Google’s back on the acquisition front, spending $750 million in stock Monday to acquire mobile display ad company AdMob.AdMob is perhaps best known for serving display ads on iPhones, but …
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WASHINGTON – U.S. lawmakers said on Friday they introduced a measure aimed at overhauling an annual fund intended to ensure nationwide telephone service in high-cost, rural areas by including money …
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Reality Check: Challenges at the inflection point : Growing demand for mobile data strains smartphone performance
by jscarboby jscarboEditor’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 insights into the marketplace.The wireless industry …
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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 insights into the marketplace.Today’s business teams …
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Reality Check: Top Considerations for a Successful Evolved Packet Core Deployment: The Intelligent Monetized Core
by jscarboby jscarboEmerging mobile broadband networks are being developed to provide users a superior service environment with new value-added services and applications either enabled or optimized by the mobile operator. With the …
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Clearwire – Clearwire has made recent marketing and corporate strategy appointments in an effort to support market expansion. Thomas Enraght-Moony has been chosen to take on the role of Senior …
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Huawei has been making strong progress in the first phase of LTE trials in Europe, with tests at TeliaSonera, Telenor and Vodafone Germany. Now it has converted the Telenor trial …
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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 for those with something meaningful to …
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HELSINKI – Nokia Corp. announced Monday that some 14 million mobile phone chargers could be dangerous for users and said it will replace them free of charge. Associated Press
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Big box retailers have made comparing cellphone plans and pricing much quicker by putting most of the options under one roof. So the real question is who has what?Best Buy …
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T-Mobile USA, a wireless carrier that is owned by Germany’s Deutsche Telekom AG, said Thursday that it lost 77,000 subscribers in the third quarter due in part to competition and …
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Wireless chip supplier Qualcomm Inc. on Wednesday forecast weaker than expected full-year results, but its extension of a key deal with Korea’s Samsung Electronics helped offset the disappointment for some …
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With a whole new line of smart phones coming onto the market, Verizon Wireless said that starting November 15 it is doubling to $350 the penalty fees for subscribers who …
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MetroPCS Communications Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Roger Linquist said he was disappointed with the wireless provider’s customer growth, and blamed competitive forces and high unemployment for the shortfall. Wall …
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Intel May Take Part in Wimax Spectrum Bid in IndiaFrom: GoingWimax.comAccording to the Indian Business Standard newspaper, Intel wants to team up with a local operator in India for the …
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Comcast & Cloudmark: Comcast has joined forces with global messaging security leader Cloudmark to supply cloud-based intelligence that combines reputation data on senders with message filtering capabilities. CCI Systems & …
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Analyst Angle: App Stores: How many apps is enough? : (Do you really need that 79,873th app?)
by jscarboby jscarboEditor’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.Today’s …
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AT&T Inc. is suing Verizon Wireless in an effort to stop its bigger mobile rival from using “misleading” coverage maps in advertisements that AT&T says are causing it to lose …
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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.Wireless …
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WELLINGTON, New Zeland – The Pacific islands are the last frontier for mobile telecommunications but the arrival of Irish-owned Digicel Pacific in the past three years has brought about a …
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In the last column I talked about setting the goals and defining mobile broadband. While we are still a ways away in defining what constitutes broadband, another key debate has …
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Wireless-tower operator American Tower Corp. posted better-than-expected quarterly revenue but profit came in line with Wall Street expectations as expenses rose.Reuters
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LONDON — Loss-making telecom equipment maker Nokia Siemens Networks on Tuesday set out plans to cut nearly 6,000 jobs as it consolidates five units into three and aims for acquisitions.MarketWatch
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Reality Check: The hunt for longer battery life – a necessary evil for operators, device manufacturers and application providers
by jscarboby jscarboEditor’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 insights into the marketplace.Battery-life technology has …
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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 insights into the marketplace.With school-aged children …
