Devices & Platforms

The next iteration of the Apple iPhone – rumoured to be the iPhone 5 – may function on China Mobile’s 3G TD-SCDMA network, according to an industry observer...

China’s market for connected devices – including smartphones, tablets, M2M and other electronics – will be worth six times its present value by 2020...

ZTE has launched its latest smartphone in Turkey, marking the first time that a model in its Grand series has been made available outside China...

Low-cost devices are set to have a dramatic impact on the Chinese smartphone market...

The low-cost smartphone could finally be upon us, with Vodafone announcing that it will launch the Smart II across 25 of its markets...

Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform reportedly now has a greater market share in China than Apple’s iPhone – despite having been available there for just two months...

With tablets finding an eager audience in Southeast Asia, Android is emerging as the most prevalent operating system for the devices...

A new agreement will provide buyers of Android phones in India with free airtime...

Google’s Android OS has affirmed its dominance in the Chinese smartphone market, with the number of devices running the OS more than doubling in 2011...

The first CDMA Windows Phone to go on sale in China is being readied for launch...

This year will almost certainly see China overtake the US to become the largest smartphone market in the world...

With mobility on the rise among India’s small and medium businesses, the market has witnessed a significant shift towards adoption of mobile devices and services such as smart phones, tablets, wireless cards, data plans and hosted applications. More than two thirds of India SMBs (companies having <1000 employees) own at least one smart phone or tablet, and almost half plan to purchase more devices in the next year...

One of the leading telecom groups in the Latin America region has acquired an analytics tool in order to analyse the composition of its installed base of devices...

With a growing number of mobile phones coming to market with invalid identification IMEI numbers, device configuration and intelligence provider Mobilethink is launching a generic settings tool as part of its remit to support all devices used in GEM markets...

2012 may be the year of the low-cost smartphone following the introduction of a 1GHz Android smartphone platform for TD-SCDMA and EDGE/WiFi...

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has granted China Unicom permission to begin offering Apple’s latest iteration of the iPhone, the 4S model...

Smartphone shipments reached a record 24 million units in China during the third quarter of 2011, surpassing the 23 million units shipped in the US...

A new affordable netbook aimed at boosting connectivity in South Africa has been released...

The manufacturer of an Android smartphone billed as a home-grown competitor to the iPhone in China is reportedly interested in creating software for its device...

One of China Mobile’s general managers has stated his belief that the next iPhone will not only support LTE tech, but could potentially provide services over both the unpaired TDD and the paired FDD versions of LTE spectrum...

Windows Phone devices will soon be launching across the Middle East and Africa following the announcement of a partnership between Microsoft Middle East & Africa and wireless distributor Brightpoint...

Research conducted by Deloitte has demonstrated that sales of mobile phones saw a significant boost in Kenya after the African country’s government scrapped value added tax on handsets in 2009...

With the stated goal of reaching the ‘next billion’ consumers, Nokia is pitching its most affordable phones ever squarely at emerging markets...

Technology giant Apple could be looking to make headway into emerging markets, with reports indicating that the firm could be prepping a low-cost iPhone 4 for launch in Asia...

The acquisition of Motorola by Google took the tech industry by surprise, and the deal’s ramifications will doubtless be felt going forward. Already, theories are flying round regarding the motivation behind the deal, and the steps that competitors may take to accommodate the acquisition...

A new device launching across South Africa will provide users with high speed mobile internet without the need for an inflexible contract...

Since its launch in April 2008, handset provider Mi-Fone has been catering to mass market sectors in emerging markets, providing affordable handsets with in-demand functionality – and all the while making sure to invest back into the markets that have made it profitable. Developing Telecoms editor James Barton recently had the opportunity to catch up with Alpesh Patel, founder and CEO of Mi-Fone...

A new tuneable MIMO antenna designed for multimode, multiband handsets in LTE deployments has been unveiled by the China Mobile Research Institute in partnership with SkyCross...

A new range of devices launching in India is aiming to provide smartphone-like capabilities for a far lower price than traditional smartphones. The OGO devices are now being offered by Bright Telecom’s Wynncom arm...

With smartphones increasingly prevalent in developed markets, demand for the services they offer is rising in emerging markets too – but pricing can be prohibitively expensive. Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of messaging software firm Synchronica, believes it’s not specific devices that are coveted, but their functionality – and this is why feature phones are on the rise in emerging markets. Developing Telecoms editor James Barton caught up with Carsten Brinkschulte to discuss this trend...

The chairman of China Mobile has detailed the operator’s plans in the smartphone arena, stating that the firm aims to increase its range of devices based on its Ophone operating system...

The global Average Selling Price (ASP) for approximately 70% (4.8 billion) of active mobile phones will fall under USD 100 by 2015...

A leading wireless communications provider in the Philippines has unveiled a new smartphone designed specifically for emerging markets...