Monthly Archives: January, 2009

MSN Mobile Music: Worst idea ever?

Now here's a recipe for success: Take a brand that your parent company's been on the verge of abandoning for the last four years....

With new guidelines, products, Wi-Fi vendors hope to guard against credit card theft: Moto, Aruba shill new WLAN products to securely conduct wireless transactions

With new restrictions in place for businesses that use wireless local area networks to process credit card transactions, two rivals are now offering solutions...

Group pushes FCC for renewed opportunities for small businesses, minorities

An ambitious campaign has begun to press the new Obama administration and Congress to embrace policies promoting diversity in telecom and media sectors. The...

Analyst: ‘Don’t get too excited’ about new PTT pricing from Sprint Nextel: Wireless provider reworks Nextel Direct Connect rate plans

Sprint Nextel Corp. introduced new rate plans for its Nextel Direct Connect customers, starting at $30 a month. The carrier said it launched two...

CTIA urges Congress to drop open-access obligations in economic stimulus bill

The mobile-phone industry called for changes to the $6 billion broadband component of Congress' $825 billion economic stimulus bill, requesting open-access provisions be stripped...

LG’s U.S. shipments decline sharply: Gains in Europe and Asia help drive sequential gain

LG Electronics Co. said today that its handset shipments grew year-on-year and sequentially on a day when market leader Nokia Corp. acknowledged declines in...

Glu CEO: Business will shrink 10% 15% in 2009: Wireless game maker muses on market for mobile entertainment

Glu Mobile Inc. limps into 2009 after enduring a brutal year that saw its stock tumble from nearly $5 a share to less than...

Nokia in the fourth quarter: trouble ahead, trouble behind: Mobile device vendor ships 113 million units, down 15% year-on-year

Nokia Corp. confirmed today that the fourth quarter - typically the year's retail high point - was dismal and said the year ahead would...

Worst of the Week: Smartphones vs. alarm clocks and other epic battles

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

Nokia Siemens reports losses in the fourth quarter

Nokia Siemens Networks reported progress on cutting costs, but charges related to the combination of Nokia's and Siemens' networking businesses continued to drag on...

LTE deployments gain steam: Wireless network technology catching on

A difficult global economy is not slowing operators' LTE deployment plans.More than 18 operators worldwide have announced plans to deploy LTE networks, and Verizon...

Pinpointing landmines from the air

A Canadian company, Mine Clearing Corp ( MCC ) has acquired licensing to the latest in radiometry technology; technology so sensitive it can pick...

HTC announces an updated Touch Cruise, new software on old hardware

HTC spends a lot of time updating devices with a new feature here and there to get it right and reminds me a lot...

The shortcomings of mobile apps

Now that the novelty of iPhone applications has worn off a bit, I've been evaluating which apps are useful and which are just sapping...

iPhone 3G sales way down during holidays: Mobile device sales slump sequentially from 6.9 million to 4.4 million units

Apple Inc. is not immune to the economic downturn, as it reported a massive slowdown in iPhone 3G sales in its earnings call this...

Ericsson enjoys solid quarterly financials, but cuts 5,000 jobs: Wireless network vendor warns of tough times

As other infrastructure companies struggle, L.M. Ericsson continues to buck the trend, posting a strong fourth quarter in 2008 that netted sales of $7.9...

Report: Cameraphones to generate innovation

The U.S. mobile imaging market is expected to generate more than $500 million in revenues in 2013, according to a new report form research...

RIM says ‘phooey’ to Certicom: Withdraws bid after court injunction against $65 million offer

Research In Motion Ltd. yesterday withdrew its offer to purchase Certicom Corp., an encryption firm, after a Canadian court imposed an injunction on its...

VIDEO @ CES: Ford enlists Microsoft’s Tellme for Sync

Dariusz Paczuski, consumer services director for Microsoft Corp.'s Tellme, described how the company's offering will work directly with...

New York City rolls ahead with public-safety network plans: M/A-COM may take legal action after New York State cancels public-safety contract

The state of New York may have struck out for the time being in building a statewide public-safety communications network, but New York City...

Sybase buys m-commerce company

Sybase Inc. is looking to expand its m-commerce business with the acquisition of Germany's paybox solutions AG for an undisclosed sum.Paybox was founded 10...

How we watched the Obama inauguration: President’s swearing in by stream, mobile, TV and tweet

By the time final numbers are crunched, President Barack Obama's inauguration likely will have been watched by more people and on more platforms than...

Smartphones a bright spot for chips: GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G help in down year

No one can miss the dark clouds streaming overhead, but analysts say that without the expected growth in smartphone sales, those clouds might blot...

Financial ratings wrap-up: MetroPCS, Motorola, Freescale 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--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services...

RIM begins stocking Blackberry application store

Research In Motion is opening its doors to would-be Blackberry application developers. The company on Tuesday announced that it is now accepting submissions for...
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