Yearly Archives: 2010

Weekly Deal Roundup

ExteNet closes on $128.4 million in financingFrom: RCR Wireless NewsDistributed antenna solution provider ExteNet Systems Inc. has raised $128.4 million in equity funding...

SmarTone-Vodafone kicks off iPhone availability with party

HONG KONG – SmarTone-Vodafone kicked off its iPhone launch late last week at New Town Plaza in Hong Kong, with a party that included...

Prepaid, indirect channels set to dominate Q4 results

Verizon Communications Inc. posted surprising fourth quarter results this week showing that the increasing focus on non-traditional wireless customers has hit even the most...

FCC asks cellphone companies to justify early termination fees

The Federal Communications Commission asked the nation's major telecommunications firms and Google Inc. to explain to the agency the industry's often unpopular practice of...

Capital Markets Roundup: Mobixell buys 724 Solutions

Mobixell Networks, which provides mobile multimedia and advertising solutions, acquired mobile Internet company 724 Solutions. The combined company will focus on rich media mobile...

Analyst Angle: How low can unlimited voice prices go?: The very limited nature of “unlimited” voice

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...

Analyst Angle: Spectrum feast in Latin America

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...

Motorola offers Baidu search on China smartphones

Motorola said that China buyers of its Android-driven smartphones can opt for local search engine Baidu instead of Google, the Internet giant behind the...

Analyst Angle: How low can unlimited voice prices go?: The very limited nature of “unlimited” voice

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...

LTE trials reinforce Cox's wireless plans

Cox Communications Inc.’s announcement this week that it had completed trials of voice calls and high-definition video streaming over a LTE network was an...

Infrastructure Awards: A-Lu, Ericsson and Motorola

Following are infrastructure contracts that were announced during the past week:Alcatel-LucentMongolia: With Mobicom to deploy a 3G UMTS/HSPA network that will allow the carrier...

CTIA responds to planning groups' protest of shot-clock provision

CTIA has challenged a petition for reconsideration from municipal planning authorities that ask the Federal Communications Commission to clarify its position on a 30-day...

Strong wireless growth not enough to offset charges for Verizon: $3 billion charge related to layoffs weighs on earnings

Verizon Communications Inc. posted rocky fourth quarter 2009 results that were impacted by one-time charges related to job cuts and an increasing dependency on...

Apple posts record iPhone sales

Just days ahead of planned products announcements that are expected to broaden the breadth of its lineup, Apple Inc. announced strong financial results including...

Reality Check: Why Apple doesn’t need MacWorld Expo anymore: Apple’s very tight relationship with CE vendors

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...

Reality Check: “A” is for access

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...

ExteNet closes on $128.4 million in financing: SBA's DAS assets included in round

Distributed antenna solution provider ExteNet Systems Inc. has raised $128.4 million in equity funding in a deal that moves SBA Communications Corp.'s DAS assets...

Cox completes LTE voice, video trials

Cable telecommunications provider Cox Communications Inc. said it successfully completed voice calling and high definition video streaming using LTE technology in the Phoenix and...

Motorola files complaint versus Research In Motion

Motorola Inc. said Friday it filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission accusing Blackberry maker Research In Motion Ltd. of engaging in unfair...

Movers and Shakers

Ericsson – Magnus Mandersson has been appointed head of business unit global services and Rima Qureshi has been appointed head of business unit CDMA...

With sales declining, Ericsson plans more jobs cuts

BERLIN — Ericsson, the world’s biggest maker of mobile phone networking equipment, said on Monday that it planned to cut 1,500 jobs this year,...

New analytics firm looks to boost insight into consumer data usage

If 2009 is remembered as the year the mobile application space matured, 2010 is shaping up as the year technology had evolved to actually...

Wind hiring retail staff as prepares to launch in two cities

New Canadian wireless operator Wind Mobile is hiring retail outlet staff in Edmonton and Ottawa as it prepares to roll out services in those...

Reader Forum: Why HD voice sounds good today

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...

Reader Forum: Moving to 4G: Why test automation is no longer an option

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...
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