Yearly Archives: 2008

Is Fixed-Mobile Convergence Worth the Bother?

FMC has supporters, but cost and complexities are a concern.Whether fixed-mobile convergence is for you in the near-term depends in part on how you...

Automated profiling tech is crap, says Home Office

Automated passenger profiling is rubbish, the Home Office has conceded in an amusing - and we presume inadvertent - blurt.

Helio Closing Stores. Time To Hang Up?

"Virtual" wireless carrier Helio could be on its last legs. We hear that it's finally closing its barren retail stores this week, confirming a...

AT&T unit supports business video apps

AT&T has created a new business unit that has already begun offering commercial streaming video, webcasting, e-learning and virtual trade show applications. These offerings...

Age-appropriate services: What does the future hold?

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...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Alcatel-lucent, Aperto, Ceragon 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...

VIDEO: RCR Wireless Newscast for Monday, June 23

Wireless had a muted role at the event as it traditionally takes a back seat to its wireline...

T-Mobile USA boosts Wi-Fi/cellphone lineup: Will begin prorating ETFs

T-Mobile USA Inc. added two new phones to its HotSpot@Home collection: the Nokia 6301 and the Samsung t339. Both handsets take advantage of the...

Telecom heavyweights argue for RFP process for D-Block spectrum: Comments flood into FCC

Comments on what the FCC should do with the 700 MHz D Block ran the gamut, with some urging the agency to tighten its...

Nokia acquires social networker Plazes

Nokia Corp. added another social networking business to its portfolio, acquiring Plazes AG for an undisclosed sum.Operating primarily out of Berlin with 13 employees,...

Alltel to upgrade to Rev. A

Despite the likelihood of Alltel Communications L.L.C. falling under the control of Verizon Wireless by year's end, the nation's 5th largest carrier has decided...

Kajeet outlines ‘sizable’ job cuts, will refocus on Internet sales

Kajeet Inc. last week slashed a "sizable" chunk of its sales force as it shifts from a brick-and-mortar retail strategy to an online model."We...

Ahead of the Bell: Motorola downgraded

An analyst cut his rating and price target on Motorola Inc. Monday, saying the company continues to lose handset market share in North America,...

Google’s Mobile-Handset Plans Are Slowed

Google Inc. is learning that changing the cellphone industry isn't easy.

Mobile phones to save airlines, by exposing passengers

Airline travel is set to get even more unpleasant, as hapless airline passengers face being hounded through airports by online advertisers as well as...

New Javelin Study Finds Untapped Market for Mobile Banking

Banks should look beyond their Internet banking customers for new mobile banking customers, Javelin says.

Will WiMAX have an impact on your business this year?

While WiMAX appears to be set for commercial deployment in some US markets by year-end, the technology itself has been plagued by various fits...

How will 3G data services concretely affect the enterprise?

Don't underestimate 3G data services, industry experts say. These offerings will tie mobile laptops and voice/data smartphones into corporate networks with something approximating a...

iPhone porn capabilities hard to top

Although it's not what I would call a frequent topic of discussion here on Infinite Loop, the subject of pornography and adult material does...

Compressed VoIP leaves eavesdropping clues

Eavesdroppers might be able to gain clues about the content of encrypted conversations even without breaking the cryptography.

New GPS-savvy, solar signs help bus riders connect in real time

As the demand for customer-friendly, real-time information increases, more cities, counties and states are going high tech at the bus stop.

SocialMedia to unveil ‘friendship ranks’

The start-up's tech works like Google's PageRank for Web sites, but it aims to tap your friendships to spread "social banner" display ads.

The Olympics Go Mobile

The Summer Olympics are nearly here. Beginning August 8th, the world will be watching as athletes compete for the gold in Beijing. Of course,...

Mobile Web usage prompts development in the space

The mobile Web presence is to 2008 what the Web presence was to 1998: an absolutely essential component of the marketing mix.

An Unlikely Promoter Drives Nokia’s Push in Hollywood

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Tero Ojanpera is an unlikely media entrepreneur. Mr. Ojanpera, a veteran Nokia executive, is not a fan of “ American...
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