Android in 2010 became the second best selling smartphone operating system after Symbian from Nokia, Gartner reported yesterday. Android sales …
IDC: Tablets, weak spending hurt PC shipments in Q4
Worldwide PC shipments were slower than expected during the fourth quarter of 2010, hurt by competition from tablets and a …
Juniper buys WLAN pioneer Trapeze
The purchase fills a gaping hole — WLANs — in Juniper's enterprise networking portfolio. Juniper had been evaluating WLAN players …
Mada expands Jordan WiMAX offerings
Part of Mada Communications Group, Mada is now the largest wireless internet provider in the Kingdom. This result was achieved …
Avaya names new channel leader for emerging markets
Based in Dubai, Hassaniyeh will head Avaya’s channel business throughout the Middle East, Africa and Turkey. He will be responsible …
Emitac Distribution has new GM
Mulligan will be responsible for the management and reporting on all areas of Emitac Distribution’s activities in the region. …
LTE on the horizon
LTE, considered by many analysts to be the next big wave in 4G wireless technology, is a modulation technique that …
WiMAX device shipments surged in 2009
Maravedis says WiMAX services providers added a worldwide total of 3.5 million new subscribers last year. The firm notes that …
LTE speeds faster than expected in Verizon trials
Verizon Wireless today disclosed that wireless data speeds in Long Term Evolution field trials have been faster than expected, prompting …
Cisco quits WiMax radio business
However, despite hitting the market first, WiMax has taken a back seat to LTE (Long-Term Evolution) as a 4G (fourth-generation) …
Cisco quits WiMax radio business
Cisco acquired Navini Networks, which made WiMax RAN (radio access network) equipment, in 2007. The dominant IP networking company said …
Beware the rogue Wi-Fi access point in Windows 7
The consumerization of IT is alive, well and causing all sorts of enterprise security challenges in the mobile arena. But …
Android, iPhone fastest-growing smartphone platforms
Android and Apple's iPhone OS were the fastest-growing smartphone platforms in 2009, with sales of the iPhone OS overtaking those …
Beware the rogue Wi-Fi access point in Windows 7
The consumerization of IT is alive, well and causing all sorts of enterprise security challenges in the mobile arena. But …
Powerful smartphones bound for Mobile World Congress
With only a few more days until the Mobile World Congress begins in Barcelona, Spain, rumors are flying about which …
Symbian goes open source four months early
Symbian has completed the process of open sourcing its entire code base, in advance of its June deadline. While the …
Nokia Mini N97: Strong hardware, OS dated
The Mini also gets the bonus of kinetic "flick" scrolling, which greatly improves Web and menu navigation. But the Mini …
WiMax starts to bloom
The Middle East market has also witnessed an increased adoption of the technology, especially in countries such as Saudi Arabia, …
China says no limits on Google's Android if it follows laws
China on Wednesday said Google's Android operating system will not be blocked if it follows local regulations, after speculation that …
Analysis: Free Nokia GPS could hurt TomTom, Garmin
Nokia Corp.'s announcement of free voice navigation for its GPS smartphones is bound to affect some GPS vendors, such as …