oliver VanDervoort

Cloud based services are still taking off in a variety of different industries. Xamarin has announced a cloud based service that is geared specifically towards allowing mobile app …

Sprint and U-Blox Partner for Long Term 2G CDMA Network Support

By Joe Rizzo

We live in a fast paced constantly moving forward world. You blink too long and you might miss something. By the time you get around to buying that new device, it will probably be …

One Day After Update, New Windows Phone App Update is Released by Facebook to Fix Update

By Joe Rizzo

On Wednesday April 17, 2013 an update was released to the Windows Phone app for Facebook. One day following this release, another update was then unveiled. Are you following along?…

SMS Text on the Decline in China as Mobile Web Chat Dominates

By Nicole Spector

Mobile users in China may want to start reconsidering that unlimited SMS text plan. According to a report from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), altho…

New iPad to be Released this Fall?

By Rory Lidstone

Because this deviation was somewhat unprecedented for Apple, there has been speculation since as to when the fifth generation iPad would appear. Many had hoped for the previous yea…

Low-Cost Smartphones to Account for Nearly Half of Smartphone Shipments by 2018

By Rory Lidstone

Even though smartphones have become dominant over feature phones in terms of sales in many countries recently, there will still always be significant demand for lower-end devices. …

Tata Communications Launches HD Voice-Compatible Network

By Rory Lidstone

Tata Communications, a provider of "a new world of communications," today launched its latest service - international HD voice termination. This service enables mobile network oper…

US Telecom in Better Shape than Elsewhere

By Gary Kim

No matter what might be happening elsewhere in the global telecom business, U.S. service providers are doing better than their counterparts elsewhere. "2013 may bring more opportun…

Mobility Techzone Week in Review

By Tony Rizzo

We will begin our review this week by noting that we send our deep felt condolences to the families of those who suffered through the worst of possible fates from the tragic events…

Tablet Computers Bring Change to Business

By Jerry Biolchini

Tablet devices are making their presence known in the workplace, whether from the CEO's office or an employee's desk. No matter how they get into the work environment, tablets are …

First Watch Security Reveals Smart Touch Deadbolt with Bluetooth 4.0 Technology

By Daniel Brecht

From April 19-21, the National Kitchen & Bath Association was celebrating its 50th anniversary. During this 2013 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) in New Orleans, First Watch Sec…

Did its Surface Tablets Save Microsoft's Fiscal Q3 2013 Earnings?

By Tony Rizzo

Earnings season is in full bloom this week, and today we had Microsoft, IBM, Google and Nokia to thank for some interesting numbers. Verizon Wireless was also there with earnings t…

Burners Back in Business: Anonymity Apps for Android and iOS

By Peter B. Counter

Is someone listening in? Is this a secure line? Smartphone owners need not ask those questions any more now that new technology available for download on Android and iOS can tempor…

Survey Reveals Employees Leveraging Mobile Devices in Vehicles Poses a Significant Risk to the Employer

By Daniel Brecht

In this day and age, mobile phone use while driving is common. Though it is prohibited and illegal (in the U.S. and Canada as well as in many other countries) to use a mobile phone…

Mobile Learning Set For Big Climb In North America

By Steve Anderson

A new report from Ambient Insight says that, in 2012, mobile learning products in North America represented $1.4 billion. That's an impressive number in its own right, but when it'…

Ascom Chosen To Implement IP-DECT Communications System at LWL

By Monica Gleberman

The Ascom Deutschland GmbH was just awarded a contract from the Westphalia-Lippe regional Association (LWL) to help provide additional protection to its employees. The contract cal…

Kuayiong Launches Web App Store

By Ed Silverstein

Kuayiong has recently launched a Web app store, 7659.com. It includes pirated, free-of-charge iOS apps and games, a report from The Register said.

