Monthly Archives: April, 2008

T-Mobile Germany: clearance sale on 8GB iPhone

Starting April 7, T-Mobile Germany will drop the price of its lower-tier iPhone to $156, from $628. The newer, 16 GB version retains its...

It’s alive! : Nokia launches N-Gage platform

Nokia Corp. quietly - and finally - launched its N-Gage gaming platform.The handset-maker-cum-content-company made five games available on its online storefront, and teased...

Cross-Atlantic union ties could impact T-Mobile USA

The Communications Workers of America said it joined forces with Germany's largest union, potentially giving organized labor more leverage to secure unionization of T-Mobile...

PHOTOGUIDE: CTIA Wireless 2008 ShowScene

The CTIA Wireless show is always the scene of all sorts of funny, crazy goings-on. From cranes to giant robots, you have to be...

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

Well, April Fools' Day came and went without much notice during the CTIA Wireless 2008 show. That's disheartening because the CTIA show presents the...

AT&T Mobility’s mobile TV to run Sony movies

Sony Pictures Television will broadcast movies on one of the two exclusive mobile TV channels that AT&T Mobility is gearing up to launch this...

Post-CTIA show syndrome

Excited by the initial buzz of CTIA, Red Bull and Vegas, (Did I mention how much I love this city? It's perfect. Just perfect.)...

Show off a little

When is the wireless industry, collectively and individually, going to start showing off a little?The networks are being built. The devices will take care...

Motorola cutting more jobs

Motorola Inc. is cutting 2,600 jobs as part of an effort to trim $500 million in annual costs to cope with declining revenue. Many...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Aperto, iControl, Vlingo and more

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included...

MMA to test mobile ad effectiveness

The Mobile Marketing Association is teaming with ioglobal Inc. to measure the effectiveness of mobile ads.The Denver-based industry association said it is backing ioglobal's...

LTE to cover much of 700 MHz band, but deployments still on horizon: Qualcomm to use auction winnings for MediaFLO

The nation's top two carriers plan to deploy Long Term Evolution network technology over their recent spectrum winnings. However, Verizon Wireless executives said an...

Cyren Call: Don’t blame us for Frontline’s demise

Cyren Call Communications Corp. said it never demanded long-term payments as a condition for a winning bidder of the 700 MHz national commercial/public-safety license,...

RIM shares rock on strong financials

Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. surged after the BlackBerry maker reported strong quarterly revenues and offered a rosy forecast for the current quarter.The...

Worst of the Week: The iPhone at CTIA

I know there is a lot of news to talk about.During this year's CTIA Wireless show, we got to see a bunch of fun,...

PHOTOGUIDE: The phones of CTIA 2008

LAS VEGAS -- As usual, the CTIA Wireless show stood as a launch pad for a variety of new devices coming onto the market...

AT&T Mobility, VZW update retail experience

The country's two largest wireless carriers are stepping up their retail experience, with more interactivity and new design elements. AT&T Mobility is introducing Microsoft...

Amazon launches text-to-buy option

Amazon.com is making purchases from its Web site as easy as sending a text message. The online retailer announced a new service called Amazon...

Movida turns out the lights: Spanish language MVNO files for bankruptcy protection

If MVNOs had a theme song, it would probably be "Another One Bites the Dust." Movida Communications Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this...

Public safety now part of most commercial wireless conversations

A profound -- but predictably understandable -- policy shift has been evolving since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and horrific hurricanes four years later....

Mobile TV space looks for growth in 2008

Mobile television is all over the place, yet going nowhere fast all at the same time. Consumer choice for TV and video on their...

Remember voice? : Start-up tackles quality on most-used feature

Flashback to CTIA 2006: As former Nokia Corp. CEO Jorma Ollila gave his farewell address to the industry two years ago this spring, he...

700 MHz trial balloon

Telecom policymakers and special-interest groups are fond of talking about ubiquity, making sure communications -- wireless, wireline, Internet and video -- are within reach...

Mobile banking: Poised to cash in

She has been on your TV set for about a year now. If you grew up in the 1970s, the girl in the commercial...
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