Monthly Archives: May, 2007

Monday, May 14, 2007

Analyst Angle: An analyst’s travelogue down New York’s Fifth Avenue

Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the...

Executive shuffle: Industry trends, greener pastures tempt turnover

Yet another executive is exiting through Sprint Nextel Corp.'s revolving front-office door.The carrier said last week that Mark Schweitzer will step down from his...

As location-based apps grow, so do offdeck alternatives

Long billed as the killer app of tomorrow, location-based services finally appear to be gaining mass-market appeal. And network operators are well positioned to...

USB cellular modem sales to top 22M by 2012

USB Cellular modem shipments could grow to more than 22 million units by 2012, according to a study from ABI Research."Proliferation of 3G networks...

Executive Interview: Nathan Thompson

Few music companies have pursued mobile as aggressively as The Orchard Enterprises Inc. The New York-based company serves as a kind of digital music...

Zander dodges bullet, touts new handsets: Analysts seek clarity as Moto plunges onward

It's full steam ahead for Motorola Inc.Free, for the moment, from the shadow of billionaire and dissident shareholder Carl Icahn and his influence on...

Pre-emption fights slog forward at Supreme Court

State groups said the Supreme Court need not review a lower court ruling that struck down a Federal Communications Commission decision pre-empting states from...

Spidey slings far-reaching web: Film’s success highlights importance of broad promotional channels

"Spider-Man 3" hit box-office gold as it broke the U.S. and global opening weekend box office records upon release the first weekend of May....

Clarification

Comments by Chris Petrovic, VP of business development in digital media at Playboy Enterprises Inc., that ran in the May 7 article "Playboy exemplifies...

Cyren Call exploring 700 MHz alternatives: Plan could counter Frontline proposal

Cyren Call Communications Corp., unable to convince policymakers to divert half of the auction-bound 700 MHz spectrum for a national public safety/commercial wireless broadband...

T-Mobile USA differentiates with voice: Posts solid quarter, despite lack of 3G

T-Mobile USA Inc. posted a solid first quarter, bringing in 980,000 net new subscribers and outperforming analyst' expectations, largely on the strength of its...

Cellphone driving bans continue to gain steam: Washington joins growing list

Washington is about to join New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, California and the District of Columbia in banning the use of hand-held cellphones while...

Report: Private-equity cos. partner for run at Alltel

Several private-equity groups have reportedly formed in an attempt to acquire Alltel Corp., according to the Wall Street Journal.The paper said at least three...

Hedgehogging

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.Major props to all involved in this...

Mobile’s music to their ears: 2 predictions: Handset becomes primary portable listening device; music becomes service, not product

There's a lot of doom and gloom in the predictions being floated around as the dinosaurs of traditional media battle and play catch-up with...

Western Union keeps tabs on growing remittance market

As wireless companies and banks seek to move into mobile banking and payments, many are eyeing the global remittance market as a potential source...

The south side of 10

A report from iGR Inc. released last week showed that between 50% and 70% of kids between the ages of 12 and 14 have...

Enterprises exert control over wireless usage: Report finds under-use costs more than overages

As corporate spending on wireless increases, companies are moving from a relatively hands-off approach to wireless into increased scrutiny and management of their wireless...

Carriers tickle Motorola pricing, Alltel snaps, jumps into music

T-Mobile USA Inc. appears to have refreshed its handset lineup by discounting most of its Motorola Inc. Razrs-four models dropped to $30 from $50-and...

AT&T draws on past rebranding experiences : iPhone launch brings spotlight to new entity

More than four months after announcing its acquisition of BellSouth Corp., AT&T Inc. continues a determined push to rebrand Cingular as "the new AT&T."...

Financiers smile on mobile social networking firms

Investment capital continued to flow into the mobile social networking space as two new startups closed their first rounds of funding.Project Goth, which operates...

Killing him softly

Shared Spectrum Co. didn't need the luck of the Irish in the first public demonstration of its cognitive radio technology at the IEEE Dynamic...

Mobile game absent from Simpsons party, but should launch with movie

The yellow carpet was rolled out, margaritas and other libations flowed and costumed characters mingled with a crowd celebrating the 400th episode of the...

Call-blocking battle heats up: Sprint Nextel files suit against alleged ‘traffic pumping’

Sprint Nextel Corp. has joined the cadre of telecom companies that have sued small Iowa operators and Internet calling services for alleged "traffic pumping,"...
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