Yearly Archives: 2008

AT&T acquires Centennial for $944M, nets 1.1 million new customers

AT&T Inc. announced it acquired Centennial Communications Corp. for $944 million in cash. If the deal closes, AT&T will add 1.1 million Centennial customers...

MetroPCS, Leap to launch free roaming on each other’s networks

MetroPCS Communications Inc. and Leap Wireless International Inc. will offer free roaming onto each other's networks, a move stemming from a reciprocal roaming agreement...

Why don’t things simply work right out of the box?

We expect our purchases to work as promised - and work right away. When it doesn't happen, it's frustrating and disappointing at best, and...

1.3 million customers ditch Sprint Nextel in Q3: Analyst: iPhone partly to blame

Once again, Sprint Nextel Corp. has sent over a million of its customers running for the hills.The carrier reported that it lost 1.3 million...

Home automation market to take off

Home automation applications powered by broadband and wireless service providers have the potential for broad market appeal, according to research from ABI.The firm said...

Apple iPhone’s Market Share Boom May Be Short Lived

The Apple iPhone beating out BlackBerry devices from Research In Motion (RIM) Ltd. for smartphone market share is being seen as a sign that...

Sprint’s Hail Mary? Live NFL Broadcasts Target Sports Fans

In an industry first, customers of Sprint Nextel cellular service on Thursday were able to watch a live National Football League broadcast, the Cleveland...

Shoppers grow beyond books and movies to buy more categories online

Pricey, highly considered purchases such as home appliances represent some of the least-penetrated online sales categories, but that's poised to change in the future,...

Microsoft tries to steal Verizon deal: report

(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp, capitalizing on Google Inc's regulatory snarl, is working to steal a deal with Verizon Wireless away from its rival, the...

By the Numbers: Top U.S. handset makers for the third quarter of 2008

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. claimed more than 22% market share in the United States last quarter, edging out the American icon, Motorola Inc., according...

By the Numbers: Venture capital deals for third quarter of 2008

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the third quarter. This list comprises the amounts that were invested...

Android may not need antivirus software, researcher says

Antivirus developer SMobile released software this week to protect users of the G1 Android phone, although one security analyst wondered if people really need...

Transport sector to lead mobile ticketing

More than 400 million mobile users will use their phones for ticketing services by 2013, according to a new report from Juniper Research.The market...

GPS phones threaten satnavs sales, says analyst

Shipments of satnave in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) fell between Q2 and Q3 this year. At the same time, shipments of...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Mogreet, RockYou and WiChorus

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

Regional carriers eye visual voicemail as differentiator

Visual voicemail is still in its infancy - it's only available on a handful of devices from the nation's top four carriers - but...

Qualcomm: next quarters present ‘uncertain business environment’

Financial news in just the past few weeks has led Qualcomm Inc. to forecast "meaningfully less" growth in CDMA-based handset markets for calendar year...

Greystripe partners for India push

Ad-supported mobile game distributor Greystripe said it will expand its global footprint by partnering with India's largest online gaming company.The San Francisco-based firm is...

Amdocs continues mobile content expansion with $60M ChangingWorlds purchase

Amdocs announced plans to expand its mobile business with a $60 million acquisition of Ireland's ChangingWorlds.ChangingWorlds targets network operators and off-deck vendors with portal-management...

Telecom veterans join Obama transition team

Two former telecom officials from the Clinton administration were named to the transition team of President-elect Barack Obama, another possible signal that telecom and...

AT&T to acquire Wayport for $275M, expands to 20,000 Wi-Fi spots

AT&T Inc. reported plans to acquire Wayport Inc. for $275 million, expanding the telecom giant's Wi-Fi offering to thousands of locations and offering free...

Obama’s win sends nation’s texters into a tizzy: Text message firm sees traffic triple

During Tuesday night's presidential election, millions of Americans used their handsets to communicate via text message.Between 7 p.m. and 12 a.m. EST, more than...

New Verizon Wireless could become nation’s biggest advertiser: Experts expect telecom to spend $100M in campaign to educate consumers about deal

Verizon Communications can now say it's the largest U.S. wireless carrier, having cleared the final major regulatory hurdle for its proposed $28.1 billion acquisition...

Al Gore to speak at CTIA’s April event

Former Vice President and Noble Peace Prize Winner Al Gore will be the Day 3 keynote speaker at the International CTIA Wireless 2009 event,...

Bullish analyst on Palm goes bear-ish

Palm Inc. saw its stock drop this morning - and then rebound - after downgrades by Morgan Keegan and Avian Securities L.L.C.The downgrade by...
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