January 2009

AT&T Mobility easily bested rival Verizon Wireless in adding fourth-quarter subscribers, showing there is still wireless growth to be had. The industry’s No. 2 operator said it added 2.1 million …

There’s a new player on the wide-open mobile search playground. And it’s bigger than you think.Kgb, a New York-based firm with roots in fixed-line directory assistance, launched service earlier this …

Shares of Openwave Systems Inc. jumped after the struggling company posted a slight increase in quarterly revenues.The Redwood City, Calif.-based firm generated $48.1 million in revenues during the quarter ended …

Barclays has become the first UK high street bank to offer free security software to its mobile banking customers, in a deal with anti-malware vendor Kaspersky Lab.

A war of words has broken out between Apple and Palm over unspecified legal threats over iPhone technology.

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carriers–Morgan Stanley reinstated its equal-weight rating on Verizon Communications after the …

“Super Bowl XLIII uses 21st century technology to insure (sic) that fans have a positive experience on February 1, 2009,” the press release from InStadiumSolutions (ISS) exclaimed. “Fans will be …

The writing was probably on the wall, but no one’s paying close enough attention to what Boost Mobile’s doing to even notice. phonescoop has it that the company famous for …

A New York congressman has introduced a bill that would force US phone manufacturers to program an audible tone that plays every time the cellphone’s camera is used, in an …

The Senate Finance Committee later today is expected to make tax credits available to wireless carriers and others in the telecom industry that expand broadband networks to rural and low-income …

AdMob unveiled a new ad network designed to help developers to monetize their applications on the Android platform.The San Mateo, Calif.,-based mobile ad startup said it already serves ads on …

Texas Instruments, Inc. yesterday posted a 30% year-on-year drop in revenue and a 95% drop in operating profit. About one-quarter of T.I.’s revenue in the fourth quarter was derived from …

The disgruntled economy finally hit Verizon Wireless where it hurts, in its customer growth during the fourth quarter. The carrier posted 1.4 million net adds during its fourth quarter, but …

Congress is poised to approve legislation postponing the digital TV transition from Feb. 17 to June 12, with the public safety and mobile-phone sectors unable to win many concessions they …

Mike Wehrs took over the reins at the Mobile Marketing Association a few weeks ago and was immediately greeted with two fresh controversies. // By use of this code snippet, …

Weakening sales and restructuring charges kept Tellabs Inc.’s earnings under pressure in the fourth quarter, the Naperville maker of telecommunications products said Tuesday, but an income-tax benefit helped the company …

LONDON (MarketWatch) — As international telecommunications operators shelve expansion plans to preserve cash and the myth collapses that emerging-market economies are independent from their western counterparts, the face of dealmaking …

A war of words has broken out between Apple and Palm over unspecified legal threats over iPhone technology. In last week’s Apple’s acting chief executive Tim Cook made a number …

British Airways to Launch Text- and Data-Only Cellphone Usage on London-NYC Flights By John Mahoney , 10:00 AM on Tue Jan 27 2009, 480 views Hey, this makes sense.

By 2011, more than 150 million customers worldwide will use their phone for mobile banking transactions, according to a new study from Juniper Research.The firm said mobile banking currently is …

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 insights into the marketplace.From an outsider’s …

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 of view, with the goal of …

So it seems the hottest item to sneak into a prison cell is no longer contraband cigarettes, or a knife baked in a cake, but a cellphone. Clearly a prisoner …

Motorola Inc. is teaming up with a Massachusetts company that specializes in multimedia services to boost its LTE network offerings.Starent Networks Corp. solutions will allow Motorola to offer an end-to-end …

The House this week plans to vote on a massive economic stimulus bill with $1 billion earmarked for wireless broadband grants, but the smallest national wireless provider and a leading …