Monthly Archives: December, 2009

Nokia closing handful of retail outlets, shifting N.A. focus

Capitulating to entrenched market conditions, Nokia Corp. announced plans to close four of its retail outlets. Those outlets include its London Regent Street store;...

AT&T to urge customers to use less wireless data

AT&T is considering ways to encourage customers to use less wireless data as its network struggles to keep up with demand, a company executive...

Mobile Excellence Awards winners announced

Winners of the 2009 Mobile Excellence Awards winners were announced earlier this week at the organization’s awards show in Los Angeles. Attendence and award...

RCR Stock Watch: Weekly Gainers and Losers

The past week gainers and and losers were fairly evenly distributed in the RCR Wireless Stock Index, with gainers having a slight 4 to...

Weekly Deal Roundup

InnerWireless Raises $3.0MFrom: Texas TechPulseInnerWireless, a developer of indoor wireless systems, has raised $3.0M out of a $5.0M funding round, according to a...

Strategic Alliances and Partnerships

ZeroG Wireless & Freescale: ZeroG and Freescale have created a program to enable embedded Wi-Fi for the Tower System. ZeroG announced the availability of...

Video Interview: Trimble Navigation

Our editor, Dan Meyer, recently caught up with Trimble Navigation's Larry Fox. Watch the interview to hear what is new at Trimble Navigation....

Video Interview: Best Buy Mobile

Our editor, Tracy Ford, recently caught up with Best Buy Mobile's Scott Moore. Watch the interview below to see what is new at...

Video Interview: Virgin Mobile

Our editor, Dan Meyer, recently caught up with Virgin Mobile's Corinne Nosal. Watch his interview below to see what is new at Virgin...

Relm Wireless wins DoD contract

Relm Wireless Corp. has been awarded a $750,000 contract from the Department of Defense for its Rapid Deployment Portable Repeater, which allows emergency responders...

Analyst Angle: The hyper-competitive Indian cellular market: Do we want prices that low in the U.S.A.?

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...

Analyst Angle: “Show me the Cellfax” – turning mobile experience upside down!

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...

Texas State Wireless Association hosts annual holiday party for charity

The Texas State Wireless Association held its Holiday Social last week at Top Golf Dallas. The event attracted 175 wireless industry professionals and raised...

Wehrs resigns as head of Mobile Marketing Association

Mike Wehrs has resigned as CEO and president of the Mobile Marketing Association, just shy of one year on the job, to return to...

Reality Check: The outperforming core is crucial for successful EPC deployment

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...

Cox launches wireless service

Cable television giant Cox Communications Inc. has finally made the jump into the wireless telephone business announcing today the launch of the first three...

Samsung looks for software boost in smartphones

Samsung Electronics hopes to boost its position in smartphones by opening up its software, but analysts doubt it can challenge Apple as the platforms...

Reality Check: The heat is on: Increasingly higher speeds introduce thermal challenges in mobile data devices

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...

Huawei Technologies Presents: LTE solutions for Mobile Broadband Services in North America

Madan Jagernauth, Vice President of Wireless Marketing and Product Management for Huawei Technologies, USA will address LTE solutions for mobile broadband services in North...

Reality Check: All I want for Christmas…part two

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...

ST-Ericsson to cut up to 600 jobs in attempt for greater efficiency

Mobile semiconductor provider ST-Ericsson announced last week that it will institute new plans designed to save the company $115 million per year. The move...

Movers and Shakers

Thwapr- Duncan Kennedy and Eric Hoffert, formerly of Apple's Quicktime product team, have taken on the roles of COO and CTO, respectively. Thwapr is...

Reader Forum: 2010: The Year of the Mobile Cloud

According to the Chinese calendar, 2010 is the year of the tiger (apologies to Tiger Woods). Some people in the mobile industry believe...

Telecom sector loses 8,600 jobs in November, BLS says

The nation’s unemployment rate ticked down .2 percentage points in November to an even 10%, but about 8,600 more jobs in the telecommunications sector...

Global Tower Partners buys DukeNet tower assets

Global Tower Partners closed on 141 towers it bought from DukeNet Communications L.L.C., giving GTP an increased presence in eight states, including assets in...
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