Handset distributor Brightpoint Inc. said it would slash $40 million to $45 million in annual spending and reduce daily debt by more than $100 million this year."The company believes that there continues to be uncertainty about the impact of the global economic downturn will...
Leap Wireless International Inc. is bringing music to the masses, or at least those wireless consumers packing its Cricket devices.Despite the languid adoption of full-track mobile music download services, the no-contract carrier jumped into the mobile music field today with its Cricket Mobile Music...
If the idea of marketing Porsche sports cars on mobile handsets seems unlikely, it's for good reason: Mobile skews young, but the core Porsche demographic is more middle-age male. And pitching aspirational luxury vehicles with an entry price of $45,000 seems incongruent on a...
The LiMo Foundation continues to make strides as it announced updates to its open platform, notched six new operators to deliver handsets and added two new directors to its board.NTT DoCoMo, Orange, SK Telecom, Telefonica, Verizon Wireless and Vodafone said they are committed to...
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.
When it comes to the wireless sector, I would just like to say what everybody...
Sales of GPS-enabled mobile phone are expected to buck the global trend of handset shipment declines this year, according to a report from ABI Research.And even though the market is expected to feel a pinch this year, unit sales of GPS-enabled phones should grow...
A developer of wireless enterprise solutions claims it has combined the advantages of paging and mobile phones into one service that can be accessed with a smartphone.Onset Technology is targeting the healthcare field with the latest enhancement of its METAmessage Advanced Paging Solution. The...
Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. soared as the company announced cost-cutting measures after its wireless business suffered an estimated $368 million charge.The Redwood City, Calif.-based publisher posted a $641 million loss including the pre-tax goodwill charge to its mobile division in the quarter ending...
Smartphones are no longer the exclusive domain of high-powered executives and road warriors. But what that means for the mobile e-mail space - which seems perennially on the verge of reaching a tipping point - has yet to be determined.Handset manufacturers and application developers...
While being the gold standard for wireless smartphones has its advantages, Apple Inc.'s iPhone and exclusive, domestic carrier partner AT&T Mobility may be evolving into a potential gold mine in the eyes of plaintiffs' attorneys who continue to pile on one class-action lawsuit after...
Motorola Inc. today posted a $3.6 billion loss for the fourth quarter, down from $100 million earned in the year-ago quarter. The news - and weaker than expected guidance on the current quarter - sent the ailing company's stock tumbling more than 11% in...
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...
Corporate wireless solutions provider Spring Wireless is hoping to make its services a household name in the wireless industry. With a presence in 16 countries, Spring Wireless CEO Marcelo Conde said it sells its M2M solution services to fortune 2,000 companies with a strong...
The fourth-quarter slugfest between Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry Storm, HTC Corp's G1 and Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G - all heavily subsidized and marketed exclusives - reflected several major currents running through the consumer-based wireless industry. Carriers need to drive data usage to pay...
Apple Inc.'s threat to sue competitors over multi-touch capabilities that violate its patents, a warning made during the company's earnings call last month, may not be wise or even have a solid foundation, according to a leading telecom analyst. "Initiating multi-touch infringement litigation may...
The short-term forecast for the handset market calls for pain and belt-tightening, no matter which market analysis you favor. And those analyses range from pretty harsh to very harsh. "We expect the first quarter of 2009 to be the absolute volume bottom in the...
An inventory buildup, slowing demand and lack of visibility into how to weigh those two factors is hanging over the wireless chip industry as companies search for a way ahead. As most handset vendors posted volume shipment decreases for the typically hot fourth quarter,...
With the economy in a recession, many Americans are trying to scale back spending. Wireless providers, however, may experience just the opposite reaction: Each carrier has a "hop to it" mantra, whether it is to upgrade the network, recruit more customers (or actively...
Despite all the multimedia bells and whistles available to customers on their wireless phones today, nearly half of cellphone users still prefer to use their mobile phone only to make calls.A new report from the NPD Group said 45% of U.S. mobile-phone users prefer...
How well the Federal Emergency Management Agency responds to disasters may depend partially on AT&T Inc.'s wireless network.FEMA has struck a deal with AT&T Inc. that could net the wireless provider up to $50 million to deliver wireless voice and data communications to thousands...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today delivered a mixed bag of results - strong handset shipments and net profit loss - but it had already taken steps to deal with strength in handsets and weakness in its memory chip and flat-screen TV businesses.The company announced...
Mobile handsets bolstered sales and profits at Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. in the fourth quarter, as the Korean handset vendor cemented its No. 2 global position.The company shipped 53 million handsets in the quarter and garnered 18% global market share, its highest ever. That...
LG Electronics Co. said today that its handset shipments grew year-on-year and sequentially on a day when market leader Nokia Corp. acknowledged declines in both metrics.The Korean vendor credited new models launched in Europe and "timely pricing strategies" for its shipment growth, which stands...
Glu Mobile Inc. limps into 2009 after enduring a brutal year that saw its stock tumble from nearly $5 a share to less than 40 cents. But while the company recently streamlined its operations and slashed jobs, its foot is still firmly down on...
