The summer season may be in the home stretch, but the stories just keep getting hotter at The Wireless Report. Check out our Top 5 scorchers for the week! Enjoy!
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Motorola has highest marketshare in 5 years
Looks like Motorola is indeed taking on a new mission -- to capture as much marketshare as possible. Whether it's by design or not, the American wireless handset maker has just posted its highest global marketshare in over five years, with 21.9% of all phones sold worldwide. -
The trend of ditching landline phones for cellphones continues to grow
The idea of getting rid of your old-fashioned phone line and going all-cellular is not just a passing fancy anymore. -
Half of British wireless phones have cameras
Looks like the British are attacking -- with cellphone cameras, that is. Half of all UK-based wireless handsets in use now feature a built-in camera, according to the Mobile Data Association. -
Wireless system to be installed at Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. says it will be deploying a Common Wireless Access System that will allow for greater cellphone coverage in all of its museums and for free wireless access to come to the entire National Mall by 2008. -
TracFone handsets being used in illegal activities
With huge numbers of TracFone prepaid handsets being sold at many places, authorities are wondering why. Well, last week's arrest of a man for buying TracFone handsets and then modifying them to be used with any carrier and recent concerns that terrorists may be using these units for communications, has made TracFone be under the microscope at many retailers.
