Yearly Archives: 2010

Boost Mobile introduces 'Shrinkage' customer loyalty program

Boost Mobile is aiming to shake up the prepaid market again, this time with a customer loyalty program that can drop a customer's bill...

IMS remains elusive, though LTE provides hope

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in our September Special Edition, Behind the Scenes, a focus on integrated subscriber and network management systems....

Partnerships: SingTel chooses JDSU for LTE trials; and more

JDSU said it has been chosen by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. to serve as its independent test consultant for SingTel Group's regional LTE trials in...

How apps impact the network

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in our September Special Edition, Behind the Scenes, a focus on integrated subscriber and network management systems. To...

TweetDeck beta highlights the 'shocking' level of Android fragmentation

TweetDeck, one of the most popular Twitter clients around, just closed a beta run on the Android platform and its results are staggering.If Android...

Despite Android advances, status quo remains in smart phone market

Google Inc.’s (GOOG) Android operating system is beginning to have a pronounced impact on market share for the world’s largest smart phone makers, according...

Broadcom makes beeline for Beceem

WiMAX technology may not exactly be the buzz word of the quarter, but Broadcom Corp. doesn’t like to kick a good chip when it’s...

Qualcomm acquires iSkoot Technologies

Qualcomm Innovation Center Inc. (QuIC) has acquired iSkoot Technologies Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) subsidiary, which focuses on bridging Qualcomm...

Local mobile ad network xAD grabs $4 million investment

San Francisco-based xAD, a local mobile ad network, has raised $4 million in investment from Emergence Capital Partners to expand its technology platform and...

Report: Clearwire auctioning off spectrum

Clearwire Corp.’s (CLWR) need for funding to support expansion of its network coverage could be getting a boost from a reported ongoing auction of...

EU roaming rules spur end-user adoption, but fail to include data charges

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in our September Special Edition, Behind the Scenes, a focus on integrated subscriber and network management systems....

Analyst Angle (Special Edition): The forces affecting telecom operators

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: Why Google is gaining so much market share

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...

Capital Markets: DoCoMo completes PacketVideo acquisition; quarterly reports

NTT DoCoMo Inc. completed its acquisition of the remaining shares of PacketVideo that were previously held by NextWave Wireless Inc. The transaction is valued...

RCR Wireless News kicks off conference series on coverage vs. capacity

RCR Wireless News is kicking off a series full-day conferences on “Coverage versus Capacity,” starting next week in Chicago at 4G World. The conferences...

RCR Wireless News announces finalists for 4G Ecosystem Awards

RCR Wireless News announced finalists for its second annual 4G Ecosystem Awards. Winners will be announced at 4 p.m. Oct. 19 at the RCR...

Android set to smash feature phone market

If last week's CTIA Enterprise & Applications event in San Francisco showed the mobile industry anything it was that Google Inc.'s Android operating system...

OMVC still plugs local as the biggest driver for mobile TV

Five months into a consumer trial in Washington, D.C., the Open Mobile Video Coalition is now releasing more findings from its Mobile DTV service.The...

4G Americas: SMS not suited for 911 texts

4G Americas released a white paper that points out the limitations of using SMS as a way to contact first responders during an emergency....

Device, software suppliers set to benefit from network upgrades

The increasing emphasis being placed on next-generation networks by mobile operators is good news for device makers, according to a new report from Canaccord...

DeNa acquires Ngmoco for up to $400 million : Largest iPhone-related acquisition so far

Any developer or entrepreneur who has hesitated to go all in on Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iOS has 400 million reasons to think otherwise today....

Contracts: Barrett Xplore chooses Alvarion; Ceragon provides backhaul in Russia; and more

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:AlvarionCanada: With Barrett Xplore Inc. to deploy a national 4G network, including subscriber devices and professional...

Reality Check: 4G in the Americas: Reflections in the mirror

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...

Tower companies look internationally for diversity, growth opps

While the U.S. market remains the tower industry's bread and butter, a number of the top tower infrastructure providers are expanding overseas as growth...

Microsoft set for broad Windows Phone 7 launch

Microsoft Corp.'s long-anticipated update to its mobile device portfolio finally got off the ground today as the computing giant unveiled launch details for devices...
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