August 2007

Wireless carriers spent 4% more on their networks during the second quarter than they did during the same quarter last year, according to research from analyst firm Ovum-RHK.Wireless carriers spent …

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 services offer a revenue solution as …

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 conducted with Vodafone UK. The carrier’s …

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 off its wireless network and forging …

LG Electronics Co. scored a pair of carrier wins last week spanning the range of wireless offerings. One of the deals was with the industry’s largest player and long-time LG …

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 handset in the United States during …

Bringing broadband to the masses is kind of like the weather: Everyone talks about it, but no one is doing anything about it. President Bush’s plan of bridging the digital …

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 during recharging. The company has offered …

One way to get a sense of how much priority Hollywood networks are placing on mobile is to look at the executives on board and how many people are working …

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

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 applications for its high-profile device has …

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 commercial brand for Sprint Nextel Corp.’s …

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 their experiences with carriers, for fear …

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

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 from social networking, dating and personal …

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 of international companies have made banking-related …

The mobile banking and payments space continues to gather momentum, with banks exploring and announcing new services, and solutions providers forging new partnerships to enable the applications.Just within the past …

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 road warriors have long depended on …

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

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 had issued a terse press release …

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 with others and less to do …

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 with something more exciting than a …

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 base or pursue less-demanding technologies.Data from …

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 text messages on the device as …