Category: Mobile World Congress

I am just back from New Orleans where I was attending the CTIA Wireless 2012 ... 7. Beyond LTE … What’s a “4” Amongst Friends? – There was lots of banter amongst executives about the true definition of 4G and how creative marketing in the ...

I have a confession to make: I like CTIA Wireless. I'll be the first to admit that the show is dying, but the problem isn't it's place on the calendar like most people think. The problem is much simpler: It's the carriers.

Senior vice president of mobile for Google, Andy Rubin, has addressed this very concern recently. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, he explained that Google has quite literally “built a firewall” between the two divisions.

"I don't even know anything about their products, I haven't seen anything," he said at the Mobile World Congress conference. "They're going to continue building Motorola-branded devices and it's going to be the same team doing it." Others ...

Tweet Posted by Jeff Hasen on April 11th, 2012 at 6:08 am The description is so preposterous that it is noteworthy – a business reporter in a major Canadian newspaper wrote that there is a “sense of stagnation” in the mobile industry. In the Toronto Star piece http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1157843--tech-s-great-expectatio ns-why-consumers-are-often-neither-shaken-nor-stirred titled Tech’s great expectations: Why consume

Apr 11, 2012 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Strategy Analytics reported only 42 new smartphones were announced at Mobile World Congress, but among the main players, handset specifications are racing forward. In a release, Strategy Analytics ...

Bharti Airtel is one of the founding members of the Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI) which was launched at the Mobile World Congress 2011. Other key founding members of this global initiative include China Mobile and Softbank Mobile. "We believe that ...

A feature box on the homepage of Sprint.com shows what appears to be a Galaxy Note. Could it be coming to Sprint?

Or as Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in his 2010 Mobile World Congress keynote address, “…The basic message is pretty simple… your phone is your alter ego, an extension of everything we do.”  His conclusion is a clear message to us as a marketing ...

As a result, Doc Daneeka finds that, to all extents and purposes, he no longer exists. At the Mobile World Congress this year, as conference session followed conference session, I was reminded of this sequence because here we were, talking about ...

Bharti Airtel is one of the founding members of the Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI) which was launched at the Mobile World Congress 2011. Other key founding members of this global initiative include China Mobile and Softbank Mobile.

Nokia's wide distribution and local know-how can be good resources for a developer looking to get ahead overseas. Its unique technology set can mean better apps too.

(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Boston, MA -- Surprisingly, only 42 new smartphones were announced at Mobile World Congress (MWC), but among the main players, handset specifications are racing forward. The major manufacturers primarily ...

Sprint Nextel unveiled the Evo 4G LTE today, its own take on HTC's highly touted comeback phone. The Evo 4G LTE is a slightly redesigned One X, which HTC unveiled to critical acclaim during Mobile World Congress. It will be available some time in the second quarter for $199.99 and a two-year contract, although Sprint will begin taking preorders on May 7. SOURCE

HTC plans to put nearly all its marketing weight behind the One line. The company announced the One line and the first three devices at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. AT&T will sell the flagship HTC One X while T-Mobile will sell the ...