NEW ANALYSIS: “China has an unusually large number of potential first time smartphone buyers, and that’s not lost on us,” Apple CEO Tim Cook told investors this week. He added that the firm had recently lowered the price of the …
Operators in both mature and developing markets are now looking to Wi-Fi as a tool for data offloading and service differentiation, says Matt Ablott of Wireless Intelligence Mobile data offload onto Wi-Fi is a strategy usually associated with operators in …
Qtel’s transformation into ‘Ooredoo’ was a big story at Mobile World Congress this year, says Matt Ablott of Wireless Intelligence – but does it represent more than just a rebrand? Qtel chose a big stage to announce its transformation into …
The Mobile World Live and Wireless Intelligence teams were in Barcelona last week to report on all the key developments that will shape the global mobile industry in the year ahead. Our analysis covers the following topics emerging from the …
Deutsche Telekom today reported a EUR5.3 billion net loss for 2012 on the back of charges relating to the merger of its US arm, T-Mobile USA, with MetroPCS. “The loss is almost entirely attributable to the impairment loss recognised in …
Mobile operators must learn to add-value to cloud services in order to avoid a ‘dumb cloud’ model emerging. That was the message from operators and vendors at a keynote session on cloud computing at Congress this morning. Joachim Horn, now …
Chinese giant Huawei has launched its first range of telematics solutions targeting the so-called connected car market. The MU609T and ME909T are Huawei’s first 3G and LTE modules for vehicles, designed to “cater specifically to the working environment temperature and …
Middle East operator group Qtel is re-launching itself under a new brand – ‘Ooredoo.’ The operator unveiled the new brand – which translates as ‘I want’ in Arabic – at an exclusive event in Barcelona tonight. It was also announced …
Sony Mobile is forecasting that 2013 will be a “breakthrough” year for the vendor as it seeks to get back in the smartphone game. That was the key message delivered by senior execs at a press conference this morning, which …
Chinese giant Huawei took the wraps off a new high-spec Android smartphone in Barcelona yesterday, touting the new Ascend P2 as the “fastest smartphone ever.” The device is a successor to the Ascend P1 that was launched at CES last …
