Yearly Archives: 2009

Cable company uses wireless app for more efficient sales force

Door-to-door sales have been a mainstay of the cable industry for years, but managing the team has been a hit-or-miss effort. However, wireless technology...

Spotlight On: Mobile money? Why not: PayPal looks towards simplicity to expand mobile financial transactions

Using a cellphone to conduct a financial transaction is nothing new as carriers all over the world have implemented ways for their customers to...

Worst of the Week: Does the truth really matter?

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...

2009 PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show Debrief

Join ABI Research Analyst Nadine Manjaro, RCR Wireless News Editor Tracy Ford and representatives from PCIA as they analyze key trends and initiatives in...

Video Interview: Bill Stone, FLO TV

FLO TV's Bill Stone talks to RCR Wireless News Editor Tracy Ford about the company's plans to move beyond carrier agreements with Verizon Wireless...

Video Interview: Sue Spradley, Nokia Siemens Network

Tracy Ford sits down with Sue Spradley of Nokia Siemens Networks to talk about NSN's plans for North America, its management service contract with...

Light regulatory touch best way to stimulate investment in broadband: Panelists tell FCC in hearing today

Uncertain regulatory policies will stifle capital investments in broadband technology, panelists told the Federal Communications Commission today during a hearing on “Capital Formation in...

Vertical Market: Healthcare: Enabling Software Solves Medical Data Transfer Issues

ZyDoc announced the release of its new file transfer software at the Center of Excellence in Wireless & Information Technology (CEWIT) International Conference today...

Case Study: IP Telephony Helps Formula NIPPON Driver and Pit Crew to Communicate

OKI Networks has begun testing a pit communication system for the driver and pit crew of the Formula NIPPON racing team sponsored by NTT...

Case Study: Exalt Radio Systems Provide Video Surveillance Network Backbone

Located midway between Denver and Colorado Springs, Castle Rock, Colorado is home to more than 46,000 people. The town encompasses 33 square miles and...

VIDEO REVIEW: Hiccups limit effectiveness of SpinVox’s voicemail transcriptions

This week, I took a closer look at SpinVox, a service that transcribes voicemails into text messages, word...

Analyst Angle: Do carrier-subsidized netbooks show promise?

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...

Kyocera sheds Indian product testing facility

MindTree Ltd. said it will pay $6 million to buy Kyocera Wireless Corp.’s Indian facility, Kyocera Wireless (India) Pvt. Ltd., which develops wireless products,...

AT&T Mobility to offer TerreStar dual-mode device: Hybrid cellular/satellite smartphone to launch at carrier in early 2010

AT&T Mobility plans to offer TerreStar Networks Inc.’s dual-mode cellular/satellite Genus smartphone and mobility solution to enterprise, government and small business customers and their...

Global Wireless News

Alcatel-Lucent signs European Union's Code of Conduct on Energy Consumption of Broadband Equipment From: WebWire Alcatel-Lucent announced that it has signed the European Union's Code of...

Telefonica, partners plan LTE trials

Spanish-based telecom giant Telefonica said it reached an agreement with a half-dozen LTE equipment suppliers to launch test projects in six different countries in...

Report: RIM rules Indonesia’s mobile Internet market

Apple Inc.’s iPhone may be seen by most around the world as the uber-mobile device, but a report out of Indonesia suggests that the...

Weekly Deal Roundup

Nokia Buys Travel Oriented Mobile Social Networking ServiceFrom: Information WeekContinuing its tendency to buy up smaller mobile content companies, Nokia has announced that it...

Analyst Angle: Verizon Wireless takes the lead, offering the best depth and variety of parental controls

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...

T-Mo prices Cliq at $200, ready for pre-sales

T-Mobile USA Inc. said it would begin pre-sales of the Motorola Inc. Cliq smartphone Nov. 19, pricing the handset at $200 for qualified subscribers...

Garmin’s nuvifone finally gets its bearings: GPS-centric device found at AT&T Mobility … for a price

More than a year and a half after announcing plans for a cellular technology equipped device, Garmin International Inc. is finally set to enter...

FCC seeks comments from public-safety on mobile broadband access

As it tries to draft a national broadband communications plan, The Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on how broadband access touches a variety...

Why Verizon won’t buy DirecTV

The Wall Street Journal thinks that Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) could be interested in buying satellite TV provider DIRECTV Group (Nasdaq: DTV) soon. In...

CNN launches iPhone app for $2

CNN has launched a news application for Apple Inc.'s iPhone that the media giant thinks could be a benchmark to measure the success of...

Reality Check: All Roads Lead to LTE (Eventually)

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...
- Advertisment -

Most Read