Yearly Archives: 2007

Clear Channel partners with Qwikker for Bluetooth marketing

Clear Channel Communication Inc.'s outdoor advertising division will team with Qwikker to send marketing messages to wireless users via Bluetooth.The companies announced plans to...

Analyst Angle: LG Voyager Arrives Just In Time for Black Friday

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...

PHOTOGUIDE: A stroll through the industry’s cellphone graveyard

As the wireless industry kicks into high gear for the upcoming holiday shopping season, and handset makers pull out all the stops to hype...

Monday, Nov. 26, 2007

Locked down: Enterprises continue struggle to secure information

In this era of genius hackers and malware that can bring an entire corporation to its knees, the scariest threat to mobile security is....

Etc.

Alvin invasion via voicetonesWho wouldn't jump at the chance to sound like a Chipmunk without the aid of helium? 20th Century Fox is promoting...

Last stand

So EarthLink announced it was seeking "strategic alternatives" for its municipal Wi- Fi business. That issue, along with its fledgling Helio mobile virtual network...

Katrina decision could cost industry millions

THE MOBILE-PHONE AND TOWER SECTORS could take a significant financial hit as a result of a new Federal Communications Commission mandate requiring backup power...

Nokia stepping up mobile advertising efforts: Exec says Google is welcome to grow overall space

Nokia Corp. is taking steps to become a more competitive player in mobile advertising, with an announcement last week that it would partner with...

Imagine all the cellphones

The holiday season can be stressful enough. But combine it with fears of high-tech/telecom domination by Microsoft Corp. or Google Inc. or Apple Inc....

Virgin Mobile USA’s ‘Wild’ QWERTY from Kyocera: Youth-oriented MVNO’s subs savvy on style

As Virgin Mobile USA Inc. has endured, even thrived, over its five-year life, it has seen its customer base transition from a play for...

Cisco:Focused on mobile to the core: WiMAX, convergence plays expand opportunity

Cisco Systems has made its network cores the centerpiece of many telecom and cable networks, and the company hopes to expand its presence in...

WE’RE JAMMING: Cell jammers, boosters targeted by industry

The wireless industry wants the Federal Communications Commission to adopt a get-tough policy by explicitly outlawing the sale and use of equipment designed to...

Americas, MEA to drive W-CDMA device growth

More than 1 billion W-CDMA handsets are expected to ship between 2006 and 2012, representing a compound annual growth rate of 22%, according to...

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

So Amazon.com released a new electronic book reader called the "Kindle." It's pretty neat stuff: You can download new books wirelessly via Sprint Nextel's...

Carriers to push mobile VoIP service

Mobile Voice over Internet Protocol will quickly overtake voice-over-Wi-Fi technology and become a mainstream form of communication, predicts a new study from research firm...

Mobile backhaul market to top $8B by 2010

The market for mobile first-mile backhaul equipment is expected to reach $8.2 billion by 2010, according to a new report from Infonetics Research.The company...

Buongiorno responds to Florida AG lawsuit

Buongiorno, a mobile content provider, responded to a request for comment on the story on page 11 of this issue after that page had...

TIMES ARE A CHANGING: Fight begins to brew over who controls the customer

WITH THE EMERGENCE OF NEW PLAYERS in mobile from the information technology space and the dominating importance of applications to drive revenue in wireless,...

Redline base station to operate at 3.65 GHz

Redline Communications Inc. said the Federal Communications Commission approved its WiMAX base station to operate at 3.65 GHz in the United States. The WiMAX...

Kindling hope, and doubt: Amazon device sparks chatter

"CAN SOMETHING AS EVOLVED as the book be improved?" Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos asks himself rhetorically on the online superstore's homepage, clearly hoping to...

Vermont in the way of VZW’s RCC purchase

THERE HAVE BEEN BIGGER wireless deals before the Federal Communications Commission this year, but perhaps none as controversial and potentially precedent-setting as its consideration...

USF panel’s recommendations chafe rural carriers

A federal-state panel recommended that the Federal Communications Commission cap government subsidies for rural wireless deployment as part of a broader effort to reform...

T-Mobile USA to resume sales of Sidekick Slide next week

T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will restart sales of the Motorola Inc.-built Sidekick Slide starting next week. The carrier said Motorola will fix the...

Euro-squabble breaks out over locked iPhones in Germany : T-Mobile unlocks for nearly triple the price to comply with court order

That sucking sound you hear is Steve Jobs trying to get air after laughing too hard at the spectacle of German operators fighting over...
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