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Keith MallinsonGift guide: iOS and Android
With more than 700,000 iOS apps in Apple's App Store and another 700,000 for Android in the Google Play storefront, the sheer volume of options for new smartphone owners can be overwhelming.
Top 11 handset makers
The numbers are in, and it's time to make sense of the data. ABI Research's Michael Morgan checks out the world's 11 largest branded cell phone makers in the third quarter of 2012.5 failed technologies
For every successful product or technology in the wireless industry, there is at least one failure. For every Apple iPhone there is a Palm Pre. For every TracFone there is a Disney Mobile.OTT messaging adoption may marginalise Europe's operators
OTT messaging has forced some European operators to accept their fate, while others are taking the fight to the OTT community.
M2M market could find a niche in home monitoring systems
Editor's Corner
M2M calls for, and requires, fresh and radical thinking, together with a high degree of perseverance. One area this could play out is in home alarms and monitoring systems.Mallinson: No signs of collateral damage in smartphone patent wars
Industry Voices
No market is more successful, and yet also based on standards-essential patents and other patented technologies, than that for these smart devices. You'll find no evidence of stifled innovation or market blocking in smart devices under the Christmas tree this year.
TOP HEADLINES
Year in Review
Deutsche Telekom CEO Obermann to step down at the end of 2013
Deutsche Telekom surprised the industry by announcing that CEO Rene Obermann will depart the company at the end of 2013. DT's board said CFO Timotheus Hoettges will become deputy CEO next year and take full control starting in January 2014.
Nokia's Elop: Lumia 920 causing sales frustration due to limited supply
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said he is pleased with the progress of the company's flagship Lumia 920 smartphone, but admitted that the limited supply of the smartphone is causing frustration within the company's sales force. Despite this issue, Elop told CNET that the company is looking to broaden its distribution channels and launch the smartphone in many more countries.
Orange, SFR hit with €183M fine for anticompetitive practices
France's competition authority slapped France Telecom (FT) Orange and Vivendi's SFR with a €183 million fine for deliberately distorting competition.
Alcatel-Lucent granted lifeline with €1.6B loan from banks
Alcatel-Lucent secured €1.6 billion in loan financing that it hopes will provide it with enough time to cut costs and get its balance sheet under control.
3 UK casts doubt on keeping unlimited data plans for LTE
Three UK's unlimited data plans seem unlikely to be offered to LTE subscribers when the company launches the service next year. Phil Sheppard, the operator's director of network strategy, said that its 3G "All You Can Eat" data plans are at present a sustainable business model, but added that there might be some changes in the longer term.
From Our Sister Sites
Deutsche Telekom on Wednesday said it submitted an application to Germany's Federal Network Agency (FNA) to get permission to use vectoring technology as it gets ready to offer VDSL2 services to consumers and businesses.
Despite high-profile movie endorsements, Sony Mobile's smartphones have yet to break through, much as the former Sony Ericsson struggled. Still, the company is not giving up, and plans to boost smartphone sales 51 percent to 34 million units in the year ending March 31.
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