Global sales of VoIP (Voice over IP) and IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) equipment rose for the first time in three years in 2012, increasing 9% year-to-year, according to Infonetics Research. A strong 4Q, particularly for IMS equipment, fueled the annual rise. Global sales of carrier...Learn More

Both Apple and Samsung surpassed Nokia as the most popular mobile vendors in terms of worldwide Internet usage for the first time, according to new research results from StatCounter, an independent provider of website analytics. Apple took over the #1 slot in January for the...Learn More

Global LTE smartphone shipments will grow three-fold to reach 275 million units in 2013, marking a record year for 4G wireless broadband technology, according to new research from Strategy Analytics. Growth in 2013 follows 2012 percentage growth in global LTE smartphone shipments of more than...Learn More

Samsung will supplant Nokia as the world’s top cellphone maker in 2012, the first time in 14 years Nokia won’t top the global ranks of cellphone manufacturers, according to a report from the IHS iSuppli Mobile and Wireless Communications Service. Performance in the smartphone segment...Learn More

The global market for mobile phones grew 2.4% year-over-year (YoY) in this year’s third quarter (3Q), as vendors shipped a total 444.5 million units as compared to 434.1 million in 3Q 2011, according to the latest data from IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Sales...Learn More

Readers of a certain age who have been around the IPTV world since its early days will remember Myrio Corporation as a once market-leading IPTV middleware platform that kept falling on hard luck.  Even though its successor is virtually invisible in the United States today,...Learn More

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired the software and skills of Nokia Siemens Networks Internet Protocol television (IPTV) business. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The newly-acquired IPTV software, assets and capabilities will be integrated with the Accenture Video Solution – a software...Learn More

The competition is on in the 4G-LTE market space as telecompetitors seek to outdo one another in terms of network reach, speed and overall performance, not to mention features, apps and services. Nokia Siemens Networks today announced it had achieved world-record TD-LTE throughput speeds of...Learn More

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ADTRAN, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADTN) announced the completion of its acquisition of the Nokia Siemens Networks Fixed Line Broadband Access Business. The Company also announced that a 30 minute conference call will be held Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. central time to discuss...Learn More

While accounting for 22% of the total global handset market, smartphones account for over 50% of market revenue. Apple, Nokia and RIM accounted for 64% of the revenue total. Apple, while trailing Nokia in terms of smartphone volume with a 16% share, generated 29% of...Learn More

Worldwide sales of mobile phones recorded a fourth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth in Q3, increasing 14.6%, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Vendors shipped 340.5 million mobile phones in Q3 as compared to the year ago period’s 297.1 million units. Apple broke...Learn More

Nokia Siemens Networks and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today jointly announced that the companies have entered into an agreement under which Nokia Siemens Networks will acquire the majority of Motorola’s wireless network infrastructure assets for US $1.2 billion in cash. The companies expect to complete...Learn More