Monthly Archives: November, 2008

Nokia to cut 600 jobs in marketing, sales and R&D: Handset maker releases new, low-cost phones

Nokia Corp. said today that it would cut as many as 615 jobs in an ongoing corporate reorganization.The bulk, 450 jobs, will be eliminated...

Handset OS market shares shifting

The "OS wars," as some would have it, are alive and well - at least in the data on the various contenders' shifting market...

Gameloft posts increased revenues, rosy outlook for mobile gaming

Gameloft offered a surprisingly upbeat outlook for mobile gaming as it posted $34.1 million in third-quarter revenues.The Paris-based game maker reported an 8% increase...

REVIEW: Street View, voice searching make Google Maps for Mobile a necessity

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...

ICO wins $707M in Boeing court battle

ICO Global Communications said a Los Angeles Superior Court jury verdict could force Boeing Co. to pay up to $707 million in damages in...

Another class action over unwanted content charges falls onto T-Mobile USA

A class-action lawsuit asserts T-Mobile USA Inc. charged consumers for wireless content they did not ask for, another in a long line of legal...

Wi-Fi Alliance reaches product milestone

The Wi-Fi Alliance said 5,000 consumer and enterprise products have now been Wi-Fi certified since the testing program started in 2000.The group said more...

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

Are you serious? Optimism in this economic climate?: The smartphone content market

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...

Say goodbye to Circuit City

Don Reisinger thinks it's time to say goodbye to Circuit City. And with 155 stores being shuttered across the U.S., he thinks its days...

Fujitsu Mini-Notebook Targets Mobile Workers

Fujitsu has rolled out the LifeBook U820 mini-notebook with Garmin's Mobile PC navigation software, a pivoting touchscreen, and a fingerprint sensor.

Martin drops USF, intercarrier compensation from Nov. 4 FCC vote

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has scratched a planned Nov. 4 vote on reforming the universal service fund and intercarrier compensation regimes. The...

LG to deepen relationship with Microsoft for ‘mobile convergence’

LG Electronics Co. said today it will work more closely with Microsoft Corp. on converged devices, likely smartphones the Korean vendor is pursuing. The...

Sprint Nextel sued for $1 billion over early-termination fees

Sprint Nextel Corp. has been hit with a $1 billion federal class-action lawsuit over early-termination fees, the complaint filed by the same lawyers pursuing...

T-Mobile USA foreign ownership dust-up ‘much ado about little or nothing’: FCC re-examination centers on small wireless carrier owned by T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless

German giant Deutsche Telekom AG's $30 billion purchase of what is now T-Mobile USA Inc. is not at issue in the Federal Communications Commission's...

Mformation takes RIM back to court: Mobile device management firm alleges patent infringement

A mobile device management software company has filed a lawsuit against Research in Motion Ltd. alleging infringement of two patents.Mformation Technologies Inc. filed the...

The 2008 presidential race: A baseline for the future of wireless campaigns

This year's presidential election is significant in more ways than one: It marks the year that text messaging and the mobile Web became political...

VIDEO: Economic uncertainty could weigh down mobile ad experimentation : MMA updates marketing guidelines, prepares for annual event

Wondering whether the ripples from the Wall Street implosion will rock the wireless world? They already are, according...

Sites turn to mobile for election coverage

The presidential contest that will - almost certainly - be decided this week may be remembered as the point where politics collided with mobile....

AT&T Banks on Mobile Banking for iPhone

AT&T and Firethorn Holdings have announced the availability of their mobile banking application for the iPhone.

Moto’s slow turnaround: A difficult maneuver takes time, innovation

Turning around Motorola Inc. will be akin to making a K-turn in a stretch limo on a frontage road. You gotta downsize to a...

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

After several failed attempts to offer a wireless play, Cox Communications announced its most ambitious wireless blueprint to date: The cable company said it...

VZW posts strong subscriber growth, but higher churn

VERIZON WIRELESS ADDED 2.1 million customers during the third quarter, just slightly behind numbers posted by rival AT&T Mobility.In organic growth, Verizon added 1.5...

Analyst Angle: Opportunities for growth and responsible teenage spending: Who doesn’t love data?

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...
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