Monthly Archives: January, 2008

Let the bidding begin: Concern remains, but 700 MHz auction set

IT'S GAME TIME.The wireless industry's version of March Madness is set to tip off Jan. 24, with 214 applicants vying for 1,099 spectrum licenses...

AT&T Mobility set to join mobile TV space

AFTER NUMEROUS DELAYS, AT&T Mobility is preparing to launch broadcast mobile TV service from MediaFLO USA Inc. in early February, according to sources close...

What?! No 3G iPhone?: Phooey: MacWorld news sends Apple stock on a rollercoaster

Having sent Apple Inc.'s stock steadily skyward in recent months, Wall Street turned on the company like a wounded hyena last week after CEO...

More than just black and white lines: Barcodes gaining a foothold in domestic wireless market

Few mobile offerings have a longer - or more uninspiring - history in the United States than barcodes. But the odd-looking little images may...

New iDEN handset at Sprint Nextel: Refreshing the portfolio renews questions on future

It would be perilous to deduce overly broad implications from the release of a single handset - even if it is an iDEN handset...

Sun’s plans for MySQL:wireless?

Sun Microsystems Inc. raised eyebrows and garnered splashy headlines when it announced plans to acquire MySQL Inc. for $1 billion. But what the deal...

Family Research Council calls for ‘safe’ broadband: FCC gets mixed bag of comments on how it should craft rules for AWS III band

The Federal Communications Commission's attempt to craft rules for the 2155-2175 MHz band has been met with the kind of mixed industry feedback expected...

TIA,WCA warn against Globalstar ‘cellular’moves: Mobile satellite provider wants to deploy WiMAX network using terrestrial component in rural areas

Globalstar Inc.'s bid to secure additional mobile satellite service spectrum for land-based networks - including a possible WiMAX system covering hundreds of rural communities...

Shifting balance of power: Operators’ control of mobile environment faces challenges

In roughly 25 years, the wireless and mobile industry has undergone three generations of technological change and stands on the threshold of a fourth....

AT&T Mobility repositions iPhone for business users: Apple’s SDK scheduled for release next month

AT&T Mobility is now selling the consumer-oriented iPhone by Apple Inc. as a productivity tool for business. The move may be in tandem with...

ARM, Intel, and the ghost of devices yet to come

Here's a hypothetical: What's the distinction between a smartphone, a MID, a PND, and a UMPC?Posing this type of question invites a geek fight....

AT&T Mobility inks exclusive for New York Times mobile site

The New York Times secured on-deck placement with AT&T Mobility. The nation's No. 1 carrier said it inked an exclusive, four-month deal to link...

Tech, spectrum decisions to impact investments in ’08

Mobile network infrastructure spending in North America in 2008 is likely to be down vs. 2007. We expect Wideband-CDMA network investments to accelerate as...

WiMAX opportunity bright, though challenges remain

WiMAX is currently seizing and will grow into a multibillion-dollar fixed and portable wireless market, regardless of its fortunes in the mobile cellular market....

Carriers need to spend money to make money: Why carriers need to spend to grow revenues and maintain margins

Gartner Inc. research indicates there are a number of reasons why carriers will continue to spend on network infrastructure in the next five to...

Location, location and (still) location: How wireless remains tethered to the store

One of the most powerful tenets of retail sales is the law of retail location. Seemingly irrespective of what the actual product is, without...

Rich mobile vision to drive investment

In the first half of 2007, mobile subscriber additions slowed to 10.4 million, the lowest level since 2003, and on a percentage basis, to...

Wi-Fi and 3G cellular: Learning to live together

The momentum of 3G data access has picked up speed as customers - particularly business users - experience the value of access to mobile...

It’s official: Sanyo sells handset division to Kyocera for $375M: Kyocera inherits major portion of Sprint Nextel portfolio

Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. will sell its ailing handset business -- and wireless infrastructure assets -- to Kyocera Corp. for about $375 million, the...

Open-access strategy to push M2M business to enterprises

Internet protocol-based broadband wireless is the catalyst that will foster services innovation sparking a second stage (Transition stage) of growth in the cellular machine-to-machine...

Mobile semiconductor suppliers face challenges to remain competitive

Although the global market for mobile handset baseband semiconductors will continue to expand in 2008, business conditions for suppliers of such solutions will become...

DirectTV users get mobile access to their digital recorders

DirectTV Inc. introduced a new mobile site that will allow its TV subscribers to manage their digital video recorders remotely. The new offering comes...

Apples and oranges

Walking through Fort Lauderdale Airport recently, I heard the oft-repeated warning that the public-safety threat has been raised to orange. I think its time...

Off the wall, again

Wall Street Journal editorialists must be feeling downright cocky about now, fresh off their inimitable 'I-told-you-so' jab at Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin...

Samsung, Sony Ericsson post solid results: Vendors’ earnings, volumes set stage for this week

The first two handset vendors to report fourth-quarter and full 2007 earnings last week both forecast 10% growth for their sector in 2008, on...
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