Yearly Archives: 2008

Sony Ericsson sends another Walkman to AT&T

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and AT&T Mobility today launched the former's W760a 3G handset at $130 with a two-year contract and a mail-in rebate....

SureWest unloads towers to Global Tower Partners for $10M

Californian telecom provider SureWest Communications is slowly but surely moving further away from the wireless business. Today, the firm announced it sold 50 of...

MobUI rises from Action Engine ashes

A Redmond, Wash.-based newcomer, MobUI said it raised an unspecified amount in a round of funding led by GlobalNET Mobile Solutions, a Latin American...

FCC tests find no interference, AWS-3 auction draws closer : T-Mobile USA disputes findings while M2Z pops cork

The Federal Communications Commission tentatively concluded that nationwide broadband operations in the advanced wireless services-3 band will not interfere with T-Mobile USA Inc. and...

Handset market evaluation: Analysts to focus on Nokia’s outlook on Thursday: Third-quarter earnings moot, due to meltdown

Financial analysts typically gauge companies on their future prospects, not past performance. That is acutely so for the current moment in history, a couple...

Consumers, carriers spar on short-code rules: Critics claim ‘content-based discrimination’

PUBLIC-INTEREST GROUPS ACCUSED WIRELESS CARRIERS of conjuring up misleading excuses to avoid federal regulation of short-code text messaging, pointing to content restrictions in industry...

Hutchison subsidiary to bring low-end, social networking phones to U.S.: INQ to use BREW to integrate Facebook, other services

Social networking is exploding in mobile, according to figures released by ABI Research. And Frank Meehan thinks he knows how to capitalize.ABI polled 500...

A Quick Slick Unpick of Blyk’s 2-Sided Business Model Trick

The title is Doctor Seuss ’ fault as his rhymes are lodged in this writer’s head after years of reading them to his children:

T-Mobile Pre-Sells 1.5 Million HTC G1 Android Phones

Wow. T-Mobile said that it had tripled its initial supply of Android phones, but it hadn't provided an actual number. Now we know: 1.5...

Sybase iAnywhere offers lifeline to Nokia Intellisync users

Sybase iAnywhere is offering to support mobile business customers left in the lurch by Nokia's decision to focus on consumers.

The Future of Search

Search engine executives hint at the next evolution of the business.

Mobile Video Calling Gets Boost

Global IP Solutions released a video engine it said can deliver high-quality peer-to-peer videoconferencing on smartphones.

Analyst Angle: The ’emerging’ growth of GSM in a 3G world: India, Africa and China to continue reliance on 2G technology

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the...

Apple asks judge to make iPhone lawsuit moot

Dropped-call suit should be dismissed since unhappy users didn't seek refund, lawyers say. Apple Inc.

UPDATED: ‘Sense of panic’ as content vendors respond to Verizon Wireless’ proposed 3-cent texting fee: Carrier softens stance following outcry

The off-deck content world reacted with shock to Verizon Wireless' plan to impose a drastic new fee for vendor-generated text messages. However, it's unclear...

Economics, politics could force Verizon Wireless away from Alltel purchase: Analyst: Verizon may pay $500M break-up fee, then come back for better purchase price

Verizon Wireless offered to divest another 15 markets as part its $28.1 billion play for Alltel Communications L.L.C., but the proposed transaction is becoming...

Bell Canada, Telus to deploy HSPA by 2010: Move will provide ‘smoother’ transition to LTE in the future

Canada's two largest CDMA carriers, Bell Canada and Telus Mobility, announced plans to deploy HSPA technology by 2010 as part of an effort to...

Ublip goes to Numerex for M2M

Numerex Corp., which specializes in machine-to-machine technology, said it has acquired Ublip Inc., a privately held M2M software and services company, for a combination...

Moto stock at 16-year low : Analysts cut forecasts for cellphone sales

Motorola Inc. shares continued dropping Thursday, hitting their lowest level since 1992 amid concerns that cellphone demand will be hurt by spreading weakness in...

Sprint Nextel, Clearwire, VZW and Alltel in the volatile economy: Adam Smith’s invisible guiding hammer

Much has been written and speculated about what telecom-tech policy might look like under an Obama or a McCain administration. But more likely it...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: BlackArrow, Kineto, Trilibis and more

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

AP: Airlines could save $5 billion a year with GPS

CHICAGO — A World War II-era air traffic network that often forces planes to take longer, zigzagging routes is costing U.S. airlines billions of...
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