Yearly Archives: 2009

World’s poor drive growth in global cell phone use

Six in ten people around the world now have cell phone subscriptions, signaling that mobile phones are the communications technology of choice, particularly in...

Brightpoint, Synchronoss win T-Mobile online business

Brightpoint Inc. will serve as an Online Master Dealer for T-Mobile USA Inc., the companies announced.The deal allows Brightpoint-approved customers to offer and sell...

Apple overhauls MobileMe

Apple has introduced a handful of improvements to its MobileMe online service, further draining the swamp of embarrassment caused by the utility's botched introduction.

The Pre season at Sprint: Analysts have high hopes for handset and what it can do for Palm, Sprint

Sprint Nextel Corp. is looking for a hero and it may well find one that fits in the palm of your hand - pun...

Analyst Angle: Has industry consolidation killed wireless competition?

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...

Verizon Wireless’ LTE award just first round of contract awards

The selection of Alcatel-Lucent and L.M. Ericsson to build out Verizon Wireless' Long-Term Evolution network wasn't too surprising and some competitors should not...

Zune phone, no; Zune TV, yes, Microsoft says

Zune-branded smartphone, Microsoft Corp. plans to take the software and online store it built for its Zune media player and bring them to your...

New smartphone controls may appeal to IT managers

Research in Motion Ltd. is hoping that the latest version of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server will help convince skeptical IT managers that smartphone technologies...

Nokia phone still works after week inside a fish

When it comes to losing your cell phone in the sea, you expect it to be buried there. You certain don't expect it to...

Mapping a new, mobile Internet

A nascent industry involving the likes of Google and Nokia is pinpointing the movements and behaviors of millions of cell-phone users

iPhone apps are the real money-maker, analyst says

Call it the Apple App Store effect, says the ABI Research study on mobile storefronts. Despite having one of the smallest catalogs of all...

LG Versa’s detachable QWERTY: $200 feature phone seeks attention at Verizon

Verizon Wireless will begin selling the Versa by LG Electronics Co. for $200 with rebate and two-year contract on March 1.A multimedia handset with...

Nokia’s big miss: Company’s 5800 touchscreen smartphone launches in U.S. with no carrier support

Nokia Corp. said today it would offer its mid-tier, touchscreen smartphone - the 5800 XpressMusic - in the United States for $400, with no...

Ko takes the rudder of Yahoo’s mobile operations

Yahoo Inc. tapped David Ko to replace outgoing mobile chief Marco Boerries.A nine-year Yahoo executive, Ko most recently led Yahoo's business operations globally and...

AT&T Mobility, RadioShack hit with 3G netbook class-action lawsuit: $5,000 overage bill riles plantiff

A class-action lawsuit with potentially far-reaching legal, policy and business implications has been lodged against AT&T Mobility and RadioShack Corp. over a novel 3G...

Nuance to acquire Zi for $35M

Nuance Communications Inc. said it will spend $35 million to acquire Zi Corp., ending a long-lasting - and contentious - courtship.The developer of speech-recognition...

Q4 tough on T-Mobile USA, No. 4 carrier posts dip in growth, ARPU

Fourth-quarter numbers from T-Mobile USA Inc. showed that the industry's No. 3 and No. 4 players (Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA, respectively) were...

Is a closed deal a done deal? Reports of Alltel death greatly exaggerated

On one level, Alltel Communications L.L.C. ceased to exist after Verizon Wireless closed its $28 billion acquisition of the Little Rock, Ark., company in...

Leap’s expansion pays off in new subscribers, but buildout costs drag on profits: Wireless provider scores 385,000 new customers in Q4

Leap Wireless International Inc.'s growth is going according to plan, but the carrier is paying for it, literally. In its fourth-quarter results, Leap reported...

Asset, energy management to drive M2M revenues

Machine-to-machine technology represents one of a small number of bright spots in the global economic slowdown.According to a new study from market research and...

Jaguar, Land Rover make $1.6M mobile advertising buy: Despite recession, past performance in medium leads to spending increases

Jaguar and Land Rover have committed to mobile buys worth a collective $1.6 million for 2009, according to AdMob, the ad network that has...

Your cellphone as a boarding pass? Some airlines are testing it: Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, others incorporate wireless into operations

From boarding passes to checking in luggage, airlines are testing wireless technology in efforts to speed travelers through to their destinations.Delta Air Lines, American...

Myxer, Verizon Wireless back on track after ‘porno’ dustup : VZW allows access to mobile content provider after 8-month expulsion

Verizon Wireless customers can once again directly access services from mobile content retailer Myxer. The nation's No. 1 wireless provider pulled its support of...

Obama hopes to raise $4.8B by imposing spectrum license fees on wireless providers: Congress will have to pass legislation to enact the proposal

President Obama called for spectrum license fees in a record $3.9 trillion budget, released today, reviving a proposal that has failed to move in...
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