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• Vodafone revenue and profit drop as European troubles continue

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 21 May, 2013 11:12

  Vodafone's revenue dropped 4.2 percent for its fiscal year to March 31, because of tough economic conditions, particularly in Southern Europe.

• Smartphones driving violent crime across US

  By Martyn Williams | 10 May, 2013 21:22

  On Feb. 27th in the middle of the afternoon, a 16-year-old girl was walking through San Francisco's Mission district when she was ordered at gun point to hand over her cellphone. The robbery was one of 10 serious crimes in the city that day, and they all involved cellphones. Three were stolen at gun point, three at knife point and four through brute force.

• Nokia's Lumia 928 to sell via Verizon on May 16

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 10 May, 2013 15:23

  Nokia has announced the long-rumored Lumia 928, which will be an exclusive to Verizon Wireless when it goes on sale next week.

• Clearwire lays out its case for a Sprint buyout

  By Stephen Lawson | 06 May, 2013 21:47

  Sprint Nextel's network partner Clearwire hasn't been able to find any other big wholesale customers nor sell any of its spectrum, so selling out to Sprint is the only real option for its shareholders, the company said Monday.

• Ericsson and China Mobile test small cell base station with integrated display

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 03 May, 2013 10:12

  China Mobile and Ericsson have joined forces to trial the City Site, a four meter tall panel that includes a base station and an antenna customized for hotspot coverage.

• US mobile data growing while SMS falls, CTIA reports

  By Stephen Lawson | 03 May, 2013 00:00

  U.S. mobile networks carried 69 percent more data traffic in 2012 than in the prior year, but roughly the same number of voice minutes and fewer SMS messages, according to the industry group CTIA.

• Dish chairman says Sprint modernization has to be done from the US

  By John Ribeiro | 02 May, 2013 06:26

  Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen said Wednesday that his is an American company, and the modernization of Sprint Nextel's network will have to be done from the U.S. with operations control in the country, and English speaking staff.

• Report: Yahoo drops Dailymotion deal in face of French opposition

  By John Ribeiro | 01 May, 2013 04:51

  Yahoo has scrapped plans to invest in French online video site Dailymotion, after the French government opposed the Internet giant acquiring a majority stake in the company, according to reports.

• Qualcomm calls for shared in-home cells to handle mobile demand

  By Stephen Lawson | 30 April, 2013 21:59

  Consumers will have to share small, inexpensive cells in their homes with nearby mobile users to affordably meet the growing demand for mobile data in the next decade, a Qualcomm executive said Tuesday.

• Intel backs SoftBank's bid for Sprint Nextel

  By John Ribeiro | 30 April, 2013 06:31

  Intel has backed SoftBank's bid for Sprint Nextel, citing that the deal would bring needed competition in the wireless space in the U.S.

• Vodafone connects electric car in India

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 29 April, 2013 12:52

  Connected cars are becoming increasingly common around the world. In India, owners of Mahindra Reva's e2o electric car can now check their battery charge, control air-conditioning, lock or unlock doors and locate the nearest charging station from their smartphone.

• North Korea close to 2 million 3G subscribers

  By Martyn Williams | 26 April, 2013 17:31

  North Korea's sole 3G network operator has managed to double its subscriber base in a little over a year and is about to hit 2 million users.

• T-Mobile USA agrees to come clean about 'uncarrier' service plans

  By Stephen Lawson | 25 April, 2013 20:36

  T-Mobile USA's "radical" service plans promising no annual contracts aren't quite as radical as consumers might think, and the mobile operator will change its advertising and offer refunds in a settlement with the state of Washington.

• Machine-to-machine systems resurrect a mobile rivalry

  By Stephen Lawson | 23 April, 2013 00:53

  Just as the mobile world seems to be finding peace and harmony around LTE, the age-old feud between GSM and CDMA is flaring up again.

• Mobile users clam up, use more data, survey shows

  By Stephen Lawson | 19 April, 2013 21:40

  Mobile users in North America are hanging up and using email, text or social networking at a rapid pace, according to a survey by PriceWaterhouseCoopers.