In recent months, an unusually high number of mobile manufacturers have proposed to combat the gray market for mobile equipment in Mexico, through the blocking of cell phones not approved by the regulator of that country, and that were acquired from suppliers—and importers— unofficial. Among the companies that joined this initiative are ZTE , Motorola , OPPO , Samsung and—more recently— Xiaomi... 

“Cherry Blossom maintains an information database of wireless network devices,” according to the user’s manual, which “contains information about hundreds of network devices including manufacturer, make, model, version, reference design, FCC ID, network processor, wireless chipset, operating system, default username/password, etc.” The 175-page guidebook created in 2006, but revised in 2012,... 

Just a week ago (4th of July), the Google-owned company Motorola released its first ad announcing the hotly rumored Motorola X smartphone flagship which is said to revolutionize the smartphone industry, in Apple iPhone-style. Not only that, but Google decided to build the highly expected Motorola X in the US, Texas, a former Nokia factory which was acquired by Google’s Motorola. This will be...