Nokia Q1 2013 Earnings Results: Slow but Steady Work

By Tony Rizzo

When last we checked in with Nokia on its Q4 2012 earnings report, the company had demonstrated real improvement in all facets of its business - from acceptable sales numbers for i…

Verizon Revenue Now 66 Percent Wireless

By Gary Kim

Verizon Wireless now earns about 66 percent of all revenue from wireless. In the first quarter of 2013, Verizon earned $3.6 billion from consumers buying fixed network services…

Tekelec Offers Different Take on Monetizing Wi-Fi Offload

By Joan Engebretson

Carriers' keen interest in Wi-Fi offload initially was driven by a desire to minimize congestion on their cellular networks, but they're also looking to monetize that investment - …

Verizon May Follow T-Mobile's Lead and Abandon Contracts

By Rory Lidstone

T-Mobile has been hyping its new "Un-carrier" plans pretty heavily, largely by taking jabs at other major wireless carriers in the U.S. Indeed, much of T-Mobile's advertising has r…

Ready Wireless Delivers Real-Time Smartphone Data Metering

By Jerry Biolchini

Smartphone and tablet computer users are well aware of the pain of finding that they've gone over their mobile data plan when their bill is due. But one network provider is changin…

Amazon Buys Evi App for $26M, Fueling Smartphone Rumors

By Steve Anderson

While the idea of major websites boasting a branded smartphone isn't exactly a new one, it crops up every so often. This time around, it's Amazon that has people wondering if it'll…

Telenay's Scout for Phones Updates Include 3D Buildings and Landmarks, Crowd-Sourced Traffic Information

By Kasey Schefflin-Emrich

Personalized navigation provider Telenay, Inc. recently revealed that it will add new features and updates to its free Scout for iPhones and Androids personalized GPS navigation ap…

Facebook Lands Former Apple Exec Richard Williamson to Further Mobile Initiatives

By Steve Anderson

Facebook is a mobile company, and we're rapidly seeing how the increased focus on mobility at Facebook is changing the tenor of the company in terms of its actions and its hiring. …

Microsoft Signs Foxconn Parent Hon Hai to an Android and Chrome Patent Licensing Agreement

By Tony Rizzo

We've long been amused by the fact that Microsoft is able to collect royalties from numerous vendors who use Android and, more recently, Chrome. Why this is so has to do with almos…

Mobile Devices Take Over the Second Screen Video Experience

By Joe Rizzo

The whitepaper was developed for iMediaShare, a company that provides hassle free, big screen entertainment. Its goal is to take visual and audio entertainment to a new level. The …

Taiwan Fair Trade Commission Investigates Samsung's False Online Promotion

By Ashok Bindra

Global news agency AFP reports that Taiwanese authorities have launched an investigation into allegations that South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung hired students to pos…

Talking Heads: Facebook Brings Chat Feature to iOS App

By Nicole Spector

Though Facebook Home has yet to find a home in iOS in full Android glory, "Facebook Chat Heads," the feature's quirky messaging service, has debuted on the company's iOS applicatio…

Could the U.S. Mobile Market Shrink to Three?

By Gary Kim

The U.S, mobile industry, which some might argue now has stratified into a top tier of Verizon Wireless and AT&T, with the weaker Sprint and T-Mobile USA in distant positions, prob…

Patent Brokerage Firm Puts Mobile Interactive IP on Sale

By Ashok Bindra

On behalf of Frank J. Bisignano, ICAP Patent Brokerage has announced that mobile communications IP portfolio is on sale. According to the patent brokerage firm, this portfolio of p…

Reports that PayPal will Replace VMware with OpenStack are Dreadfully Exaggerated

By Joe Rizzo

VMware was founded in 1998 and is an American software company and provides cloud and virtualization software and services. Towards the end of March there were reports saying that …

Mobile Web Access Speeds have Increased by 30 Percent

By Joe Rizzo

Google Analytics is a service which is offered by Google that is designed to generate detailed statistical information about a website's traffic. It also offers information on traf…

Samsung's S4 to Launch in US - Here's the Full Feature Set for Your Consideration

By Tony Rizzo

We've covered the Samsung S4 - which Samsung likes to call your new "life companion" - since the day Samsung announced it back in mid-March. We've covered the launch, we've covered…

Federal Trade Commission Goes after Wise Media for Alleged 'Crammed' Charges

By Ed Silverstein

The Federal Trade Commission has gone to court to sue Wise Media for allegedly wrongfully earning millions of dollars in crammed charges. It becomes the first such court action …

Leap Motion Announces Deal with HP for Gesture Controls in HP PCs

By Steve Anderson

Leap Motion has a very impressive motion control scheme to its credit. So impressive, in fact, that a major PC manufacturer has taken a shine to the control system and intends to p…

AVG Technologies Releases AVG TuneUp for Android

By Rory Lidstone

AVG Technologies yesterday released a new product for Android called AVG TuneUp for Android. Available free for use with both smartphones and tablets, this app is meant to help use…

Does Wi-Fi Pose Health Risks? Is West Virginia Safe From Them?

