• 100 Predictions for 2019 and Beyond

    FDM CCS Insight Unveils Future Themes for the Connected World Today in London, several hundred delegates from around the world attended FDM CCS Insight's biggest-ever Predictions event. This annual session ...

  • iPhone: Still a Sliver of the Indian Market

    Apple's Premium Pricing Strategy Creates a Gap in a Major Market Apple is currently a relatively minor player in the smartphone market in India. The company holds a top-three position ...

  • US Carriers Partner for Project Verify

    Initiative Will Use Smartphones to Unlock Online Accounts Smartphones could soon become the master key to unlocking online accounts. In a first, the four major US mobile carriers are collaborating ...

  • E-SIM: Friend or Foe?

    Is Remote Provisioning a Threat to Churn? Apple's unveiling last week of its latest iPhone models wasn't just business as usual. Its rhythm of product announcements tends to be unsurprising, ...

  • Bottoms up

    Samsung's New Smartphone Strategy Is to Work Up from the Middle Last week, in an interview with CNBC, the head of Samsung's mobile division, DJ Koh, said the company would ...

  • Two and One

    Smartphone Makers Add a Sibling or Two to Flagship Line-Ups The nomenclature has become a bit vague. The term flagship has become a descriptive metaphor for a company's lead product, ...

  • Southern Exposure

    Another Setback for Huawei and ZTE as They Face Australia 5G Ban Last week, the Australian government banned the use of 5G telecom equipment supplied by "vendors who are likely ...

  • The $2,000 Smartphone

    How Far Off Is This Hefty New Price Tag? Early in 2017, we argued that the $1,000 smartphone could become the new normal. Top-of-the-line phones stuffed with all the memory ...

  • Retail Therapy

    Google's Plan to Open a Store Aligns with Its Ecosystem Strategy Google intends to open a large retail store in the hip Fulton Market district of Chicago, according to reports. ...

  • Cubans Get a Taste of Mobile Internet

    Nine-Hour Test of Free and Open Access Could Be a Breakthrough Residents in the US and Europe can take Internet access for granted. It's available at home and on the ...