Monthly Archives: January, 2008

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Slash and cashVerizon Wireless said Guitar Hero III Mobile is its third-best-selling game of 2007 after only a few weeks of availability. The game,...

The mobile enterprise, 2008: ‘all over the map’

Demand for enterprise mobility should continue to ramp slowly this year, as companies move cautiously on well-thought-out strategies, according to two analysts who study...

For Qualcomm, it’s all in the family

Qualcomm Inc. will shuffle executives to bolster global growth and named CEO Paul Jacobs' brother, Jeff Jacobs, to the new post of chief marketing...

Mobile games get TV boost: Licensing deals expand reach, attract diverse demographic

Most mobile games challenge players to use their phones to kill alien invaders or drive race cars. But LimeLife Inc. CEO Kristin McDonnell wants...

Despite separation, Sprint Nextel, Clearwire remain committed to mobile WiMAX

Despite the unceremonious break-up that shattered plans for a nationwide mobile WiMAX network partnership between Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp., both companies insist...

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

We are two shows into the 2008 show season and so far not much has been announced to trip up the wireless market. The...

FCC to revisit pole attachments as part of broadband initiative

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin last week said the agency will re-examine the pole-attachment regulatory regime as part of a broader, ongoing effort...

WiMAX chips to generate $500M by 2012

The market for WiMAX chipsets will reach almost $500 million by 2012, driven mainly by embedded mobile WiMAX in mobile personal computers, according to...

Music-enabled phones spurring mobile music usage in U.S., W. Europe

The growing availability of cellphones that support music is spurring increasing mobile music consumption in the United States and Western Europe, according to a...

TD-SCDMA protocol to face challenges beyond China

TD-SCDMA technology likely will be the dominant third-generation technology in China thanks to the government support it receives there, but the technology will face...

Analyst Angle: Driving connectivity

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the...

December infrastructure awards

The following infrastructure contracts were announced in December:

Lawmakers worry over fate of 700 MHz D Block

A top member of the House Homeland Security Committee advised Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin not to scrap plans to auction the 700...

T-Mobile goes for user-generated Sidekick ads: Carrier returns to Current.com to let consumers create advertisements

Like L'Oreal, Sony and Toyota before it, T-Mobile USA Inc. is back for second helpings of user-generated ad spots from the contributors at Current.com.The...

National Research Council calls for further studies on cellphone radiation

A National Research Council report calls for more research into the potential health effects of long-term exposure to radiation emitted by cellphones and other...

Virgin Mobile USA faces suit over financial disclosures

A Pennsylvania law firm slapped Virgin Mobile USA Inc. with a lawsuit claiming the operator misrepresented financial information in advance of its October initial...

FCC begins new round of white-spaces testing

The Federal Communications Commission said the next round of laboratory testing of prototype TV white-spaces devices will begin Jan. 24, a public process lasting...

Massive customer losses force Sprint Nextel to cut jobs, stores: Carrier’s stock dips to 5-year low

Sprint Nextel Corp. is continuing its battle to right a listing ship. The nation's No. 3 carrier announced it would cut 4,000 jobs and...

Pizza wars: Pizza Hut throws pie-hat into ring

Pizza Hut is the latest pie-maker to go mobile with a wireless Web site and text offering that allows users to order pizzas from...

Worst of the Week: The 700 MHz club and other terrible jokes

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

Virgin Mobile, Qualcomm get new CMOs

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. announced that it has promoted Bob Stohrer to chief marketing officer of the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). Stohrer, who...

Terminator and the rise of integrated marketing: Verizon Wireless signs on for ‘Sarah Connor Chronicles’ promotion

When it comes to sponsoring content, the 30-second commercial is no longer enough.Marketers these days talk about being tied to programming in new ways...

Washington state legislation could stymie Intelius

Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna has begun shopping a bill in the legislature that would ban third-party marketing of cellphone numbers without consent...

Martin: 700 MHz show will go on

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said Wall Street woes and recession fears could affect the 700 MHz auction and tacitly conceded disappointment that...

Survey: 411 most popular mobile search

At least 46.1 million wireless subscribers used mobile search functions in the third quarter of 2007, according to a new report released by Nielsen...
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