Monthly Archives: June, 2007

FMC rollout remains sporadic: Carriers continue to battle technology’s challenges

The U.S. telecom industry appears to largely be treading water when it comes to fixed-mobile convergence-with much talk about the subject and a few...

Young adults text, drive

A large percentage of young drivers in the United States say they both talk and send text messages on their cell phone while driving....

CellAntenna petitions FCC to allow jamming equipment: Company cites concerns over cellphones used to detonate explosives

CellAntenna Corp. asked the Federal Communications Commission to permit first responders to use jamming equipment to prevent terrorists from using cellphones to detonate bombs...

NETWORK OPERATORS GENERATING BUSINESS FOR ODMs

Network operators will earn more than $10 billion this year from selling self-branded handsets made by ODMs, according to ABI Research. That's a nearly...

Tapatap rises from ashes of Atlas Mobile

The guys who founded Atlas Mobile are back with a community-based contest offering for mobile phones and PCs.Isaac Babbs, Andy Riedel and Ken Scott...

Sprint Nextel’s WiMAX plans could involve partners

Sprint Nextel Corp. is determined to push WiMAX into existence and then ubiquity, and the company may explore a range of financial and strategic...

Research: Mobile ad spending could reach $14.4 billion by 2011

Spending on mobile advertising could reach $14.4 billion by 2011, accounting for one-fifth of global spending on Internet advertising, according to a report from...

ODMs help brands jockey for position

Watching the competitive jockeying of the world's largest handset brands has its pleasures-the neck-and-neck excitement of a horserace, the tragedies of thrown jockeys and...

The DRM Challenge: Everyone agrees on the problem, but solution proves elusive

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Like a train caught in a labyrinth of uncharted tracks, the entertainment industry is hurtling across the DRM space with no clear...

InfoSpace wins VZW biz, offloads content operations

InfoSpace Inc. scored another carrier customer for its wireless Web service even as it continued to beat a retreat from the content space.The Seattle-area...

Pre-emption decision pre-empted for further review

The Supreme Court delayed a decision on whether to review a lower court's pro-state pre-emption ruling, inviting the views of the U.S. solicitor general...

Panel to probe wireless health risk accused of conflict of interest

A consumer group has raised conflict-of-interest and qualification issues regarding a proposed National Academy of Sciences panel spawned by a government-wireless industry research program...

Allen Salmasi’s next wave

Perhaps it is just as well that Allen Salmasi is still flying under the radar, given the tumult and upheaval that ensued when his...

Cliffhanger

It's hard not to root for the little guy in epic battles. Maybe it's because we have been trained by Hollywood that the underdog...

Mobile at forefront of changing music biz: Recent deals with carriers highlight changing dynamic

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-If there ever was a first shot fired in the battle toward a digital age, the music industry was likely the first...

The wireless Norm

I suspect other journalists at sometime experience the kind of curious, recalibrated relationship with a source of the kind I had with Norm Sandler....

On-device portals: Information guides to the wireless mall

It's no secret that a stroll through the offerings on carrier decks is enough to give you carpal tunnel syndrome. A recent study of...

Samsung pulling even with Motorola

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. could overtake Motorola Inc. in market share for the second quarter, according to projections from analyst Ittai Kidron at CIBC....

Gracenote scores Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson has tapped Gracenote to power a sideloading-enabled mobile music platform.The new platform includes features such as search and discovery, song identification and...

APPLE’S SHOW: AT&T ‘s details

AT&T Mobility says more than a million customers have signed up for information regarding the much-hyped iPhone, and Apple Inc.'s Steve Jobs has said...

700 MHz public-private plan attracting key Senate support: Auction rules not expected until July

THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION appears to have gained sufficient political cover to move forward with plans to auction a national 700 MHz license designed...

Nokia says MediaFLO, BREW use its IP : Chipmaker pursues arbitration to force cross-licensing

Both sides continue to insist they want fair play and respect, but Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. are still trading lawsuits and rhetorical barbs...

Hedgehogging

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.While we are not obsessing over the...

Broadcom to buy GPS firm for handset location

Broadcom Corp. plans to acquire GPS know-how, products and software by purchasing Global Locate Inc., a privately held firm that currently supplies GPS solutions...

Hitting one out of the park: The ‘blockbuster’ vs. profitable portfolio

The story of Motorola Inc.'s Razr handset has morphed of late from legend to cautionary tale. Despite the device's continuing, rampant sales, the company's...
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