Monthly Archives: May, 2008

Barnes & Noble launches mobile site

In case book buyers felt limited by stores, direct mail and online options, Barnes & Noble is adding one more: mobile phones.The Manhattan-based book...

Mobile Ad Revenue To Hit $10 Billion By 2013

Mobile advertising revenue worldwide will increase from $1.4 billion in 2007 to more than $10 billion by 2013, according to a study by Heavy...

Welcome to the Weekend Web

When they use their mobile phones to go online, Americans flock to different sites than when they surf from their computers. Meet the mobile...

Cisco revs up mobility engine

Network equipment maker Cisco has unveiled a new mobility appliance, which it claims will ease businesses' path to unified collaboration. The Cisco...

Amazon Kindle: A Wireless Trojan Horse

The Amazon Kindle e-book reader is back in the news again with a headline $40 device price cut to US$359, with Jeff Bezos giving...

Devices & Strategy: Samsung serves Virgin Mobile USA : Mutual interests reflected in slider camera phone

It's been said that football is a game of inches, a description that might also be applied to the handset market. And, as in...

Microsoft mobile sites get updated, microsoft.com included

If you expect a growth in sales for your mobile operating system over the coming years, it follows that you make sure your sites...

India’s Tata to Launch Qualcomm Based A-GPS Service

India's Tata Teleservices has announced that it will commercially deploy a new location-based service that is the first to use Qualcomm's Assisted GPS (A-GPS)...

Wireless Broadband To Boost U.S. Economy

The continued adoption of wireless broadband technologies will have a major positive impact on the U.S. economy, according to a new report by the...

Corporate network perimeters eroding

New research claims that IT security vendors are developing products to support a next-generation of "deperimeterised" business networks that have been opened up to...

Nokia Says Single-chip Plan Not Hit by Infineon Delay

STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Nokia said Thursday its plan to use one chip for radio technology in its mobile handsets is still on track, despite...

Wireless Phone Advertisers Spent $4 Billion on Ads in ’07

Advertisers in the Wireless Telephone Services category spent nearly $4.1 billion in 2007 - an increase of $431 million (12 percent) over 2006, according...

Litigation continues: Sprint Nextel gets another class action

Sprint Nextel Corp. has been hit with a new class-action lawsuit alleging subscribers were billed for text messaging they did not authorize, litigation that...

D-Block comments begin rolling in: ‘Just give it away,’ argues one exec

THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION SET A JUNE 20 DEADLINE for public comment on D-Block revisions, but already the agency has begun receiving suggestions from...

Qualcomm’s BREW gets Flashed : Vendors roll out wares during annual conference

Qualcomm Inc.'s annual BREW developer's conference got underway this morning, and the obligatory stream of news from the company's home base in San Diego...

TeliaSonera signs for iPhone in 7 countries: Another domino falls: Russia and China remain

TeliaSonera, the Stockholm-based network operator, will offer Apple Inc.'s iPhone this year to some portion of the 115 million subscribers it covers in seven...

Mobile backhaul to “kick off in 2009”

Wireless carriers and backhaul transport providers spent $3.7 billion worldwide on mobile backhaul equipment last year, and spending is expected to grow in the...

In-building wireless set for strong growth

More than half a million buildings will be equipped with in-building wireless systems by 2013, according to a new report from ABI Research.ABI said...

Google shows touchy-feely Android phone

Search giant shows off Android at its Google I/O conference, including its touch-screen interface and ability to shift a Street View as the user...

Moto’s slippage threatens domestic dominance: Surges by Samsung and LG narrow the gap

The Razr cut both ways. In the past two years, as its Razr-driven joyride skidded into a ditch, Motorola Inc.'s massive advantage in its...

Get Ready For A Wire-Free Enterprise

It's an oversimplification to say that 802.11n heralds the era of the wire-free office--though with top speeds of up to 300 Mbps, it's clearly...

Can WiMax Go The Distance?

Recent reports that it may be headed for a fall position WiMax as a long shot in the race for 4G wide area wireless...

Americans Browse 4.6 Hours a Month on Smartphones, Brits Browse 2.5 Hours

In part due to social networking and internet commerce, smartphone users are spending an average of more than 4.6 hours per month browsing the...

Femtocells may sound like science fiction, but they could prove pivotal in expanding cellular coverage: Bridging the gap

Femtocells - sounds like a science fiction term for robotic feminine cells - but it's just another buzzword for a new technology and product...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Leap, Nortel, Starent 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--Lehman Brothers raised its price...
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