Telefonica and RIM Announce NFC payments With BlackBerry Smartphones
Telefonica Digital and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced a pilot program of the Telefonica Wallet for BlackBerry smartphones. In collaboration with local banks and...
China Overtakes U.S. as World's Largest Smartphone Market in Q3 2011
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, China has overtaken the United States for the first time to become the world's largest smartphone market...
Nokia Siemens Networks Initiates Restructuring
Telecoms gear maker Nokia Siemens Networks will axe 17,000 jobs, to save about 1 billion euros ($1.35 billion) a year. This is part of struggling...
FCC Opposes AT&T's Purchase of T-Mobile
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has found AT&T's proposed US$39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA to be contrary to the public interest, echoing a similar...
Samsung And Verizon Bring Illusion
Verizon Wireless and Samsung today announced the Samsung Illusion will be available online at www.verizonwireless.com beginning Nov. 23 for $79.99 with a new two-year customer...
Facebook And HTC To Offer Android Smartphone
Facebook and HTC are reportedly working to build a smartphone powered by Google's Android mobile operating system, according to the blog All Things Digital. The...
USB-IF Releases Mobile Broadband Interface Model Specification
The USB-IF has announced the release of the Mobile Broadband Interface Model (MBIM) 1.0 Specification. Developed under the USB-IF by technology companies, MBIM 1.0 is...
Nearly All Mobile Malware in Q3 Was Targeted at Android
The amount of malware targeted at Android devices jumped nearly 37 percent since last quarter, and puts 2011 on track to be the busiest in...
Amazon Said To Launch Smartphone Next Year
Amazon.com will launch its own smartphone in the fourth quarter of 2012, Citigroup said, citing its supply-chain channel checks in Asia. In a research note...
Smartphone Sales Increased 42 Percent in Third Quarter of 2011, Android Runs On More Than 50 Percent of Those
Worldwide sales of mobile devices totaled 440.5 million units in the third quarter of 2011, up 5.6 percent from the same period last year, according...
