Samsung believes the next generation of 5G wireless technology could be commercialized as soon as 2020, now that the company has successfully demonstrated antenna technology it believes will be critical to obtaining ultra-high-bandwidth communications using cellular networks. The goal would be to dramatically increase the...Learn More

For the first time, more smartphones than feature phones were shipped worldwide in 1Q 2013 as the global market for mobile phones grew 4% year over year, according to the latest data from IDC. Vendors shipped a total of 418.6 million mobile phones in 1Q13...Learn More

Data caps and issues with connectivity are limiting the potential boost to worker productivity afforded by the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon, according to the latest Mobile Workforce Report from iPass, a provider of mobility services for enterprises and telecom service providers. More than...Learn More

Worldwide shipments of smart connected devices rose 29.1% year-over-year (y-o-y) in 2012, exceeding the 1 billion-unit mark and valued at $576.9 billion. Surging tablet shipments was the primary driver, rising 78.4% y-o-y to surpass 128 million, according to the latest report from the International Data...Learn More

The innovative Samsung Galaxy S4, expected to be available next quarter, can support up to six spectrum bands – including LTE bands — on a single device. The six-band capability is an improvement over many other products currently on the market. But don’t expect to...Learn More

Vendors shipped 367.7 million “Smart Connected Devices” – desktop and portable PCs, tablets and smartphones – in 4Q 2012, a 28.3% year-to-year rise. Higher tablet and smartphone shipments fueled the gain, more than making up for declines in desktop and portable PC shipments, according to...Learn More

As mobile devices become more versatile, those devices are becoming increasingly popular with employees, who want to use them for work-related tasks. And as more and more employees use mobile devices, it’s become increasingly important for employers’ unified communications capabilities to extend to the wireless...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

Verizon and Samsung announced an expansion of the FiOS TV line-up on the Samsung Smart Hub platform, which powers Samsung’s smart TVs and Blu-ray players. Verizon customers who subscribe to both FiOS TV and FiOS Internet can now access 75 channels of TV and gain...Learn More

Having skyrocketed as Apple released a string of innovative and pioneering portable and wireless devices over the past decade, Apple’s share price has – uncharacteristically – been a laggard recently, even as broad stock market indices reached new five-year highs. A new report from ABI...Learn More

Smartphone owners use their devices in ways that are both similar to and different from the way they use their personal computers, according to an online survey recently conducted by The Harris Poll of 2,383 adults, 991 of whom own and use a smartphone. At...Learn More

Just how many tablets were sold this holiday season is still to be determined, but Chitika Insights, the market research arm of online ad network Chitika, believes it will prove to be  the biggest season ever for tablet sales  — and that iPad competitors will make...Learn More