Yearly Archives: 2008

Economic woes, technology shifts pressure vendors as they wait for 4G rollouts

A pair of wireless infrastructure vendors are set to face a tough 2009, as one company struggles to stay afloat and another changes strategy.Nortel...

A primer on cloud computing and the enterprise

Opportunities for collaboration present themselves with cloud computing. Since files are stored remotely, and because with the right software they could be accessible by...

Flatulence has never been so profitable: iFart’s success

If you haven't been to the App Store lately, you may be surprised to see that an application named iFart Mobile has populated the...

Femtocells: Still late ’09 or 2010 before market grows

Research indicates that 2010 will be the year that femtocell technology will boom, and the major carriers are positioning themselves to take advantage by...

LG to debut 3G watch-phone at CES

LG Electronics plans to debut a wristwatch-style 3G phone at the Consumer Electronics Show next month, it said Sunday. The LG-GD910 phone will go...

Hong Kong mobile TV faces hard slog

Research firm Gartner says costs will likely rule out profits anytime soon for mobile TV service providers in Hong Kong

Vermont finally gets the iPhone

Vermont has been one state that has been left out of the iPhone craze, given AT&T didn't operate there. But given the recent asset...

Apple files for swipe patent, augmenting iPhone keyboard

MacRumors has uncovered a nifty new patent application that discusses swipe gestures for touch-based, onscreen keyboards. The idea is that, instead of being limited...

Lowering the bar

When mobile-phone carriers advertise to consumers or lobby policymakers, they speak unabashedly in the most glowing terms about their services and products. Sometimes they...

RIM complains Moto not letting it hire laid-off employees

Research In Motion Ltd. and Motorola Inc. continue to squabble in court regarding the future of employees that Motorola has already terminated or...

Track Santa with Google Maps

Google Inc. is helping giddy kids keep on eye on Santa with its mobile mapping application.The Internet giant has integrated Google Maps for mobile...

Mozilla upgrades Fennec

Mozilla is targeting developers with an upgraded alpha version of its mobile browser.Fennec - which takes its name from a small desert fox -...

Cut-rate voice services use ad-based models, social networking

THERE SEEM TO BE DOZENS OF STARTUPS aiming to build a business with voice and messaging services that leave carriers out of the revenue...

SMS to permeate interactive digital signage platforms

Forty percent of new network digital display platform installations will make use of SMS technology for interactivity by 2012, up from just 5% last...

$10 smartphone at Verizon Wireless

The handset market is one big sale this season, if you conveniently ignore the service contract gambit that recoups a carrier's investment in the...

Playing Santa

There's a chill in the air, the malls are packed and my daughters are taking Christmas ornaments off the tree and breaking them like...

Siemens pays $1.6B in fines to settle bribery charges

Paying bribes for business didn't pay off for Siemens AG, as the company has agreed to pay $1.6 billion in fines to U.S. and...

Internet on verge of mobile migration

During the next decade, the Internet will migrate from personal computers to mobile devices, according to new research from Berg Insight."There is only one...

Social networks to boost LBS market

Social networking applications that take advantage of location information could become a key driver for growing the location-based services market, according to a new...

Financial ratings wrap-up: RIM and Ericsson

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors--Oppenheimer increased...

AT&T, VZW swap spectrum

The Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice have approved wireless asset swaps between AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless.AT&T Inc. announced today that...

Android rumblings for next year

It's no secret that numerous companies have joined the Open Handset Alliance, which promotes Google's Android handset platform.Specifics are harder to come by. But...

PSST wants $15 billion of stimulus package for 700 MHz shared-use network

As President-Elect Obama's administration continues to work on a financial plan to stimulate the country's sagging economy, the Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corp. is...

USA Today launches iPhone app

USA Today launched a free downloadable offering for the iPhone that delivers headlines and news stories, sports information, weather and images.The offering, which is...

Handango adds games from Digital Chocolate, I-play

Handango Inc. expanded its portfolio with two deals with mobile game makers Digital Chocolate and I-play.The distributor of smartphone applications added Digital Chocolate titles...
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