Yearly Archives: 2008

Sprint Nextel girds up for game day

Sprint Nextel Corp. is hoping to leverage its alliance with the NFL by launching a host of Super Bowl-related offerings.The buffeted carrier created a...

Palm to shutter branded retail outlets in cost-cutting move

Palm Inc. will close all but one of its retail stores over the next five weeks, in keeping with its effort to cut costs...

700 MHz Round 3 tops $3B

The third round of the Federal Communication Commission's ongoing 700 MHz spectrum auction ended this morning with potential winning bids topping the $3 billion...

LG’s new approach pays off: Handset shipments, and outlook, strong

LG Electronics Inc. shipped 23.7 million handsets in the fourth quarter, up nearly 40% year-on-year, based on its expanded feature phone offerings, the company...

Broadcom exceeds expectations with year-end results

Broadcom Corp. scored a number of legal victories in patent litigation with rival Qualcomm Inc. last year but also, like its rival, managed to...

700 MHz auction: Round 2 bids top $2.7 billion: C Block continues to draw interest, D Block passed over

The second round of the Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz auction brought 1,122 new bids with total potential winning bids jumping nearly 15% to...

Nokia delivers strong financials, gains share: Healthy outlook eases some concerns of macro-economic cooling

Nokia Corp. today displayed the results of a well-oiled, money-making machine with 34% and 44% jumps in revenue and profit, respectively, for the fourth...

Sprint Nextel’s Hesse fires top execs, including Saleh

On the heels of AT&T Mobility's record-breaking quarter, Sprint Nextel Corp. is showing a trio of senior executives the front door. Many in the...

YouTube video goes mobile

YouTube is bringing its entire catalog of video clips to mobile.The Google Inc. subsidiary expanded its mobile Web site, allowing users with 3G...

700 MHz auction rings up $2.4B in first-round bids: C, D blocks licenses garner highest bids

The long-anticipated 700 MHz auction kicked off today, attracting 1,849 bids totaling more than $2.4 billion during the first round. The Federal Communications Commission,...

AT&T Mobility posts U.S. industry record 2.7 million net adds in Q4: Acquisition of Dobson contributed 1.7 million during quarter

New wireless subscribers came to AT&T Mobility in record droves during the fourth quarter; the carrier added 2.7 million net new customers to the...

Google to offer search to DoCoMo users

Google Inc. scored yet another carrier partner, securing a deal to deliver its services to NTT DoCoMo Inc. subscribers.Japan's No. 1 wireless carrier said...

Worst of the Week: The clock is ticking

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...

Qualcomm: another bang-up quarter despite legal overhangs

A "focus on execution" has allowed Qualcomm Inc. to continue performing well, even while searching for a resolution to its stand-off with Nokia Corp....

Texas Instruments meets expectations, upbeat on current quarter: Stock buoyed by results

Texas Instruments Inc. reported increases in revenue and earnings for the fourth quarter and gave an upbeat view of the current quarter. Analysts and...

Wall Street’s stumbles cast pall over 700 MHz auction: Verizon Wireless plans open-access development conference

On the eve of the 700 MHz auction, the economy suddenly appears to have become a major factor for bidders.Even before the bidding begins,...

Indian carrier plans to cover 250 million people with mobile WiMAX: Country’s state-owned operator partners with Soma Networks for deployment

The second-most populated country in the world is woefully un-covered when it comes to broadband Internet, but India's government has mandated that 20 million...

Motorola still digging out, forecasts continued losses: Analysts expect troubles to boost Nokia

Motorola Inc. remains in the doldrums as its handset division -- formerly the engine of the company's revenue and earnings -- posted a huge...

IPCS chilled on sluggish results: Affiliate points to Sprint Nextel’s ongoing troubles

Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate iPCS Inc. said it added about 7,800 net subscribers during a fourth quarter, a number "below our previous expectation," according...

AT&T frees Wi-Fi for broadband customers: Carrier’s move comes amid municipal Wi-Fi troubles

AT&T Inc. is giving its 10 million broadband subscribers free access to its nationwide Wi-Fi network, the company announced. Previously, most subscribers were required...

Glu offers $36M to acquire Superscape

Shares of Glu Mobile Inc. got a lift after the company offered to buy U.K.-based rival Superscape Group plc for $36 million.Superscape has gained...

Industry loses bid for Supreme Court review: States to continue oversight of line items in monthly bills

The Supreme Court rejected a request by two national mobile-phone carriers to review a lower court's decision overturning a Federal Communications Commission rule preempting...

Disney/ESPN appoint new chief of mobile distribution

Disney and ESPN Media Networks have appointed Tim Connolly to the newly created position of VP of mobile distribution.Connolly has extensive experience in the...

Apple’s ‘best quarter ever’ coupled with dim forecast

Apple Inc. declared its fiscal first quarter, the greatest in its history in terms of revenue and earnings.That unambiguous claim could not carry the...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Airbiquity, Momail, Synchronica

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