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Qualcomm is stepping up its legal spat against Apple. The world’s largest mobile chip maker filed several lawsuits against Apple in China, seeking to stop the sale and manufacturing of iPhones in the country. Qualcomm is claiming that Apple is illegally using its intellectual property in its justification, according to Bloomberg. Apple and Qualcomm didn’t …

If Qualcomm wins its latest legal battle against Apple, it could be a lot harder to buy certain iPhones in the US. The company plans to file a complaint with the US International Trade Commission, accusing Apple’s iPhones of infringing six of Qualcomm’s mobile patents. As part of the filing, Qualcomm wants the ITC to ban the import of certain …

Despite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push for Digital India, connectivity remains slower and almost nonexistent when compared to other countries around the world. New York-based wireless coverage mapping company OpenSignal in a new report released in June showed that while India makes it among the top 20 in terms of 4G availability, it continues to sit near the bottom …

Qualcomm’s put on the boxing gloves in a patent spat with Apple. The chipmaker on Monday, in a 134-page redacted filing, responded to an Apple lawsuit about patent licensing and made some counterclaims of its own, including breach of contract. It also asked for an unspecified amount in damages. “Over the last 10 years, Apple has played a significant role …

India has a new largest mobile network operator and it’s all thanks to a $23 billion merger of two former rivals. The Vodafone Group announced on Monday that it was merging its Indian operations with competitor Idea Cellular to create a new giant in India’s telco space, boasting over 400 million customers. India is the world’s second largest mobile phones …

Thanks to the Nokia 3310 reboot, what’s old is new again — especially when it comes to retro technology that makes us remember the good old days. But while it’s fun to wax nostalgic about feature phones and how they’re durable, easy to use and last days without a charge, no one wants the sluggish data speeds that came with …

Sales worldwide of smartphones have flatlined in 2016, but strong growth for 4G smartphones in emerging markets remains a bright spot. In IDC’s latest forecast projecting sales for 2016, the market research firm reported worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to reach about 1.45 billion units. This represents a year-over-year growth rate of just 0.6 percent, a steep drop from the …

At first blush, this is a partnership that shouldn’t succeed. HTC, the perennial little guy whose products are routinely ignored in favor of heavy hitters like Apple or Samsung, has worked with Sprint, the nation’s fourth-place wireless carrier, on an exclusive phone. People hate exclusive phones. Yet here is the Bolt, a phone made by HTC specifically for Sprint. It …

Better late than never, Virgin Media has launched 4G mobile phone tariffs, just four years after 4G came to the UK. They start at just £6 per month, which nets you 300 minutes and unlimited texts, but only 300MB of data. That’s not a huge amount, but Virgin’s plans don’t include WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger data in your allowance. That …

The biggest patent case to hit the modern tech world is back again. Apple and Samsung will appear before the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to argue why their opponent was wrong when it came to a patent case from 2012. This is the first time a design patent case has been examined by the Supreme Court since the 1800s. …