Yearly Archives: 2009

Fighting churn: Promotions abound as customers jump on best offers around

With churn rates rising among subscribers, wireless-phone companies are pouring on the promotions and marketing spending in hopes of keeping cost-conscious consumers in the...

Americans watching more TV than ever

Not only are American consumers not canceling TV (or broadband) because of the recession, people are watching more television than ever, according to new...

Vertu opens first Japan store

The company's first store opened its doors on Thursday to customers in Tokyo's ritzy Ginza district with handsets selling at prices up to

Kyocera pairs with Superior for cellphone accessories

Kyocera Wireless Corp. has enlisted a new partner to jazz up its accessory line. The handset and device manufacturer announced today that it partnered...

UDATED: Iridium looks to poach Globalstar customers

Iridium Satellite L.L.C. is relaunching a program in an effort to score customers from struggling rival Globalstar.The company has announced it will once again...

EIB invests $630M in Symbian platform

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is backing the home team - namely, Nokia Corp.'s Symbian platform - with a hefty $630 million investment.The...

Fitch downgrades Sprint Nextel after Q4 loss

With Sprint Nextel Corp. reporting a massive fourth-quarter loss, the company's ratings have taken a fall and it has been given a negative outlook...

T-Mobile USA testing $50 calling plan

T-Mobile USA is offering existing wireless customers in San Francisco a $50 flat-rate monthly calling plan in another sign of an emerging price war...

Good old SMS on track to shine in 2009: Text messaging: mobile, measurable and cheap

Mobile marketing types like to talk about cool features like click-to-video, 2-D barcodes and interactive wireless scavenger hunts. But as the economy slows to...

Wireless solutions in industrial automation

A Frost and Sullivan workshop in Frankfurt on 5 February discussed the future outlook for wireless solutions in industrial automation.Summary is a short abstract...

Smartphones green up their act

The Mobile World Congress was a font of environmental innovation , recycling, and sustainable technology, from solar-powered cell phones, energy-efficient handset displays, to earth-friendly...

The face behind the GPS voice finds fame

If you've ever used a GPS device for directions, you might already be acquainted with Karen Jacobsen. As the voice of "Australian-English Karen" in...

The class-action backstory

With relatively little fanfare, wireless carriers, mobile content vendors and some plaintiffs' attorneys are quietly settling massive litigation involving claims that charges for ringtones,...

Trust keeps ‘Alltel’ alive

The nation's eighth-largest carrier has an unorthodox objective: to bite the hand that feeds it. The Verizon Alltel Management Trust, a 2,500-employee business, is...

‘Other’ vendors surge on smartphones, niches: Top 5 momentum stalled by focus on feature phones

FOR YEARS, THE TOP FIVE HANDSET VENDORS in the world took an ever-increasing slice of global market share. But something happened on their way...

UPDATED: iDEN moves, Pre could help Sprint Nextel in ’09

Although Sprint Nextel Corp.'s fourth-quarter earnings came with significant bad news, two analysts think better times are ahead for the nation's No. 3 wireless...

AT&T to offer smart Matrix from Pantech

AT&T Mobility will offer Pantech Wireless' Matrix Pro - a smart version of last fall's dual-sliding messaging phone - on Feb. 24 for $180,...

Novarra powers VZW mobile Web access

Verizon Wireless launched a new Web site capability that allows its customers to access the Web from their mobile phones using its Mobile Web...

Cox hires two wireless execs to build 700 MHz network

Cox Communications Inc. is moving forward with its wireless plans by appointing a few more positions. Stephen Bye, Cox's VP of wireless, announced the...

Google mobile search available on Windows Mobile

Google Inc. launched a version of its mobile search application for Windows Mobile devices.Google Mobile App allows users to search without separately opening a...

Sprint Nextel counts fewer than 50M subs, posts $1.6B loss : Data ARPU up $1, tops in U.S.

The song seems to be skipping, or at least stuck on repeat for Sprint Nextel Corp. The carrier released its 2008 fourth-quarter earnings today,...

Alcatel-Lucent targets auto, healthcare industries with NG Connect program

As Alcatel-Lucent struggles to regain its financial footing, the company is focusing on its new strategy that will combine its capabilities of the network...

Agilent launches data analytics tool for 3G network

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced its new Wireless Data Analytics solution for 3G networks.The solution allows wireless operators to automatically receive a variety of analytics...

Company demos development turn-by-turn iPhone GPS app

A friend of mine has been longing for a smartphone for years, but he's continued to hold off on the hopes that when he...
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