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Pay-as-You-Go Champagne
Virgin Mobile USA Tries a Rags-to-Riches Play Like in most developed countries, the mobile market in the US is close to maximum penetration.
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Amazon's Growing Unlocked Line-Up
Releases New Prime-Exclusive Phones In 2016, Amazon introduced its "Prime Exclusive Phones" programme and began selling unlocked Android smartphones that were compatible with various wireless operators.
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Trickle-Down Speconomics
The Changing Face of Mobile Chip Development and Competition Although not a new theme, Qualcomm's launch of its new Snapdragon 600 series chipsets further accelerates the trickle-down of high-tier...
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Building Bigger Bundles
Wireless Deals Look Inevitable for Cable Companies The US multiplay market is heating.
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Indian Telecom Sector Sparks Debate
CCS Insight Answers Questions about Consolidated Market On 27 June 2017, CCS Insight published its report on the process of consolidation in the Indian telecom sector (see Halcyon Days Ahead for India...
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Alibaba Debuts Its Smart Speaker
An Echo Rival for Chinese Consumers The market for personal digital assistants in the US is currently dominated by Amazon's quickly expanding family of Echo devices.
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Mad Max
Micromax's Push to Counter Chinese Rivals in India India's Micromax began making smartphones less than five years ago. Within a few years, the company went on to ship enough volumes to briefly become a...
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Photo Op
Nokia and Zeiss Rekindle Their Decade-Old Partnership A decade ago the Nokia N95 hit the market. Although its specifications now seem quaint, it was a remarkable smartphone for its day.
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A Wearable Industry Hiccup
Is Jawbone's Looming Liquidation a Sign of a Bigger Trend? Jawbone, the technology company founded in 1999 and at one time valued at more than $3 billion, is shutting down.
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Stripe Partners with Alipay and WeChat Pay
California Start-Up Reaches out to Chinese Consumers This week, Stripe, a mobile payment start-up from San Francisco, announced partnerships with two of China's biggest digital payment services, Alipay...
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Microsoft's Plan to Bridge the US Digital Divide
TV White Spaces Will Be Used to Fill the Connectivity Gap We recently wrote about AT&T's expansion of its fixed wireless programme to bring broadband access to rural, disconnected areas in the US.
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Nigeria's Reversal of Fortune
Etisalat Woes Could Take Mobile Market Back to 2001 The current travails of Etisalat Nigeria raise the very realistic prospect of the Nigerian mobile market reverting to three large national operators.
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Audi Unveils an "Eyes-Off" Autonomous Car
The A8 Is a Self-Driving Vehicle, Under the Right Conditions In the race to bring fully autonomous vehicles to market, Audi unveiled the first passenger car that's commercially ready for level 3 of...
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Uber Enters a Joint Venture with Yandex
Folds Its Russian Interests into Yandex.Taxi Uber has a presence in more than 600 cities worldwide. But in a handful of countries, the ride-hailing company has ended up on a more conciliatory path and...
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Citymapper Trials Its Smart Bus in London Citymapper, the popular transport app, recently trialled its smart bus for two days in London, with the prospect of more tests in the capital and other cities...
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A Big Blue Mesh
Bluetooth SIG Announces Mesh Networking Mesh networking is trending. Home Wi-Fi routers have gone from being intimidating and bulky antenna-clad boxes, to smaller and reasonably attractive pods that...
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Microsoft Showcases Its AI Leadership
Strategy Addresses Ethics and Human Aspects of Artificial Intelligence Last week, I attended a Microsoft event in London to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its research centre in Cambridge.
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Goodbye Windows Phone
What's Next for Microsoft in Mobile? At the beginning of 2017, we wondered if there would ever be a third mobile operating system to challenge Apple's iOS and Google-controlled Android.
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In India, the Basics Still Matter
Reliance Jio Offers Free Feature Phones and Service India has about 350 million smartphone users. On one hand, it's an impressive statistic — that's larger than the population of the US.
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Counting Digits
T-Mobile US Results Raise Questions on Metrics T-Mobile was the first major carrier in the US to report results for the second quarter of 2017. This is a particularly interesting time as it is the...
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