Monthly Archives: August, 2007

Wireless capex up 4%

Wireless carriers spent 4% more on their networks during the second quarter than they did during the same quarter last year, according to research...

Femtocell market to spur bundle offerings

Femtocells could become a catalyst for growth of triple-play service revenues in developed countries, said a new report from research firm In-Stat.Mobile triple play...

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ELVIS-The short codeGroove Mobile is testing an off-portal direct-to-consumer service that will give consumers access to Sony BMG's music catalog. The trial is being...

Qwest CEO has work cut out: Regional Bell must pick battles against much larger competitors

Qwest Communications International Inc.'s new CEO takes the helm of a company that has weathered financial storms, been through a turn-around that included selling...

LG makes tracks at AT&T Mobility, says hello to Virgin Mobile USA

LG Electronics Co. scored a pair of carrier wins last week spanning the range of wireless offerings. One of the deals was with the...

U.S. sales of Nokia’s N95: Erroneous report stirs interest

A mistake in a media report earlier this month suggesting that Nokia Corp. had sold as many as 450,000 units of its high-end N95...

Beyond the status quo

Bringing broadband to the masses is kind of like the weather: Everyone talks about it, but no one is doing anything about it. President...

Nokia warns on overheating batteries: Very few likely affected, but phone maker chooses safe over sorry

Nokia Corp. advised that its self-branded BL-5C battery, found in more than 50 handsets, is subject to overheating and popping out of the handset...

Networks differ on staffing mobile operations

One way to get a sense of how much priority Hollywood networks are placing on mobile is to look at the executives on board...

CREDIT CRUNCH: Telecom better off this time around

THE FINANCIAL MARKETS HAVE BEEN JITTERY in recent weeks, absorbing the fallout from the extension of easy credit to both individuals and corporations. Now,...

iPhone ecosystem challenges developers

THE IPHONE HAS given birth to the iEcosystem. Whether that's a good thing, though, is debatable.Apple Inc.'s decision to bar third-party developers from building...

Sprint Nextel pushes WiMAX into the Xohm

VIENNA, Va.-Barry West believes so strongly in it that he's got it as the personalized license plate on his sports car: Xohm. It's the...

Carriers not equal in innovation

So who exactly are the innovators leading the pack in wireless entertainment?It depends who you ask.Few agreed to be identified as they talked about...

Xoom, Xoom

Sprint Nextel is on a roll. No, not the kind where you walk away from the $10 blackjack tables with piles of chips in...

Networking to drive user-generated content

Social network services will dominate the market for mobile user-generated content, said a new report from research firm Juniper Research.The company said end-user-generated revenues...

Gains in mobile banking

Mobile banking and payments are gathering steam in the U.S., but the space is also drawing significant interest abroad. Within recent weeks, a series...

Mobile banking services branch out

The mobile banking and payments space continues to gather momentum, with banks exploring and announcing new services, and solutions providers forging new partnerships to...

LBS turning into more than just directions

If your idea of mobile navigation applications is limited to left- and right-turn commands, maybe you should test drive one of the newer offerings.Early-adopting...

Hollywood, wireless struggle for control of mobile content: Carriers slow to innovate, entertainment execs charge

Friction is growing between wireless executives and their Hollywood counterparts as both begin to experiment with mobile entertainment. One of the few points people...

Lead counsel remains at Qualcomm: Lupin taking leave of absence, not resigning

Qualcomm Inc. clarified last week that its former general counsel, Lou Lupin, is taking a personal leave and is not resigning from the company.Qualcomm...

Social networking sites vye for viewers

User-generated content is finding an audience in mobile. But it appears the early successes in the space may have more to do with connecting...

Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment

For all the hype Sprint Nextel put behind last week's "Technology Summit" in Reston, Va., we were hoping the carrier would have come up...

Shifting ground: W-CDMA baseband business in flux

The W-CDMA baseband chip business is morphing in real time, as various market pressures push and pull the players to partner, diversify their customer...

Monday, Aug. 20, 2007

Study: iPhone texting poses challenges

A small study by usability consultancy User Centric Inc. found that first-time users of the Apple Inc. iPhone took twice as long to compose...
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