Monthly Archives: May, 2008

Philippine provider to offer free phones

A Philippine mobile service provider plans to offer free service to subscribers who agree to receive advertisements on their cell phones, company officials said...

Opera’s new software kit beckons to widget developers

Opera's latest release is an SDK that makes widgets specs widely available to third-party developers. The development kit supports major languages for creating advanced...

Wireless industry going through its AOL phase

The mobile Internet industry very much resembles the fixed Internet industry of the mid-1990s: lots of promise, but the business models have yet to...

Nokia to crank up Linux use in smartphones

PARIS - The world's top handset maker Nokia Oyj expects the role of the Linux operating system in its product portfolio to increase as...

Hulu grows as free movie model proven

NEW YORK - Hulu, the video website owned by News and NBC Universal, said its service will be distributed on seven new sites, making...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Sprint Nextel, Aruba, American Tower 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--Credit Suisse First Boston lowered...

Cell phone users may get break on fees

The government is quietly negotiating to help cell phone customers avoid expensive fees when they cancel contracts with wireless companies, The Associated Press has...

Bush: Americans can send cellphones to Cuba

WASHINGTON -- President Bush announced Wednesday that Americans soon will be allowed to send cellphones to Cubans -- a move that he hopes will...

Wireless security better than you think

Wi-Fi security has greatly improved over the past few years, so it's time to stop reviving the arguments of the past.

Sprint May Limit Its Unlimited 3G Plan

Will Sprint follows its competitors lead and restrict mobile broadband subscribers to 5 gigabytes of monthly combined upstream and downstream data usage?

New Clearwire Won’t Use Google Fiber

I was never much for the annoying and persistent rumor that Google was going to become a national broadband provider.

Adderton, post-Amp’d, launches latest project: building digital media businesses : ‘I’m about game changing’

Peter Adderton, the man behind Boost Mobile and Amp'd Mobile Inc., has unveiled his next business venture. And like those before it, the plan...

Click-through rates of 43% and other morsels

The simple banner ad: Those tiny little slivers of real estate on tiny little cellphone screens produce the same level of brand recall as...

RCA claims exclusive contracts are a bad deal for rural customers

Rural mobile-phone operators have asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate exclusivity deals between the industry's major carriers and handset vendors, taking aim at...

What affect will an economic slowdown have on mobile data revenues?

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give...

AT&T Mobility includes free Wi-Fi with data plans

AT&T Mobility is providing Web-hungry users with free Internet. The catch? They must already be an AT&T customer.Qualifying AT&T Mobility LaptopConnect customers who subscribe...

REVIEW: Slim pickings for Zumobi spell disaster in crowded mobile Web space

Application: ZumobiRunning on: Samsung ACE running Windows Mobile 6 on Sprint Nextel's EV-DO network.Yay: Zumobi usually runs in the background and updates...

Can Samsung Survive Without Guiding Light?

Lee Yoon-woo, the new CEO of Samsung Electronics officially started his job Tuesday. And Samsung officials couldn"t be happier as the technology giant is...

HP extends mobile thin client range

HP has introduced a smaller and lighter version of its mobile thin client device as it ramps up its desktop virtualisation offerings. ...

India says RIM to resolve BlackBerry issue in 2 mths

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Research in Motion (RIM.TO: Quote , Profile , Research ) (RIMM.

Apple owns 66% of $1,000-plus retail market, NPD Group says

Its gains fly in the face of current economic downturn, says analyst. Apple Inc. 's Macs accounted for 66% of all personal computers priced...

How mobile is mobile?

Travelling in this electronic age is all very nice - it's now easy to communicate with the folks back home, send them photos, catch...

Sierra shows off new in-vehicle modem

Sierra Wireless introduced its PinPoint XT intelligent device targeted at vehicle tracking, fleet management and telematics applications.The product is part of the company's AirLink...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Alcatel-Lucent, Intracom and Tranzeo

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

Motorola settles Iridium bankruptcy cases

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc (MOT.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) said on Tuesday that a U.S. judge had approved a settlement,...
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