Yearly Archives: 2008

Corporate network perimeters eroding

New research claims that IT security vendors are developing products to support a next-generation of "deperimeterised" business networks that have been opened up to...

Cisco revs up mobility engine

Network equipment maker Cisco has unveiled a new mobility appliance, which it claims will ease businesses' path to unified collaboration. The Cisco...

Amazon Kindle: A Wireless Trojan Horse

The Amazon Kindle e-book reader is back in the news again with a headline $40 device price cut to US$359, with Jeff Bezos giving...

Devices & Strategy: Samsung serves Virgin Mobile USA : Mutual interests reflected in slider camera phone

It's been said that football is a game of inches, a description that might also be applied to the handset market. And, as in...

Litigation continues: Sprint Nextel gets another class action

Sprint Nextel Corp. has been hit with a new class-action lawsuit alleging subscribers were billed for text messaging they did not authorize, litigation that...

D-Block comments begin rolling in: ‘Just give it away,’ argues one exec

THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION SET A JUNE 20 DEADLINE for public comment on D-Block revisions, but already the agency has begun receiving suggestions from...

Qualcomm’s BREW gets Flashed : Vendors roll out wares during annual conference

Qualcomm Inc.'s annual BREW developer's conference got underway this morning, and the obligatory stream of news from the company's home base in San Diego...

TeliaSonera signs for iPhone in 7 countries: Another domino falls: Russia and China remain

TeliaSonera, the Stockholm-based network operator, will offer Apple Inc.'s iPhone this year to some portion of the 115 million subscribers it covers in seven...

Mobile backhaul to “kick off in 2009”

Wireless carriers and backhaul transport providers spent $3.7 billion worldwide on mobile backhaul equipment last year, and spending is expected to grow in the...

In-building wireless set for strong growth

More than half a million buildings will be equipped with in-building wireless systems by 2013, according to a new report from ABI Research.ABI said...

Can WiMax Go The Distance?

Recent reports that it may be headed for a fall position WiMax as a long shot in the race for 4G wide area wireless...

Get Ready For A Wire-Free Enterprise

It's an oversimplification to say that 802.11n heralds the era of the wire-free office--though with top speeds of up to 300 Mbps, it's clearly...

Smartphones Become Clear Choice For Mobile Web Access

For U.S. consumers, the smartphone is the clear the winner for mobile Web access, according to an In-Stat survey released Wednesday.

Google shows touchy-feely Android phone

Search giant shows off Android at its Google I/O conference, including its touch-screen interface and ability to shift a Street View as the user...

Americans Browse 4.6 Hours a Month on Smartphones, Brits Browse 2.5 Hours

In part due to social networking and internet commerce, smartphone users are spending an average of more than 4.6 hours per month browsing the...

Femtocells may sound like science fiction, but they could prove pivotal in expanding cellular coverage: Bridging the gap

Femtocells - sounds like a science fiction term for robotic feminine cells - but it's just another buzzword for a new technology and product...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Leap, Nortel, Starent and more

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier--Lehman Brothers raised its price...

Moto’s slippage threatens domestic dominance: Surges by Samsung and LG narrow the gap

The Razr cut both ways. In the past two years, as its Razr-driven joyride skidded into a ditch, Motorola Inc.'s massive advantage in its...

Has Sprint Nextel focused too closely on being first at the expense of being best?

Perhaps no U.S. carrier has pushed the mobile data envelope like Sprint Nextel. But maybe the operator pushed a little too early.Sprint launched its...

Supreme Court: T-Mobile USA’s ‘free phone’ lawsuit can move forward

The Supreme Court let stand lower court rulings that held federal arbitration law does not pre-empt class-action litigation against T-Mobile USA Inc., an action...

Samsung selects Infineon, eases reliance on Q’comm: ‘No surprise,’ says analyst

Samsung has diversified its suppliers of UMTS baseband chips to include Infineon Technologies AG, leaving the world's second-largest handset vendor less dependent on Qualcomm...

3G licenses finally on track for China: Move part of major telecom restructuring

There likely won't be any 3G service at this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing, but the host country is finally making progress on a...

Mobile marketing gut check: If you’re not in mobile, you’re missing a generation

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: People Mobile not worth the effort

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...

Sarin to bow out of Vodafone: Carrier’s stake in VZW may be reconsidered

Vodafone Group Plc will say goodbye to its fearless leader. After five years as CEO, Arun Sarin is retiring at the end of July....
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