Wireless

Next week Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen will unveil a plan that is geared to turn around the fortunes of the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker – and wireless is expected …

Various metrics for how the handset market is faring at this juncture are swirling like the snow in a paperweight designed to be shaken for pleasant effect. But this swirl …

Flickr is targeting smartphone users with an upgraded mobile site.The popular photo-sharing destination – which claims it has seen a 50% increase in mobile traffic over the last year – …

I just got back from a long weekend in a place that is defying the economic downturn, where there is a housing shortage because of all of the people flocking …

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are hoping to use GPS-enabled wireless phones to help them study traffic data. Participants in the study will be asked to download software …

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.—Awarepoint: Cardinal Partners led a …

Goodbye Xohm, hello Sprint 4G.Just over a year after inventing a new word for its WiMAX plans, Sprint Nextel Corp. has decided on a name that is easier on the …

Rapidly deteriorating employment picture bodes ill for merchants trying to salvage their key season.

Talk about blazing trails: Ericsson has taken its uber-fast HSPA+ gear commercial in Telstra’s network in Australia, which is now capable of delivering the head-spinning speed of 21mbps — a …

Sports fans jump at the chance to keep up with teams via mobile.

The economy has apparently been heading south for about a year now, but the iPhone's sales numbers haven't taken a nosedive just yet. The global smartphone market has also been …

Ever the glowing optimists, venture capitalists here vowed this week that a backlog of healthy young companies – with $100 million-plus in annual revenue and growing – are poised to …

A California satellite technology provider has signed a deal to put a planned broadband Internet satellite into orbit above the US in the first half of 2011.

AT&T hopes to standardize on a single operating system for AT&T-branded smartphones as part of a “dramatic consolidation” of its mobile platforms over the next few years, a company executive …

Nokia Corp. executives told analysts and press today that holiday-quarter handset sales will likely fall short of the company’s last estimate, given less than three weeks ago. Even with its …

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 …

The Federal Communications Commission will avoid a direct confrontation with the Bush administration over the backup-power rule, informing a federal appeals court it will not override the Office of Management …

Citing ongoing economic concerns AT&T Inc. announced in an 8-K filing that it will cut 12,000 jobs, or roughly 4% of the company’s total workforce. The cuts will begin this …

Citing ongoing economic concerns AT&T Inc. announced in an 8-K filing that it will cut 12,000 jobs, or roughly 4% of the company’s total workforce. The cuts will begin this …

Text messaging aggregators such as mBlox, OpenMarket and VeriSign Inc. have built lucrative businesses by serving as middlemen between carriers and companies (or political candidates) looking to send text messages …

The companies listed below represent the 12 largest national and regional licensed wireless carriers and mobile virtual network operators based on subscriber numbers at the end of the third quarter …

A recent report from Visant Strategies found wireless backhaul needs in the United States are extending beyond base stations and into middle-of-the-network elements.“As carriers deploy HSPA, WIMAX and EV-DO Rev …

Apple's new promotional codes allow you to send out your application for review without having to juggle with Ad Hoc distribution or buying an iTunes credit for reviewers; each of …

An open-source mobile operating system from the Symbian Foundation won’t be ready until 2010. In the meantime, it must find a way to crack America.