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Article | 28/02/2013 Five smartphone and tablet trends from Barcelona
This year's MWC may have been lacking in high-end smartphone launches, but the "W" stands for "world" and lower-cost models shown this week are needed...
Article | 27/02/2013 Regulator calls for phone makers to come clean on radio quality
A top European regulator wants operators and vendors to work together on a grading system that tells consumers how good the antennas in their smartpho...
Article | 27/02/2013 Cost of LTE smartphones dropping surprisingly fast, analyst says
Products from several smartphone vendors and processors from the likes of Nvidia are helping drive down the cost of LTE-enabled devices.
Article | 27/02/2013 Sony releases Firefox OS software for developers
Sony Mobile will provide an experimental version of the Firefox OS on one of its smartphones so that advanced developers can try it out and start work...
Article | 27/02/2013 Tizen mobile OS shows some teething issues
Mobile operators are passionate about the Tizen OS, but it appears there's a lot of work to do before the smartphones running it will go on sale later...
Article | 26/02/2013 Jolla CEO hopes to put an end to smartphone spec war
Finnish company Jolla and its CEO Marc Dillon are hoping to convince consumers that buying a new smartphone isn't just about the number of cores avail...
Article | 26/02/2013 RACO adds Sprint and Telefónica to its M2M mangement platform
RACO Wireless has signed deals with Sprint Nextel and Telefónica to give users of its Omega machine-to-machine platform more choices when connecting t...
Article | 25/02/2013 ZTE premiers Open, its first Firefox OS phone
ZTE's first phone based on Mozilla's Firefox OS will go on sale in the middle of the year in Spain, Venezuela and Columbia, where its maker hopes to b...
Article | 25/02/2013 SAP and Ericsson join forces on M2M services
Ericsson and SAP will jointly market and sell cloud-based, machine-to-machine (M2M) products and services to enterprises via operators around the glob...
Article | 25/02/2013 Operators, GSMA work to simplify integration of apps with mobile networks
Mobile operators are hoping to make it easier for developers to integrate network-based features with their applications using a new platform called O...
Article | 25/02/2013 Nokia hopes new Lumia 520 and 720 smartphones will boost sales
Nokia has expanded its Lumia portfolio with the 520 and 720. The Lumia 520 is the company's cheapest Windows phone to date at €139 (US$184), and comes...
Article | 24/02/2013 Mozilla previews Firefox OS with four phone makers and 18 operators onboard
Mozilla previewed the first commercial build of its Firefox OS and announced several operator and smartphone rollout plans on Sunday at Mobile World C...
Article | 24/02/2013 Samsung launches Android-based media center HomeSync
Samsung Electronics has introduced the Android-based HomeSync media center, which can be used to watch movies, play games and also provide private and...
Article | 24/02/2013 Huawei launches LTE-equipped Ascend P2
Huawei Technologies has expanded its device portfolio with the LTE-equipped Ascend P2 as the company hopes to climb upwards in the smartphone market.
Article | 22/02/2013 Alcatel-Lucent appoints former Vodafone exec Michel Combes as CEO
Alcatel-Lucent's board has appointed Michel Combes as the company's new Chief Executive Officer, following Ben Verwaayen's recent resignation.

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