March 2010

Sylvie Barak with Bill Henry of Nvidia, demoing their new Tegra chips. In this 3 part interview, he demos gallery apps and HD video on a tablet.

***LG says don’t text and drive*** Forget about drinking and driving! Do you text and drive? Or are you a hopeless Facebook addict who is unable to go five minutes …

LAS VEGAS – The battle for data coverage is now in full effect with T-Mobile USA Inc. saying it expects to cover 185 million potential customers with its HSPA+ network …

LAS VEGAS — In a dark, ambient-lit room with music from Blue Man Group blaring to get the crowd in the mood, Samsung Mobile today announced its latest smartphone, the …

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 hot topics in the wireless industry.The …

LAS VEGAS – The prepaid pricing wars took another step down today as Leap Wireless International Inc.’s Cricket subsidiary unveiled new plans that provide for nearly nationwide voice calling for …

LAS VEGAS–Global mobile data traffic surpassed voice traffic in December, according to Ericsson’s internal measurements on its live networks, said CEO Hans Vestberg during an afternoon press briefing at CTIA …

Ever since Dick Tracy made them popular back in the day, who hasn’t dreamed of owning their very own watch phone? Well, it looks like you budding super spies out …

LAS VEGAS—Where Samsung is a supplier, competitor or customer, it was hard not to get enthusiastic over J.K. Shin’s keynote speech at this morning’s sessions at CTIA Wireless 2010. Shin, …

LAS VEGAS–Telefonica used the CTIA Wireless 2010 stage to flex its international might, touting its global communications presence in 25 countries across four continents, connecting 265 million customers. Inaki Urdangarin, …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …

LAS VEGAS – Sprint Nextel Corp. continued its full-court WiMAX press today as the nation’s No. 3 operator said unveiled additional market it plans to begin offering its “4G” service …

LAS VEGAS – AT&T Inc. bum rushed the opening keynote at the 2010 CTIA event with president and CEO of its mobile division, Ralph de la Vega and chairman, CEO …

LAS VEGAS – AT&T Inc. bum rushed the opening keynote at the 2010 CTIA event with president and CEO of its mobile division, Ralph de la Vega and chairman, CEO …

A new report from The Femto Forum says femtocells improve the operator business case for LTE and WiMAX networks while also improving the user experience and range of services operators …

***The tree that tweets and speaks*** If a tree tweets in Las Vegas and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Well, a team of …

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 insights into the marketplace.March marks the …

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 insights into the marketplace.Mobile devices have …

BridgeWave Communications announced the newest version of its FlexPort family of high-capacity 80 GHz radios for mobile backhaul. The new version incorporates quality of service into a high-frequency, high-capacity 80 …

LAS VEGAS—Even if the Federal Communications Commission didn’t give the wireless industry everything it wanted in the National Broadband Plan, panelists at “The Evolving Wireless Ecosystem—What’s Next in Wireless Law, …

LAS VEGAS – Few topics get advertisers worked up than the potential of the mobile space. Countless reports have been generated touting the billions of dollars just waiting to be …

LAS VEGAS – A number of operators got an early jump on the phone-launching hype at this year’s CTIA 2010 event unveiling plans to begin selling some highly-anticipated devices. AT&T …

Sprint Nextel Corp. said it plans to hire 200 people at its Rio Ranchero, N.M., customer contact center. The carrier held a job fair on March 19 to try to …

After a week of fun, sun and rain at Austin’s SXSW, RCR Wireless Unplugged has recharged itself for the CTIA 2010 convention in Las Vegas. As the US’ premier tradeshow …

LAS VEGAS—Playing a game of Tetris downloaded from Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile application store costs $2 more than downloading the same game from the Apple App Store. With 35 applications …