Yearly Archives: 2008

Looking back at Black Friday: Optimism and realism in wireless

By the time you read this, Black Friday will be in the record books. But it will be weeks, perhaps, until the wireless industry...

Harrah’s makes loyalty mobile

Casino operator Harrah's Operating Company Inc. is testing a new mobile-based loyalty program from bCode.

By the Numbers: Top 10 Most Popular U.S. Handsets in October

Editor's Note: The following lists ranks the 10 most popular handsets in the United States for the month of October. Rankings were provided by...

Blockbuster, Microsoft team up on mobile services

Blockbuster Inc. caught up to the competition last week by introducing a set-top box that brings rentals from the Internet to the television.

Mobile devices will beat PC, TV in battle for consumers’ time

One of the most heated battles for control of people's lives is about to take place, pitting the cell phone, TV, and computer against...

No Hole in This ‘Wallet’: Alltel Turns to mFoundry

Alltel is teaming with mFoundry to create a new product called the Alltel Wallet.

VIDEO: Zumobi’s Ziibii brings a river of content to the iPhone

Zumobi just launched a free iPhone application that meshes several social-networking sites, RSS feeds and other types of...

iPhone App Store Reaches 10K Apps

The App Store is doing well, there's no doubt of that. And according to reports, the list of official, approved apps in the App...

Hackers boot Linux on iPhone

Word of the successful kernel porting was made on the Linux on the iPhone blog, complete with instructions and source code. About the touch...

Backup power report delay could be good for industry: Cost concerns remain a barrier

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S DELAY in ruling on backup power reporting requirements mandated by the Federal Communications Commission could suggest it sees merit in mobile...

UK Advertising Authority: iPhone ad ‘must not appear again’: Euro dust-up over ‘really fast’ claims

The Advertising Standards Authority in the United Kingdom has ruled that a particular Apple commercial touting the iPhone 3G as "really fast" to be...

Mobile Web remains a mystery to most : Dumbing down the Internet key for wireless market

The mobile information superhighway is in need of some serious maintenance. That's the take-away from a new Yankee Group evaluation of 32 consumer-facing mobile...

Alcatel-Lucent’s revolving door: Pesquidoux out as CFO

More shakeup continues at the senior executive level for Alcatel-Lucent, as the company has brought in a new CFO.The French-U.S. company announced today that...

Enterprise-focused handset recycle program gains steam: Firm expects 7M handsets recycled in 2009

A company that manages wireless accounts for some of the largest corporations in the United States has teamed up with a firm that is...

The opportunity: New political regime should focus on telecom policies: Obama-Biden team learned value of wireless on campaign trail

Funny how an economic crisis rivaling (but hopefully not surpassing) the Great Depression tends to concentrate the minds of policymakers otherwise given to pugnacious...

Blockbuster Takes On Netflix, Apple With Direct-To-TV Player

To lure customers, Blockbuster is offering the player at no charge for people who rent 25 online Blockbuster movies in advance for $99.

Twitter Appears To Have Declined Facebook Acquisition

Twitter has apparently rejected an all-stock acquisition offer from Facebook. Twitter officials may want more than an estimated $500 million valuation as it continues...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Sprint Nextel and Ericsson

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier--Barclays Capital lowered its price...

VZW, Alltel, AT&T: Portfolio push as Black Friday nears: Samsung Omnia, Motorola Hint on tap

Carriers are putting the finishing touches on their portfolios this week as the traditionally hottest shopping day of the year draws close. That's Black...

Interdigital, Samsung patent dispute nears an end

The patent-licensing dispute between InterDigital Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. appears to be over as the two companies have hammered out an agreement...

Apple sued over iPhone Internet-navigation technology

A Los Angeles real estate developer filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc. claiming the company's iPhone violates a patent he was awarded last month....

Holiday ad wars: New Sprint Nextel campaign claims superior network, prices: Spots tout ‘superiority of America’s largest, most dependable 3G network’

Sprint Nextel Corp. is back at it again with a new advertising campaign claiming the carrier is the industry leader in value, network superiority,...
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