China Mobile, the world's biggest cell phone operator, yesterday reported its slowest profit growth since 1999, because of intensified competition and its weak 3G performance. It reported a net profit of 55.3 billion yuan for the six months of the year, up 1.5 percent from 54.5 billion yuan a yea...
Worldwide sales of mobile phones fell by 6.1 percent in the second quarter from a year ago, but smartphone sales were up sharply in the period, independent research firm Gartner reported Wednesday. Gartner said global cell phone sales totaled just 286.1 million units from April-June, the weakest-...
China Mobile<0941><CHL>, the country's largest cell phone carrier, will launch 3G OPhone that runs Google Inc's Android operating system as early as next week, sources reported.China Mobile will subsidize about 50% the cost of the smartphone for its prepaid and contract customers. The OPhone is...
Creating a must-have product for a hot market is every entrepreneur's dream. Frank Greer had it. The president and CEO of Zipit Wireless developed a nifty little device with embedded technology to allow users to communicate via SMS texting without using a cell phone or a computer.
Nokia yesterday released a slew of cell phone models in China as part of the Finnish handset giant's latest effort to increase its market share in the world's biggest market and offset declining sales in developed countries...
WASHINGTON, June 15 - Several U.S. senators urged regulators on Monday to review exclusive arrangements regarding mobile handset technology between wireless carriers and cell phone makers and how they affect competition and choice in the...
China, which has the world's most mobile phone subscribers, may soon require new cell phone users to register their identity with their carrier.
China Techfaith Wireless Communication Technology Ltd<CNTF>, an original developed product (ODP) provider focused on the research and development of cell phone solutions, on Thursday said that its first-quarter net profit jumped 157.4% from the previous quarter to US$2.1 million....
NEW DELHI, April 30 - Reliance Communications, India's second-biggest mobile cell phone operator, posted an albeit less than expected 3.3 percent fall in quarterly profit on Thursday as the costs of expanding its GSM services...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Move over fancy, pricey cell phones. The buzz ahead of the annual CTIA wireless show next week is all about cheaper data plans and mobile software ...