Half of last year, the research and market analysis company Gartner warned that sales of handsets are in decline, the final report for last year, which was published today, confirming the trend observed in August.
Verizon Wireless (Nasdaq: VZ) has recently started a process of reviewing and rating of applications. Not on grounds of quality or originality. But according to the impact of each app on data usage, battery drain and privacy.
Apple has released an update package for the 6.1 version of its iOS software platform, bringing only few improvements. iOS 6.1 is a minor update designed to improve the LTE compatibility and to repair a series of vulnerabilities.
Research in Motion is thinking ahead, while the Blackberry 10 is about to hit the market. RIM CEO Thorsten Heins told Die Welt that they are examining the possibility of selling their hardware to other hardware manufacturers in the future.
LG is already planning to release the next generation of LG Optimus G, hoping that it will be successful, too. Optimus G was a decent choice for a smartphone and it has received relatively good reviews. Now it is rumored that Optimus G Pro will be the new generation of Optimus handsets, coming as the upgrade of the older version.
Mozilla Foundation announced its first handsets powered by Firefox OS. Named Keon and Peak, the new mobile devices are developed by Telefonica and Geeksphone and are designed for developers interested in the platform.
Alcatel-Lucent and Reliance Communications (RCOM), a telecommunications service provider for India, announced that they had signed a contract for an innovative, end-to-end network that will provide service for customers in the Eastern and Southern regions of India through the year 2020.
Comcast has thrown its hat in the cable box and modem arena by pledging to invest in the ARRIS Group, Inc. to the tune of $150 million. In return for its investment, Comcast will acquire about 10.6 million shares of ARRIS, which amounts to approximately 7.85 percent of the company.
Inexpensive data storage boxes from Taiwan are being picked up in lieu of storage arrays from Dell, EMC, HP and NetApp by Facebook and other vast data-centre operators such as Google and Amazon.
Voxbone today launched an easily-set-up,cost-effective solution: VoxOUT, which enables providers of cloud communications, SIP trunking and other enterprise VolP services to support emergency calling.