In three to five years, a Chinese company could become the world leader in the mobile infrastructure market without a major presence in North America, according to a recent study by ABI Research.However, Huawei Technologies Inc. is gearing up to tackle the U.S. market...
Researchers at Cleveland Clinic said they found a link between cellphone radiation and male fertility problems, fresh scientific data that surfaced in advance of a congressional hearing on a long-running health controversy that mobile-phone carriers cannot shake - despite having kept such litigation in...
In its legal battle with Motorola Inc. and its subsidiaries Symbol Technologies Inc. and Wireless Valley Communications Inc., Aruba Networks Inc. questions whether the patents involved in the case are legal, according to new court documents filed in the case.In a countersuit filed last...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Nine more companies have joined the Symbian Foundation as its group members work toward developing an open and complete mobile software platform that will be free for its members.Acrodea, Brycen, HI Corp., Ixonos, KTF, Opera Software, Sharp, TapRoot Systems and UIQ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Symbian Ltd. and Nokia Corp. defended the relevance of the two companies in today's market Wednesday during a roundtable discussion that focused on the creation of the Symbian Foundation.In August, Forbes.com reported that some in Silicon Valley aren't too keen of...
SAN FRANCISCO -- A California company believes e-mail shouldn't be just for smartphones and the application should be compatible with voice and text messaging.As the annual CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2008 kicks off today in San Francisco, SEVEN is unveiling its new Integrated...
Nokia Corp. gave somewhat vague mid-quarter guidance last Friday that sent its stock tumbling more than 9% to a new 52-week low. The Finnish giant, with about 40% global market share, said it sees "weaker consumer confidence in multiple markets," a cryptic remark it...
American consumers may well be treated to "a moveable feast" this fall. Unlike the sketches of 1920s Paris by Ernest Hemingway by the same name, however, this one is more akin to a mobile smorgasbord for buyers: more choice, cutting-edge models, attractive prices and...
Americans love the $50 clamshell, but a small, growing number of wealthy people are paying astronomical prices for feature phones that often sport a cachet-laden brand name or are slathered in gems. That trend - pursued by the top-tier handset vendors as well as...
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...
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--United Kingdom: Mobile Broadband Network Ltd., the network venture of...
Motorola Inc.'s co-CEO Gregory Brown has plenty of incentive to see the company's phone business spun of as a public company.According to a new three-year employment agreement signed Wednesday, Brown will receive options to buy stock valued at $3.33 million and restricted stock worth...
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.WiMAX--Malaysia: Motorola Inc. said it has been chosen by REDtone...
Rob Shaddock, leader of Motorola Inc.'s mobile devices consumer products group, since April, is leaving the company, Motorola confirmed today. In April, Shaddock had been given charge of the company's multimedia phones. Going forward, John Cipolla will lead the consumer products group, reporting directly...
Now more than ever, policymakers and the wireless providers they regulate are finding it easier - indeed, politically and socially fashionable - to make peace with the latest iteration of the green revolution. Green has become sexy in corporate America. Executives unabashedly embrace green...
Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility just added nearly another 1,000 retail outlets for the iPhone 3G by hooking up with big-box retailer Best Buy. That's likely to gin up iPhone sales, boost AT&T Mobility's fortunes and probably anger some of AT&T Mobility's other independent...
The initial question on many minds when news broke last week that Sanjay Jha, COO at Qualcomm Inc., would help lead Motorola Inc. out of the woods: Why swap celebrated success for plying the trackless wilderness?Last week, Jha himself essentially cited the challenge and...
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--China: China Mobile has signed multiple contracts with Motorola, valued...
Three things you need to know about the handset market in the United States last quarter, courtesy of Strategy Analytics: 1) Overall unit sales reached nearly 42 million, up 5.3% over the year-ago quarter, which the market analysis firm said stemmed from "healthy" replacement...
Even as Motorola Inc. makes some key new hires, such as co-CEO Sanjay Jha, other executives continue to exit.Chief Information Officer Patty Morrison left the company last week. Morrison joined Motorola in 2005, during former CEO Edward Zander's tenure, from Office Depot Inc. She...
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.--Amobee: Motorola and Cisco Systems made strategic investments in mobile advertising company Amobee Media Systems. Existing investors Telefonica, Vodafone,...
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....
The maturing U.S. handset market continued to chug along in the first half of the year - though slowing relative to years past - and analysts offered an array of views on what forces will shape the market in the second half of the...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors --R.W. Baird lowered its estimates on Alcatel-Lucent after the company reported in-line results and maintained guidance. The lowered EPS estimates reflect expected...
