There continues to be significant speculation about what wireless and other telecom sectors can expect from the Federal Communications Commission in the Obama era. Billions upon billions of dollars are …
Barack Obama has won the battle of the BlackBerry. The president will be allowed to use his BlackBerry “to stay in touch with senior staff and a small group of …
Customer reviews have grown in popularity and power to become part of the mainstream of e-commerce. Mobile commerce, however, is still young-but growing. Customer reviews technology vendor Bazaarvoice believes m-commerce …
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available—4INFO: Peacock Equity and Gannett …
With new restrictions in place for businesses that use wireless local area networks to process credit card transactions, two rivals are now offering solutions that meet the security guidelines issued …
The cellular modem market experienced an upswing in sales last year, with unit shipments reaching 20 million, according to a new study from analyst firm In-Stat.The company said the growth …
An ambitious campaign has begun to press the new Obama administration and Congress to embrace policies promoting diversity in telecom and media sectors. The effort is geared in part to …
Sprint Nextel Corp. introduced new rate plans for its Nextel Direct Connect customers, starting at $30 a month. The carrier said it launched two new Direct Connect plans aimed at …
The mobile-phone industry called for changes to the $6 billion broadband component of Congress’ $825 billion economic stimulus bill, requesting open-access provisions be stripped out and language added to require …
LG Electronics Co. said today that its handset shipments grew year-on-year and sequentially on a day when market leader Nokia Corp. acknowledged declines in both metrics.The Korean vendor credited new …
Glu Mobile Inc. limps into 2009 after enduring a brutal year that saw its stock tumble from nearly $5 a share to less than 40 cents. But while the company …
Nokia Corp. confirmed today that the fourth quarter – typically the year’s retail high point – was dismal and said the year ahead would far worse than it anticipated just …
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …
Nokia Siemens Networks reported progress on cutting costs, but charges related to the combination of Nokia’s and Siemens’ networking businesses continued to drag on the company’s bottom line; Nokia Siemens …
A difficult global economy is not slowing operators’ LTE deployment plans.More than 18 operators worldwide have announced plans to deploy LTE networks, and Verizon Wireless has actually accelerated its LTE …
Apple Inc. is not immune to the economic downturn, as it reported a massive slowdown in iPhone 3G sales in its earnings call this afternoon, after markets had closed.The first …
As other infrastructure companies struggle, L.M. Ericsson continues to buck the trend, posting a strong fourth quarter in 2008 that netted sales of $7.9 billion. However, the Swedish company will …
The U.S. mobile imaging market is expected to generate more than $500 million in revenues in 2013, according to a new report form research firm Parks Associates.The company said it …
Research In Motion Ltd. yesterday withdrew its offer to purchase Certicom Corp., an encryption firm, after a Canadian court imposed an injunction on its offer.RIM dropped its takeover bid after …
Dariusz Paczuski, consumer services director for Microsoft Corp.’s Tellme, described how the company’s offering will work directly with Ford Motor Co.’s Sync platform, which runs on Microsoft technology. Tellme is …
The state of New York may have struck out for the time being in building a statewide public-safety communications network, but New York City continues to make progress on a …
Sybase Inc. is looking to expand its m-commerce business with the acquisition of Germany’s paybox solutions AG for an undisclosed sum.Paybox was founded 10 years ago and has gained traction …
Google Inc., owner of the world’s most popular Internet search engine, will close a business that sells advertising space in newspapers, saying the effort failed to deliver the impact it …
Brian Dunn will take the consumer electronics retailer’s top post June 24 when current CEO Bradbury Anderson retires.
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carriers–Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned its ‘B” rating to MetroPCS …
