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Qualcomm reports another record quarter

Wireless technology business Qualcomm Incorporated has announced results for the second quarter of its current financial year.

Revenue was up 28% year-on-year to $4.94 billion, while net income was up 123% year-on-year to $2.23 billion.

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Brits want 4G to help the economy

Research carried out by YouGov plc and published by Everything Everywhere shows that 74% of British adults want to bring 4G technology to the country as soon as possible.

However, it’s the potential benefit to the economy that attracts the largest number of respondents rather than faster mobile phone connections.

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You're gonna need a bigger tariff

Mark Bridge writes:

“You're gonna need a bigger boat”. The words of Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody spots the shark in the film Jaws.

37 years later and O2 UK CEO Ronan Dunne is facing another all-devouring monster... but this is no aquatic predator. It’s in the air - and it’s invisible.

No, we’re not talking about a Pteranodon (that’s Jurassic Park III) but a 4G mobile broadband connection. A real-life data monster.

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Tenfold increase in 4G LTE shipments expected this year

The number of global LTE mobile phone shipments will grow tenfold this year, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics.

67 million 4G LTE handsets are expected to be shipped worldwide in 2012, up from 6.8 million units in 2011.

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Last week at The Fonecast: 19th March 2012

Mark Bridge writes:

Mobile financial services were making the headlines yet again last week. Not once. Not twice. No, we noticed at least three separate (and all pretty big) stories to talk about.

First came Nokia’s planned withdrawal from its mobile money service, which will leave around a million people in India looking for a new mobile wallet.

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