Yearly Archives: 2009

Southwest Airlines to test satellite-based Wi-Fi service: In-flight wireless Internet offerings powered by Row 44

Some Southwest Airlines customers will now be free to move around the Web.The Dallas-based airline said on Tuesday it will offer in-flight Internet access...

VZW updates prepaid offering

Verizon Wireless updated its InPulse prepaid offering with two new options and the extension of free weekend minutes to existing prepaid customers enrolled in...

RIM stock falls on forecast : Certicom board agrees to takeover

Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. plunged after the manufacturer said its quarterly earnings and gross margin would come in at the low end...

Nortel granted reorganization extension: Bankruptcy plan now due May 1

Nortel Networks Corp. will have more time in its efforts to develop business and financial restructuring plans that will be considered by creditors and...

Nokia shuffles Finnish site operations, job cuts on deck

Nokia Corp. is scaling back operations by closing up shop in one location and cutting employees in another. The world's largest handset vendor announced...

Google offers embeddable search feature on AdSense for mobile

Google Inc. is targeting carriers and third-party mobile Web publishers with a new embeddable search box.The developer quietly rolled out "AdSense for mobile search,"...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, American Tower and more

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors--Credit Suisse...

Bluetooth marries GPS in CSR-SiRF merger

The deal, expected to close in the second quarter of 2009, would create a $927 million company with $378 million in cash and no...

Doing more with less: The enterprise’s marching orders in an economic downturn: Gartner: 20% of enterprises last year replace wireline phones with wireless

Faced with uncertain financial conditions, corporations are cutting capital and operating budgets and the outlook for information technology spending this year - where wireless...

Opening Pandora’s box may aid ailing music industry: Mobile devices could be key to mobile entertainment industry

I spent a little time over the last few days downloading - ahem, purchasing - music.I bought a few tracks from a punkish-alt country...

Forecast: 23% of all new phones in 2013 will be smart

Smartphone sales are expected to increase 95% to more than 300 million by 2013 and could help key brands like Nokia during the current...

Senate passes stimulus plan with reduced broadband grants: Plan now set for compromise with House version

The Senate today passed a scaled-backed economic stimulus bill by a 61-37 margin, clearing the way for what is expected to be a contentious...

Sprint Nextel, TeleNav push into enterprise fleet tracking with $50-per-month service: Vehicle Manager offers location-based services

Location-based services provider TeleNav Inc. has partnered with Sprint Nextel Corp. to exclusively offer its latest fleet management service to the wireless provider's enterprise...

VIDEO: Verizon Wireless to announce LTE vendors next week: New wireless technology to be central to broadband expansion

New wireless technology to be central to broadband expansion Verizon Wireless is set to unveil further details of its...

REVIEW: YouMail advances voicemail

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point...

4INFO intros SMS advertising marketplace

SMS-based search company 4INFO launched an ad-serving offering that places marketing pitches in text messages.AdHaven, as the service is dubbed, is designed to enable...

LG to cut $2.2 billion in costs, no major job cuts announced yet

LG Electronics Co. said it will trim $2.2 billion from its overhead, including headquarters and 82 subsidiaries around the globe, citing the global economic...

Brightpoint to cut spending, jobs: Handsets handled dropped 18% year over year

Handset distributor Brightpoint Inc. said it would slash $40 million to $45 million in annual spending and reduce daily debt by more than $100...

Leap jumps into full-track fray with Cricket Mobile Music service: Low-cost wireless provider expands mobile entertainment offerings

Leap Wireless International Inc. is bringing music to the masses, or at least those wireless consumers packing its Cricket devices.Despite the languid adoption of...

Google licenses Microsoft’s ActiveSync, beats rival to market with synching service

Microsoft Corp.'s ActiveSync technology is behind Google Inc.'s latest mobile synching offering.The Mountain View, Calif.-based Internet giant on Monday rolled out Google Sync., a...

Broadband subsidies may test Obama's savvy on ethics, public patience

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...

Broadband subsidies may test Obama’s savvy on ethics, public patience

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...

Mobile marketing effort gets more to say ‘I Can’ purchase a Porsche: Phone campaign outperformed carmarker’s wider push to convince potential buyers of its...

If the idea of marketing Porsche sports cars on mobile handsets seems unlikely, it's for good reason: Mobile skews young, but the core Porsche...

Research: 2 trillion mobile messages are sent daily

Text messaging remains the most profitable value-added data service, according to a new study from research firm In-Stat.The company said short message service (SMS)...
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