Around 60 per cent of the world’s population will be covered by LTE in 2018, with 3G (WCDMA/HSPA ) the dominant technology, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report. With LTE subscriptions passing the one billion mark in 2017, and …
NEW ANALYSIS: As 4G-LTE networks continue to expand across mature markets, there is evidence that device choices and usage habits are also evolving in line with the faster network speeds. As Wireless Intelligence‘s recent survey of 4G operators shows, smartphones are dominating …
Mobile operator revenue in Latin America reached $107 billion in 2012, growing 9% year-on-year, placing it as the second-fastest growing region globally (behind Asia). Latin America represents around 10% of global mobile operator sales in 2012, a considerable rise on …
Technology companies Samsung, LG, Qualcomm, Ericsson and ZTE all made the top 10 in terms of the number of patent applications filed with the European Patent Office in 2012. Samsung filed 2,289 patents in 2012, giving it top spot, with …
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 …
New figures from the Spanish regulator reveal that mobile lines in the country shrunk by 2.77 million last year as recession-hit consumers continued to cut costs. Spain’s Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) said that mobile connections in the country fell to …
Android accounted for over a third of all mobile phones shipped last quarter, and powered about two out of every three smartphones. That’s according to new numbers from Canalys, which calculates that 438.1 million phones were shipped in Q4. The …
Global tablet shipments topped 50 million in Q4 with Apple’s iPad line continuing to dominate the market. According to new figures from IDC published today, there were a record 52.5 million tablets sold in the holiday season quarter, up roughly …
iPhone 5 users generate 50 percent more data than iPhone 4S users and four times as much as those using the earlier iPhone 3G model, according to a new study. “From the 125 devices studied, users of the latest iPhone …
Samsung is forecast to extend its lead in the global smartphone market by about two percentage points this year, says Strategy Analytics, increasing its lead over Apple. The research firm reckons that the South Korean vendor will capture a 33 …
