Vindigo appears to have turned out the lights, but the closure of the Japanese-owned firm may have more to do with cultural differences than the fact that mobile content is a tumultuous space.A pioneer in the early days of mobile content, Vindigo was acquired...
The cheap, voice-centric, clamshell handset still rules the American marketplace, as Motorola Inc.'s Razr V3 remains the top-selling handset in the country, according to recent data from NPD Group.
Yet smartphones claim three of the top five slots, with Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G at...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier--Credit Suisse First Boston lowered its estimates and price target on AT&T on mixed news coming from the company. The new price target is $34,...
CDMA may not be making much news these days, but the technology is far from dead.A recent report from ABI Research says while overshadowed by hype surrounding UMTS/HSPA and the migration to LTE, CDMA operators continue to upgrade their networks to increase capacity for...
The carrier announced Tuesday that it will work with Wi-Fi vendor Aircell to put a filter on the Internet when passengers use American's new Wi-Fi service.
NEW YORK — Americans scaled back their spending even more in September, resulting in weak sales for many retailers, as already skittish consumers grappled with the financial meltdown that's spreading around the globe.
When the U.S. Congress recently was in a frenzy trying to pass the $700 billion bailout bill, a group of CEOs who founded successful Internet businesses, including many Internet retailer leaders, were meeting to discuss online business issues and trends. Talk naturally turned to...
Mozilla's new Geode technology, a Firefox add-on, will allow a Web surfer's location to be tracked and monitored. Geode's geolocation abilities include accessing automatic local search results and news.
Travelers lugging laptop computers worry about losing them, with good reason. The hardware is worth hundreds or thousands, and lost or stolen data could be priceless.
The most important weapon in the war against the dumb-pipe scenario may just be the cloud.Cloud-based services - hosted applications "in the sky" and accessible through the Internet, as opposed to native apps - are suddenly all the rage in mobile. The concept is...
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. - maker of chips for mobile entertainment applications, among other products - will transform its manufacturing arm into an independent company financed by investors in Abu Dhabi.The Foundry Company, the new entity, will serve AMD as well as other "fabless"...
T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will install a do-it-yourself customer-service application from Nuance Communications Inc. on "select" handsets, which the carrier said will allow customers to solve common service and handset problems without contacting the carrier's customer-service representatives. The offering is an effort to...
The Supreme Court dealt the wireless industry a setback by declining to review lower court rulings that found T-Mobile USA Inc.'s arbitration clause in service contracts do not prevent subscribers from lodging class-action lawsuits against the No. 4 mobile-phone carrier.Opening a new term, the...
VeriSign Inc. finally left the mobile content space, unloading its stake in Jamba to News Corp. for $200 million.A pioneer in the early days of ringtones and other mobile goodies, Jamba was picked up by VeriSign for $273 million in June 2004. But the...
Leadership concerns persist at Samsung Group, Korea's top conglomerate, after nearly 100 days passed since a new management system was put in place following the resignation of its chairman, Lee Kun-hee.
More than 100 million users worldwide will use their mobile phone to make international money transfers by 2013, according to a new analysis by Juniper Research.Cross-border mobile money transfers is a new trend, but it is expected to gain traction during the net couple...
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.Cellular--Bangladesh: Teletalk Bangladesh chose Nokia Siemens Networks to modernize the...
The amount of innovation currently under way in the wireless industry is almost breathtaking to behold.Just in the past month we got to witness the birth of a completely new user interface, introduced by what some have called the world's most powerful brand (Google);...
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...
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. Where are the best positions in information and communications technology? That was, in essence, the...
There may not be much room at the top of the mobile e-mail service food chain, but there seems to be plenty of opportunity below.Nokia Corp. last week finally threw up its hands and pulled the plug on Intellisync, its enterprise-targeted wireless e-mail solution,...
