April 2010

The Federal Communications Commission yesterday eliminated the highly-contentious home roaming exclusion for mobile services that had allowed carriers to decline roaming requests from other operators if that requesting operator offered …

CenturyLink and Qwest Communications announced today that their boards of directors have approved a definitive agreement under which CenturyLink will acquire Qwest in a tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction. PR Newswire

Shares of Qualcomm Inc. traded down sharply Thursday a day after the company said it swung to a profit, but also issued a guidance that analysts found disappointing.   MarketWatch

Nokia Corp. on Thursday posted a weaker-than-expected first-quarter net profit and cut its margin outlook as competition intensified in the premium smartphone market, sending shares sharply lower.   Dow Jones/Wall …

Reports from analysts that the mobile industry would witness a sharp drop in postpaid customer additions during the first quarter held true this morning as Verizon Wireless posted results   …

Editor’s Note: The following are notable alliances announced over the past week:   Alcatel-Lucent and EADS Defence & Security announced they signed an agreement in principle to work together to …

Downloaders beware! In a recent ruling, the Irish High Court approved a settlement allowing record companies to pass on the IP addresses of illegal file sharers to internet service provider …

Nominations Now Open Through September 17, 2010 April 12, 2010 Boston, MA: The Events and Media Division of Yankee Group, producer of 4G World, and RCR Wireless News, are collaborating …

HTC’s recently released android flagship, the Desire, has drawn a lot of attention in the past few months, almost all of it positive, but a small oversight by Google and …

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Amidst the glitz and glamor of Sunset Boulevard, rubbing elbows with stars in LA’s newest W hotel, little chip company Marvell Technology Group Ltd. told Hollywood to …

Apple Inc. posted a 49% increase in revenues and 90% increase in profits for its second fiscal quarter of 2010 ended March 27, bolstered by continued strong demand for its …

T-Mobile USA Inc. garnered another exclusive to a top-flight device with the announcement today that it would begin offering Garmin International Inc.’s latest Garminfone. The device is the first from …

AT&T Mobility posted first quarter financial results showing an increased dependency on non-traditional mobile devices as well as a considerable slowing of lucrative postpaid net customer additions.   For its …

AT&T Mobility posted first quarter financial results showing an increased dependency on non-traditional mobile devices as well as a considerable slowing of lucrative postpaid net customer additions.   For its …

Ericsson reported it has entered into an agreement to purchase Nortel’s majority shareholding in LG-Nortel, renaming the venture LG-Ericsson. Terms of the deal were not released. Ericsson had previously acquired …

SAN DIEGO – When a trend or shift requires a new phrase or way of thinking, you can bet it carries tremendous impact – the implication being that it goes …

SAN DIEGO – You don’t even need access to mass media to know that app stores are all the rage in mobile these days. But how app storefronts and their …

India’s 3G spectrum auction is, by most counts, a meticulously designed exercise that seeks to serve many competing goals across the equity/efficiency divide. For instance, almost in a textbook manner, …

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. …

Not only is Apple Inc. falling short on iPad shipments due to hyped up demand decimating its supply, but it has now surfaced that the firm is having trouble getting …

It’s election season on campus here at UC Santa Barbara and involved students are running around being grotesquely genial to everyone within their blast zone. Some are asking for votes …

Jeff Mucci with Tony LeFebvre, Director of Product Management and John Spindler, Vice President of Product Management for ADC Communications.

If one were the cynical kind, one might think believe that all these recent leaks about upcoming operating systems, architectures and new smartphones was all an elaborate ploy by phone …

One would expect Steve Jobs to have more important matters to attend to, like locking up the employee who lost the next gen iPhone in a dark dungeon somewhere, but …