Monthly Archives: June, 2008

Making live music mobile

Concerts are nothing new on mobile. Sprint Nextel Corp. aired the first concert on mobile in 2005 with a huge marketing push behind a...

Apple App Store A $1.2 Billion Business In 2009

The iPhone install base will balloon and users will download at least two applications next year, according to a Piper Jaffray assessment.

Verizon announces trio of LG devices for summer

I guess you have no choice but to announce a few handsets that have been leaked all over the place or it was all...

Paths crisscrossing on mobile playground

Two big mobile players made headlines in the past few days, but they seem to be headed in very different directions.Apple once again displayed...

Hurdles remain for VZW’s planned acquisition of RCC : Vermont remains sticking point

The Justice Department's agreement to let Verizon Wireless purchase Rural Cellular Corp. so long as the No. 2 mobile-phone carrier sells off a handful...

Patent decision could have wide-ranging impact: Qualcomm downplaying significance of decision

Qualcomm Inc. is downplaying a Supreme Court decision that restricts the ability of a patent holder to continue to collect royalties after an invention...

AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA in dustup over Wi-Fi at Starbucks

AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA Inc. have exchanged lawsuits claiming the other has breached agreements related to the carriers' providing Wi-Fi access in Starbucks...

UTStarcom offloads infrastructure biz

UTStarcom Inc.'s infrastructure business has gone private. The company, which also makes a range of cellphones, has sold its mobile solutions business unit to...

REVIEW: ChaCha’s answers much better than anticipated

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point...

Moto wireless partner sues tech giant over streaming video

A Wisconsin-based startup that once partnered with Motorola Inc. to help it patent wireless-camera technology is suing Moto for fraud, patent infringement and breach...

Sprint Nextel, Verizon Wireless gear up for summer PTT battle: Push to talk set for a renaissance

The once hotly contested push-to-talk market appears set for a competitive resurgence as the nation's two largest CDMA carriers are rolling out new PTT...

3 Internet providers to block access to child pornography

Deal reached in N.Y. will affect entire country

Nokia rolls out new E-series handsets

Nokia is set to start selling a group of E-series enterprise handsets and the top-of-the-range N96 multimedia device, a Reuters report said.

FMC News: IntelliNet Technologies Buys Azaire Networks

Thanks to a newly announced merger, IntelliNet Technologies soon will market a combined controller/security gateway/AAA function to OEMs as it pursues the holy grail...

ETSI pushes for M2M standardization

Europe's telecommunications standards body ETSI (Sophia Antipolis, France) is to establish a focus group to look at the approaches needed to standardize the fast...

Sprint, Clearwire Promise Two-Way Internet Video

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Sprint Nextel and Clearwire pledged Monday to deliver wireless Internet access to police, firefighters and schools at speeds fast enough to...

GPS semiconductor firms face ‘uncertain future’

Semiconductor vendors that pioneered the GPS market are facing an "uncertain future", experts warn.. ABI Research said that such firms are at...

A Hot Streak for Retailers

A slowing job market and $4 gasoline present a minefield for retailers. Good thing it's hot outside.

Telecoms Shines Amid the Gloom

The credit market collapse supposedly put an end to mergers and acquisitions.

The state of mobile advertising

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

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Alcatel-Lucent and more

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...

AT&T scores new business deal for 3G iPhone

While the 3G iPhone includes a number of new technologies to excite tech-savvy phone users, it's the device's price and enterprise focus that could...

Apple details 3G iPhone : To launch in 22 countries on July 11

SAN FRANCISCO - You could cut the anticipation with a knife leading up to Apple Inc.'s Worldwide Developer Conference this morning. The company delivered...

Verizon Wireless merges online business tools

Verizon Wireless is merging its online tools for business subscribers. The carrier, working alongside parent company Verizon Communications Inc.'s Verizon Business division, has launched...

Innovation must be institutionalized to drive content adoption

ATLANTA - Innovation has to become institutionalized if wireless content is going to be successful, AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega last week...
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