By 2011, more than 150 million customers worldwide will use their phone for mobile banking transactions, according to a new study from Juniper Research.The firm said mobile banking currently is more advanced in the Far East, but is growing steadily in North America and...
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...
So it seems the hottest item to sneak into a prison cell is no longer contraband cigarettes, or a knife baked in a cake, but a cellphone. Clearly a prisoner with too much time on his hands and lack of access to the outside...
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.From an outsider's point of view, it's easy to say mobile applications should be a slam dunk...
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- As international telecommunications operators shelve expansion plans to preserve cash and the myth collapses that emerging-market economies are independent from their western counterparts, the face of dealmaking in telecom is changing rapidly.The credit crunch has stifled M&A activity around the globe...
A war of words has broken out between Apple and Palm over unspecified legal threats over iPhone technology. In last week's Apple's acting chief executive Tim Cook made a number of comments about the company's intellectual property and its willingness to go...
British Airways to Launch Text- and Data-Only Cellphone Usage on London-NYC Flights By John Mahoney , 10:00 AM on Tue Jan 27 2009, 480 views Hey, this makes sense.
Motorola Inc. is teaming up with a Massachusetts company that specializes in multimedia services to boost its LTE network offerings.Starent Networks Corp. solutions will allow Motorola to offer an end-to-end network solution for its operator customers, the company announced today.Starent Network technology is geared...
The House this week plans to vote on a massive economic stimulus bill with $1 billion earmarked for wireless broadband grants, but the smallest national wireless provider and a leading public-safety group would like to see other provisions added.T-Mobile USA Inc., among other things,...
How well the Federal Emergency Management Agency responds to disasters may depend partially on AT&T Inc.'s wireless network.FEMA has struck a deal with AT&T Inc. that could net the wireless provider up to $50 million to deliver wireless voice and data communications to thousands...
Sprint Nextel Corp. said it plans to cut 8,000 employees to save $1.2 billion annually. The carrier said it will make the cuts by March 31. This reduction includes the 850 employees asked to voluntarily quit at the end of 2008. Sprint Nextel will...
VeriSign Inc. announced plans to acquire Certicom Inc. just days after Research In Motion Ltd. dropped its takeover bid of the Canadian software developer.VeriSign will pay either $40 million net of Certicom's existing cash and short-term marketable securities or a flat $73 million, the...
Looking to boost indoor coverage for customers, Verizon Wireless is rolling out its femtocell offering through its Network Extender base station that will be available for $250.The wireless provider unveiled its new product today. Existing customers can purchase the base stations online, by phone...
Nortel Networks Corp. could get bypassed by the wireless industry as officials attempt to restructure the ailing company through bankruptcy, according to officials with a firm that advises carriers.Officials with Pace Harmon said keeping business in the wireless industry will be a challenge for...
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.The concept of open wireless networks is not new. In fact, an obligation to support "reselling" was...
Qualcomm Inc. has snatched up Bill Stone from bankrupt Amp'd Mobile, hoping he'll push the company's mobile TV strategy, which is growing but struggling somewhat.
Chris Franey, a Channelweb.com 2008 Top 25 Channel Executive who took the helm of the Kensington computer accessories business in December, spoke with Channelweb.com's Steven Burke about Kensington's strategy to recruit new partners.
An Android application that claims to optimize use of the memory on HTC's G1 phones has drawn the ire of some G1 users who allege it wipes users' data and spams their contacts. The application, called MemoryUp from eMobiStudio, has now disappeared from the...
AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. are weathering the recession better than most U.S. companies, but both phone giants could show some nicks and cuts in the coming days as they report quarterly results. Already, wireless phone makers Nokia Corp., Samsung, Motorola Inc. and...
Trust the rogue programmers and Cydia--the independent equivalent to the iTunes App Store--to bring you one of the most awaited features ever for the iPhone: Bluetooth file transfer.
Never one to be silent when its dominance is threatened, Microsoft is now suggesting that new U.S. President Barack Obama should use a Windows Mobile device to avoid letting those unscrupulous Canadians get hold of his supersecret e-mails.I'm all for bashing the competition (and...
I'm all for bashing the competition (and Canadians), but this borders on the absurd. Besides the fact that the data stream can easily stay within the United States, Microsoft should have been able to come up with a better potential threat from those sneaky...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today delivered a mixed bag of results - strong handset shipments and net profit loss - but it had already taken steps to deal with strength in handsets and weakness in its memory chip and flat-screen TV businesses.The company announced...
Mobile handsets bolstered sales and profits at Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. in the fourth quarter, as the Korean handset vendor cemented its No. 2 global position.The company shipped 53 million handsets in the quarter and garnered 18% global market share, its highest ever. That...
