Monthly Archives: September, 2010

Reality Check: Time for the board questions – a primer

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...

Contracts: ALU equips German airport; ZTE deploys trial LTE network in Indonesia; and more

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:Alcatel-LucentGermany: With Flughafen Berlin-Schonefeld Gmbh, the operating company of the new Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport, to deploy...

How Do Operators Compete in a New Media World?

Wireless service providers are in the midst of deploying advanced next-generation networks that will allow them to find new revenue opportunities as consumers and...

Research In Motion reveals its BlackBerry PlayBook

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) took the wraps off its first ever tablet at a developers conference in San Francisco this afternoon.Packing a...

Sony Ericsson hints at a future free of Symbian

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ltd. has no plans to develop devices for the Symbian operating system. Instead, the device maker appears intent on pushing...

Mobile data surges 68% in first half of 2010

Whether or not carriers will admit it, one thing's for sure in the overall scheme of things: mobile data is being used at a...

TeliaSonera, Telenor take differing approaches to LTE

OSLO, Norway--When it comes to 4G LTE rollouts, Scandinavia is right at the leading edge, but that doesn't mean all Nordic operators take the...

Sierra to lay off 6% of its workforce

Sierra Wireless (SWIR) reorganized to take advantage of the emerging machine-to-machine communications space, and has let 60 employees go after the organizational change....

Motorola to seek reverse stock split

Motorola Inc. (MOT) reported late last week that it will hold a stockholders meeting on Nov. 29 to vote on a reverse stock split....

Apple's meteoric rise in mobile advertising

Apple Inc. (AAPL) is losing momentum to Google Inc. (GOOG) on the operating system front, but for the time being it appears to be...

Mobile Monday names awards finalists at 10-year event

MobileMonday announced finalists for its Peer Awards finale at the organization's 10-year anniversary party, set for today. The event is taking place in Helskinki,...

Law that requires cellphone use as taxable benefit one step closer to repeal: UPDATED: Obama signs bill

A bill designed to help stimulate small businesses has a provision that would remove cell phones from IRS-listed property has been signed by the...

Movers and Shakers: TI names Crutcher SVP; Qualcomm promotes Mollenkopf; and more

Texas Instruments Inc. said Brian Crutcher, worldwide manager of Embedded Processing and Custom businesses, has been elected a senior vice president. Crutcher will lead...

Reader Forum: Be careful what you wish for

If we turn the clock back a few years, entrepreneurs like myself and other industry pundits were predicting the rise of mobile data, but...

Reader Forum: Best practices for event-driven mobile communication systems

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...

@ Oracle OpenWorld: Fishbowl Solutions on Video

SAN FRANCISCO — Billy Cripe, VP of marketing at Fishbowl Solutions, talks about the value proposition of mobility in the enterprise and the operating...

Is T-Mobile USA blocking texts over process or medical marijuana?

T-Mobile USA Inc.'s customers might want to mind their P's and Q's next time they get the urge to send a missive in the...

Worst of the Week: Take a number

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

Spotlight on: Sunrise Telecom

As next-generation networks evolve, operators are going to need testing tools to make sure new services and applications run as they are designed, said...

Bits and Bytes: Verizon, Motorola launch NFL contest; InterDigial demonstrates M2M protocol; and more

Verizon and Motorola Inc. are teaming up to offer consumers a chance to win tickets to NFL regular season games as well as an...

MetroPCS to expand LTE network wide by early 2011; 800 MHz option for Sprint Nextel's CDMA network

Looking to continue its LTE momentum, MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) plans to have the service available in all of its native markets by early...

MetroPCS to expand LTE network wide by early 2011; 800 MHz option for Sprint Nextel’s CDMA network

Looking to continue its LTE momentum, MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) plans to have the service available in all of its native markets by early...

Research In Motion readies a new OS and tablet

Research In Motion Ltd. might finally unveil its first tablet next week.After scrapping original plans for a tablet launch back in May, the BlackBerry...

FCC frees up white-spaces spectrum, addresses next generation of E-911

The Federal Communications Commission opened up TV white spaces spectrum for unlicensed use, clearing the way for “super Wi-Fi” applications, but set aside two...

@ Oracle OpenWorld: Dell glosses over mobility

SAN FRANCISCO — Kicking off the last major day of Oracle Corp.'s OpenWorld, Dell Inc. CEO Michael Dell gave a general update of the...
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