By Joe Rizzo

When cell phones first came on the scene, there were endless reports that holding it to your ear eventually leads to brain cancer. I don't pay that much attention to the news, but …

SugarSync App Updates Cloud Storage Function

By Jerry Biolchini

SugarSync, the iOS app that helps you sync your life, has just come out with an update packed with features. SugarSync works for iPhone, iPad, Andriod and Blackberry, and has updat…

Money is Cheap and M&A is Active

By Carl Ford

Intel and Oracle recently acquired solutions in their telecom practices, while MetroPCS, Sprint and T-Mobile all go through their rebirth. It's clear that money on the sidelines is…

BCG Report Evaluates Mobile's Transformative Impact, Potential

By Joe Rizzo

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a worldwide management consulting firm. It is one of the largest private companies in the U.S. On tax day, April 15, 2013, BCG released a report en…

Apple AirPlay, Screen-Mirroring Options Gain Consumer Awareness

By Tara Seals

A fairly large percentage of consumers out there are aware that Apple AirPlay would allow them to push content from a mobile device to a television screen, according to a study fro…

Multi-Tech Systems Makes It Easier for Organizations Moving From iDEN to CDMA Technology

By Ed Silverstein

Users who are moving to the code division multiple access (CDMA) method for communication technology will find an easier transition with the Multi-Tech Systems' MultiModem rCell in…

Acquia Releases Mobile App Code for Drupal Create

By Wayne Adam

Acquia, a provider of enterprise and cloud solutions, announced the release of the source code for its mobile app Drupal Create, allowing any Drupal content contributor to post con…

Logitech Releases Two Smartphone-Focused Remote Control Offerings

By Rory Lidstone

The mobilization of technology has been pretty apparent since smartphones caught on as the next step in computing. For example, touchscreen technology has advanced rapidly to a poi…

TextMaster's LOOP Tool Offers Quick Translation and Proofreading of E-mails

By Rory Lidstone

One major downside of the greater use of mobile devices in business is that it's far easier to make typos on a touch device. Add in the fact that text correction and proofreading t…

So You Want to be an MSP? Growth and Continuum Pledge Help

By Doug Barney

Many people may want to be an MSP, but few companies have the background and experience to make it happen. Office technology dealers, however, are halfway there, given their ex…

SiriusXM's MySXM Personalization Powered by The Echo Nest Comes to Android

By Rory Lidstone

Satellite radio service SiriusXM officially launched a new feature on its Android app called MySXM on April 15. The feature, built on The Echo Nest's main offering, has actually be…

40 Percent of Mobile Data Will be Offloaded by 2017

By Gary Kim

In 2017, only 40 percent of the 90,000 Petabytes of data generated by smartphones, feature phones and tablets will reach the cellular network by 2017, as majority of the data traff…

Wandera Launches First Corporate Mobile Data Optimization Service

By Joe Rizzo

Wandera is a company that is based in both San Francisco, CA and London, U.K. It is a baby as far as companies go, being founded in 2012. Since then, however, Wandera has become a …

Rejuvenated Dallas Love Field Lights Up New Wi-Fi Network from Boingo

By Joe Rizzo

Dallas Love Field is a general purpose airport that is owned by the city of Dallas, TX. It has been undergoing what it calls a "dramatic evolution" - the airport is being improved …

New Entrust IdentityGuard Mobile Smart Credential 2.0 offers New Capabilities

By Frank Griffin

Entrust provides identity-based security solutions for financial institutions, governments and enterprises for over 5,000 organizations in 85 countries around the world. Their secu…

SoC Provider Sigma Designs Announces New Z-Wave Next Gen Product Line

By Kasey Schefflin-Emrich

System-on-Chip solutions provider Sigma Designs recently unveiled its 500-Series Z-Wave Next Gen product line.

iKaaz Unveils New NFC Platform

By Oliver VanDervoort

While some might consider that mobile commerce is still in its "infancy," there are a few different companies that are working hard to see it reach adulthood quicker than expected.…

Mobile Malware Infected 32.8M Android Users in 2012

By Rory Lidstone

As smartphone use grows, it's likely that malware prevalence will follow suit, but according to a recent study from mobile service provider NQ Mobile, the spread of mobile malware …

Tech Data Corporation Expands TDMobility University for VARs

By David Delony

The Tech Data Corporation has announced that it is expanding its TDMobility University program through TDMobility to train value added resellers (VAR). TDMobility University off…

