No high-end smartphone? No problem. Standard consumer-grade mobile phones from Nokia, Motorola, LG, Samsung, and other vendors are capable of syncing with Exchange servers, empowering mobile e-mail for nearly anyone who needs it.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today said it will not rule on wireless providers' challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's backup power rule until Bush administration budget officials complete their review of controversial guidelines designed to respond to...
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.Mobile penetration in Latin America was around 66% in early 2008, well above the world average of...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and what doesn't. If you wish to submit your application or...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.WiMAX--Pakistan: Huawei Technologies said it won a contract with Mobilink...
Torn between driving or walking to the gym? Well, now a mobile application’s available that calculates how much CO 2 using the care will produce, versus the number of calories you’ll burn with an eco-friendly walk.
The world got a tantalizing peak at a highly-anticipated touchscreen smartphone that's supposed to come out this weekend. That's right folks, it looks like the Treo 800w was showing its bad self all over the Internet today.
Handset vendors' second-quarter earnings are expected to be ho-hum, based on a global lull in new product launches during the quarter. As usual, however, analysts will carefully parse the language used by leading vendors - most prominently, Nokia Corp. - to describe their outlook...
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.Why is the mobile user experience important?For many mobile service providers in developed markets, what...
In a recent survey of people from 11 countries, South Koreans were the second most likely to own cellphones with e-mail capabilities. Sixty-nine percent of the South Korean respondents had such phones, compared with 89 percent of Japanese respondents, who came in first.
I just read some staggering data: By 2016, US wireless industry will help bring about more productivity gains — $427 billion annually — than auto and pharmaceutical industries combined, according to a just-released <a href="http://files.ctia.
Thinking about picking up an iPhone 3G the day Apple and AT&T start selling them? You might want to consider a few things before searching for a tent and camping chair.
Only in New York City... Last Friday, on July 4th, no less, about 10 people decided to get in line at the 5th Avenue Apple store for the 3G iPhone -- a full week before its release.
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.--Apprion: Motorola Ventures made an investment of an undisclosed amount into Apprion Inc., which provides open industrial wireless networks...
Apple has failed to keep software for the iPhone up to date with patches available for its desktop PCs. The latest version of the software for the iPhone, 1.1.4, came out in February and is essentially a pared-down version of Mac OS 10.5, according...
The one-two punch of a typically slow quarter and overall economic challenges dazed regional wireless provider MetroPCS Communications Inc., which posted customer growth results for the second quarter that came up short of analysts' expectations. The carrier said it added 183,530 net customers during...
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 us at RCRWirelessNews.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., the Chinese vendor of entry-tier phones, is seeking a capital infusion for its handset division to fuel international expansion of that business, particularly in the United States. Such a move would provide a brand-building opportunity and also free up resources...
(Reuters) - Blockbuster Inc (BBI.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ), which abandoned its offer to buy Circuit City Stores Inc (CC.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) this week, may try to acquire the electronics retailer later,...
Citibank machines in 7-Eleven stores targetted in most effective remote PIN code theft scam in US banking history. Millions of bank customers face a new threat to their money after it emergedyesterday that hackers had cracked PIN codes used in cash machines.
Whipping out your mobile phone to pay for a sandwich at lunchtime could soon become a reality. The global trade body for the mobile industry and a European monetary organisation have signed a pact to speed up the deployment of handset payment services in...
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Thursday it had signed a cooperation agreement with Norwegian telcom group Telenor for its "Ovi" Internet services platform.
While wireless providers - large and small - differ on such hot-button issues as universal service support, exclusive handset arrangements and special access, the controversy over roaming has the potential to become the major fault line in the cellphone industry.The consolidation trend is making...
