Monthly Archives: September, 2008

Alltel joins rivals under cloud of ETF class actions

Alltel Communications L.L.C. has been slapped with a class-action lawsuit over levying early termination fees on consumers that left the wireless carrier before the...

G1 backers tout Android’s openness: Exec comments draw line between Android Market and Apple App Store

T-Mobile USA Inc.'s new G1 phone will serve as a kind of one-stop shop for Google Inc.'s mobile offerings, but the device's prospects may...

Google, HTC create a contender with G1: Analyst: Device can go ‘head-to-head’ with iPhone, BlackBerry

The long-awaited Google Inc. Android-powered handset by HTC Corp. for T-Mobile USA Inc. - dubbed the G1 - debuted today and its pre-launch reception...

Alltel adds tracking to enterprise app lineup

As wireless continues to change how companies do business, Alltel Communications L.L.C. is now offering an application allowing employers to track mobile workers in...

Timberland inks $7M settlement in class action over texting: Case one of many involving text messaging

A $7 million settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit accusing Timberland Co. and others of illegally sending unsolicited advertising text messages to...

Open-access proponents point fingers: Carrier CEO comments raise concerns

THE OPEN-ACCESS POLICY DEBATE, which raged last year and then curiously subsided after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said the agency should not...

Handsets as 'must-have:' Tweens demand social connectivity

The back-to-school rush is over and, inevitably, the holidays will soon be upon us. Cue up the chorus of young voices in your household...

Handsets as ‘must-have:’ Tweens demand social connectivity

The back-to-school rush is over and, inevitably, the holidays will soon be upon us. Cue up the chorus of young voices in your household...

Mogreet shakes hands with Sprint Nextel, 3

Mobile video-messaging startup Mogreet scored carrier deals on both sides of the Atlantic.The Venice Beach, Calif.-based firm is partnering with Fun Text, a U.K.-based...

VIDEO: T-Mobile USA raises curtain on G1, world’s first Google Android phone : ‘It’s more of a consumer device; not an enterprise device’

At an event in New York today, T-Mobile USA Inc. and Google Inc. executives took the wraps off the G1, a device built by...

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

On social networking business models

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

REVIEW: Health Browser doesn’t adequately fix what ails

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...

Mobile cash revenues to hit $5B by 2013

Service provider revenues from mobile money transfer services could exceed $5 billion worldwide by 2013, according to a new study from Juniper Research.The firm...

AT&T deepens wireless/wireline integration with new HomeManager offering: Samsung touchscreen powers service

In an effort to bolster its home phone service, AT&T Inc. unveiled its HomeManager service that integrates many of the telcom provider's mobile features...

Clearwire looks to clarify management positions

Clearwire Corp. is prepping for its impending merger with Sprint Nextel Corp.'s Xohm WiMAX business by shuffling employees. In an 8-K filing with the...

VIDEO: Did you miss it? The full keynote from the third day of CTIA I.T. ’08

Steve Largent introduces a study, produced by CTIA and Harris Interactive, titled "Teenagers: A Generation Unplugged."; Harris Interactive;...

Analyst Angle: Foreboding cloud coming ‘off the deck’

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...

SanDisk leads memory card music distribution effort

SanDisk Corp. is the latest player hoping to elbow its way onto the music-distribution playground.The Milpitas, Calif.-based company announced plans to sell microSD memory...

Microsoft lands first mobile ad deal: Computer giant goes up against range of mobile marketing players

Microsoft Corp. announced its first ad-syndication deal in the United States, touting a pact to deliver display ads on CNBC's mobile Web site.The deal,...

Apple recalls iPhone power adapter: Prongs may break, but Apple assures ‘no injuries have been reported’

Apple Inc. announced a recall of the power adaptor it shipped with its iPhone 3G throughout North America and elsewhere. The company said it...

LTE or WiMAX? Regional carriers, MVNOs mull next-gen plans

It's become quite clear which technology the top four carriers have sided with in the next-generation debate between WiMAX and Long Term Evolution. Sprint...

Wireless riding out financial meltdown : Carrier execs express optimism

The wireless industry seems to have weathered Wall Street's troubles relatively well - at least, so far. In comments last week, executives from two...

Napster pick-up could signal more coupling of hardware, content

Best Buy is surely hoping to give its digital-music business a boost with last week's acquisition of Napster Inc. But what it might mean...
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