BARCELONA, Spain–Under a broadened partnership with mobile network operator Telefonica, Sony Mobile is exploring support …

BARCELONA, Spain–Nestled away in Hall 7 of Mobile World Congress is Beijing Big Ben Technology, a China-based company that makes SIM cards mostly out of paper. While the actual cards themselves are made of recyclable ABS plastic and metal (the contact points), the card’s holder is actually made from 100 percent fiber paper. This material is far easier to recycle …

BARCELONA, Spain–After a rocky start, Samsung Electronics is finally seeing the light when it comes to the tablet business. The Korean consumer electronics giant, already the world’s largest handset manufacturer, plans to double its tablet sales from a year ago, according to Y.H. Lee, executive vice president of the company’s mobile unit. That would peg its sales to about 40 …