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NEC Launches SDN-Enabled Switches for Telcos, Service Providers

NEC is launching two switches for software-defined networking environments, the latest move by the company to build out its capabilities in the rapidly evolving...

As Verizon and AT&T Battle Over No. 1 Spot, Do Users Care?

Verizon Wireless has been leading the U.S. mobile carrier race for several years, with 108.2 mobile customers in its last quarterly financial report. AT&T...

Genband Integrates Video Conferencing Into UC Platform

Genband, which over the past couple of years has been building out its collaboration portfolio, is expanding its unified communications platform with the integration...

Huawei Wants to Be America’s Next Big Smartphone Company

NEW YORK—At a press gala here for its new $249 unlocked P8 Lite smartphone for U.S. consumers, Zhiqiang Xu, the president of Huawei Device...

HP Split Set for Nov. 1

Hewlett-Packard will make its split official Nov. 1, CEO Meg Whitman confirmed this week during the company's HP Discover 2015 in Las Vegas.HP executives...

Kyocera’s New Torque G02 Smartphone Is Beach-Ready, Seawater-Resistant

Having a smartphone that can put up with many of the physical hazards that life can dole out is important. Drop protection, water resistance,...

Intel CEO: Windows 10 Won’t Bolster PC Market Long Term

Don't count Intel CEO Brian Krzanich among those who think the upcoming launch this year of Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system will give the...

Mobile Data Traffic to Double by 2019, Juniper Research Says

Mobile data traffic generated by devices like smartphones, tablets and feature phones will hit almost 197,000 petabytes by 2019, which is equal to more...

Intel, Fujitsu Partner on IoT Platform

Intel and Fujitsu are teaming up to create a platform that can be used to build solutions for the growing Internet of things.Under the...

Raspberry Pi Model B+ Gets $10 Price Cut

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is dropping the price on one of the older models of its minicompute board.The Raspberry Pi Model B+, which launched...