Israel-based WiMAX vendor Alvarion has reported a 16.5 percent drop in its second quarter revenues of US$49 million, compared to US$58.7 million a year ago

Carphone Warehouse, Europe's largest mobile phone retailer, beat quarterly revenue forecasts, boosted by demand for smartphones, and said its megastore partnership with US group Best Buy had a successful launch

Indian operator Vodafone Essar has said that it aims to introduce its first 3G services by the end of 2010

Juniper Networks has agreed to acquire US-based SMobile Systems for US$70 million

The Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) – an operator-led group aiming to provide an open international applications platform that could take on the might of Apple’s App Store and Google’s Android Market – this morning announced its official company formation, business model and plans for the next few months, as well as its biggest development to date; the planned integration of the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) into the initiative.

Taiwanese chip-maker MediaTek has scored a major deal with NTT Docomo to supply chipsets for the Japanese mobile operator's forthcoming range of LTE smartphones.

Fast-growing smartphone-maker HTC is to launch its first own-branded devices in China, including two that will be specially made for China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator.

Baidu looks set to dominate China’s mobile search market in the same way it controls the country’s overall Internet search sector

Vodafone has canned the development of a range of phones specifically tailored to support its Vodafone 360 social media and apps platform.

The rising popularity of smartphones and mobile computers helped UK microchip designer ARM Holdings deliver a sharp rise in second-quarter earnings and sales