Insight Brings New CYOD Solution

By Oliver VanDervoort

Bring Your Own Device policies have been taking over companies across the globe, no matter how big or small those companies are. Now Insight Enterprises has announced a new program…

BoxTone Releases MSM Solution for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync

By Robbie Pleasant

Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync is getting Mobile Service Management, thanks to BoxTone. The new BoxTone for Exchange ActiveSync lets enterprise IT and MSPs monitor and support their…

Wandera Receives $7 Million for Mobile Data Compression Technology

By Michael Guta

According to Cisco, global mobile data traffic grew 70 percent in 2012, reaching 885 petabytes per month by the end of 2012, which was up by 365 petabytes from 2011. The company al…

Dish Launches $25.5B Bid for Sprint that Can Lead to Unique Services

By Tony Rizzo

Dish Network Corp. - and its founder and chairman Charles Ergen - wants, more than anything else, to become one of the nation's triple play kings, with the ability to offer video, …

DoJ: T-Mobile USA and Sprint Should Qualify for More Lower-Frequency Spectrum

By Gary Kim

Because a national mobile service provider's holding of low-frequency spectrum may determine its ability to compete in offering a broad service area, including its ability to provi…

Mobility Techzone Week in Review

By Tony Rizzo

Can anyone doubt that the PC is no longer the device front and center on the minds of most people when they look to buy their next technology toys? Haven't PCs really become more l…

AirTight Unveils New Wi-Fi Management UI

By Oliver VanDervoort

AirTight networks has recently unveiled its newest HTML5 UI that will be used to improve the management of Wi-Fi networks and wireless IPs (WIPS) that are available for any scale c…

Returns are Much Higher than Keepers When it Comes to BlackBerry's Z10 Smartphones

By Joe Rizzo

BlackBerry has been having a lot of trouble lately. Canada and the UK are questioning BlackBerry's security, Home Depot dropped the company in favor of Apple and app development is…

ECIL to License Router Technology Developed at Academic Institution to Manufacture Routers for MTNL

By Christopher Mohr

Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. (ECIL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with state-owned telecom company Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) to build Carrier …

Data Traffic Equal to 42 Quadrillion Tweets will be Generated by Mobile Devices by 2017

By Joe Rizzo

Juniper Research is a company that was founded in 2001. Since that time, it has grown to become one of the leading analyst firms in the wireless sector. Juniper specializes in iden…

Consumers Rate Smartphone Brands Significantly Higher Than the Tier 1 Mobile Operators

By Joe Rizzo

iGR Research, a a market strategy consultancy with a focus on the wireless and mobile communications industry, recently conducted a survey. In March 2013, iGR wanted to find out wh…

Non-Licensees Remain Prohibited by UAE Government from Offering Telecom Services despite Etisalat's Recent Actions

By Ed Silverstein

Etisalat may have stopped blocking Skype in the United Arab Emirates, but the UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced this week that only Etisalat and Du can …

Cloud Computing a Boon to Mobile Telecom Industry

By Erin Harrison

Cloud computing, which offers many business benefits - including reducing the cost of IT - is also helping mobile telecom companies boost their bottom lines, according to the resul…

Super Wi-Fi Flies to the Rescue

By Jamie Epstein

Typically when you think of a superhero, you might conjure up images of Captain America, Spiderman, Batman or maybe even my personal favorite, Superman. But these days, as various …

As PC Sales Decline, Tablets Surge - to $64B in 2013

By Tony Rizzo

This week brought news of, surprise, the PC market continuing to show sales declines. As market dynamics shift, it is clear that fewer people feel the need to go out and upgrade th…

Denied: Brazil's 4G Network Won't Be Ready for 2014 World Cup

By Steve Anderson

For those looking to make the trip to Brazil for the 2014 Soccer World Cup, we have some bad news: yesterday, the head of Anatel, Brazil's telecom regulator, told Reuters that the …

Sprint Positioned as Challenger in Global Network Services Magic Quadrant

By Rory Lidstone

Gartner has upgraded Sprint to the position of Challenger within the most recent Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Network Service Providers. In the previous Magic Quadrant report,…

IDC Puts Further Proof to the Obvious: The PC Industry is in Decline...Or is It?

