Yearly Archives: 2007

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...

FBI wants first notice when phone records stolen

WASHINGTON-Privacy groups oppose Bush administration efforts to require wireless carriers and others to delay notifying customers when phone records and other personal data are...

Yakety Yak Wireless talks up new CEO

Cellphone retailer Yakety Yak Wireless Inc. announced it named a new CEO. David Timlin, a longtime retail executive, will take the company reins from...

Wall Street worries over InfoSpace results

Mobile content and technology vendor InfoSpace Inc. announced a net loss for the full-year 2006, news that appeared to upset investors as the company's...

Google intros Maps application for Windows Mobile

Google Inc. introduced a new version of its Maps application for Windows Mobile-based smartphones. The application is available for download on Google's Web site....

Palm discontinues non-cellular PDA

Palm Inc. said it would no longer make the LifeDrive PDA it launched less than two years ago, a move that highlights two trends...

Verizon Wireless outlines Rev. A deployments

Verizon Wireless gave details on its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A network deployments, service launches that come just a few months after Sprint Nextel...

Ericsson down on sluggish outlook

L.M. Ericsson announced that it brought in a net income of $1.4 billion in the most recent quarter, representing a 14-percent rise over the...

Apple, Cisco resume talks over iPhone trademark

In a short statement issued by both companies, Apple Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. said they have agreed to restart negotiations over Apple's use...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier Standard & Poor's Ratings...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

Telular withdraws from fixed cellphone efforts

The ferocious competition in world markets among cellphone makers is forcing a Chicago company toward the sidelines. Telular Corp., a provider of fixed cellphones...

Bango to track demographics for advertisers

Bango is the latest outfit to jump on the mobile advertising bandwagon, unveiling a service designed to track the effectiveness of wireless marketing campaigns.The...

FCC considers treating wireless broadband as an ‘information service’

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said the agency is considering treating wireless broadband Internet service as an "information service," a classification that would...

Off-deck growing, but still a challenge

A small group of players in the wireless industry have been gathering at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., this week for the...

Google: We’ll make money on wireless by 2008

During the company's quarterly conference call, Google Inc. executives spoke at length about the future of the mobile search space and highlighted areas where...

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...
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