Monthly Archives: February, 2009

Doing more with less: The enterprise’s marching orders in an economic downturn: Gartner: 20% of enterprises last year replace wireline phones with wireless

Faced with uncertain financial conditions, corporations are cutting capital and operating budgets and the outlook for information technology spending this year - where wireless...

Bluetooth marries GPS in CSR-SiRF merger

The deal, expected to close in the second quarter of 2009, would create a $927 million company with $378 million in cash and no...

Opening Pandora’s box may aid ailing music industry: Mobile devices could be key to mobile entertainment industry

I spent a little time over the last few days downloading - ahem, purchasing - music.I bought a few tracks from a punkish-alt country...

Senate passes stimulus plan with reduced broadband grants: Plan now set for compromise with House version

The Senate today passed a scaled-backed economic stimulus bill by a 61-37 margin, clearing the way for what is expected to be a contentious...

Sprint Nextel, TeleNav push into enterprise fleet tracking with $50-per-month service: Vehicle Manager offers location-based services

Location-based services provider TeleNav Inc. has partnered with Sprint Nextel Corp. to exclusively offer its latest fleet management service to the wireless provider's enterprise...

VIDEO: Verizon Wireless to announce LTE vendors next week: New wireless technology to be central to broadband expansion

New wireless technology to be central to broadband expansion Verizon Wireless is set to unveil further details of its...

REVIEW: YouMail advances voicemail

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...

4INFO intros SMS advertising marketplace

SMS-based search company 4INFO launched an ad-serving offering that places marketing pitches in text messages.AdHaven, as the service is dubbed, is designed to enable...

LG to cut $2.2 billion in costs, no major job cuts announced yet

LG Electronics Co. said it will trim $2.2 billion from its overhead, including headquarters and 82 subsidiaries around the globe, citing the global economic...

Brightpoint to cut spending, jobs: Handsets handled dropped 18% year over year

Handset distributor Brightpoint Inc. said it would slash $40 million to $45 million in annual spending and reduce daily debt by more than $100...

Leap jumps into full-track fray with Cricket Mobile Music service: Low-cost wireless provider expands mobile entertainment offerings

Leap Wireless International Inc. is bringing music to the masses, or at least those wireless consumers packing its Cricket devices.Despite the languid adoption of...

Google licenses Microsoft’s ActiveSync, beats rival to market with synching service

Microsoft Corp.'s ActiveSync technology is behind Google Inc.'s latest mobile synching offering.The Mountain View, Calif.-based Internet giant on Monday rolled out Google Sync., a...

Qwest profit tumbles 50% as voice subscriptions drop

Qwest Communications International Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income dropped 50% as a decline in land-line customers pressured voice-segment results. The company said it cut 1,700...

ZTE’s Windows phone for Vodafone to launch next week

The Vodafone 1231, some details of which were already made public though a US regulatory filing with the Federal Communications Commission, is a GSM...

Twitter fast growing beyond its messaging roots

Thanks to its open-ended design and a thriving user community, Twitter is fast outgrowing its roots as a simple, easy-to-use messaging service. Enterprising hackers...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Cisco and Nokia Siemens Networks

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...

Research: 2 trillion mobile messages are sent daily

Text messaging remains the most profitable value-added data service, according to a new study from research firm In-Stat.The company said short message service (SMS)...

Mobile marketing effort gets more to say ‘I Can’ purchase a Porsche: Phone campaign outperformed carmarker’s wider push to convince potential buyers of its...

If the idea of marketing Porsche sports cars on mobile handsets seems unlikely, it's for good reason: Mobile skews young, but the core Porsche...

Broadband subsidies may test Obama’s savvy on ethics, public patience

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...

Broadband subsidies may test Obama's savvy on ethics, public patience

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...

Nokia announces latest rendition of music phone

The new phone, which is less than a half-inch thick, is a full-featured multimedia handset designed for music lovers. It will debut next week...

Senate stimulus bill reduces broadband grants by $2 billion

The compromise Senate economic stimulus bill reduces funding for broadband grants from $9 billion to $7 billion while retaining tax breaks for high-speed Internet...

LiMo Foundation: Verizon, Vodafone, others commit to deploy mobile devices this year

The LiMo Foundation continues to make strides as it announced updates to its open platform, notched six new operators to deliver handsets and added...
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