By Tony Rizzo

Back in early January 2013, we made note of what we've referred to as the obvious - the PC industry is now in decline. It's real. Live with it. The real question, however, is what …

Video Comprises Half of Verizon's Network Traffic

By Steve Anderson

Verizon might not have been a choice that came immediately to mind for attendees of the National Association of Broadcasters conference in Las Vegas, but indeed, its CEO, Lowell Mc…

Sprint Serious About Mobile Advertising

By Joan Engebretson

When mobile Internet usage accelerated, it didn't take long for advertisers to begin to explore how they could tap in to that new audience - or for mobile network operators to star…

US Cell Phone Service Program to Needy Incurs More Scrutiny as Controversy Continues

By Ed Silverstein

For decades, the U.S. government has been giving out discounted phone service to lower-income Americans. The program has continued during Barack Obama's presidency and critics have…

Brazilian Ministry Expects Standardization of 450 MHz LTE within Months

By Christopher Mohr

MiniCom, the communications ministry for the Brazilian government, recently issued a statement that it expects 4G LTE in the 450 MHz spectrum to be standardized in a matter of mont…

AvaLAN Wireless Launches 300 Mbps Wireless Ethernet Radios

By Rory Lidstone

AvaLAN Wireless Systems this week introduced a new set of 5.8 GHz high-speed wireless Ethernet solutions designed for applications requiring higher RF data rates, specifically for …

Samsung's S Orb Panoramic Camera Feature: Worth Waiting For or Just Late to the Party?

By Tony Rizzo

When the Samsung Galaxy S4 launched several weeks ago, the thing that stood out the most at the event was the undeniable fact that Samsung has gone mobile app crazy - adding its ow…

T-Mobile Joins Standards Organization for Refurbished Devices

By Miguel Leiva-Gomez

The Device Renewal Forum (DRF), an organization that promotes the recycling of old phones and their return to the marketplace, just revealed that T-Mobile USA finds itself among it…

iPhone Fever: 48 Percent of U.S. Teens use an iPhone, 62 Percent to Buy One Next

By Nicole Spector

It's 10 p.m., do you know where your children are? GPS those babies! Because wherever they are, they're probably on their iPhones - and if they aren't yet, they soon will be.

T-Mobile to Back Up iPhone 5 Offers with New Trade-In Deal

By Steve Anderson

T-Mobile has been eager to shake up the wireless concept and give itself a bit of an edge from its current position on the mobile provider totem pole. To that end, starting this Fr…

Make Room for Mac Pro? Releases of iPad 5 & iPad Mini 2 May Be Delayed

By Steve Anderson

This particular shake-up isn't the only one in play, either, as not only are the new tablets set to be delayed, the iPhone 5S' release date is also set for a delay. Now, according …

Aruba Networks Enhances ClearPass Management System: BYOD Solution Integrating Network Access Control with Application and Device Management

By Peter Bernstein

The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon (what critics call "Bring Your Own Danger") is only about four years old. However, it did not take that long to change everything about …

New CompTIA Survey: Untangling the Tangled BYOD World

By Tony Rizzo

CompTIA, a not-for-profit trade association focused on advancing the global interests of IT professionals and companies, has just released its second annual "Trends in Enterprise M…

It's Official: BlackBerry is Still Relevant

By Carl Ford

When I went to Orlando to BlackBerry's BB10 Jam event last year, I was impressed with two things. The first was that BlackBerry really understood what it wanted to bring to mark…

Esurance Tackles Distracted Driving with New App

By Kasey Schefflin-Emrich

In an effort to decrease accidents caused by distracted driving, direct-to-consumer personal car insurance providers at Esurance have developed a solution that temporary disables f…

Davinci Launches New Mobile Site

By Robbie Pleasant

When on the search for virtual office locations, Android and iPhone users can now make reservations through DavinciMeetingRooms.com with speed and efficiency like never before. Wit…

Understanding BYOD: What Can It Do For You?

