Yearly Archives: 2008

Harris Gains Mobile-DTV Foothold in Latin America

Guatemala, Costa Rica to use ATSC-based solution following adoption by Albavision.

M2M sees unbridled growth : Space ‘only limited by your imagination,’ Sprint Nextel exec says

With wireless connectivity becoming ever more common in vehicles, security systems and utility meters, machine-to-machine technology is on the path to transform vending machines,...

Cell phones tracking nightlife activity

A Columbia University computer science professor has co-founded a New York-based company named Sense Networks to sell tracking software to other companies.

Blyk’s Success Leads to Expansion

Blyk is a UK MVNO which offers no-cost and low-cost mobile phone service with revenue generated from advertising to the customer via the mobile...

Palm’s long, hard climb continues

Despite delivering a bona fide hit handset, the $99 Centro, Palm Inc. continued to struggle with revenue and profit in fiscal fourth quarter.For the...

Analyst cuts forecast for handset growth to 6%: Consumers, under pressure, stretching replacement cycle

Analyst Brian Modoff at Deutsche Bank this week cut his forecast for global handset shipments from 8% growth to 6%, citing fuel and food...

Sony Ericsson warns on profits, handset demand

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications warned today that it would only break even in the current quarter and that handset shipments will be nearly flat...

It’s official: Virgin to take over Helio

Virgin Mobile USA's purchase of fellow MVNO Helio L.L.C. allows Virgin to evolve beyond its low-ARPU customers to higher-paying subscribers, as well as gain...

Cash crunch takes Wireless Oakland offline

Wireless Oakland, a municipal wireless network covering Oakland County, MIch., is offline due to lack of funds, Deputy Oakland County Executive and CIO...

Verizon Repeats Desire to Buy Vodafone Out of US Joint Venture

Verizon Communications has reiterated its long standing desire to buy out Vodafone's share in their joint venture mobile network, Verizon Wireless.

What’s the hurry to auction?

The Federal Communications Commission is rushing toward auctioning too much spectrum in too short a period of time and is going to be disappointed...

NPD: Cellphone accessory sales to catch fire

While cellphone sales may be on the decline in the United States, retailers may be able to bridge the gap with accessory sales, according...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: BridgeWave, In-Fusio, Miyowa 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...

Only strongest MVNOs will survive

A couple years ago, starting your very own mobile virtual network operations company was a sizzling hot idea and everybody was trying to cash...

Price wars beginning?: iPhone now drives subsidy strategies

Last year, of course, the iPhone launch drove hand-wringing over the need to revamp user interfaces, accompanied by a move to large-display touchscreens.A wave...

Worst of the Week: What does my phone do?

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...

Microsoft buys mobile software developer

Microsoft Corp. said it will acquire the Portuguese mobile software developer MobiComp for an undisclosed sum.MobiComp specializes in data protection and management technologies that...

LiMo absorbs a Linux camp

Suddenly, it's all about consolidating handset platforms. Today, LiPS said it would jump on the LiMo. Earlier this week, Nokia Corp. said it would...

MetroPCS: Bring us your existing, compatible phones

Regional wireless carrier MetroPCS Communications Inc. announced a new promotion, MetroFlash, that will allow shoppers with a compatible CDMA handset to connect to the...

PlayPhone targets Hispanic users

PlayPhone Inc. is targeting Hispanic mobile users with a Spanish-language version of its online storefront.The San Jose, Calif.-based company said the site offers Latino-targeted...

RIM doubles revenue and profit, but disappoints Wall Street

Research In Motion Ltd. doubled its fiscal first quarter revenue and net income over the year-ago quarter, sold 5.4 million devices and added 2.3...

Ad-funded Blyk eyes key markets in Europe

The world's first advertising-funded mobile telecoms operator, Blyk, will enter the German, Spanish and Belgian markets next year, the company said.

Google’s Open Source Android OS Will Free the Wireless Web

"Is this interesting to Google?" That's what Andy Rubin was asking Larry Page. It was a spring day in 2005, and the two were...

Moving to the Mobile Web

Wait. Scroll. Scroll. Tap-tap. Wait. Wait. For many years, that was the typical experience of someone surfing the Web using a mobile phone or...
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