Tier 1 operators are beginning to use retail outlets to build long-term customer relationships and generate revenues from lucrative data applications. But when it comes to the brick-and-mortar sales counter, the wireless consumer is still very much up for grabs. While the wireless industry...
FORT WORTH, Texas-Disappointing wireless sales likely will prevent RadioShack Corp. from meeting its full-year earnings forecast, the retailer said. Calling its wireless sales "weaker than anticipated," RadioShack said it is unlikely to meet its fiscal 2005 target of $2.14 to $2.24 per share. But...
FORT WORTH, Texas-Disappointing wireless sales likely will prevent RadioShack Corp. from meeting its full-year earnings forecast, the retailer said. Calling its wireless sales "weaker than anticipated," RadioShack said it is unlikely to meet its fiscal 2005 target of $2.14 to $2.24 in earnings per...
Wireless distributor and fulfillment services provider Brightpoint Inc. is going directly to consumers with branded retail stores. The company said it plans to sell mobile phones and services from Sprint Nextel Corp., Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. and Vonage Holdings Inc. through outlets under the...
PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Wireless distributor Brightpoint Inc. is going directly to consumers with branded retail stores. The company will sell mobile phones and services from Sprint Nextel Corp., Virgin Mobile USA L.L.P. and Vonage Holdings Corp. through outlets under the brand Fono Wireless. Brightpoint, which opened...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wherify Wireless Inc. said it now plans to launch its Wherifone GPS-capable mobile phone in the United States sometime in the first half of next year, almost a year after the company initially planned to offer the gadget. Wherify's John Cunningham said...
What traditionally has been a holiday battle for market share among nationwide operators this year has turned into a struggle to compete against the Verizon Wireless juggernaut. The industry's second-largest operator has been on a roll this year, adding several million more customers than...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wherify Wireless Inc. said it now plans to launch its Wherifone GPS-capable mobile phone in the United States sometime in the first half of next year, almost a year after the company initially planned to offer the gadget.Wherify's John Cunningham said the...
PORT WASHINGTON, New York-Big-box retailers deliver a better shopping experience for mobile phone users than wireless operators do through their own branded outlets, according to a study from The NPD Group.The survey of 2,100 consumers found that while 68 percent of all mobile phone...
The cries of privacy advocates can be heard around the world as the booming radio-frequency identification technology sector marches ahead. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has led the charge, having implemented RFID into its supply-chain management last year. The process begins as products are shipped from...
WASHINGTON-A settlement of a radio frequency identification patent lawsuit involving two leaders in the automated data capture business could remove a major obstacle to success in the emerging wireless space, but privacy, security and other issues remain. In addition to agreeing to settle a...
MIAMI-Hispanic-focused operator Movida Communications Inc. continues to expand, announcing plans to move into 20 more states later this year. The mobile virtual network operator said it will distribute its prepaid service through Wal-Mart Stores Inc. stores and other outlets in Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,...
MIAMI-Hispanic-targeted prepaid service Movida said it will launch a suite of information services next month. The 6-month-old service said it will offer regional news programming, Latin American soccer scores, celebrity news and Hispanic daytime TV plot summaries beginning in September. Movida, which offers service...
LG Electronics Co. Ltd. appears to be joining the likes of Enfora L.P., Firefly Mobile Inc. and Wherify Wireless Inc. in selling mobile phones to children. According to documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission, LG is prepping the child-friendly VX1000 with Verizon Wireless...
MIAMI-Hispanic-targeted prepaid service Movida said it will launch a suite of information services next month.The 6-month-old service said it will offer regional news programming, Latin American soccer scores, celebrity news and Hispanic daytime TV plot summaries beginning in September. Movida, which offers service in...
LG Electronics Co. Ltd. appears to be joining the likes of Enfora L.P., Firefly Mobile Inc. and Wherify Wireless Inc. in selling mobile phones to children. According to documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission, LG is prepping the child-friendly VX1000 with Verizon Wireless...
WASHINGTON-Many federal agencies planning to use radio frequency identification technology have not addressed legal issues such as privacy and security, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.A bipartisan group of lawmakers had asked government auditors to query two dozen federal agencies...
Movida Communications Inc. reported that due to the strong response in Phoenix and San Diego to its Movida prepaid wireless service targeting the Hispanics community, it is accelerating the rollout of the service to additional markets with plans for nationwide coverage by the end...
WASHINGTON-A new California bill would prohibit driver's licenses and other identity documents issued by the state from containing radio frequency identification chips, an initiative that follows a huge uproar by parents of school children required earlier this year to wear RFID badges. "This is...
InPhonic Inc. said it plans to launch a Spanish version of its Liberty Wireless mobile virtual network operator prepaid wireless service exclusively targeting the Hispanic market in the United States. The company noted the Viva Liberty offering will be the first domestic MVNO to...
Movida Communications Inc. reported an agreement with Sprint Corp. and Wal-Mart to provide nationwide prepaid wireless voice and data services to the U.S. Hispanic market using a mobile virtual network operator model. The service will use Sprint's wireless network to offer prepaid domestic and...
WASHINGTON-The Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Postal Service announced plans to deploy radio frequency identification technology, an emerging wireless capability predicted to generate more than $1 billion in Western Europe alone by 2007.Asa Hutchinson, undersecretary for border and transportation security at Department...
LAS VEGAS-Below is a quick rundown of some of the numerous new gadgets announced at the Consumer Electronics Show: c Kodak announced a new digital camera with Wi-Fi capability for e-mailing and viewing pictures. Kodak said the EasyShare-One camera will also have integrated access...
WASHINGTON-Predicting the future is not as difficult as you might think. To predict the future is to know the present in cold, sober terms. You can read what the experts say down below. The biggest pitfall with year-end prognostications is they tend to lend...
