Yearly Archives: 2009

Intel details technologies for future mobile devices

Intel is to detail technologies it is developing for mobile devices at next week's International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), including system-on-a-chip (SoC) processors...

Nine-year old whiz-kid writes iPhone application

Lim, who is in fourth grade, writes applications for Apple's popular iPhone. His latest, a painting program called Doodle Kids, has been downloaded over...

Time Crisis for the iPhone looks shooty

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Bringing paging into the future: Healthcare field targeted for paging-enabled smartphones

A developer of wireless enterprise solutions claims it has combined the advantages of paging and mobile phones into one service that can be accessed...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: AdMob, Axel Technologies, SkyCross and more

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included...

Schlumberger to resell ERF Wireless WiMAX service

A major communication provider to the oil and gas industry plans to resell wireless broadband and WiMAX services to oil companies in North America.Schlumberger,...

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...

T-Mobile USA to offer 8-megapixel cameraphone

Betting that a touchscreen interface and high-resolution camera phone will lead to more photo-sharing - and accompanying data revenue - T-Mobile USA Inc. said...

AT&T Mobility lawsuit tackles autodialing telemarketers, claims ‘annoyance and intrusion’

AT&T Mobility filed a lawsuit in Georgia federal court to crack down on autodial telemarketers offering wireless consumers extended automobile warranties, making it the...

Worst of the Week: My five-point plan to fix Motorola

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

Nokia Siemens Networks supports LTE migrations: Infrastructure supplier touts upgradeable benefits of new base station

With wireless providers looking to enhance their networks during an economic downturn, Nokia Siemens Networks unveiled a base station that it claims can handle...

Verisign continues to streamline operations: Dumps part of Euro mobile messaging biz

VeriSign Inc. continued to streamline its business by jettisoning part of its European mobile messaging division.The Mountain View, Calif.-based company had established a mobile...

Handmark beefs up with FreeRange acquisition

Mobile application retailer Handmark announced a deal to acquire FreeRange Communications, a Portland, Ore.-based mobile technology firm, for an undisclosed amount.FreeRange offers a publishing...

UPDATED: Following iPCS court victory, Sprint Nextel to sell contested iDEN operations: Wireless providers could continue to spar in courtroom

Following a lengthy legal process, the Circuit Court of Cook County Illinois has ordered Sprint Nextel Corp. to sell all Nextel operations in affiliate...

RIM executives to pay $75M in backdating case

Four executives, including RIM's co-CEOs and chief operating officer, will pay fines totalling about US$75 million, the company said.

Certicom favors RIM’s richer takeover bid

Security software maker Certicom Corp said that BlackBerry maker Research In Motion had tendered a superior bid to VeriSign Inc, the latest move in...

Wal-Mart’s sales top forecasts

Several retail chains reported steep drops in January store sales. But Wal-Mart sees some relief at its discount stores.

Facebook steps into OpenID Foundation

Facebook has joined the board of the OpenID Foundation and will host an OpenID Design Summit later this month, according to a post on...

Politics in the App Store: Throw shoes at Bush gets denied

Although the 15-seconds of Internet fame surrounding games and videos parodying the George W. Bush shoe throwing incident have probably passed, an interesting new...

Smarter phones require smarter employees

Now that retailers have honed in on wireless, realizing that it can serve as an integral part of its business, they've also begun to...

Motorola kickstarts internal 4G tests

Motorola has begun testing 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) broadband in the UK. The firm said the trial kicked off at a testing lab in...

Digital TV transition to be delayed until June 12: Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility forced to delay 700 MHz buildout plans

Congress approved legislation to postpone the digital TV transition from Feb. 17 to June 12, capping a fiercely-partisan House debate today that forces wireless...

CBO: The full $6B earmarked for broadband might not be spent until 2016: Report questions economic stimulus’ short-term impact

A big chunk of the billions of dollars earmarked in economic recovery bills for broadband grants for wireless and other service providers likely will...

Alcatel-Lucent posts eighth straight quarterly loss: Wireless network vendor remains confident of turn around

French-American telecommunication equipment manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent posted its eighth straight quarterly loss, posting a $5 billion loss for the fourth quarter, which is the company's...
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