Shares of RealNetworks Inc. nosed downward after the company said it will be in line with quarterly revenue expectations but swallow nearly $250 million in charges.The Seattle-based firm said next week's earnings report will include $151 million to $153 million in fourth-quarter revenue, in...
Bebo launched a program designed to help operators, handset manufacturers and mobile application developers to reach its 50 million registered users.The social networking site - which was acquired by AOL last year for $850 million - unveiled Bebo Open Mobile, a suite of tools...
The messy truth of any merger is that there are casualties. And while President Obama may lament the 8,000 people to be laid off at Sprint Nextel, there probably are going to be people whose jobs are lost as a result of Verizon Wireless'...
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...
Dear Editor,Most are aware of the Alltel/ Verizon "merger." In case you're not, the story is as follows: The FCC ruled that in order for the merger to go through without Verizon having a monopoly, certain portions of Alltel would have to be sold...
Dear Editor,If Dan Hesse has accomplished anything at all in his tenure as CEO of Sprint, he has managed to spark many conversations about Sprint's pricing, technology, marketing, and brand approach.The most recent announcement concerning the layoff of 8,000 workers, as a cost-cutting effort,...
Mobile betting is expected to continue to perform strongly next year, despite global economic concerns, according to a study from Juniper Research.The market is expected to reach $3.6 billion in 2009, more than double 2008 levels, while other segments like mobile TV and mobile...
Corporate wireless solutions provider Spring Wireless is hoping to make its services a household name in the wireless industry. With a presence in 16 countries, Spring Wireless CEO Marcelo Conde said it sells its M2M solution services to fortune 2,000 companies with a strong...
The fourth-quarter slugfest between Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry Storm, HTC Corp's G1 and Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G - all heavily subsidized and marketed exclusives - reflected several major currents running through the consumer-based wireless industry. Carriers need to drive data usage to pay...
With three of the four largest wireless providers in the United States selling femtocells to boost indoor coverage, and the fourth expected to join the party, a Massachusetts company is banking millions that the technology will take off.Verizon Wireless was the most recent to...
Wireless infrastructure vendors can get through this rough economic time if they stay true to their core businesses, even as the economy continues to take financial hits.The world's largest infrastructure provider, L.M. Ericsson, continues to buck the trend and posted a strong fourth quarter....
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.Wi-Fi--United States: Meru Networks said it won a contract to...
launched its first foray into digital downloads for games. The new online store offers more than 600 casual titles without the need for physical media. Amazon says all the titles at launch are under either $6.99 or $9.99 with older titles leaning towards the...
With the similar hardware built as the first Helio Ocean, the Ocean 2 has a larger 2.6-inch display screen with QVGA resolution, 2 megapixel camera and microSD card slot.
At the enterprise level, arguably everyone in IT knows the risks of wireless and they go out of their way to enable the right controls. The problem comes when a lazy or rogue administrator has a temporary need to install a wireless access point...
You may not want to learn how much smaller your bank account has gotten. But banks are making it easier than ever for consumers to access account information on their mobile devices.
Stripped-down computers known as netbooks have been taking a bite out of laptop sales for the better part of a year. Now computer makers are trying to capitalize on netbooks' popularity by pushing them into a new market—the one occupied by smartphones like Apple's...
Amazon.com has kept its Kindle electronic book reader shrouded in some mystery. The online retailer has said the device is out of stock, but it hasn't said how many were sold.
Apple Inc.'s threat to sue competitors over multi-touch capabilities that violate its patents, a warning made during the company's earnings call last month, may not be wise or even have a solid foundation, according to a leading telecom analyst. "Initiating multi-touch infringement litigation may...
The highly touted LTE technology is expected to make great strides this year as wireless providers launch trials and get ready for commercial deployments in 2010.Although the standards for the technology have yet to be completed, pre-standards are in place and the infrastructure vendors...
The short-term forecast for the handset market calls for pain and belt-tightening, no matter which market analysis you favor. And those analyses range from pretty harsh to very harsh. "We expect the first quarter of 2009 to be the absolute volume bottom in the...
An inventory buildup, slowing demand and lack of visibility into how to weigh those two factors is hanging over the wireless chip industry as companies search for a way ahead. As most handset vendors posted volume shipment decreases for the typically hot fourth quarter,...
Businesses in nearly every industry seem to be adopting a bunker mentality and shedding workers in an effort to weather an increasingly brutal economic storm. But wireless software developers are more bullish than ever on their industry.Evans Data last week released a report indicating...
