Short on mobile numbers, Brazil to add digit by 2016
All Brazilian mobile line numbers will have one more digit by December 2016. The digit “9 “will be added to the left of the current eight digit numbers of each mobile phone, according to the...
View ArticleGartner: Worldwide mobile phone sales down; Samsung extends leadership
Samsung increased its leadership in the mobile phone market even as worldwide mobile phone sales decreased. According to Gartner’s latest numbers, mobile phone sales to end users were down 3.1% in 3Q12...
View ArticleBridging the gender gap in mobile phones with the GSMA
I recently sat down with the GSMA to discuss connected women, or the lack thereof, in emerging markets. The statistics were more challenging than I expected. This is the first of a series of three...
View ArticleBalancing security and privacy in a mobile world
WASHINGTON – Decades after they were invented and became a staple of everyday life, mobile phones are finally finding a clear legal footing in U.S. courts. Mobile technology has spurred a multiyear...
View ArticleMobile rises in India, thieves take notice
WASHINGTON – Mobile phones are having a major impact across the Indian sub-continent. Socioeconomic and census data show that mobile phones massively outnumber landlines in rural India. All told, 68%...
View ArticleSwisscom combines VoLTE, VoWi-Fi in EU first
Swisscom claims it is the first European operator to effectively combine voice-over-LTE and Wi-Fi calling to combat weak mobile signals in heavily insulated buildings. The Swiss operator recently made...
View ArticleCelistics sees ‘enormous’ growth for Latin America
Celistics sees strong growth opportunities across Latin America BARCELONA, Spain – Despite an economic crisis countries in Latin America are facing, the telecommunications sector has a lot of growth...
View ArticleMobile phone afterlife—why the second-hand market will be all the rage in...
Mobile phones have become so ubiquitous that it appears everyone has one. Today, there are all different levels of phones on the market—from prepaid phones that cost under $100 to the latest Apple...
View Article#TBT: Dude, where’s my tower?; Nokia claims top spot in phone manufacturing;...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted...
View ArticleChina’s mobile shipments surge 19.7% y-o-y in October: Report
Total mobile shipments in the January-October period surged 4.2% year-on-year to 230 million units China’s mobile phone shipments surged 19.7% year-on-year to over 29.16 million in October, local press...
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