North Korea has hit an important milestone, having reached one million mobile phone users. The only mobile operator in the country, Koryolink, has seen a surge in the number of customers, with some 100,000 people signing-up during the each of the last five quarters. Koryolink, which is 75% owned by Egypt’s Orascom Telecom and 25%…

It’s a new (and logical) trend in the world to allow folks commuting to use the underground railway system to access mobile network(s). The capital of Italy doesn’t want to be an exception and has decided to offer its customers the ability to talk, text and access Internet services while taking a ride. CommScope got…

When it comes to positioning systems, U.S. has GPS, Russia has Glonass and EU – Galileo. China is joining the race and has finally launched its own such system called Beidou. According to a spokesman for the system, Beidou has started providing initial positioning, navigation and timing operational services to China and its surrounding areas.…

I always knew Thailand is far from a functional democracy, but I thought people can still say what they want. Apparently I was sooo wrong. A retired truck driver was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sending SMS that a court deemed insulting to Thailand’s monarchy. 61-year-old Ampon Tangnoppakul got 5 years in prison…

When Intel bets on a certain type of technology, it usually becomes a standard. That’s the kind of power they have because of their massive scale. An astonishing 80.2% of the computers that were sold in Q3 of this year had Intel chips inside. MasterCard, looking to take advantage of Intel’s dominance, has announced that…

Last week ARM announced that Tudor Brown, President and Co-founder of the British semiconductor company, is going to retire in May 2012. Since the inception of ARM in 1990, their technology has shipped in over 15 billion chips. What makes ARM such a unique company, and what’s given them the success that they’re now experiencing,…

Apple has been getting a lot of heat over the years for their refusal to support Adobe’s Flash software. Companies such as Nokia, RIM, and even Google in the mean time have proudly been standing tall and shouting at the top of their lungs about how their platforms are technically superior because they can render…

Back in 2009 Novatel Wireless introduced a novel piece of kit called the MiFi. Put simply, it connects to an operator’s wireless network and then emits a WiFi signal. Most consumer electronic companies don’t want to deal with the complexities of putting a cellular radio inside their device, much less having to get their gear…

Ford, a car company one typically doesn’t associate with innovation, has come with with something ingenious called the MyKey. It’s a car key that’s Bluetooth enabled, so when it’s paired up to your phone and you’re hauling ass on the way to the grocery store, any incoming call or text you get is “blocked” so…