Monthly Archives: January, 2009

AT&T Mobility adds 2 million customers

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...

Kgb launches premium mobile search service

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...

Openwave stock up on earnings progress

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...

Barclays tightens mobile banking security

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...

Apple and Palm rattle sabres over litigation

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

Financial ratings wrap-up: Clearwire, Nokia, Texas Instruments and more

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...

The mobile-phone police

"Super Bowl XLIII uses 21st century technology to insure (sic) that fans have a positive experience on February 1, 2009," the press release from...

Boost Mobile pulling the plug on CDMA promotion

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...

Bid to rein in cellphone photography may prove to be tone deaf, critics say

A New York congressman has introduced a bill that would force US phone manufacturers to program an audible tone that plays every time the...

Panel to approve tax credits for rural broadband rollout

The Senate Finance Committee later today is expected to make tax credits available to wireless carriers and others in the telecom industry that expand...

New AdMob ad network aimed to help Android developers

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...

Texas Instruments cuts 3,400 jobs: Chip maker girds for long-term recession

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...

Data ARPU, churn up at Verizon Wireless: Carrier revenue ticks up 12.4% for year

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...

DTV delay likely without wireless, public-safety concessions

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...

Video: Wehrs takes helm at Mobile Marketing Association

Mike Wehrs took over the reins at the Mobile Marketing Association a few weeks ago and was immediately...

Tax benefit, cost cuts help Tellabs log profit

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...

Emerging-market telecom buyers get picky: Industry stands in better shape to capitalize on deal opportunities

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- As international telecommunications operators shelve expansion plans to preserve cash and the myth collapses that emerging-market economies are independent from their...

Apple and Palm rattle sabres over litigation

A war of words has broken out between Apple and Palm over unspecified legal threats over iPhone technology. In last week's Apple's...

British Airways to Launch Text and Data-Only Cellphone Usage on London-NYC Flights [Cellphones On Planes]

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...

Juniper: 150M customers for mobile banking by 2011

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...

Mobile applications: Ultimately good or bad for the wireless operator?

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: ShopSavvy scans barcodes, simplifies shopping

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...

Why cellphone jammers aren’t the answer

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

Moto partners with Starent on LTE solution

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...

T-Mobile, public safety ask for added provisions to stimulus package

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