Monthly Archives: October, 2008

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...

REVIEW: AT&T Mobility’s virtual “store” is online shopping at its most difficult

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Market woes drag down handset vendors: Timing, ahead of holidays, ‘could not be worse’

As stock indices fell sharply today, the selling sent the shares of many leading wireless handset vendors down to well below their prior 52-week...

MetroPCS posts quarter-million net adds, signs Amdocs deal

MetroPCS Communications Inc. posted limited third-quarter results, displaying strong growth and a year-over-year drop in customer churn. The carrier reported 249,265 net additions during...

Intel throws weight behind M2Z in AWS-3 dustup: Chip maker claims regulations could hurt WiMAX deployments

In an unexpected twist, chipmaker giant Intel Corp. urged the Federal Communications Commission to keep intact proposed interference safeguards that T-Mobile USA Inc. insists...

VIDEO: WiMAX World 2008, a recap

RCR Wireless News' Tracy Ford offers a look back at the big news during last week's WiMAX World...

Web radio bill offers hope for mobile music: Royalty rates may thwart streaming uptake

Streaming-music service providers bought some time last week when Congress approved legislation that will allow them to renegotiate royalty rates some claim may otherwise...

Analyst Angle: Why you should buy your grandmother an iPhone this holiday season

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...

Nokia’s Bid to Rule the Mobile Web

ESPOO, FINLAND If being first mover meant anything, Anssi Vanjoki and his colleagues at Nokia (NOK) would already rule the mobile Web. Way back...

Blackberry Application Center leaked photos

Blackberry is launching a competitor to the iPhone App Store. It's about time.

Verizon Figures To Acquire Alltel By Year’s End

Verizon is poised to become the largest cell phone service provider in the United States, leapfrogging over the current leader, AT&T.

30 percent of iPhone 3G buyers dump existing carriers

Nearly one-third of all iPhone 3G buyers have been willing to ditch their provider to go with exclusive carrier AT&T in order to get...

IPhone gets first major corporate customer in Japan

Japan's Softbank Mobile has signed its first major corporate contract for the iPhone 3G.

Gemalto makes takeover offer for Wavecom

Digital security specialist Gemalto has made an offer to acquire mobile modules developer Wavecom. The acquisition is expected to expand Gemalto's business in the...

What is the ideal role for local search?

As mobile communications increase, marketers may still hesitate to make local search a large part of their strategy. Our experts discuss the pros and...

Melodis Raises $7M for Midomi iPhone App

In the same way that mobile access to Wikipedia has transformed stupid arguments, mobile song recognition apps are truly neat when you need to...

Hong Kong Aims To Be Wireless City With New Radio Spectrum Bids

Hong Kong is boosting its wireless broadband services with an invitation for applications for bidding on its new radio spectrum services.

RIM: AT&T still testing BlackBerry Bold

NEW YORK — A delayed top-of-the-line BlackBerry phone from Research in Motion Ltd. is still undergoing testing by AT&T, and RIM's co-CEO implied that...

Music Phones Tackle the iPod

Consumers are starting to leave iPods at home in favor of listening to cell phones that store their favorite songs. Should Apple be worried?

Is The Smartphone Your Next Computer?

How BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Mobile, and Symbian-powered handhelds are becoming over-the-air portals to enterprise apps, and why they could ultimately edge the laptop aside.
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