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Articles published in May 2012
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31 published in may 2012

Cricket's iPhone Leap of Faith


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (6)
May 31, 2012 : Carrier commits to $900M over three years to get the first pre-paid iPhone 4S for its regional customer base

Vodafone Leads Open Global App-Store Push


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (10)
May 30, 2012 : Vodafone, AT&T, DT, Telefónica and Verizon team on API-based effort to enable open apps market, with no industry/standards bodies involved

Analyst: Nokia Lumia 'Not a Company Saver'


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (23)
May 30, 2012 : MKM Partners downgrades Nokia to $2 after finding that the Windows phones have already been supplanted by the latest Androids

RIM to Sell the BlackBerry Farm?


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (13)
May 29, 2012 : The company warns of a Q1 operating loss and hires bankers to explore its options, which suggests a sale might be on the table

Sprint's iDEN Will Be iDONE in June 2013


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (3)
May 29, 2012 : Sprint says it's done selling iDEN phones and will turn off the push-to-talk network as soon as June 30 of next year

Samsung Unveils iTunes Rival


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comment (1)
May 29, 2012 : The Samsung Galaxy S III comes equipped with Music Hub, Samsung's new music repository

Androids Join Comcast's Streaming Party


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (3)
May 29, 2012 : Also: Cox updates its iPad app; Dish's defends its ad-zapper; Comcast expands Xfinity Home; Ultra-HD takes a step forward

Report: RIM to Cut 2,000 More Jobs


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
May 28, 2012 : BlackBerry maker Research in Motion will announce further job cuts and a new restructuring effort later this week, according to reports

Cisco Hits the Brakes on Cius


LR Mobile News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (7)
May 25, 2012 : Maybe it's time to admit that the world already has a zillion tablets

Euronews: Tide Turns Against Handset Subsidies


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
May 25, 2012 : In today's EMEA roundup: Will European telcos just say no to handset subsidies? And it's a bad week for Telefónica on the ratings front...
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1 published in may 2012

Who's Big in Small Cells?


LR Mobile Report - Michelle Donegan - Comments (12)
May 7, 2012 : Light Reading Mobile compiles a list of public access small-cell products to track this developing wireless infrastructure market
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40 published in may 2012

AT&T Revamps International Data Plans


LR Mobile News Feed - Post a comment
May 31, 2012 : New global packages from AT&t offer international travelers more data at an affordable price

Latest Opera Mini Sings on Feature Phones


LR Mobile News Feed - Post a comment
May 31, 2012 : Smarten up your social life with Opera Mini 7 for basic phones

Cricket to Offer Prepaid iPhones


LR Mobile News Feed - Post a comment
May 31, 2012 : Cricket Wireless to offer iPhone on June 22

Vodafone Unveils Sub-€99 Smartphone


LR Mobile News Feed - Post a comment
May 31, 2012 : Vodafone claims Smart II has twice the processing power of the most expensive smartphones at a fraction of the price

Orange, T-Mobile UK Redesign Customer Service


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May 30, 2012 : Everything Everywhere invests £50 million to revolutionise service for its 27 million customers

Huawei Joins Video Calling Group


LR Mobile News Feed - Post a comment
May 30, 2012 : Huawei joins Open Visual Communications Consortium

Emerging Markets to Account for Most Smartphone Sales


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May 30, 2012 : Emerging markets to account for more than half of all smartphone sales in 2017

RIM Predicts Q1 Loss, Hires Bankers


LR Mobile News Feed - Post a comment
May 29, 2012 : Research In Motion CEO provides business update

Sprint to Kill iDen in June 2013


LR Mobile News Feed - Post a comment
May 29, 2012 : Sprint to cease service on its iDen network as early as June 30, 2013

LG Shows Off Its HD LCD Smartphone


LR Mobile News Feed - Post a comment
May 29, 2012 : LG Display develops first full HD LCD smartphone panel
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17 published in may 2012

The Software Side of Customer Service


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Comments (10)
May 30, 2012 : 12:40 PM Everything Everywhere is pumping £50M into schooling its customer service reps on mobile operating systems

Apple Seeks 4G Talent


Jonestown - Dan Jones - Comments (4)
May 29, 2012 : 4:45 PM Apple's looking for applicants to help it evolve 4G across the globe, as analysts continue to speculate on the arrival of the iPhone 5

Samsung Galaxy S III Hits EMEA


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
May 29, 2012 : 5:45 AM The smartphone hailed as the big rival to the iPhone arrives in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

The Carrier Creep Factor


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Comments (5)
May 24, 2012 : 3:00 AM Wireless operators are treading a fine line between helpful and creepy when it comes to contextual pricing plans

The Future of Hotspots: Making Wi-Fi as Secure and Easy to Use as Cellular - by Cisco


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Mobile Money: What's the End Game?


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Comments (4)
May 21, 2012 : 6:45 AM Wireless operators have partnered up on mobile payments, but it may only be a stopgap until they're ready to tackle the market on their own

A Mobile Reporter in a Management World


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
May 18, 2012 : 3:00 AM This LR Mobile reporter will be on the search for SPIT-covered mobile topics at next week's Management World Forum in Dublin

Hillcrest Puts the Motion in Mobile


LRTV Interviews - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
May 11, 2012 : The remote control maker is porting its software to mobile devices to change the way we interact on and with our smarpthones and tablets

CTIA 2012: LTE, Apps, Small Cells & More


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Comments (4)
May 11, 2012 : 10:40 AM LR Mobile Site Editor Dan Jones and I discuss the big themes at CTIA, the show where the LTE network, devices and apps came together

Cricket's 3G-Friendly Mobile Tunes


LRTV Interviews - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
May 9, 2012 : Muve Music was built for it's 3G network, but it's success has Cricket thinking about 4G improvements and international expansion
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