Monthly Archives: October, 2009

Handset testing gets more sophisticated with smartphone adoption

As wireless devices get increasingly complex, a number of companies are urging wireless operators and handset makers to outsource their internal testing procedures to...

UPDATE: New iPhone boosts Apple's bottom line.: Device giant ships 7.4M iPhones, stock tops $200

Apple Inc. continued its assault on the mobile space during its fiscal fourth quarter ended Sept. 26 selling nearly 7.4 million iPhone devices, which...

Reality Check: 1,000 Songs In Your Pocket

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...

UPDATE: New iPhone boosts Apple’s bottom line.: Device giant ships 7.4M iPhones, stock tops $200

Apple Inc. continued its assault on the mobile space during its fiscal fourth quarter ended Sept. 26 selling nearly 7.4 million iPhone devices, which...

UPDATE: Atwell-Hicks hires four to lead wireless division

Citing growth in the wireless space, Ann Arbor, Mich.-based consulting firm Atwell-Hicks said it has added four executives to its wireless operations.The firm hired...

Arkansas Oklahoma Wireless Association Holds 4th Annual Charity Tournament

The Arkansas Oklahoma Wireless Association held its 4th Annual Charity Tournament on Thursday, October 1, 2009 at Cherokee Hills Golf Club in Tulsa, OK....

Movers and Shakers

Telegent Systems – Drs. Samuel Sheng and Weijie Yun, CEO and executive chairman of the board, respectively, have been awarded the HYSTA (Hua Yuan...

Verizon adds wireless to bundle for quad play

Verizon Communications Inc. began to offer the much-touted quadruple play of wireless, landline, TV and Internet services ahead of rival cable companies that are...

Sprint Nextel to acquire iPCS : $831M deal ends years of legal wrangling

Sprint Nextel Corp. amputated a source of legal and operational frustration this morning announcing plans to acquire network affiliate iPCS Inc. for $831 million....

Cellular South to acquire Corr Wireless: Migration plans could include LTE

Carrier consolidation is not limited to just the big four, as Cellular South today announced plans to acquire Alabama-based Corr Wireless. Financial terms of...

Netbook mania set for large impact on mobile space

Over the past year wireless operators have begun populating their retail stores and Web sites with a new niche of devices, the netbook. These...

FCC-commissioned study on broadband is neutral on wireless: But explores open-access for fixed networks extensively

Perhaps the best news for wireless carriers out of a new FCC-commissioned study on broadband access in the United States is that more “study...

Worst of the Week: Latent rage

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

Sidekick data saved: Microsoft said it has recovered majority of personal information

Microsoft Corp. has said it has recovered “most, if not all” customer data thought to have been lost when its servers hosting information for...

Clear-er sailing for Clearwire?: Research firm upgrades mobile WiMAX player

Clearwire Corp. received a boost from Macquarie Research, which upgraded its rating on the wireless broadband provider from neutral to outperform citing greater...

Opinion: More driver distractions ahead

The federal effort to ban texting/e-mailing and driving is common sense. It's not wise to read or write while driving a car. But it...

Nokia posts Q3 loss of $834 million

Nokia reported a $834 million loss for the third quarter as the company wrote down $1.35 billion on its Nokia Siemens Networks business. The...

Case Study: Exalt Delivers Scalable Bandwidth for Maywood School District 89

Maywood School District 89 provides K-8 education for approximately 5,500 students in suburban Chicago. The District's facilities include ten schools and three administrative buildings...

District court rules in favor of VZW on ringtones : Carrier does not have to pay ‘public performance’ fees

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York handed a significant victory to Verizon Wireless against the American Society of Composers,...

A look back at CTIA IT

Just about a week has gone by since the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2009 event in San Diego and I have just now...

Global Infrastructure Awards

Canada: Andrew Solutions has been selected by WIND Mobile to provide advanced wireless 911 services that will help Canadian emergency services pinpoint a caller’s...

India delays spectrum auction, says it will revisit M&A rules

With yet another delay confirmed by the government, it’s anyone’s guess when India will begin to hold its much-maligned auction for third-generation licenses. The...

China Mobile to sell 8 Motorola OPhones next year

China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier by subscribers, will next year introduce eight OPhone smartphone models from U.S. phone maker Motorola, a company...
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