Monthly Archives: October, 2008

How to protect your laptop and data while on the road.

Travelers lugging laptop computers worry about losing them, with good reason. The hardware is worth hundreds or thousands, and lost or stolen data could...

E-retailers discuss how to make the best of a bad economy

When the U.S. Congress recently was in a frenzy trying to pass the $700 billion bailout bill, a group of CEOs who founded successful...

Portland to claim Metro-Fi equipment

It appears that moribund municipal Wi-Fi company Metro-Fi will not be able to sell its largest installation, in Portland, Ore.

American Airlines to put porn filters on in-flight Wi-Fi service

The carrier announced Tuesday that it will work with Wi-Fi vendor Aircell to put a filter on the Internet when passengers use American's new...

YouTube Adds Track-Buying Feature to Music Vids

Like the song in a YouTube video? Now you can "click to buy" it on iTunes or Amazon.

Report: Base station shipments slowing

After a strong showing in 2007, worldwide base station shipments appear weak this year, according to research from In-Stat.The firm said 2007 was marked...

Japanese mobile content firms continue to struggle in the U.S. market

Vindigo appears to have turned out the lights, but the closure of the Japanese-owned firm may have more to do with cultural differences than...

PHOTOGUIDE: What are the top 5 most popular cellphones in the U.S.?: Razr still No. 1, iPhone at No. 2

The cheap, voice-centric, clamshell handset still rules the American marketplace, as Motorola Inc.'s Razr V3 remains the top-selling handset in the country, according to...

Financial ratings wrap-up: AT&T, Alcatel-Lucent, American Tower 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--Credit Suisse First Boston lowered...

Rev. A to top 54M customers by 2013, Rev. B to hit 25M

CDMA may not be making much news these days, but the technology is far from dead.A recent report from ABI Research says while overshadowed...

Carriers need to enter ‘the cloud’ to keep their grip on subscribers

The most important weapon in the war against the dumb-pipe scenario may just be the cloud.Cloud-based services - hosted applications "in the sky" and...

AMD wins billion-dollar investment, splits in two

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. - maker of chips for mobile entertainment applications, among other products - will transform its manufacturing arm into an independent...

T-Mobile USA rolls out on-device app for customer care

T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will install a do-it-yourself customer-service application from Nuance Communications Inc. on "select" handsets, which the carrier said will allow...

Wireless industry stunted by Supreme Court decisions on arbitration, ETFs: Class-action litigation on early-termination fees to move forward

The Supreme Court dealt the wireless industry a setback by declining to review lower court rulings that found T-Mobile USA Inc.'s arbitration clause in...

VeriSign unloads remaining stake in Jamba: Mobile content transaction valued at $200M

VeriSign Inc. finally left the mobile content space, unloading its stake in Jamba to News Corp. for $200 million.A pioneer in the early days...

Samsung dogged by leadership problem

Leadership concerns persist at Samsung Group, Korea's top conglomerate, after nearly 100 days passed since a new management system was put in place following...

Inbox Insider: E-mailers are optimizing for the mobile phone

As Google touts the G1, its new mobile phone, and Nokia boasts about its soon-to-be-released answer to the iPhone, one thing is sure: There...

Motorola’s Linux strategy evolves with Android

Reports have emerged indicating that Motorola is hiring developers with Java and Android expertise in preparation for launching a major mobile initiative on top...

Release your code to the mobile community

Brands need not fear software engineers. Give them the open source tools they need to put your company into mobile hands.

Mobile e-mail space remains challenge for all: ‘RIM’s got this runaway success’

There may not be much room at the top of the mobile e-mail service food chain, but there seems to be plenty of opportunity...

Where are today’s best job opportunities?

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...

So many pricing options, so little time

The amount of innovation currently under way in the wireless industry is almost breathtaking to behold.Just in the past month we got to witness...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Nokia Siemens Networks, Aperto, Alvarion 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...

100M people to use mobile money transfers by 2013

More than 100 million users worldwide will use their mobile phone to make international money transfers by 2013, according to a new analysis by...
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