The high-end Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has no marketing budget and no flashy retail stores. And yet it is one of the most successful handset makers in the coveted Chinese mobile market. Speaking here today at the All Things D conference, president and co-founder of the 3-year-old company, Bin Lin explained how the company has …
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Why is satellite TV provider Dish Network prepared to take on an enormous amount of debt and a potential bidding war with Japanese company SoftBank for Sprint Nextel? It’s all about the spectrum. Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen is known for being bold and taking risks. But no one in the wireless industry ever thought that he’d be gutsy enough …
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NEW YORK — Firefox Mobile OS will launch this summer in five countries, Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs said at the All Things D conference here Monday. Kovacs, who announced earlier this month that he will step down from his post as CEO, said that the new operating system, which is designed for low-end devices, will launch this summer in Venezuela, …
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NEW YORK–Hyper-targeted advertising based on your location is coming to mobile phones and could finally bring money into the mobile advertising market, say experts at the All Things D mobile conference here Monday. In two separate interviews, the CEO of the mapping app Waze and ad executives Jason Spero from Google and Mollie Spilman of Millennial Media talked up the …
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The lines may not be as long as they typically are for the launch of a new iPhone, but T-Mobile customers and those looking to jump ship to the maverick wireless carrier are excited that the iPhone is finally coming to T-Mobile. The company began selling the iPhone 5 in retail stores and online today. The carrier is selling the …
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LAS VEGAS–Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski urged TV broadcasters to partner with the wireless industry to grow their businesses, instead of fearing mobile operators. Speaking at the broadcast industry’s annual trade show here today, the chairman, whose agency is preparing to auction off more TV spectrum to wireless broadband providers, said that TV broadcasters have nothing to fear from …
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Las Vegas — Wireless giant Verizon is on a collision course with TV broadcasters as they each see big opportunities in broadcasting live events to mobile devices. During a question-and-answer session at the broadcast industry’s annual trade show here Tuesday Verizon Communications CEO Lowell McAdam said his company’s new broadcast video service is not meant to compete with traditional broadcast …
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Facebook Home for Android yesterday during a press conference in Menlo Park, Calif. James Martin/CNET Facebook wants to take control of your smartphone. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? And what the heck is Facebook Home anyway? Facebook, which has been rumored for more than a year to be building a new …
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T-Mobile shook up the wireless industry this week with the introduction of its new no-contract service plans. But is the service really a good value for consumers compared to what the other big guys are offering? In this edition of Ask Maggie, I answer that very question. A reader wants to know if he should ditch Verizon’s wireless service for …
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Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 5 lands on T-Mobile’s 4G LTE network 1:07 T-Mobile USA will offer the iPhone on its network at long last. The company announced the news at its “Uncarrier” event in New York today. T-Mobile will begin selling the iPhone 5 on April 12 for a $99.99 down payment, and also will offer the iPhone 5 …
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