Samsung has exceeded its target for mobile phone sales in 2009, with the electronics giant breaking its self-imposed 200 million handset goal. Samsung is the second biggest seller in the mobile phone world, and after narrowly missing out on the 200 million mark in 2008, it was confident of breaking it this year. And that confidence was not misplaced, with the company now stating that it has surpassed its target, in a ... Read More

Discover Financial Services today announced the launch of a Discover App for iPhone and iPod touch on the App Store. The app will allow cardmembers to manage their accounts directly from their iPhone or iPod Touch. Once the app is opened, Discover.com registered users can login by entering their user ID and password. The login page also provides users with the ability to contact customer service, learn more about Discover ... Read More

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading provider of telecommunication systems and mobile phones, today announced that it has won additional mobile WiMAX supply contracts from UQ Communications Inc., the Japan-based Mobile WiMAX service provider. Further expanding its industry presence in Asia, Samsung also announced it has joined the WiMAX Centre of Excellence, which is led by YTL Communications, the Malaysian Mobile WiMAX service provider. As UQ Communications’ primary Mobile WiMAX equipment ... Read More

Sprint Nextel has widened its loss by 47 percent to $478 million, or 17 cents per share, in the third quarter from a loss of $326 million, or 11 cents per share, in the year ago period. The company posted revenue of $8.0 billion, down 9 percent since the same period last year. The company lost 801,000 post-paid subscribers and churn increased to 2.17 percent from 2.15 percent in the year ... Read More

Rumors have been circulating of Telus picking up the iPhone for some time now but we haven’t had official confirmation from the carrier as to when we will see the device. Luckily, they have announced that they will be offering the iPhone on November 5th of this year. You’ll be able to pick the iPhone 3G for $99.99, the 16GB 3GS for $199.99 and the 32GB 3GS for $299.99 on 3-year ... Read More

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), aka the telecomm branch of the United Nations, has recently approved a standard for a universal phone charger. The standard is based on the GSM Association’s earlier suggestion for a Micro-USB-based universal mobile phone charger. This is really good news for anyone who has been following the ‘universal phone charger‘ story. The ITU joins the GSMA and the CTIA, which jumped on board earlier this month, ... Read More

Just as promised, Sony Ericsson revealed their financial report for Q3 2009 today. Things are still looking pretty gloomy for the company, continuing to lose money, but at least the numbers are better this time around (compared to the previous quarter). The company has managed to ship 14.1 million handsets, which according to the company analysts, accounts for 5% market share. This is a 0.3 million increase over Q2, but still ... Read More

Late last night, around midnight if you really must know, the ATSC (aka the Advanced Television Systems Committee) ratified the A/153 ATSC Mobile DTV Standard which “defines the technical specifications necessary for broadcasters to provide new services to mobile and handheld devices using their digital television (DTV) transmissions.” In other words, digital TV will soon be playing on mobile handsets all across the U.S. of A. More specifically: The new services for mobile ... Read More

This article contains unofficial information. Just when you though the marriage of T-Mobile and Sprint were to happen some time down the road, Deutsche Telekom's CFO has made a comment that might have put an end to the speculations. Recent reports have hinted T-Mobile's parent company, Deutsche Telekom, was in the works of acquiring Sprint – possibly merging the number three and four carriers in the US. Timotheus Hoettges, Deutsche Telekom ... Read More

M1 and Apple has announced that it have reached an agreement to offer iPhone for M1’s subscribers in Singapore by the end of this year. No info on the pricing, tariffs and released schedule will be available later. The latest Apple’s iPhone 3GS is currently offered by SingTel exclusively in Singapore. ... Read More