FlipswapFlipswap, an outsourced cell phone trade-in solution for retailers, said it has signed integration partnerships with retail management system providers iQmetrix, Work Wireless, TeleTracker and CellSell.Flipswap's Web-based software allows retailers to formulate a guaranteed trade-in quote for old phones. The value can then be...
When Skype, the PC-based Voice over Internet Protocol provider, petitioned the Federal Communications Commission last month to allow consumers to load third-party, IP-based software onto their mobile phones, the company was thinking big. Getting a proprietary VoIP client onto mainstream feature phones could put...
L.M. Ericsson bid $1.4 billion in cash in a hostile move to acquire Norway's Tandberg Television.The Swedish infrastructure company, which is moving aggressively into the digital content space, topped a previous offer from Arris Group Inc., an Atlanta-area provider of cable equipment. Tandberg's directors...
Editor's Note: Welcome our Monday 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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Strategy Analytics' Chris Ambrosio, Ovum's Roger Entner...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to deploy its Video Share product in the first half of this year, in what will constitute its first deployed IMS-supported application. The deployment of the Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem platform opens up new avenues for services and convergence for...
Aided by elements such as its reputation, anticipation-fueled rumors and tight secrecy, Apple Inc.'s iPhone announcement in early January acted much like a Rorschach test, illuminating points of view and exposing insecurities.Above all, the as-yet unfinished device drew such a wide range and number...
The late chess grandmaster Edward Schuyler Jackson used to regale anyone who would listen with stories, stories with a point. One featured a Wall Street tycoon berating a young business school graduate trying to make an impression. Impatient with the neophyte's earnest display of...
Editor's Note: Welcome our Monday 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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Strategy Analytics' Chris Ambrosio, Ovum's Roger Entner...
In the hard light of early January, the shape of the year unfolding ahead remains somewhat amorphous. What to watch for in the handset space, the wireless industry's most tangible interface with consumers? An informal survey of leading analysts, not surprisingly, takes a multifaceted...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to launch a live, one-way video sharing service that will work during a voice call. The carrier said it plans to demonstrate the offering at the AT&T Inc. booth next week at the CES in Las Vegas.Cingular said the service...
Time was when the wireless industry's major, marketshaping impact in the telecom sphere was defined by the number of mobile phones that became substitutes for landline telephones, which historically consumers have relied on for day-to-day communications.Just as Ma Bell back in the day grossly...
In the world of wireless handset vendors, there's an increasing divide between the haves and the have-nots. In this case, the having or not-having doesn't revolve around bling, but scale. Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc. have the scale to invest in research and development...
Editor's Note: Welcome our Monday 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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Strategy Analytics' Chris Ambrosio, Ovum's Roger Entner...
Motorola Inc.'s recent loss of a huge New York City contract for emergency communications equipment is the biggest sign yet that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks created a competitive headache for the firm that dominated the police and fire radio business for more...
Network management and diagnostics specialist Tektronix Inc. says carriers are looking to measure service quality and the customer experience, hence the company unfurled enhancements to its Unified Assurance platform, which is the foundation of the company's Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem solution.Tektronix said its performance...
Despite mixed third quarter financial results, analysts remain bullish on the long-term outlook of Alcatel Inc.'s pending acquisition of Lucent Technologies Inc. Bill Lesieur, director at Technology Business Research, opined that the mixed results shed light on the potential synergies of the combined company...
PARIS—Alcatel Inc.’s third-quarter net profits tumbled 42 percent as sales of wireless network infrastructure stalled during the quarter, leaving the company with net income of just $194 million after bringing in $334 million a year-ago. Revenues rose 1.4 percent year-over-year from $4.13 billion in...
BOSTON-Mobile instant messaging could grow to a $2 billion market in Western Europe and North America by 2010, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics Inc. Both IT-sanctioned and rogue use of mobile IM are set to grow significantly, said the report. Drivers...
BOSTON—Mobile instant messaging could grow to a $2 billion market in Western Europe and North America by 2010, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics Inc. Both IT-sanctioned and rogue use of mobile IM are set to grow significantly, said the report. Drivers...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. announced the acquisition of SoloMio Corp., a Texas-based provider of integrated subscriber call management services. Terms of the all-cash deal were not disclosed.Key to the deal is SoloMio's Smart Call platform, which supports both pre-IMS and IMS technology and...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. announced the acquisition of SoloMio Corp., a Texas-based provider of integrated subscriber call management services. Terms of the all-cash deal were not disclosed.Key to the deal is SoloMio’s Smart Call platform, which supports both pre-IMS and IMS technology and...
Two research firms say the future looks bright for location-based services running on Global Positioning System technology. ABI Research's latest study on the subject suggests that subscribers of GPS-enabled, location-based services will reach 315 million by 2011, up from 12 million this year. The...
NEW YORK—Two research firms say the future looks bright for location-based services running on Global Positioning System technology. ABI Research’s latest study on the subject suggests that subscribers of GPS-enabled LBS services will reach 315 million by 2011, up from 12 million this year....
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is adding a Razr-esque smart phone to its device lineup, targeting business and consumer users who want access to e-mail and entertainment content, but are willing to forego a full Qwerty keyboard. ? The Cingular 3125 is manufactured by Chinese vendor...
