The studies measure satisfaction with traditional wireless handsets and smartphones among customers who have used their current mobile device for less than one year.
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Now it ranks among the world's largest players in wireless handsets.
Same-store sales dropped 9.2% from the same quarter a year ago, as ongoing weakness in wireless services dating to a 15-month old struggle in a transition to Cingular from Verizon led to a 25% decline in sales of wireless handsets.
Same-store sales dropped 9.2% from the same quarter a year ago, as ongoing weakness in wireless services dating to a 15-month old struggle in a transition to Cingular from Verizon (nyse: VZ - news - people ) led to a 25% decline in sales of wireless handsets.
Still, with wireless Skype handsets, portable Vonage adapters, and all manner of VoIP software for WiFi-enabled cellphones, it seems like the early adopter crowd Earthlink has its sights on in Anaheim might need a little more incentive to drop a couple hundred on a handset that may or may not only make calls on Earthlink's SoCal WiFi rollout.
Alcatel-Lucent, which owns Bell Labs, isn't committing to a time to market for the application, but analysts say the first uses of gesture control and virtual conferencing on wireless networks and handsets will arrive late next year.
Semiconductor manufacturer Texas Instruments Monday reported better than expected quarterly earnings and revenues, despite sharply lower sales of the baseband processors used to connect handsets to wireless networks.
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Not surprisingly, they see wireless downloads directly to handsets as a potential cash cow, and so don't expect them to be thrilled about anything that circumvents that, like letting people use iTunes to transfer songs over from a computer.
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Eighty-six percent of SK Telecom's mobile-phone customers have wireless Internet capability on their handsets.
It allows companies to more easily manage remote wireless devices including M2M applications, handsets and tablets.
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Year-on-year, CPGA decreased in the fourth quarter of 2011 due primarily to lower handset subsidies as a result of T-Mobile USA's new unlimited Value plans, which do not bundle subsidized handsets as in traditional wireless service contracts.
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But FHSS lives on in today's mobile phones: it is the basis of Bluetooth, a short-range wireless protocol that is used to connect handsets to other nearby devices.
Historically, the bulk of the money in wireless has been made by carriers, not handsets.
In January the firm snapped up Quattro Wireless, which specialises in advertising on mobile handsets.
Google was a no-show at the spring CTIA Wireless show where several high-profile Android handsets were launched.
As cellphones evolve from largely functional devices into personal accessories, the wireless industry is building a wave of colorful handsets.
Hoffman expects the maker of technology for wireless phones to forecast sales of 96 million handsets--a figure he deems conservative.
Although mobile handsets are the first devices benefitting from wireless charging, the new technology can be extended to PCs, tablet PCs, electronic toothbrushes and even electric cars.
This month it was reported that Samsung had replaced Nokia at the top of the table for total handsets shipped, according to IHS iSuppli Mobile and Wireless Communications Service.
The handsets need to be equipped with chips that support the wireless communication technology Near Field Communication (NFC).
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Its largest such partnership is its deal with Verizon Wireless to bundle its VoIP service with high-end Android and BlackBerry handsets.
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Sierra Wireless's first stab at a Windows Mobile-powered smartphone, the Voq Professional Phone, was pretty much doomed from the start the design was awful, Sierra had zero experience in marketing handsets, and they were never able to convince a single wireless carrier to offer the phone to its subscribers (which for better or for worse is how most phones get sold in the US).
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Between them, the Symbian partners produce 80% of the world's mobile handsets and have close relationships with most of the world's wireless operators.
The result: wireless chips that deliver longer battery life and can be crammed into thinner, lighter handsets.
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WiCC will work seamlessly with all handsets in compliance with IEEE's Power Matters Alliance (PMA) 'Wireless Charging Card' specifications.
Android handsets sold briskly in the past year largely due to strong promotional support from Verizon Wireless, noted Ross Rubin, Director of Industry Analysis at the NPD Group.
This standard means that for the first time handsets will be able to utilize real estate allocated for the NFC antenna to offer wireless charging - without impairing costs or design.
On Tuesday, Verizon Wireless, which activated its LTE network in December, revealed it had begun testing VoLTE on 4G handsets and would publicly introduce the service in 2012.
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