Yearly Archives: 2008

Nokia rolls out new E-series handsets

Nokia is set to start selling a group of E-series enterprise handsets and the top-of-the-range N96 multimedia device, a Reuters report said.

FMC News: IntelliNet Technologies Buys Azaire Networks

Thanks to a newly announced merger, IntelliNet Technologies soon will market a combined controller/security gateway/AAA function to OEMs as it pursues the holy grail...

3 Internet providers to block access to child pornography

Deal reached in N.Y. will affect entire country

ETSI pushes for M2M standardization

Europe's telecommunications standards body ETSI (Sophia Antipolis, France) is to establish a focus group to look at the approaches needed to standardize the fast...

Sprint, Clearwire Promise Two-Way Internet Video

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Sprint Nextel and Clearwire pledged Monday to deliver wireless Internet access to police, firefighters and schools at speeds fast enough to...

GPS semiconductor firms face ‘uncertain future’

Semiconductor vendors that pioneered the GPS market are facing an "uncertain future", experts warn.. ABI Research said that such firms are at...

A Hot Streak for Retailers

A slowing job market and $4 gasoline present a minefield for retailers. Good thing it's hot outside.

Telecoms Shines Amid the Gloom

The credit market collapse supposedly put an end to mergers and acquisitions.

The state of mobile advertising

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

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Alcatel-Lucent 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 scores new business deal for 3G iPhone

While the 3G iPhone includes a number of new technologies to excite tech-savvy phone users, it's the device's price and enterprise focus that could...

Apple details 3G iPhone : To launch in 22 countries on July 11

SAN FRANCISCO - You could cut the anticipation with a knife leading up to Apple Inc.'s Worldwide Developer Conference this morning. The company delivered...

Verizon Wireless merges online business tools

Verizon Wireless is merging its online tools for business subscribers. The carrier, working alongside parent company Verizon Communications Inc.'s Verizon Business division, has launched...

Innovation must be institutionalized to drive content adoption

ATLANTA - Innovation has to become institutionalized if wireless content is going to be successful, AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega last week...

Auto dealers embrace text messaging

Who's sending that text message to your cellphone? It could be your neighborhood auto dealer.Dealers are joining other auto advertisers in marketing on mobile...

VIDEO: RCR Wireless Newscast for Monday, June 9

Verizon said it will buy Alltel for $28 billion. If the deal goes through, it would create the...

816M mobile banking customers by 2011

Consumers are increasingly using their mobile phones to access banking services and products, and about 816 million consumers are expected to do so by...

MIM to cut into SMS, e-mail usage

Mobile instant messaging will eventually cannibalize SMS and computer-based e-mail, according to a survey from TNS Technology.The survey of 17,000 respondents in 30 countries...

ABI: 289M devices shipped in Q1

The mobile device market is expected to show shipments of 289 million units during the first quarter of 2008, according to a new study...

LiveTV to buy Verizon’s Airfone business

LiveTV L.L.C. said it will buy Verizon Communications Inc.'s Airfone business, a move the JetBlue Airways subsidiary said will anchor its in-flight e-mail and...

Leap launches in St. Louis

Leap Wireless International Inc. is set to turn on its Cricket service tomorrow in St. Louis, Mo. Leap said the service will be available...

Executive Interview: Sheldon Safir

The woes besetting Motorola Inc.'s consumer handset division have been the stuff of headlines for the past year. The company has said it remains...

Third time’s a charm: VZW to acquire Alltel

Verizon Wireless's purchase of Alltel Communication L.L.C. is leaving many gasping for breath. The $28.1 billion purchase of the nation's fifth-largest U.S. mobile operator...

Analyst Angle: Just when you thought PANs were DUN

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...

VZW+Alltel: Content challenges ahead

The sparse, rural areas that AlltelCommunications L.L.C.'s network covers and the demographics it serves lead some to assume Alltel would have relatively little data...
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