Monthly Archives: January, 2008

More football fans hit ESPN’s mobile site than its PC pages: Shift could be a bellwether for the medium

The biggest upset of this football season may have been Appalachian State University's victory over Michigan. But for the mobile-marketing industry, it came the...

Free Wi-Fi for San Fran back on the menu

San Francisco's long-delayed plan to bring free, citywide Wi-Fi coverage to its more than 800,000 residents seems to have been revived. Meraki Networks Inc....

Cellphones to dominate for navigation, study finds

Standalone navigation devices will give way to mobile phones as the worldwide portable navigation market explodes over the next several years, according to a...

Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile USA weigh in on white spaces

Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. urged the Federal Communications Commission to embrace a plan to allocate vacant TV channels -- known as...

Pudding raises $8M in quest to place ads into phone conversations

Pudding Media announced it raised $8 million in its first round of venture funding. VC firms Opus Capital and BRM Capital led the round.Pudding,...

Sling aims at BlackBerrys

Sling Media Inc. announced its video-viewing software will run on Blackberry devices starting later this year. The company will demonstrate the new application on...

Verizon Wireless sues Alltel over ad claims: Fight centers on ability to change plans without affecting contracts

Verizon Wireless filed a civil suit against Alltel Corp., accusing the No. 5 carrier of false advertising. Verizon Wireless' suit takes issue with an...

Study: Cellphone-toting motorists contribute to traffic

A new study concludes drivers who talk on cellphones contribute to traffic congestion, a consequence compounding well-documented dangers of operating wireless devices while behind...

Moto unveils standalone mobile TV gadget: DVB-H device likely bound for international markets

Motorola Inc. unveiled a standalone broadcast mobile television device that it hopes will appeal to TV fans who want to go mobile. The device...

ChaCha mobilizes search with human ‘guides’

The crowded mobile search space welcomed a new player as ChaCha brought its online service to wireless.The Indianapolis startup unveiled a short-code based version...

OpenMoko spins off, intros new open-source gadget

OpenMoko Inc. has become an independent subsidiary of parent First International Computer Inc. (FIC) in pursuit of a slice of the mobile handset business...

AT&T Mobility nabs 19,000 subscribers through W. Va. carrier buy: Carrier consolidation continues

AT&T Mobility announced it completed its acquisition of Easterbrooke Cellular Corp., a rural wireless carrier with services in West Virginia operating under the Cellular...

Worst of the Week: Flying unicorns

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...

More states prohibit chatting and driving

New cellphone driver-distraction laws went into effect Jan. 1 in Oregon and Washington state.According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Oregon will now...

Qualcomm to fight rulings on chips bearing Broadcom patents: Analysts await earnings calls to gauge financial impact

On Monday, a federal judge said that Qualcomm Inc. must end the sale in the United States of W-CDMA chips that infringe on three...

Twistbox to go public through shell company

Mobile entertainment publisher Twistbox Entertainment Inc. plans to go public through a reverse merger with Mandalay Media Inc., a Los Angeles-based shell company.Twistbox boasts...

Nokia Siemens snaps up Apertio for $206M

Nokia Siemens Networks started off the new year with a $206 million purchase of Apertio Ltd., which provides real-time subscriber data platforms and other...

A disappointing holiday season for retailers: Amazon’s Christmas was merry, but most others saw only modest sales bumps

It looks as though most U.S. retailers won't be getting the merry green holiday they'd hoped for.Despite a last-minute sales bump last weekend, the...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Leap, RIM, Qualcomm and more

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 Services...
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