Monthly Archives: November, 2007

Synchronica acquires GoodServer

Synchronica acquired GoodServer to boost its ability to target mobile device synchronization and management, the company announced. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.GoodServer's...

Wireless market faces a saturation situation

In Verizon's third-quarter results last week, the company tallied its wireless customers at 63.7 million-that number includes 1.8 million new ones.Though the marketer didn't...

Hollywood writers walk out

Despite 11th hour attempts to prevent a work stoppage, Hollywood writers went on strike today.Renewed talks between the Writers Guild of America and networks...

Analyst Angle: Will the Day Come When Voice is Free?

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...

Google heads coalition for ‘Android’ cellphone platform: VZW, Nokia, Microsoft notably absent

A group of industry heavyweights-headed by Google Inc., T-Mobile, HTC Corp., Qualcomm Inc., and Motorola Inc.-announced a new software platform for cellphones that includes...

October infrastructure awards

The following infrastructure contracts were announced in October:

Google OS to change game

Shifting business models make for strange bedfellows-and nowhere is that so clear as Google's potential linkup with Verizon Wireless, which is said to be...

Executive Interview: Mort Rosenthal

When Microsoft Corp.'s CEO Steve Ballmer publicly mentions someone's name as a respected veteran who will run a new company in partnership with his...

MAKING MUSIC: Digital execs think cellphones will draw listeners into ‘immersive’ experience

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-The music industry is redefining itself amid significant changes, particularly with regards to the record labels' role in a world where recording artists...

Between a Rockefeller and a hard place

Just how do you position yourself before Congress, seeing that the influential Democratic senator who is co-sponsoring a wireless consumer protection bill is the...

Trawling for eyes: Mobile ad models relying more on eyes than action

Online advertising is quickly moving toward cost-per-action models, but in the mobile world it's all about the eyeballs. For now, at least.A recent study...

Writers strike could steer wireless into uncharted waters: Mobile distribution part of concerns, but could be answer for consumers

Just days after the smoke cleared from last week's devastating fires, Los Angeles began bracing for another firestorm-this time from the entertainment industry.The union...

‘Passionate subset’ seeks unlocked phones: Numbers not moving despite iPhone furor, Nokia efforts

AT&T MOBILITY WILL TELL YOU that writers expounding on the issue of unlocked phones far outnumber consumers actually interested in buying them.Preliminary data shows...

Courts, Congress scrutinize carrier control

THE MOBILE-PHONE INDUSTRY'S BUSINESS MODEL continues to come under attack, with challenges to carrier control increasingly playing out in the courts, Congress and at...

Monday, Nov. 5, 2007

Gobi chip offers high speeds, GPS

Qualcomm Inc.'s new Gobi chip marks the arrival of a technology long-discussed by the San Diego company, according to one analyst.The chip will offer...

Etc.

Ticket to ride Siemens IT Solutions and Services said it will soon offer technology that allows bus and train tickets to be purchased via...

Tower results show continued struggles

Crown Castle International Corp. reported growth in site rental revenues, although its losses widened year-over-year.The company's results included those of Global Signal Inc., which...

Fires burn up wireless lines: First responder networks prove their worth, commercial traffic jumps

AS WILDFIRES RAGED throughout southern California in recent weeks and hundreds of thousands were evacuated from their homes, wireless networks in the area saw...

BlackBerry users satisfied: J.D. Power confirms business users like their smartphones

A new survey finds that U.S.-based users of Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry devices are the most satisfied with their handsets among smartphone users....

Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.

Who says quarterly financial calls are no fun? During last week's call by Qwest Communications, financial analysts grilled newly hired CEO Edward Mueller, which...

Two paths to travel in mobile gaming space: Lesser-known publishers try ad-supported games

No wonder people can't agree on a cure for the mobile gaming industry. Some insiders don't even think it's sick.There's no question that the...

AT&T Mobility/Dobson, Alltel deals get gov’t blessing: But reservations underscore problems complying with E-911, universal service

Two wireless deals cleared major hurdles last week, but not before strings were attached by government antitrust and regulatory officials.The Justice Department said AT&T...

Brain lock

As always, something has me a little confused.What is it this time? Well, it's the phone locking issue that has everyone from tech geeks...

Q3 magic for VZW, tragic for Sprint Nextel: No. 2 carrier posts strong growth, No. 3 falls further behind

Quarterly results from Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp. came as no surprise: Verizon Wireless did well and Sprint Nextel didn't.Although Verizon Wireless was...
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