Yearly Archives: 2007

Nortel loses CFO

Nortel Networks Ltd. announced that Peter Currie will step down as chief financial officer of the telecom equipment maker, effective April 30. The latest...

Investors smile on Aepona, Colibria

Two European companies in the wireless telecom sector announced new infusions of venture capital funding. Aepona, a supplier of telecom infrastructure and application platforms...

Bush budget tallies $21B from spectrum over next 5 years

President Bush's 2008 budget plan would allow the Federal Communications Commission to assess fees on un-auctioned wireless licenses and to auction domestic satellite licenses,...

Super Bowl ads highlight wireless

Most viewers spent Sunday afternoon rooting for either the Bears or Colts, but wireless types were busy cheering on mobile marketing. Anheuser-Busch was perhaps...

MAKING MADE FOR MOBILE: Wireless firms continue push for exclusive content for cellphones

Amp'd Mobile Inc. continued to expand its impressive content portfolio, inking deals with actor Jack Black and "24" producer Howard Gordon to offer original,...

Voce expands handset lineup with Treo, Moto, Nokia

High-end mobile virtual network operator Voce expanded its handset lineup with the inclusion of Palm Inc.'s Treo smartphone, a move that raises the question...

Leap overhauls Cricket Web site

Leap Wireless International Inc. has a new, flashier Web site for its Cricket unlimited wireless service. "We are always looking for ways to make...

Monday, Feb. 5, 2007

Partnership marks Vignette’s foray into cross-platform content

Vignette is partnering with a couple of well-known mobile partners on a framework designed to manage and deliver content to both PCs and mobile...

Analyst Angle: Get the message?

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...

Hiwire, MediaFLO: head to head in Vegas

While Qualcomm Inc.'s MediaFLO and Crown Castle International Corp.'s Modeo L.L.C. service have been taking up most of the ink on mobile broadcast TV,...

ETC

Wireless UAs if the costs of tuition and books weren't enough, some students are finding wireless technology is causing their student fees to increase....

Mobile marketing firm settles class-action over text messaging spam

Mobile-phone users who received unwanted text messages may get up to $150 following what appears to be an unprecedented settlement.Chicago law firm Blim &...

Reaction to iPhone

Compete Inc.: "While Apple says it will soon reinvent the (music phone) category with the iPhone, shoppers say price, if not the need to...

iPhone inkblot causes wireless tizzy: Industry players reveal bemusement, fear and new ideas

Aided by elements such as its reputation, anticipation-fueled rumors and tight secrecy, Apple Inc.'s iPhone announcement in early January acted much like a Rorschach...

Is there a doctor in the house?

Senate Commerce Committee members last week lamented-one after the other-the many policy ills confronted by the Federal Communications Commission. The universal service regime is...

Fikl Pikl

As a testament to the fickleness of the wireless industry, Motorola Inc., once the bell of the handset ball, has fallen on hard...

Squeezing 3G into that 2G dress: Handset’s waistline and costs need to mimic previous generation

Motorola Inc.'s recent, sobering earnings report came with a number of explanations of how the American vendor would turn things around. Motorola executives mentioned,...

Upstart targets backseat riders with mobile hot spots

For the young social networking addicts of the world, one of the last vestiges of computer-deficient spaces-the moving vehicle-may soon be MySpace-enabled through Wi-Fi....

Hedgehogging

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.--If you are one of the 12...

Paid to play: Ad-based gaming gaining ground

The world of mobile gaming encompasses roughly a half-dozen genres, from first-person shooters to pick-up-and-play casual titles. And now, finally, the wise money management...

Executive Interview: Rich Rosenthal

Through the years, Warner Bros. has become synonymous with long-standing, popular sitcoms. Soon after marketers brainstorm their latest and greatest advertising blitzes, you can...

NTIA, NHTSA draw ire of lawmakers for not dispensing grants

Senate lawmakers blasted Bush administration policy-makers over the implementation of a $43.5 million matching grant program to upgrade emergency dispatch centers so they can...

McCain throws support behind Cyren Call spectrum proposal

Cyren Call Communications Corp. and the nation's first responders found a big-time lawmaker to champion legislation that would redirect 30 megahertz of auction-bound spectrum...
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