How BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Mobile, and Symbian-powered handhelds are becoming over-the-air portals to enterprise apps, and why they could ultimately edge the laptop aside.
Shares of Glu Mobile Inc. continued to slide after the company lowered its third-quarter forecast. The San Mateo, Calif.-based mobile game publisher said it expects revenues "slightly below" its August forecast of $24 million to $24.7 million. The company also said it will likely...
Sprint Nextel Corp. switched mobile WiMAX vendors for its Dallas/Fort Worth Xohm network, bringing in existing inventory manufactured by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.Because the Texas city became ready for equipment ahead of schedule, Sprint Nextel opted to replace Nokia Siemens Networks as the primary...
It's materializing into a perfect storm for rural wireless carriers. But the federal government won't be coming to the rescue, since it is the one perpetuating the assault on Wireless Joe Six-Pack. In May, the Federal Communications Commission capped universal service fund support...
The second half of 2008 already ranks highly for offering the most advanced handsets and most reasonable prices in the history of wireless. And myriad device launches are yet to come in October and November.In a word, the season is about getting smart, as...
Progressive Group of Insurance Companies is using a cellular device to help responsible drivers reduce their insurance premiums.Progressive's innovative MyRate program may not be for drivers with a lead foot and motorists who heavily use their vehicle during peak times. But for responsible drivers...
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.--Send Word Now: Palisade Concentrated Equity Partnership led a $14 million Series D funding round into Send Word Now,...
Nokia launches its new flagship mobile handset, the N96, today, and as well as impressive photo, gaming and video functionality, users can also run the BBC’s iPlayer through an embedded application.
An Israeli researcher, frustrated with the lack of response from Apple, has disclosed technical details about two iPhone security flaws he first uncovered more than two months ago.
Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign has launched an iPhone application that enables supporters to communicate with each other and consume breaking news, reports The New York Times.
Sprint Nextel Corp. ( S ) has received interest in its Nextel business from a few players, The Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter. However, the Journal said a "variety of factors" are complicating the deal.
CHICAGO - Two companies have succeeded in utilizing pre-WiMAX technology to build successful businesses that target different customers in the United States. TowerStream and DigitalBridge Communications have carved out their own markets by being fixed pre-WiMAX service providers. TowerStream has targeted the enterprise sector...
After months of hinting at the device, the world's largest handset maker unveiled its answer to Apple Inc.'s iPhone with the inspiringly named 5800 XpressMusic. The Nokia Corp. gadget features a touchscreen and, starting next year, will ship with the company's Comes With Music...
CHICAGO - Day two of WiMAX World 2008 brought Atish Gude, senior VP of mobile broadband operations for Sprint Nextel Corp.'s Xohm effort, to the stage to discuss the business of WiMAX. And for Xohm, freshly launched in Baltimore this week, Gude said the...
Federal courts on opposite sides of the country came to different conclusions in billing litigation against Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility, while the number of antitrust class-action texting lawsuits against the nation's top mobile-phone operators has skyrocketed to more than a dozen.While the various...
Wireless competition may soon be coming to the throngs of subway riders who comprise official Washington. A bill passed by Congress and en route to President Bush will allow any licensed mobile-phone carrier to provide service on subways serving the nation's capital and surrounding...
Leap Wireless International Inc. juggled its offerings with the launch of its new PayGo prepaid service, which will replace its previously offered Jump prepaid plans. The PayGo service is a daily, pay-as-you-go option that customers only pay for on the days that they access...
More Americans are continuing to pull the plug on their landline telephone service in favor of using cellular phones, according to a recent report by J.D. Power and Associates.In its 2008 Wireless Contract Customer Satisfaction survey, the company also reports that younger consumers who...
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 us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
CHICAGO - Clearwire Corp. CEO Ben Wolff stepped onto the WiMAX World stage in front of a packed house Wednesday morning. As audience members squeezed to find chairs or stood along the back walls, Wolff made the business case for WiMAX, as well as...
CHICAGO - "We live in a visual world." The comment, from Dan Moloney at Motorola, quickly summarizes how WiMAX services can change the world. He backed it up with a bunch of stats from a Moto survey of millennials (young people between the ages...
