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Articles published in February 2012
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25 published in february 2012

T-Mobile Execs Plan LTE-Powered Revival


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
February 29, 2012 : T-Mobile's CTO and SVP of Products discuss how Magenta will rebuild its network and revamp its marketing as it plans for LTE by 2013

Euronews: Vodafone Offers to Split the Bill


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
February 28, 2012 : In today's Barcelona bulletin: Vodafone looks to share cost of fiber rollout; Telefónica and Mozilla hatch plans; Ericsson's OpenStacked

Aylus Wants Operators to Get (Video-) Chatty


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
February 28, 2012 : The vendor takes its shot at letting consumers chat across any network, with an eye toward eventual operator-owned services and VoLTE

ZTE Hopes MiFavor Will Find Favor in US


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February 27, 2012 : Chinese handset maker's slew of Android smartphones and tablets announced at MWC will features its new user interface skin

Euronews: Nokia Looks to Widen Its Windows


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
February 27, 2012 : It's all about Mobile World Congress today as Nokia brings out a cheaper Lumia, Orange gets Atom-ized and Ericsson heads for the cloud

AT&T Boss Calls for End to Mobile-Video Babel


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (24)
February 27, 2012 : Carriers and hardware providers have made it too hard for users to easily talk to others over mobile video, says AT&T boss at MWC

Orange Nabs First Intel Smartphone


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
February 26, 2012 : An Orange-branded, Atom-powered smartphone is coming to France and the UK at a mass-market price

Huawei Cranks the 4-Speed Core


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
February 26, 2012 : Chinese handset maker is using its own quad-core chip to build what it's calling the world's fastest, most power-efficient smartphone

OS Watch: MWC Shows Its Software Side


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
February 24, 2012 : LR Mobile preps for MWC, where Google will be huge, Ubuntu tackles the phone dock, Nokia's going cheap, Fujitsu's getting a quad-core and Windows 8 is unveiled (again)

Huawei Preps LTE TDD Smartphone


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
February 24, 2012 : With a number of LTE TDD network deals under its belt, Huawei is preparing to launch its first smartphone supporting that technology
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Vodafone Gets Huawei G 300s


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February 29, 2012 : Huawei’s elegant and powerful Ascend G 300 smartphone to be available from Vodafone UK

SPB Takes Android 3-D


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February 29, 2012 : Yandex unveils 3-D user interface for Android Tablets

Huawei Brings Devices to MWC


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February 28, 2012 : A quad-core phone, a 10-inch quad-core tablet and an IBM partnership highlight Huawei Device's MWC stay

RF Micro Touts Smartphone Wins


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February 28, 2012 : RF Micro chosen to support multiple next-generation devices for a leading manufacturer of 3G/4G smartphones

GSMA Tackles Signalling Challenge


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February 27, 2012 : GSMA provides guidelines for creating more efficient mobile applications and launches Smarter Apps Challenge

Nokia Unveils Cheaper Lumia


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February 27, 2012 : Windows Phone based Lumia 610 priced at under €200, while Lumia 900 now comes in DC-HSPA variant for non-LTE territories

ZTE to Show New Devices at MWC


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February 23, 2012 : ZTE set to unveil LTE, Windows phone and multi-core Android devices at MWC 2012

T-Mobile Marks March Date for Galaxy S Blaze 4G


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February 22, 2012 : March availability for Galaxy Galaxy S Blaze 4G, says T-Mobile

ZTE to Unveil Mimosa X Handset at MWC


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February 21, 2012 : ZTE is set to launch a new Android handset, the ZTE Mimosa X at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

CSL Launches First LTE Smartphone


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February 20, 2012 : Local socialite becomes one of first to get his hands on HTC Velocity 4G on 1O1O's network
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MWC 2012: MTS Goes Solo for LTE


LRTV Interviews - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
February 29, 2012 : Dr. Michael Hecker, VP of strategy and corporate development at MTS, talks about the carrier's ongoing growth

T-Mobile Turns FauxG Into 4G


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Comments (2)
February 29, 2012 : 10:00 AM T-Mobile's marketing challenge may be as great as its technical one as it seeks to convince consumers to move from '4G' HSPA+ to 4G LTE

T-Mobile Revamps Marketing for LTE


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February 29, 2012 : If HSPA+ was 4G, then what's LTE? As it rebuilds from the AT&T merger fallout and works to deploy LTE, T-Mobile's stepping up its marketing messages

ZTE Unleashes Mobile Device Frenzy


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February 28, 2012 : 7:45 AM Mimicking HTC's early days, the Chinese handset maker plans a slew of new Android and Windows Phone devices that it hopes will dent the US market

Microsoft Fills Hole in Skype


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Comments (2)
February 27, 2012 : 4:15 AM Beta program brings the VoIP app to Windows Phone, but Microsoft likely has more up its sleeve – if the operators will stand for it

BlueVia Appeals to App Developers


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Comments (2)
February 23, 2012 : 8:10 AM Don't be a pain in the app – follow these guidelines!

Mobile's DisADvantage


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Comment (1)
February 23, 2012 : 8:00 AM Why bother investing in 3-D, HD, video-enabled mobile ads, when SMS is the only way not to annoy consumers?

MWC 2012: New Handset Makers Step Up


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Comments (3)
February 22, 2012 : 10:10 AM Move over Samsung and Apple, there'll be a new crop of handset manufacturers making news in Spain

Mobile Network Security Matters


LRTV Interviews - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
February 17, 2012 : As mobile networks face denial-of-service attacks and other threats, Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Patrick Donegan highlights the network security options available to mobile network operators

Sony Mobile's MWC Debut


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
February 16, 2012 : 1:00 PM The newly single Sony Mobile needs to make a big splash when it reintroduces the brand at Mobile World Congress
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