Monthly Archives: July, 2008

Hackers crack cash machine PIN codes to steal millions

Citibank machines in 7-Eleven stores targetted in most effective remote PIN code theft scam in US banking history. Millions of bank customers face a...

Blockbuster may do Circuit deal later: report

(Reuters) - Blockbuster Inc (BBI.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ), which abandoned its offer to buy Circuit City Stores Inc...

Huawei seeking capital and foothold in U.S.

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., the Chinese vendor of entry-tier phones, is seeking a capital infusion for its handset division to fuel international expansion of...

A conversation with Nokia’s Mary McDowell, chief development officer

Won't it take time to develop an open-source version of Symbian, giving competing open-source groups time to get their products out? One of the...

Nokia, Telenor sign Internet services deal

HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Thursday it had signed a cooperation agreement with Norwegian telcom group Telenor for...

Consolidation presses roaming issues: Congress, smaller carriers fear unreasonable requirements

While wireless providers - large and small - differ on such hot-button issues as universal service support, exclusive handset arrangements and special access, the...

Huawei’s handset biz draws desire, and capital, of private equity: Moto apparently left out in cold

Huawei Technologies Co. has five interested suitors seeking a stake in the Chinese telecom company's handset division, according to today's Wall Street Journal. The...

T-Mobile USA balks at FCC’s plans for AWS-3 auction

T-Mobile USA Inc. asked the Federal Communications Commission to extend up to three months the public comment cycle for a controversial free wireless Internet...

Lawsuits target alleged government cellphone tracking

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the Bush administration in federal court to obtain records on allegedly unchecked cellphone...

VIDEO: Vlingo elbows for room on speech-recognition field : Firm uses D2C to ‘talk’ on BlackBerries

Speech recognition technology wins the "the most over-promised and under-delivered of all time award," according to vlingo Corp. CEO Dave Grannan. But the space...

Motorola Survey Reveals Significant Savings From Mobile Worker Use of GPS-Enabled Technologies

North American Information Technology (IT) decision makers within the transportation, manufacturing and trucking/warehousing industries stated that global positioning system (GPS) technologies are an essential...

Calif. motorists drop cell phones, pick up hands-free devices

LOS ANGELES---- Millions of California motorists have had to put down their cell phones or risk a ticket as a new law takes effect...

Yahoo signs U.K. mobile-advertising deal

Under the deal, the Internet company will supply ads for network operator 3 UK's mobile-Internet portal, starting later this month. It already has partnership...

EU Approves Nokia’s $8.1 Billion Acquisition Of Navteq

The addition of Navteq's location services creates an online maps powerhouse that will compete with Tom Tom and potentially the Google Android set.

Mobile Software Blends Wi-Fi/GPS Signal for Accuracy

Skyhook Wireless upgrades mobile wireless package.Skyhook Wireless has released the latest version of its positioning software , adding new algorithms to blend Wi-Fi and...

EU opens bidding for Galileo satnav network

BRUSSELS - The European Commission invited bids on Tuesday for contractors to participate in the construction of the European Union's much delayed Galileo satellite...

TV ad spending to set record in presidential race

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The 2008 presidential race, which has already drawn a record number of dollars and voters, is poised to shatter another...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Rogers, Ericsson, Syniverse 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--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services...

Sprint Nextel claims MSS operators delinquent on rebanding payments

Sprint Nextel Corp. has sued ICO Global Communications Ltd. and TerreStar Networks Inc. to force the mobile satellite service licensees to pay the No....

One small step for mobile music?

Verizon Wireless' latest effort in the full-track download space is a step in the right direction for mobile music. But it's a very small...

Class action claims Sprint Nextel shorted pay to store employees

Sprint Nextel Corp. is facing a class-action lawsuit that alleges the No. 3 mobile-phone carrier violated federal and state labor laws for failing to...

FCC urged to forgo AWS-3 conditions

Two key House Republicans urged the Federal Communications Commission not to attach conditions to advanced wireless services-3 spectrum and to forgo approval of final...

REVIEW: Smash! Pow! GoComics poised to please comic book fans

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...

UTStarcom sells N.A. handset distribution business

UTStarcom Inc. will sell its personal communications division to private equity investors for at least $240 million, the company said today.The PCD business primarily...

Devices & Strategy: Relying on Instinct: Sprint hits back with touch

Sprint Nextel Corp. has launched an expensive, frontal assault on rivals in a bid for a hit handset that will resuscitate its fortunes. While...
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