Gartner has identified its top 10 consumer mobile applications for 2012. Gartner listed applications based on their impact on consumers and industry players, considering revenue, loyalty, business model, consumer value and estimated market penetration. Full story...
For the first time ever, smart phones with touch screens accounted for more than half of all smart phone shipments globally in Q4 2009, taking 55% of the market, according to the latest Canalys estimates.
An Android software developer has launched a replacement virtual engine which it says will significantly increase application performance.
Huawei has inked a deal to pre-install a version of the Opera mobile web browser into a range of its handsets.
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The number of international patent filings dropped last year for the first time since 1978 as companies hit by the global economic downturn sought fewer new protections on their intellectual property, the U.
Spending on radio access infrastructure contracted in 2009. The market was down more than 5% YoY, resulting in only $49.
Australia's mobile subscriber base is estimated to reach 33.4 million by 2014, reports IE Market Research (IEMR).
Kuwait's Zain has refuted local media reports that it had been contacted regarding a sale of its African assets.
Worldwide mobile data bandwidth usage increased by around 72% during the second half of 2009, reports Allot Communications.
Singapore's SingTel has announced that the Group posted strong growth in customer acquisitions with a combined regional mobile customer base of 285 million as at 31 December 2009, an increase of 23 per cent, or 52 million from a year ago.