Monthly Archives: October, 2008

Proof that handset brands help sell wireless plans: Google study finds many shoppers seek a particular manufacturer, not just a reliable network

What do you do when you have one of the fattest marketing wallets in the world, but a chunk of your potential customers are...

Lessons To Learn From EarthLink’s Profits

How is it possible that a company largely written off in the ISP world -- EarthLink -- could make money in its third quarter?...

Police want prepay mobiles registered

Police are calling for prepaid cellphone customers to be registered on a national database to stop criminals using the phones.

Can Anything Derail Google’s Growth Engine?

The online ad market is slowing, and Chinese rival Baidu is a global search threat. But Google's idea lab is still a powerhouse to...

With YouTube Phone, Cells ‘Click’ Toward Simplicity

The YouTube phone, which 3 Italia plans to follow up soon with a Facebook phone, will be free when bought with a two-year contract....

Microsoft says next Office suite will go on the Web

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The next upgrade of Office business software from Microsoft Corp will include a version that edits word processing documents and...

Vringo lands first carrier-led video ringtone service

Company behind an application that can turn video, images, and slideshows into a personalized ringtone experience inks a deal to bring its service to...

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

T.I. to shed merchant basebands: Competition, cost-cutting play a role in changes

Texas Instruments Inc. said last week that it will sell or shutdown its merchant baseband chip business, and focus on application processors and multimedia...

Microsoft Unveils ‘Cloud’ Operating System

LOS ANGELES — Looking for growth in new markets where it is increasingly being bypassed, Microsoft said Monday that it would begin offering a...

Wireless technology advances in rural America, unless FCC USF reform kills it

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...

CenturyTel and Embarq to marry in $11.6B deal

CenturyTel Inc.'s board of directors gave the company the green light to acquire Embarq Corp. in a projected $11.6 billion transaction. CenturyTel will also...

Martin in the spotlight: FCC chief’s Nov. 4 meeting center of controversy: VZW-Alltel, TV white spaces, other issues up for grabs

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN KEVIN MARTIN is coming under mounting pressure to postpone votes on major wireless items scheduled for Nov. 4. As Martin...

Handset horserace loses cachet: Margins and profits now the most critical metrics

Everyone loves a good horse race. But with macro-economic conditions reverberating throughout the wireless industry - handset vendors' aggregate volume growth in the third...

Alltel’s Mobile Dashboard gives workers info on the go

In an attempt to keep up with the needs of today's businesses, Alltel Communications L.L.C. launched a new service allowing workers with smartphones access...

Verizon Wireless nets 2.1 million new customers, trails AT&T Mobility

Verizon Wireless added 2.1 million customers during the third quarter, just slightly behind numbers posted by rival AT&T Mobility last week.In organic growth, Verizon...

Cable firm Cox to build wireless network by 2009: Will team with Sprint Nextel to expand reach

Cable company Cox Communications announced it will build a wireless network with the $500 million in spectrum the company has accumulated over the past...

Qik Now Streams Video on BlackBerry Devices

Qik has announced an alpha version of the Qik video-sharing application for the BlackBerry. The Qik application will allow BlackBerry uses to stream live...

Google Earth Lands On Apple’s iPhone

Similar to Google Earth for desktop computers, the free software's animated world rotates and zooms in on a map of one's location.

SK Telecom Seeks Drastic Changes for Global Expansion

SK Telecom, the country's biggest mobile telephony operator, has seized upon the global market in the past decade and struggled to stay relevant.

Wal-Mart: Low prices pay off

The discount retailer says it's ready for holiday shoppers as it scales back growth of namesake stores.

Sprint CEO Says Android ‘Not Good Enough’ Yet

During a press event, CEO Dan Hesse said Sprint would eventually sell Android phones, but that it needed a bit more time to put...

Studies: Social networks exploding, may appear in government

The positive merits of social networking have been leveraged in a multitude of ways by consumers, businesses, and other organizations for some time.

WhitePages Mobile for iPhone

One of the joys of the Mac community is that if you find something--a program, a method of doing something, what have you--there usually...
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