The decision by Qualcomm Inc. to stop development of its Ultra Mobile Broadband technology does not mean CDMA is off to the scrap heap.With 3G networks still evolving and being deployed in emerging markets, the technology will have a long shelf life even though...
President-elect Barack Obama's thematic "change" mantra has infiltrated Capitol Hill, with a shakeup in the leadership of key House and Senate committees likely to raise the profile and potency of consumer protection, open access and universal service issues for the wireless industry in the...
Former Motorola Inc. CEO Edward Zander is backing a small Chicago videoconferencing software company.Zander recently joined the board of Integrated Communications Inc., or Iocom, and made an undisclosed investment.The company, founded a decade ago by an ex-Motorola executive who left several years before Zander...
Sprint Nextel Corp. is teaming with VeriSign Inc. to enable subscribers to send photos and videos from their phones to popular social media sites.The offering uses VeriSign's Xoomerang platform to allow users to upload images from more than 30 Sprint phones to MySpace, Photobucket...
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.Conventional wisdom suggests that the spectral efficiency of a wireless technology has a meaningful impact...
Apple has posted an update for the iPhone and iPod touch. The 2.2 version update adds several features to both devices, as well as a host of security and stability improvements.
SEOUL/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics on Monday warned on cellphone market growth this year and next, the latest sign that weaker consumer confidence is hitting the wireless sector around the world.
Alcatel-Lucent Monday unleashed a host of enhancements to its product line aimed at the large enterprise— updates that include key voice, data, unified communications and contact center products Alcatel-Lucent said will ultimately help end customers "save money and make money."
Verizon Wireless released Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry Storm this morning. Customers showed up early to get their hands on the device and the device has been selling out quickly. ; blackberry; rim; storm; Verizon Wireless; Verizon Wireless...
More than 400,000 BlackBerry users have downloaded the new MySpace application, according to Research In Motion Ltd., shattering the record for applications in their first week of release.The offering, which was released Nov. 13, saw users send and receive more than 15 million messages,...
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. Try searching the Internet for "WAP is dead" and you will see 328,000 matches. Scroll through...
While it will be months before President-elect Barack Obama gets his administration in place and begins to roll out policy priorities, the selection of individuals focusing on high-tech agencies and their issues in the transition period suggests industry giants Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility...
Verizon Wireless has placed several employees on leave for accessing President-Elect Barack Obama's personal cellphone account, according to CEO Lowell McAdam.In a statement, McAdam said the company learned of the unauthorized access this week and took immediate action. The device on the account, which...
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.--Apptera: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Alloy Ventures and Walden International participated in a $10.5 million round of venture funding into...
Google added voice searching technology to its iPhone application by using techniques that are supposed to be off limits to third-party developers, according to a pair of reports.
Adobe has made its Flash technology compatible with the Android smartphone operating system developed by the Google-backed Open Handset Alliance . Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch demonstrated Flash Player 10 running on Symbian, Windows Mobile, and Android platforms — but no iPhone.
The job cuts come as Palm works to get its next-generation operating system ready to compete with Apple, RIM, and the rest of the smartphone market in 2009.
BlackBerry's Storm may be an iPhone wannabe, but it's a powerful smart phone that will be particularly attractive to business users.. Is Research In Motion Ltd.'s new BlackBerry Storm just an Apple iPhone wannabe or is it an innovative, highly usable smart phone in...
John Garcia, an executive in charge of Sprint Nextel Corp.'s ( S ) CDMA business, is leaving the company, The Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition Friday. The circumstances of Garcia's departure were not clear, according to the newspaper.
