Yearly Archives: 2008

Huawei’s aggressive push pays off: Vendor: Now may be right time for big break in U.S.

In three to five years, a Chinese company could become the world leader in the mobile infrastructure market without a major presence in North...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Nortel, Palm, Qualcomm and more

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--R.W. Baird...

Carriers sharpen customer education efforts

As device and service options become more complex, wireless service providers are increasing their efforts to educate customers. Sprint Nextel Corp., which has been...

Revised D-Block rules won’t please everyone: Some cities, states want more control over first-responder broadband systems

While key House Homeland Security Committee members appear to back Federal Communications Commission efforts to revise D-Block rules, the panel's hearing brought to surface...

Study links cellphones to male fertility problems: Findings come amid Congressional hearings on the topic

Researchers at Cleveland Clinic said they found a link between cellphone radiation and male fertility problems, fresh scientific data that surfaced in advance of...

Alltel joins rivals under cloud of ETF class actions

Alltel Communications L.L.C. has been slapped with a class-action lawsuit over levying early termination fees on consumers that left the wireless carrier before the...

G1 backers tout Android’s openness: Exec comments draw line between Android Market and Apple App Store

T-Mobile USA Inc.'s new G1 phone will serve as a kind of one-stop shop for Google Inc.'s mobile offerings, but the device's prospects may...

Google, HTC create a contender with G1: Analyst: Device can go ‘head-to-head’ with iPhone, BlackBerry

The long-awaited Google Inc. Android-powered handset by HTC Corp. for T-Mobile USA Inc. - dubbed the G1 - debuted today and its pre-launch reception...

Alltel adds tracking to enterprise app lineup

As wireless continues to change how companies do business, Alltel Communications L.L.C. is now offering an application allowing employers to track mobile workers in...

Timberland inks $7M settlement in class action over texting: Case one of many involving text messaging

A $7 million settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit accusing Timberland Co. and others of illegally sending unsolicited advertising text messages to...

Open-access proponents point fingers: Carrier CEO comments raise concerns

THE OPEN-ACCESS POLICY DEBATE, which raged last year and then curiously subsided after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said the agency should not...

Handsets as ‘must-have:’ Tweens demand social connectivity

The back-to-school rush is over and, inevitably, the holidays will soon be upon us. Cue up the chorus of young voices in your household...

Handsets as 'must-have:' Tweens demand social connectivity

The back-to-school rush is over and, inevitably, the holidays will soon be upon us. Cue up the chorus of young voices in your household...

Mogreet shakes hands with Sprint Nextel, 3

Mobile video-messaging startup Mogreet scored carrier deals on both sides of the Atlantic.The Venice Beach, Calif.-based firm is partnering with Fun Text, a U.K.-based...

VIDEO: T-Mobile USA raises curtain on G1, world’s first Google Android phone : ‘It’s more of a consumer device; not an enterprise device’

At an event in New York today, T-Mobile USA Inc. and Google Inc. executives took the wraps off the G1, a device built by...

On social networking business models

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their...

REVIEW: Health Browser doesn’t adequately fix what ails

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point...

Mobile cash revenues to hit $5B by 2013

Service provider revenues from mobile money transfer services could exceed $5 billion worldwide by 2013, according to a new study from Juniper Research.The firm...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks and more

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

AT&T deepens wireless/wireline integration with new HomeManager offering: Samsung touchscreen powers service

In an effort to bolster its home phone service, AT&T Inc. unveiled its HomeManager service that integrates many of the telcom provider's mobile features...

Clearwire looks to clarify management positions

Clearwire Corp. is prepping for its impending merger with Sprint Nextel Corp.'s Xohm WiMAX business by shuffling employees. In an 8-K filing with the...

VIDEO: Did you miss it? The full keynote from the third day of CTIA I.T. ’08

Steve Largent introduces a study, produced by CTIA and Harris Interactive, titled "Teenagers: A Generation Unplugged."; Harris Interactive;...

Analyst Angle: Foreboding cloud coming ‘off the deck’

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...

SanDisk leads memory card music distribution effort

SanDisk Corp. is the latest player hoping to elbow its way onto the music-distribution playground.The Milpitas, Calif.-based company announced plans to sell microSD memory...
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