Yearly Archives: 2008

Apple reaches out to industry with iPhone SDK : Firm to keep 30% of iPhone app sales

CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Apple Inc. has delivered on its promise to offer a software development kit (SDK) to spur the growth of mobile applications...

Bush appoints new NTIA head: Cheney assistant to take top spot

President Bush appointed Neil Suryakant Patel to head the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a week after lawmakers raised concerns about what the leadership...

Glu ‘formally’ joins forces with Superscape

Glu Mobile Inc. moved one step closer to acquiring its U.K.-based rival Superscape Group plc.Glu said it obtained commitments for roughly 81% of the...

Motorola CMO out: Tried to save Razr, got cut: Company attributes Keller’s departure to restructuring effort

Kenneth C. "Casey" Keller Jr., the package-goods marketing guru who tried to revive Motorola after its popular Razr product started to lose its edge,...

Apple homes in on BlackBerrys with enterprise-friendly iPhone: Firm releases SDK

CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Business has formally been introduced to Apple Inc.'s iPhone. The company invited about 350 analysts, developers and press to its headquarters...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Handango, RedSky, Ubiquisys and more

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included...

Election-year politics rile FCC members: Chairman Martin refuses to leave top post

The future makeup of the Federal Communications Commission has become ensnarled in election-year politics, with sources saying Republican Chairman Kevin Martin has refused to...

Icahn, Moto locking horns again

Activist investor Carl Icahn has raised his stake in Motorola Inc. to 6.3% and the company has responded by warning investors that it has...

SK Telecom, Citi ogle mobile banking with joint venture

SK Telecom and Citi hope to push the mobile-banking envelope with a new, San Francisco-based joint venture. The companies unveiled Mobile Money Ventures, a...

700 MHz bids per round dip into the single-digit range

Bidding remained subdued over the past 10 rounds of the Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction, with new bids per round hovering in...

Worst of the Week: Auction burnout

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

PODCAST: Sling Media’s Blake Krikorian on the future of video

In the world of off-deck mobile video, Sling Media Inc. has pushed the envelope quite successfully. Indeed, the fact the television is no longer...

Class actions slam into Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile USA: Suits cover roaming fees, upgrade fees and contract details

Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. have been hit with new class action consumer suits in Florida and California federal courts, the litigation...

AOL to support third-party developers

AOL L.L.C. is the latest Internet and mobile player to woo third-party developers, announcing the launch of Open AIM 2.0.The program is designed to...

T-Mobile USA, U.S. Cellular, Virgin Mobile USA and Helio sued over patent infringement: Intellect Wireless claims patents covering image messaging

Intellect Wireless Inc. has sued T-Mobile USA Inc., U.S. Cellular Corp., Virgin Mobile USA Inc. and Helio Inc. in federal court in Chicago, accusing...

Bidding boost subsides: 700 MHz auction action continues to slide

The Federal Communication Commission's attempt yesterday to spur interest -- and hasten the end -- of the 700 MHz auction by moving to "stage...

Leap heads into St. Louis market

Leap Wireless International Inc. announced plans to hire 100 new employees as it expands its Cricket service into the St. Louis market.The carrier said...

Survey: Mobile ads catching eyes

More mobile users are seeing -- and responding to -- ads on their mobile phones, according to new figures from Nielsen Mobile.The division of...

Google’s new Gears grind away at mobile app development

Google Inc. is hoping to help answer the question: WAP or app?The Internet behemoth this week brought its Google Gears to mobile, making the...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Sprint Nextel, MetroPCS, Nortel 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--R.W. Baird lowered its price...

iPCS posts greater Q4 loss, inks new affiliate agreement with Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate iPCS Inc. provided further insight into its fourth quarter and full year 2007 operations. The carrier, which previously reported a...

Transpera offers video platform for iPhone

Mobile video technology Transpera is targeting Apple Inc.'s iPhone with a platform for distributing Web videos and targeted ads.The Santa Monica, Calif.-based startup launched...

Nokia to embed Microsoft Silverlight technology: Service seen as a competitor to Adobe’s Flash

Nokia Corp. announced plans to embed Microsoft Corp.'s Silverlight technology on its handsets.Similar to Flash, a rival technology from Adobe Systems Inc., Silverlight is...

Yahoo centralizes mobile content management

Yahoo Inc. bulked up its mobile portfolio, unveiling a tool designed to allow users to manage content across the wireless Web.OnePlace uses bookmarks to...

Securing the future: Cyber security expert outlines the challenges in keeping wireless protected

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- "There is no such thing as absolute security," former White House Cyber Security Adviser Howard Schmidt told an audience of...
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