Yearly Archives: 2008

ComScore: 6.5M Mobile Vid Watchers in August

New numbers from comScore show that 6.5 million Americans watched mobile video in August. AT&T, which is the exclusive carrier for the iPhone, was...

Glass half full or half empty? Mobile ad space all about perspective

The economic downturn is already dragging down the online-marketing space, but pure-play mobile ad companies swear they're not worried about its affect on the...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Access 360 Media and WorldMate

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

By the Numbers: Top Tower Companies for the Second Quarter of 2008

The companies listed below represent the largest independent national and regional tower companies in the United States for the second quarter of 2008. American Tower...

Cellular modem sales set to boom

Cellular modem sales could exceed $22 billion by 2013, according to a new report from ABI Research.The firm noted Sprint Nextel Corp. recently lowered...

DoJ approves Verizon Wireless-Alltel, requires divestitures in 22 states

The Department of Justice approved Verizon Wireless' $28 billion purchase of Alltel Communications L.L.C., subject to required divestitures of wireless assets in 100 markets...

Moving toward free laptops? AT&T cuts $150 off ThinkPad price tag: While Euro carriers fully subsidize cost of laptops, Lenovo, Ericsson team with AT&T...

AT&T Mobility, computer-maker Lenovo and infrastructure vendor L.M. Ericsson announced a teaming to knock off $150 from the price of 3G-capable laptops, with an...

Amid Q3 loss, Alcatel-Lucent CEO promises turnaround plan

Alcatel-Lucent posted another loss in the third quarter as new leadership vowed to return the world's largest telecommunications equipment maker to profitability.The French-U.S. company...

Sprint Nextel lowers price of GPS service

Sprint Nextel Corp. is targeting parents of trick-or-treaters by halving the price of its GPS-based child-locating service.Sprint Family Locator, which allows parents to view...

Moto down on handset losses, delays spinoff : Dumps Symbian, selects Android platform, due in late ’09

Motorola Inc. lost $397 million on $7.5 billion in revenue across all its businesses in the third quarter and said today it would delay...

Worst of the Week: A vote for the smart folks in wireless

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...

By the Numbers: Top Five Mobile Phone Vendors in the Third Quarter of 2008

The following is market share information for the top five largest mobile-phone manufacturers for the third quarter of 2008. The figures were compiled by...

New Android apps a mixed bag, should improve

Some of the new applications loaded to the Android Market since it opened on Monday don't work very well, crash the phone, aren't particularly...

Sarah Fay on evolving social and mobile opportunities

Today's consumers expect more from their marketing messaging. The CEO of Aegis Media North America gives her advice on how to deliver the goods,...

Will Buyers Eat Up Music on Flash Memory Cards?

There are several reasons why consumers may not take to slotMusic albums. For instance, you can't plug the cards into the most popular digital...

BlackBerry Partners Makes First Investments

The fund is leading an $8 million round for MobiMate, an company that makes an app called WorldMate. It helps frequent travelers by keeping...

Mobile Security: Still Crazy After All These Years

The definition of insanity - at least in popular culture - is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result. By this...

Hard Times? Not for iPhone Developers

Job seekers struggling to land gigs during the economic downturn are going to wish they had iPhone programming skills.

CWA sues AT&T Mobility over employee benefits

The Communications Workers of America has sued AT&T Mobility and other subsidiaries of the telecom giant over what it calls corporate shell games to...

LBS platforms pad pockets: Tracking benefits spell big savings, big bucks

All John Famiglietti needs is access to a computer to manage a fleet of 44 rigs that are equipped to clean up hazardous materials...

Qwest loses 45,000 wireless customers, blames migration to Verizon Wireless: Transition becomes ‘churn situation’

Brand-switching appears to have tripped up Qwest Communications International Inc. - the carrier lost 45,000 of its 800,000 wireless customers in the third quarter...

$88M lawsuit charges AT&T employee with leaking private information

AT&T Mobility subscribers are seeking $88 million in damages in a privacy lawsuit against the No. 1 wireless provider.The lawsuit, filed by 44 wireless...

Qualcomm: $1B lawsuit is 'baseless': Gabriel Technologies claims patent infringement by chipmaker

Billion-dollar lawsuits still raise some eyebrows, but not at Qualcomm Inc. this week. Gabriel Technologies Corp. said Monday it had filed suit against the...

Qualcomm: $1B lawsuit is ‘baseless’: Gabriel Technologies claims patent infringement by chipmaker

Billion-dollar lawsuits still raise some eyebrows, but not at Qualcomm Inc. this week. Gabriel Technologies Corp. said Monday it had filed suit against the...
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