Monthly Archives: February, 2009

FIRESTORM: AT&T Mobility, CWA bicker over stalled union contract negotiations: Strike looms over No. 2 wireless provider

The Communications Workers of America and AT&T Mobility failed to reach an agreement over the weekend on a new contract covering 20,000 wireless workers...

Microsoft offers ‘cloud’ feature with My Phone launch: New wireless technology follows similar offerings by Nokia’s Ovi, Apple’s MobileMe

Microsoft Corp. is the latest company to jump on the cloud-computing craze with a free new service for Windows Mobile users.The software giant unveiled...

Network integration becoming second nature for Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility: VZW’s plans for Alltel integration similar to RCC’s 4-step process

If Verizon Wireless completes the acquisition of Alltel Communications L.L.C the same way it has with previous purchases, there are a few certainties: the...

Vodafone, Hutch to merge Australian operations

Vodafone, the world's largest wireless carrier, and Hutchison Telecommunications, a unit controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, said Monday they will merge their...

Amazon unveils Kindle 2.0

Amazon's second-generation e-book reader has just been unveiled in New York as a device that measures 8 x 5.3 x 0.36in and which has...

Samsung overhauls TouchWiz user interface

Samsung in Korea announced that it will be showing off a new version of its TouchWiz user interface at Mobile World Congress. Some of...

Nokia may open app store

Is Nokia about to launch an application store for its Symbian platform at next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona? That's the rumor buzzing...

Two-fer BlackBerries at Verizon Wireless: Carrier extends BOGO to all BlackBerries: Indication that sales of the BlackBerry Storm are slowing?

The wireless pundits are chattering about a new offer from Verizon Wireless. The nation's largest carrier is offering a buy-one-get-one-of-equal-or-lesser-value-for-free promotion on the most...

Analyst Angle: The wireless ecosystem needs to prepare for a deep chill: There will be a freeze in operator opex and capex over 2009...

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the...

CWA union members authorize strike against AT&T Mobility: More than 20,000 members could be involved

Communications Workers of America members overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike on behalf of more than 20,000 unionized AT&T Mobility employees if concerns about...

Strained eyes? Google brings books to iPhone, Android: Search giant expands mobile content offerings

Google Inc. launched a mobile version of its book search offering, enabling users with devices such as Apple Inc.'s iPhone and T-Mobile USA Inc.'s...

By the numbers: Top U.S. handset makers for the fourth quarter of 2008: Koreans duel with Moto for U.S. market, top three vendors grab...

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. eked out a slim lead in market share over Motorola Inc. in the United States last year, in part due...

Faux-Flash technology for ads arrives on iPhone: Axe, Greystripe experiment with a ‘work-around’

For all the things the iPhone can do, running Flash - a platform that displays interactive graphics and animations - isn't one of them....

Despite record shipments, Nortel’s WiMAX decision impacts Alvarion

Nortel Network Corp's decision to shut down its mobile WiMAX division not only hurt Alvarion Ltd.'s 2008 bottom line but its severed agreement will...

Mr. Mojo Risin’

"The time for talk is over," Obama bellowed. "The time for action is now. Because we know if we do not act, a bad...

Nickelodeon unveils iPhone apps tied to shows

Nickelodeon is launching a series of iPhone and iTouch applications based on its popular shows "SpongeBob SquarePants," "Dora the Explorer" and "iCarly."Users will be...

GPS-enabled handsets set to soar

Sales of GPS-enabled mobile phone are expected to buck the global trend of handset shipment declines this year, according to a report from ABI...

Google helps form ‘white space’ database coalition

Google said earlier this week that it is joining several technology companies, including Comsearch, Dell, HP, Microsoft, Motorola and Neustar, to form a new...

Intel details technologies for future mobile devices

Intel is to detail technologies it is developing for mobile devices at next week's International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), including system-on-a-chip (SoC) processors...

Nine-year old whiz-kid writes iPhone application

Lim, who is in fourth grade, writes applications for Apple's popular iPhone. His latest, a painting program called Doodle Kids, has been downloaded over...

Time Crisis for the iPhone looks shooty

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Bringing paging into the future: Healthcare field targeted for paging-enabled smartphones

A developer of wireless enterprise solutions claims it has combined the advantages of paging and mobile phones into one service that can be accessed...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: AdMob, Axel Technologies, SkyCross and more

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included...

Schlumberger to resell ERF Wireless WiMAX service

A major communication provider to the oil and gas industry plans to resell wireless broadband and WiMAX services to oil companies in North America.Schlumberger,...

T-Mobile USA to offer 8-megapixel cameraphone

Betting that a touchscreen interface and high-resolution camera phone will lead to more photo-sharing - and accompanying data revenue - T-Mobile USA Inc. said...
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