May 2008

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

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 Web applications, and completes the package …

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 evolve.

PARIS – The world’s top handset maker Nokia Oyj expects the role of the Linux operating system in its product portfolio to increase as the role of its internet-focused devices …

NEW YORK – Hulu, the video website owned by News and NBC Universal, said its service will be distributed on seven new sites, making its archive of popular television shows …

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 its estimates on Leap Wireless to …

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

WASHINGTON — President Bush announced Wednesday that Americans soon will be allowed to send cellphones to Cubans — a move that he hopes will push the communist regime to increase …

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

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

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

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 doesn’t lack one bit in the …

The simple banner ad: Those tiny little slivers of real estate on tiny little cellphone screens produce the same level of brand recall as a 30-second television commercial, a Verizon …

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 an entrenched business practice that they …

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 their insights into the marketplace. In …

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 to the carrier’s $60-per-month DataConnect plan …

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 content regularly, allowing us to call up the …

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 urged to find new momentum for …

HP has introduced a smaller and lighter version of its mobile thin client device as it ramps up its desktop virtualisation offerings. The new HP 2533t features a 12 inch …

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

Its gains fly in the face of current economic downturn, says analyst. Apple Inc. ‘s Macs accounted for 66% of all personal computers priced at $1,000 or more sold at …

Travelling in this electronic age is all very nice – it’s now easy to communicate with the folks back home, send them photos, catch up on news in New Zealand, …

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 suite of in-vehicle modems. The PinPoint …

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 and vendor. The value of the …

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Motorola Inc (MOT.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) said on Tuesday that a U.S. judge had approved a settlement, at no cost to the cell …