Cellphones need to go green
December 3, 2008Less than 5 percent of the more than 1 billion mobile phones produced annually end up being recycled or disposed of in eco-friendly ways, reports ABI Research.
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Device-to-device communications takes off
November 19, 2008
The machine-to-machine (“M2M”) communications market will grow robustly over the next five years, with an estimated 95 million cellular M2M modules shipping in 2013, ABI Research predicts.
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Analyst sees 200M UMDs shipping in 2013
September 27, 2008
From a virtual standing start of just 10 million units in 2008, more than 10 million ultra-mobile devices (UMDs) are expected to ship in 2013, predicts ABI Research. UMD is ABI’s umbrella term for UMPCs (ultra-mobile PCs), netbooks, and MIDs (mobile Internet devices).
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First Google Android mobile phone debuts
September 23, 2008
After many months of anticipation, the first mobile phone based on Google’s Linux-powered Android software platform was unveiled today by T-Mobile in the U.S.
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LTE networks to include femtocells, picocells
September 19, 2008Femtocells and picocells are likely to form an integrated part of initial rollouts of LTE (long term evolution) networks, ABI Research reports. These cellular mini-base stations, featuring improved indoor wireless coverage, reportedly have been generating considerable interest in mobile wireless markets.
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