Mobile and Wireless Industry Reports

CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — When Martin Barbre got his first look three years ago at a system that would drive his tractor for him, he didn’t buy the device — or …

Researchers say touchscreen shipments will double by 2012, and they’re not all on iPhones.

The US mobile phone operators spent some US$4.1 billion on advertising in 2007 reports a new study from Nielsen Monitor-Plus. This represented a twelve percent rise over the spend in …

FRANKFURT : Germany was engulfed in a debate over privacy standards Monday following an admission by Deutsche Telekom that it had surreptitiously tracked thousands of phone calls to identify the …

11:59 AM CDT on Sunday, May 25, 2008 By KENT FISCHER / The Dallas Morning News

PASADENA, CALIF.– NASA’s Phoenix Lander settled softly onto the frozen plains surrounding the unexplored Martian north pole late Sunday and sent back a crystal clear portrait that revealed a healthy …

IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystems) has been around for some time, and many infrastructure vendors have invested heavily in developing IMS capabilities, solutions and products. But market acceptance has been slower …

Federal regulators – in Congress and at the Federal Communications Commission – increasingly seem fed up with wireless service providers. Ironically, it is the very success of the largest wireless …

May 24, 2008 12:01 AM (From the May 26, 2008 issue)

May 24, 2008 12:01 AM (From the May 26, 2008 issue)

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin scheduled a vote on rules for another major spectrum auction, one that would encompass 25 megahertz in the 2155-2180 MHz advanced wireless services band …

While a tiny handful of entrenched mobile game makers cement their place at the top of the industry, a small army of startups are throwing all sorts of ideas against …

Remember private land mobile radio services regulated by Part 90 rules of the Federal Communications Commission? I’ve probably lost most of you already, seeing that the only telecom world recognized …

Nokia Corp. took another baby step to pry open the U.S. market with an announcement that its 5310 XpressMusic phone would sell at T-Mobile USA Inc. beginning on May 28. …

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. —Moblyng: MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures …

We like to complain about cell phone complexity, but secretly we want more features, not fewer. MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte recently railed against complexity in cell phones, saying …

Mobile operator 3 UK is giving the term mobile wallet a whole new meaning. The company has agreed to pre-install a link to Probability’s Ladyluck’s mobile gambling service on two …

There is no cellphone more anticipated this year than the next generation of the Apple iPhone. But for some high rollers, the ultimate iPhone is a diamond-encrusted version from London …

Mobile Web surfers in the US spend more time on classified-ad site Craigslist than on any other Web site, and they spent nearly twice as much time browsing as their …

You can add one more geotagging method to our How to Geotag Your Photos post last week. Soon the iPhone will do it for you.

Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to begin selling its touchscreen Instinct phone through its retail outlets on June 20, a date that may put the device on store shelves at almost …

Wireless Maingate, a machine-to-machine company in Europe, has chosen Blueslice Networks to provide its ngHLR 3000T to help Maingate with roaming and other applications.Blueslice said the ngHLR 3000T has a …

The market for cellular machine-to-machine communications modules is expected to grow to nearly 80 million shipments in 2013, according to a new study from ABI Research.The firm predicts four applications …

An initial effort spearheaded by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin and Verizon Wireless to secure support from leading consumer groups to give subscribers relief on early termination fees – …