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MediaTek Breaks into US LTE carrier market with Helio P10 in LG X Power for Sprint’s CDMA NetworkOctober 18, 2016On September 16th, 2016, MediaTek announced their first LTE smartphone win for the Sprint network in the US with the LG X Power model LS755. This design win on a major US carrier is significant in that it represents...Subscribers Only
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Years in the Making, Intel modem chip finally returns to iPhoneSeptember 21, 2016After months, if not years, of whispers about a significant LTE thin modem design win, Intel’s 3rd generation XMM7360 CAT-9 modem was discovered inside certain models of the latest Apple iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. This was the first time since the iPhone 4 in 2010 that Intel (then Infineon) had a design win in the premier smartphone brand; back in a time when the iPhone was still a carrier exclusive device to AT&T.
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Trade sanction ordeal likely to spur ZTE’s internal mobile chipset effortsApril 19, 2016Two weeks after the US Commerce Department placed trade sanctions on ZTE over allegedly skirting US export controls laws (see US trade restrictions could be disastrous for ZTE’s smartphone business), a 3-month temporary lift of the sanction was put in place after “active” and “constructive” talks with the US government.Subscribers Only
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Wearable Payment Device Unit Shipments to Reach 150 Million in 2020February 09, 2016World shipments of wearable devices used in payments are projected to increase from 11.6 million units in 2015 to 153.2 million in 2020, according to latest research from IHS Technology (NYSE:IHS).
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CES 2016: US wireless carriers end device subsidies opening up market opportunities for mid-range and open channel OEM playersJanuary 19, 2016With all four major US carriers announcing an end to 2-year contracts and device subsidies, smartphone financing and sales will likely undergo a transformational change which will invariably move the US smartphone distribution model closer to that of the rest of the world and expose the real cost of devices to the end consumer.
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AT&T makes a calculated bet on the irrelevance of smartphone subsidiesJanuary 07, 2016As of January 2016, subscribers will no longer be able to get smartphones on a two year subsidised contract. New subscribers will be offered AT&T’s Next plan, and will pay instalments on the full price of the smartphone...
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T-Mobile launches zero-rated Binge On video serviceNovember 13, 2015T-Mobile USA has launched its 10th Un-carrier initiative “Binge On”, offering a new zero-rated streaming video service.
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US Smart Payment Card Shipments to Reach Five Hundred Million in 2015October 20, 2015Shipments of smart payment and banking cards in the United States are projected to increase to just over 502 million in 2015, up from 223 million in 2014, according to latest research from IHS Technology (NYSE:IHS).
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Smart Card IC Shipments to Reach 12.7 Billion in 2019July 30, 2015Shipments of smart card integrated circuits (ICs) are projected to increase from 9.6 billion in 2014 to 10.4 billion in 2015 and to 12.7 billion in 2019, according to latest research titled “Smart Cards Semiconductors Report – 2015”, a component of the Digital Security Intelligence Service from IHS Technology (NYSE:IHS).
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NFC-enabled Handset Shipments to Reach Three-Quarters of a Billion in 2015June 29, 2015Shipments of NFC-enabled handset are projected to increase to 756 million in 2015, up from 444 million in 2014, according to latest research from IHS Technology (NYSE:IHS).Subscribers Only
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NXP Gets NFC Deal with QualcommMay 18, 2015It was recently announced that after a design win in Apple's iPhone 6 Plus, NXP Semiconductor NV (Eindhoven, the Netherlands) has announced that its near field communications (NFC) chips are going to be used across the breadth of Qualcomm's Snapdragon-based platforms.Subscribers Only
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Will Samsung Pay succeed where others have failed?March 05, 2015On Sunday Samsung announced the launch of its mobile payment platform called Samsung Pay. Key points of the announcement include: • Samsung Pay launches in the summer of 2015, initially in US and South Korea. Compatible with Near Field Communication (NFC), barcode and Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) technologies.Subscribers Only
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Will MultiSIM have an increasing part to play in the SIM card market?March 04, 2015At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Oberthur Technologies (OT) announced the adoption of its MultiSIM cards with 40 million units provided to more than 90 customers worldwide.Subscribers Only
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Strong multifactor authentication will prove pivotal in securing the cloudFebruary 27, 2015There is not a week that goes by without the revelation of another security breach. Only last week that Kaspersky Lab announced that in the region of $1 billion had been stolen from around 100 banks in 30 countries. So what can be done to stop these breaches and what are the major trends within this space?Subscribers Only
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As the liability shift deadline looms, what is the state of EMV migration in the US?February 16, 2015Over recent weeks there have been a number of news stories in the press in regards to EMV migration in the United States. So what do these announcements mean for the state of EMV migration in the United States in 2015?Subscribers Only
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Is Softcard drinking in the last chance saloon?January 16, 2015Last week, Softcard, the NFC payments joint venture between AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, announced it was to cut 60 jobs. In a statement, the company said “Softcard is taking steps to reduce its costs and strengthen its business. This includes simplifying the company’s organizational structure and consolidating all operations into its Dallas and New York offices, which involves layoffs across the country.” So what does this mean for Softcard? Does this sound the death knell for this joint venture?Subscribers Only
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Will Apple Pay Help Drive NFC Payments from Geek Street to Main Street?September 12, 2014As announced on Tuesday, Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus and the Apple Watch will all contain NFC technology. Shipments of NFC-enabled handset are projected to increase to 430 million in 2014, up from 275 million in 2013, according to latest research from IHS Technology (NYSE:IHS).
