Yearly Archives: 2009

Twitter fast growing beyond its messaging roots

Thanks to its open-ended design and a thriving user community, Twitter is fast outgrowing its roots as a simple, easy-to-use messaging service. Enterprising hackers...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Cisco and Nokia Siemens Networks

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

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...

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...

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)...

Senate stimulus bill reduces broadband grants by $2 billion

The compromise Senate economic stimulus bill reduces funding for broadband grants from $9 billion to $7 billion while retaining tax breaks for high-speed Internet...

LiMo Foundation: Verizon, Vodafone, others commit to deploy mobile devices this year

The LiMo Foundation continues to make strides as it announced updates to its open platform, notched six new operators to deliver handsets and added...

FIRESTORM: AT&T Mobility, CWA bicker over stalled union contract negotiations: Strike looms over No. 2 wireless provider

The Communications Workers of America and AT&T Mobility failed to reach an agreement over the weekend on a new contract covering 20,000 wireless workers...

Microsoft offers ‘cloud’ feature with My Phone launch: New wireless technology follows similar offerings by Nokia’s Ovi, Apple’s MobileMe

Microsoft Corp. is the latest company to jump on the cloud-computing craze with a free new service for Windows Mobile users.The software giant unveiled...

Network integration becoming second nature for Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility: VZW’s plans for Alltel integration similar to RCC’s 4-step process

If Verizon Wireless completes the acquisition of Alltel Communications L.L.C the same way it has with previous purchases, there are a few certainties: the...

Two-fer BlackBerries at Verizon Wireless: Carrier extends BOGO to all BlackBerries: Indication that sales of the BlackBerry Storm are slowing?

The wireless pundits are chattering about a new offer from Verizon Wireless. The nation's largest carrier is offering a buy-one-get-one-of-equal-or-lesser-value-for-free promotion on the most...

Nokia may open app store

Is Nokia about to launch an application store for its Symbian platform at next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona? That's the rumor buzzing...

Vodafone, Hutch to merge Australian operations

Vodafone, the world's largest wireless carrier, and Hutchison Telecommunications, a unit controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, said Monday they will merge their...

Samsung overhauls TouchWiz user interface

Samsung in Korea announced that it will be showing off a new version of its TouchWiz user interface at Mobile World Congress. Some of...

Amazon unveils Kindle 2.0

Amazon's second-generation e-book reader has just been unveiled in New York as a device that measures 8 x 5.3 x 0.36in and which has...

Analyst Angle: The wireless ecosystem needs to prepare for a deep chill: There will be a freeze in operator opex and capex over 2009...

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...

CWA union members authorize strike against AT&T Mobility: More than 20,000 members could be involved

Communications Workers of America members overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike on behalf of more than 20,000 unionized AT&T Mobility employees if concerns about...

Strained eyes? Google brings books to iPhone, Android: Search giant expands mobile content offerings

Google Inc. launched a mobile version of its book search offering, enabling users with devices such as Apple Inc.'s iPhone and T-Mobile USA Inc.'s...

By the numbers: Top U.S. handset makers for the fourth quarter of 2008: Koreans duel with Moto for U.S. market, top three vendors grab...

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. eked out a slim lead in market share over Motorola Inc. in the United States last year, in part due...

Faux-Flash technology for ads arrives on iPhone: Axe, Greystripe experiment with a ‘work-around’

For all the things the iPhone can do, running Flash - a platform that displays interactive graphics and animations - isn't one of them....

Despite record shipments, Nortel’s WiMAX decision impacts Alvarion

Nortel Network Corp's decision to shut down its mobile WiMAX division not only hurt Alvarion Ltd.'s 2008 bottom line but its severed agreement will...

Mr. Mojo Risin’

"The time for talk is over," Obama bellowed. "The time for action is now. Because we know if we do not act, a bad...

Nickelodeon unveils iPhone apps tied to shows

Nickelodeon is launching a series of iPhone and iTouch applications based on its popular shows "SpongeBob SquarePants," "Dora the Explorer" and "iCarly."Users will be...

GPS-enabled handsets set to soar

Sales of GPS-enabled mobile phone are expected to buck the global trend of handset shipment declines this year, according to a report from ABI...
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