Monthly Archives: August, 2008

Synchronica up on acquisition, funding

Synchronica said it will fork over roughly $5 million in new shares to acquire fellow mobile e-mail provider AxisMobile.A U.K.-based firm that provides over-the-air...

Verizon Wireless offers new parental control features

Mimicking a recent move by rival T-Mobile USA Inc., Verizon Wireless is now offering "more-control" options for parents. Verizon Wireless' new service, dubbed "Usage...

Ad networks could grow mobile advertising

Online ad networks are booming as publishers scramble to place marketing messages on a glut of unsold advertising space. And that may be good...

VIDEO: Green in Mobile

More than 3 billion people own a cellphone. It's arguably the hottest consumer electronics product ever. But that...

Femtocell market could hit $1.8B by 2013

A study from ABI Research predicts the market for femtocell semiconductors could top $1.8 billion 2013, from $72 million this year, growing at an...

Google tops among search sites for customer satisfaction

An annual University of Michigan survey drops Yahoo to the second spot. Google's customer satisfaction improved 10.3 percent over last year.

VCs Hope to See Wi-Fi Everywhere

Many people are familiar with the coffee shop's Wi-Fi, while others even know how to set up a simple home network. Pretty much everyone,...

Analog TV shutdown kills free cell-phone TV

Picture whipping out your cell phone and catching up with "Lost" or "Jeopardy," or watching the local 11 o'clock news, all for free. You...

Big Four banks ride ‘new wave’ of systems overhaul

Australia's 'Big Four' are revitalising their core banking systems to enable real-time transactions for increasingly online and mobile customers, experts claim.

Ten Best Bluetooth Stereo Headphones

The first Bluetooth headsets were simple mono devices, designed to sit in one ear as you took a call on your mobile phone. However,...

Visa and Partners Power Mobile Banking Alerts

Today Visa and eight financial institution partners announced a new pilot program whereby Visa cardholders can receive SMS alerts directly on their phones whenever...

Garmin gets in the social-networking groove

A partnership with Where.com means that owners of select Garmin navigators can use the devices to find lower gas prices and tell their Facebook...

THE FUTURE: Reducing waste key to cleaning up wireless ecosystem: Green forecast remains partly cloudy

Here's the good news: Some of you mobile players are among the most progressive corporations around when it comes to being gentle to Mother...

CARRIERS: Operators push online, less packaging: A couple of carriers tie trees to paperless billing promotions

Lately in the land of red, white and blue, people are talking a lot about green, including wireless service providers. In an industry that...

NETWORKS: Cost-savings chief reason network vendors go green

Wireless network infrastructure is becoming more green - and saving operators some greenbacks at the same time.While interest has been pushed to a higher...

Analyst Angle: The evolution from 3G to 4G

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the...

It’s not easy being green

The wireless industry must continue its leadership role in addressing consumer-electronics waste, not just because it's good corporate citizenship, but because it's good business...

POLICY: Regulations, policy central to cleaning up wireless footprint: Top-down green initiatives

Now more than ever, policymakers and the wireless providers they regulate are finding it easier - indeed, politically and socially fashionable - to make...

DEVICES: Eco-friendly mobiles require a battle on many fronts: Handsets in a drawer

The ecological impact of the most ubiquitous consumer-electronics device in history - yes, mobile handsets - may be likened to a coin. On the...

NETWORKS: Telecommuting, M2M segments see opportunity: Wireless may cash in on others’ green efforts

As businesses examine energy and fuel costs as well as worker productivity, wireless companies have an opportunity to support the greening of the economy...

Debate continues over iPhone 3G connectivity issues

A slice of iPhone 3G owners have said they are experiencing 3G connectivity issues such as weak signals, dropped calls and devices that revert...

Study: LTE to boom in coming years

A new study from ABI Research predicts there will be more than 32 million subscribers using Long Term Evolution networks by 2013, despite the...

VZW CEO discusses potential Alltel job cuts

A number of Alltel Communications L.L.C employees may soon lose their jobs.According to an Associated Press report, when Verizon Wireless' purchase of Alltel finalizes,...

Study: M2M vendors in ‘precarious position’

Machine-to-machine vendors face long- and short-term pressures that could affect their profitability, according to a new study from ABI Research."M2M module vendors are in...
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