Special Reports

This is the Year of the Smartphone. Headlined by the global phenomenon that is the iPhone 3G, the growth in smartphones-in terms of the number of units and the proliferation of brands and

Throughout 2008, handset makers and OS providers alike have introduced developer competitions to inspire

It took iPhone and iPod Touch users less than two months to download 100 million applications from the App Store after Apple opened the digital marketplace on July 11. According to the computing

Fewer than half of mobile media consumers presently view mobile ads, according to The Nielsen Company's VP of mobile media Kanishka Agarwal. Speaking at Tuesday's Mobile Entertainment Live! event,

Top Mobile Applications Awards 2008 With consumers tightening their belts and hunkering down in the face of an imminent recession, the mobile industry finds itself at a crossroads. On the one hand,

So far, 2008 has seen EarthLink and MetroFi shutter their muni-WiFi businesses, resulting in many cities that didn't want to buy their networks outright going dark. Does that mean the muni-WiFi

Here's a review of some of last month's not-to-be-missed coverage regarding the iPhone 3G launch and its prime competitor, the Samsung Instinct. iPhone vs. Instinct Despite some new features and

The majority of mobile operators are at a
transition point between a maturing voice and SMS market and the growth in data services based upon
high-speed networks. With the exception of markets such

Take a look at the top management of most wireless firms and
you'll be hard-pressed to find many women executives. The telecom industry is

Mobile social networking continues to win friends and influence people. A new report issued by market research firm In-Stat says so-called "millennials" are spearheading its growth, forecasting that

By Robert Syputa, Partner & Senior Analyst, Maravedis Inc. Femtocells have advanced into the market as a way to extend coverage and offload capacity of 3G networks. This is a method of

It's not often that a senior executive at Google steps down from his post to head a new startup but that's exactly what Christopher Nguyen, former engineering director of Google, did when he

In this era of consolidation, the number of successful small regional operators is dwindling. SouthernLinc Wireless has always had a unique proposition. The regional operator, which is a subsidiary

No longer just voice-centric phones, mobile devices now come in a variety of different form factors and sport a slew of new capabilities. The latest phones make Web browsing a reality, incorporate

Bluepulse

Since formally announcing its much-anticipated Android open-source mobile operating system late

A recent forecast issued by market analysis firm ABI Research suggests the potential for mobile location-based services is huge, anticipating annual global revenues of $13.3 billion by 2013, up from

Few issues stoke the ire of workers like executive pay. The average CEO of Standard & Poor’s 500 company list made $15.06 million in 2006, which is the most recent year for executive

Deploying wireless in these top emerging markets requires realistic expectations By Paul Rasmussen Multinational mobile operators looking to expanding into new regions will face challenges when

The smartphone market has always been a bit finicky. Although many U.S. consumers were intrigued by
the capabilities

Here are some key metrics from the top five carriers in the U.S.: Alltel, AT&T, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless. Check out the tables below to see how these carriers performed