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A group of senators has asked to the FCC to review exclusivity agreements between wireless carriers and handset makers and assess whether or not such deals limit consumer choice."We ask that you examin    

Between 2009 and 2014, annual sales of low-cost mobile handsets will rise by 22% to over 700 million, according to Juniper Research. Operators and device manufacturers are increasingly looking to emerging marke    

Despite the global slowdown, Arima Communications expects its handset shipments to reach 13 million units in 2009 as did in 2008, thanks to growing orders from LG Electronics (LGE), according to company chairma    

Apple has unveiled the iPhone 3G S, what the company calls the most powerful iPhone yet. New features include improved speed and performance – up to twice as fast as iPhone 3G – with longer    

Intel Capital, Intel's global investment organization, has invested US$43 million in Japan-based UQ Communications, a provider of WiMAX mobile services. UQ will utilize the funding to continue the nationwi    

Palm's new Pre smartphone holds strong potential for robust sales growth, and may have a major influence on other platforms as well as the technology supply chain, according to iSuppli.    

Arima Communications saw its handset shipments increase 18% sequentially to 1.18 million in May, but revenues for the month showed an 8.6% sequential decline to NT$1.48 billion (US$45.4 million), according to a    

Nokia will launch its flagship touchscreen-enabled N97 handset in the Taiwan market in June, and plans to roll out more touchscreen models based on the Symbian S60 5.1 platform, according to Michael Hsu, genera    

Sony Ericsson is preparing to launch Google phones running on Android 2.0 operating system (OS), according to Peter Ang, vice president of marketing, Asia Pacific at Sony Ericsson.    

New figures from Gartner show smartphone sales increased to 36 million units worldwide in the first quarter, representing 13.5 percent of all handset sales in the quarter. Research In Motion saw its smartphone