Report: Samsung grabs about one-third of market with 70M-plus Q1 smartphone...
Samsung's total worldwide smartphone sales have likely totaled more than 70 million units in the first quarter of 2013, or roughly a third of the overall market, according to a new report from...
View ArticleHuawei loses to ZTE in French patent suit
Networking and telecom equipment vendor Huawei has lost a patent lawsuit it filed in France against ZTE over a USB connector patent, ZTE said on Friday.
View ArticleChina slams U.S. for discriminating against nation's tech vendors
China has slammed a new U.S. funding law that will tighten scrutiny of information technology purchases from the country, and said it could severely damage the mutual trust between the two nations.
View ArticleIs Samsung's Galaxy Mega Android smartphone lineup just too big?
While the issue of size creep in Android phones hasn't exactly been ignored, big devices have become so commonplace that the discussion is largely academic at this point -- the vast majority of...
View ArticleChina's ZTE finds some positive in security concerns, wants to boost brand
Chinese handset maker ZTE put a positive spin on the recent U.S. scrutiny of its networking business, stating that the controversy at least gave the company some publicity and name-recognition.
View ArticleZTE agrees to Android, Chrome patent licensing from Microsoft
Microsoft has inked an agreement with China's ZTE for its Android and Chrome patent licensing program.
View ArticleLG stages comeback as smartphones outsell feature phones for first time
LG Electronics more that doubled its sales of smartphones in the first quarter, which was the first time smartphones outsold feature phones, according to market research company IDC.
View ArticleFor first time, smartphone sales top other mobile phones in first quarter
Six years after the sale of the first iPhone and 14 years after the first BlackBerry email pager was unveiled, smartphone shipments have outnumbered sales of other types of mobile phones.
View ArticleApple regains fifth spot in Chinese smartphone market, shipments soar
Apple retook its spot as China's fifth largest smartphone vendor in the first quarter, as the country's market grew to triple the size of the U.S.'s.
View ArticleEU to investigate telecommunications equipment imports from China
The European Union is preparing to investigate the imports of mobile networking gear from China for anti-competitive practices, a move that's likely targeted at telecommunications equipment companies...
View ArticleEU investigation could affect business from China's 4G deployment
The European Union may be trying to protect its telecom equipment industry with its recent threat to investigate China over networking equipment imports. But the move could end up hurting the chances...
View ArticleZTE sends 400Gbps over 5,000 kilometers
Showing off its optical networking prowess, ZTE has completed at test that managed speeds at 400Gbps over a distance of more than 5,000 kilometers, or about 3,100 miles.
View ArticleSprint to sell Vital, a ZTE smartphone, for $100
The Sprint Vital smartphone, with a 5-in. display, goes on sale Friday for $99.99, after rebate and with a two-year service agreement.
View ArticleFirst Firefox OS phone arrives in Spain on Tuesday
Telefónica will be the first to offer a commercial smartphone based on Firefox OS. The Spanish operator will start selling the ZTE Open on Tuesday for €69 (US$90) with a prepaid subscription.
View ArticleFirst Firefox OS smartphone debuts in Spain
The first Web-based Firefox mobile OS smartphones will be released soon in Spain and Poland, with more coming soon to other regions of the world, Mozilla announced Monday.
View ArticleMozilla's Firefox OS smartphones do matter -- to developers and buyers
Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich described keen interest shown by 8 million Web developers in the Firefox OS, and said that 20-plus smartphone makers and wireless carriers plan to sell devices running the OS...
View ArticleHands-on: Telefonica's $90 Firefox phone
After several months of anticipation, the first phones based on the Firefox operating system are here. Telefónica will begin selling the ZTE Open on Tuesday in Spain as the first step of a global...
View ArticleiPhone share slump spurs calls for low-price model
Analysts argued today over the significance of Apple's falling market share, reflecting the uncertainties the Cupertino, California, company faces in a transition to lower profits.
View ArticleZTE's Firefox OS smartphone soon available on eBay in US, UK
Sales of the ZTE Open Firefox OS phone will start soon via eBay's stores in the U.S. and U.K.
View ArticleSmartphones outsell feature phones for first time in Q2, Gartner says
Worldwide smartphone sales to end users accounted for nearly 52 percent of mobile phone sales in the second quarter, surpassing feature phones sales for the first time as a result of growth in Asian...
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