Samsung is one handset company that seemingly benefited from the Chinese New Year and a strong start to the 2010 global handset market, according to a new report. Led by Asia and Latin America, the Year of the Tiger is predicted to be a good one for handsets, which should grow 11 percent over 2009 numbers. - The Year of the Tiger is already proving a successful one for the global mobile handset ma...

BuzzCity has released the results of its fifth global survey investigating consumer mobile behavior. The survey focuses on the global mobile payments market. BuzzCity questioned 1,798 mobile users across the Americas, Asia, Africa, Western Europe and the Middle East on...

The Mobile Marketing Association’s Mobile Marketing Forum APAC takes place from 14 – 15 April at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront hotel in Singapore. The event will bring together representatives from agencies, brands, operators and other members of the global mobile...

WIF attended the Mobile Breakfast Series (www.mobilebreakfastseries.com) in Seattle, WA on Wednesday, March 10th. The Mobile Breakfast Series is a quarterly event that brings together thought leaders and visionaries from the global mobile industry to interact and share ideas, insights, and best practices with Pacific Northwest entrepreneurs, enthusiasts, and others who are passionate about mobile....

LGs intention to be a top-two smartphone contender by 2012 appears to largely involve Google. Reportedly, half the phones it plans to release this year will run Android, and LG could benefit, too, from Googles new enterprise-geared Apps Marketplace. - LG Electronics plan to gain double-digit market share in the global mobile handset market by 2012 appears to figure largely on hitching its cart to ...

Declining GSM sales contributed to a 13 percent drop in total global mobile infrastructure revenue in the fourth quarter, according to research firm Dell'Oro. Total revenue for the market last quarter was around $10 billion. The decline in the GSM market overshadowed the 50 percent growth in the WCDMA market, the research firm said. The findings correspond to weakness in the quarter among the...

InMobi is one of the worlds largest and fastest growing global mobile ad networks. The company was founded just 3 years ago by three Indian entrepreneurs. It is now active in over 35 markets and processes over 7.5 billion ad requests per month. Growing a company this quickly in a market that is evolving

Mobile ad optimization and advertising agency Smaato has released its latest global mobile advertising metrics. Smaato's Worldwide Index, which analyzes ad network fill rates and sheds light on clickthrough rates (CTR) segmented by handset operating system, geography and response times,...

ZTE to Ship Nuance VSuite and Nuance Vocalizer across its Global Mobile Phone Portfolio Read the full story here.

According to Gartner, Inc., Global mobile phones sales totalled 1.211 billion units in 2009, 0.9% decrease from 2009. The fourth of quarter of 2009 however had a 8.3 increase over 2008. Three of the top five mobile phone vendors experienced a decline in sales in 2009 while Samsung and LG had a positive result. Samsung led the pack with a 3.2% market share growth from 2008. This achievement came as...