CTIA 08 Headlines

Sprint Nextel Corp. said nothing substantial about its WiMAX plans yesterday and instead fell back on a new touchscreen device as the biggest news to share with a room packed …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said he opposes Skype Ltd.’s petition to impose open access throughout the cellphone industry, prompting cheers from cellular carriers and criticism from others. “In …

The “old hippie” is headin’ to Mars. Or, perhaps more accurately, Richard Branson – fearless leader of the ubiquitous Virgin brand – is hatching a plan with Google Inc.’s founders …

AT&T Mobility has seen the signs — or at least, followed the voice prompts — and launched a branded GPS navigation service for consumers. Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp. …

Like a series of dominos, several of the largest regional carriers fell to consolidation pressures within the past year. The announcements came within a few months of one another: AT&T …

One academic says stop the debate already. He argues a wireless Carterfone rule is long overdue. “This [FCC] reticence to act has generated regulatory uncertainty and has frustrated numerous business …

Remember the “soccer mom”? First, she was avidly courted as a voter, later as a consumer. If you believe the handset marketers — admittedly, a leap of faith — the …

Forget the careful process of considering business cases, IT policies and other nit-picky consideration. Apple Inc.’s iPhone is the new must-have device — even though the buzz du jour is …

Marco Boerries is the executive VP of Yahoo Inc.’s Connected Life Division, which encompasses the company’s mobile, digital home, PC client and broadband teams around the world, including Yahoo Go …

Patricia Russo is chief executive officer of Alcatel-Lucent. Before helping to spearhead Alcatel’s tie-up with Lucent, Russo was chairman and CEO of Lucent. She helped launch Lucent in 1996. Q: …

Perry LaForge is the founder, executive director and chairman of the CDMA Development Group (CDG). The CDG is a trade association comprised of more than 120 of the world’s leading …

Jim Orr is a principal network architect in the wireless market development group at Fujitsu Network Communications. Q: It seems the infrastructure market has experienced some turbulence over the past …

Arun Bhikshesvaran is VP of Strategy and CTO for Ericsson North America. He has been with Ericsson since 1995 and has more than 15 years experience in the wireless communications …

Daniel Moloney is executive VP of Motorola Inc. and president of the company’s Home & Networks Mobility business, which provides digital video set-tops and infrastructure, cable modems and consumer gateways, …

Perhaps no other player has invested as much in the speech-recognition market as Nuance Communications Inc. The Burlington, Mass.-based company has spent more than $1 billion in the past two …

A new, pro-market advocacy group has formed to focus on business, technological and social aspects of mobile communications.The Mobile Future Coalition debuted yesterday at CTIA Wireless 2008. “American consumers have …

If you can get Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint Nextel Corp., to extoll the virtues of your jointly developed handset during the opening day’s keynote address, you’re well-positioned to make …

Mobile gaming continues to languish, plagued by a lack of innovation, overpriced titles and the constraints of tiny screens and 12-key pads. But game makers are hoping that Apple Inc.’s …

The wireless industry faces major challenges in designing networks capable of carrying bandwidth-consuming multimedia content and reliably delivering to consumers in the future, according to company executives. Industry experts said …

NBC Universal’s digital team has big plans this summer for its coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing — a colossal event and content-filled waterfall — that it hopes …

The nation’s biggest wireless show kicks into high gear, as Sprint Nextel announces its handset plans. Dan Hesse, Sprint’s CEO, releases the carrier’s iPhone response, designed by Samsung Electronics Co. …

Gambling continues to be a vice mostly pushed to the sidelines. It pops up with a vengeance in places like Las Vegas and on Indian reservations, but there are plenty …

Change has never been easy for the cell-phone industry. And it’s perfectly understandable. With the kind of wild success and wealth creation during its first three decades, cellular chieftains who …

As the wireless industry gears up for the nation’s biggest wireless show, CTIA’s John Walls discusses the trade group’s objectives for this year and beyond. Walls, VP of public affairs …

AT&T Mobility and MediaFLO USA Inc. announced they will launch their long-awaited mobile TV service in May, but the details of the offering still remain somewhat unclear.Neither company pointed to …