By TMCnet Special Guest

MOBI Wireless Management, an award winning wireless mobility management provider, has launched 20 percent of its customers into BYOD programs - offering guidance with policy creati…

The Majority of SMBs in the U.S. Have Official BYOD Policy

By Joe Rizzo

iGR is a market research firm. They consult market strategy in the wireless and mobile communications industry. In February 2013, iGR released the results of a study that they cond…

An ATEX-Compliant White Space Communications System is Debuted by Neul

By Joe Rizzo

Neul is a company that was started in 2010 in Cambridge, UK. The goal of Neul is to transform wireless data communications by slashing the cost of the spectrum, base stations and t…

EE Will Double Its 4G Download Speed in Ten Cities to 80Mbps

By Joe Rizzo

Last year in October, Everything Everywhere, Ltd. (EE) began a rollout of its 4G network. EE is currently the UK's only live 4G network. On April 2nd, I wrote about EE setting up a…

Holistic BYOD Management is Beyond Network Access Control and MDM

By Ali Kafel

There's a common misconception that the management of Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) is just by Mobile Device Management (MDM) products. In fact, a complete and holistic BYOD manage…

Virgin Mobile Bets 100 Bucks You'll Ditch T-Mobile

By Nicole Spector

Too bad for everyone already using Virgin Mobile - this deal is for Virgin virgins only. The company is now promising to give away $100 to any T-Mobile customer who makes the switc…

Canada Receives Pre-Order Option for New BlackBerry Q10 Smartphone

By Joe Rizzo

BlackBerry has been shipping the Z10 smartphone in Europe and Canada this year since its launch at the end of January. Just a few weeks ago, we saw U.S. carriers offer the Z10, and…

VirnetX Identifies an Additional 3GPP Specification

By David Delony

VirnetX, a software firm specializing in Internet security and technology, has announced that it is updating its licensing declaration to the European Telecommunications Standards …

CanvasM Technologies to Feature Anite Wireless Device Testing Solutions in New NJ Lab

By Kasey Schefflin-Emrich

CanvasM Technologies has selected wireless device testing technology provider Anite to equip its new test laboratory in New Jersey with 2G, 3G and LTE conformance and interoperabil…

Ingram Micro Teams with SAP to Offer Solutions for SMB Mobile Workforces

By Tony Rizzo

Ingram Micro, a global provider of IT supply chain and mobile device lifecycle services and logistics solutions, is teaming up with SAP to help expand the market reach of SAP's ent…

Image Searcher's Mobile Visual Search App for iOS CamFind is Four Times More Accurate than Google Goggles

By Joe Rizzo

Image Searcher, Inc. considers itself a small group of enthusiastic iOS and Web developers. It specializes in image recognition and mobile search technology and is located in Los A…

RingCentral: Mobile Phone Usage at Work Continues to Grow

By Monica Gleberman

The mobile phone has come a long way since its release; between the look, functionality and features - the phone has done a complete turnaround since 1973. A new survey by Ring…

HTC Hits a Disturbing Low for Q1 2013 Net Profit

By Joe Rizzo

This morning, Taiwanese smartphone vendor HTC announced some predictably low numbers for its first quarter revenue and net profit. In fact, these were the lowest numbers for HTC si…

ExteNet Systems Enters into Agreement with Barclays Center

By Oliver VanDervoort

ExteNet Systems announced that it has worked out a deal with four leading wireless carriers. ExteNet will be able to offer up its high level live network service to MetroPCS, AT&T,…

For Many Tier-One Service Providers, Profit Troubles Grow

By Gary Kim

About 60 percent of all global telecommunications revenue in 2012 was earned by mobile service providers. But overall revenue is basically flat, despite the addition of billions of…

Verizon Releases New 4G LTE Router

By Oliver VanDervoort

4G LTE networks are sweeping the nation, if for no other reason than they are the network that will move data from one place or another on a mobile device the fastest. That doesn't…

Mobility Techzone Week in Review

By Tony Rizzo

As hard as it may be to believe - and for someone like me, who has been covering mobility for well over 12 years it is really hard to believe - this week the cell phone celebrated …

MokaFive Names New Top Executives, Unveils Upgrades to M5 Solution for iOS

By Ed Silverstein

MokaFive continues to add to its team of top executives on the heels of debuting major upgrades to its M5 Solution.

ABI Research Reveals Vendor Proprietary ASICs Dominate Metrocell Baseband SoCs

By Joe Rizzo

The expectation from ABI Research is that sales of baseband processors for small cells will follow two different roadmaps. One path is the baseband SoC for consumer and enterprise …

Gartner Report Shows Big Changes Afoot In Electronics Landscape

By Steve Anderson

A recent report from Gartner suggests that there are going to be a lot more electronic devices getting shipped out this year, but the sources of the aggregate number are about to c…

Allot Communications Ltd. Lands Big Order From Mobile Operator

By Steve Anderson

It's good news for Allot Communications, who announced yesterday that it had secured a substantial order for its Intelligent Steering and Value-Added Services (VAS) Licenses.The or…