Editor's Note: Welcome to 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, M:Metrics' Seamus...
Like real estate, mobile advertising is all about location. And carriers are scrambling to cash in on the most desirable territory in wireless data: the deck.Network operators are hastily choosing mobile marketing partners and developing strategies for placing banner ads, clickable links and other...
Sling Media Inc. was only a blip on the wireless industry's radar screen until April, when the company released its SlingPlayer Mobile software. The $30 software allows SlingBox owners to watch TV on any smartphone running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile 5.0, Symbian or...
IN THE BLEAK WORLD of digital rights management, wireless service providers may actually serve as a beacon out of the darkness.But don't count on it.Anti-piracy software may be nearing a crossroads. A handful of record labels are beginning to experiment with DRM-free music, releasing...
ASHBURN, Va.-WiMAX provider DigitalBridge Communications Corp. announced new financing, news that coincided with the company's acquisition of two regional providers of wireless cable and Internet services. The company said it raised more than $11 million in its first round of venture financing, along with...
Two wireless service providers last week began offering their customers handsets that can move between cellular and Wi-Fi networks, moves that mark the first serious attempt at commercially available converged wireless services in the United States. Such services are seen as one avenue for...
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Two wireless service providers have begun offering their customers handsets that can move between cellular and Wi-Fi networks, moves that mark the first serious attempt at commercially available converged wireless services in the United States. T-Mobile USA Inc. is targeting its offer to...
The satellite industry as a whole is rebounding, driven by new technologies and applications in the mobile satellite services space, plus consumer applications such as high definition television and satellite radio, according to the Satellite Industry Association, which recently reported revenue figures for 2005....
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—U.S. businesses are ready to invest heavily in wireless services and applications to boost productivity, according to a survey from Compass Intelligence. They’re just waiting for the industry to come up with some solutions. More than 40 percent of the 1,600 decision-makers polled...
By Alice Z. Cuneo SAN FRANCISCO—It cost $4 billion to turn it into one of the best known names in the country, a future-forward, dynamic brand with a strong connection to young consumers and a share lead in the wireless marketplace. Yet, in 2007,...
IRVINE, Calif.—A pair of youth-oriented wireless service providers are looking to raise their profile and score exclusive content with separate deals. Boost Mobile L.L.C., which is a division of Sprint Nextel Corp., announced a two-year deal to sponsor the Major League Gaming (MLG) Pro...
WASHINGTON-U.S. telecom firms again are complaining to Bush administration trade officials about fees charged by foreign mobile-phone carriers to connect calls, a controversy cellular operators do not want to see enlarged at the Federal Communications Commission at a time when wireless service providers are...
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...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration asked Japan to promote competitive wireless policies and to improve spectrum management, but some reforms pushed by trade officials here are not necessarily legally embraced in the United States. The office of U.S. trade representative weighed in on wireless issues in...
MEXICO CITY-Latin American wireless provider America Movil S.A. de C.V. signed an international roaming agreement with Vodafone Group plc covering 53 countries.The deal initially includes voice and GPRS roaming services, and preferred roaming and virtual home environment. A second stage of the agreement is...
RESTON, Va.-XO Communications Inc. is going completely wireless. The company announced plans to sell its nationwide wireline telecommunications business for $700 million in cash to Elk Associates L.L.C., but will retain its fixed broadband wireless spectrum in the 28 GHz and 31 GHz bands...
Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc. again outranked the competition in a J.D. Power and Associates consumer survey, this time posting the highest retail sales satisfaction among the wireless industry's six largest operators. The study was based on experiences reported by 6,144 wireless users...
Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc. provide the highest retail sales satisfaction among the wireless industry's six largest operators, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2005 Wireless Retail Sales Satisfaction Study. The study was based on the experiences reported by 6,144 wireless users...
OTTAWA-Canadian wireless carriers will join their peers to the south when they implement wireless number portability in September 2007.The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association said a 64-page report, completed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP earlier this month, examined the hundreds of technical, inter-carrier and regulatory tasks and...
To the Editor, I know it's been a long time since we've conversed, but I read your most recent RCR Opinion piece ("Telecom reform dejà vu" in Aug. 1 issue) regarding Sen. Ensign's legislative proposal. First, the bill totally eliminates anything in Title II...
WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry proposed a national framework for wireless billing based on its voluntary code of conduct for service, while consumer groups and states are urging the Federal Communications Commission to strengthen billing rules and to refrain from pre-empting state regulation of carrier billing...
Family and peer groups as well as customer service quality are increasingly affecting U.S. consumers' selection of their wireless service providers and driving customer churn, according to initial results from the Yankee Group's 2005 Wireless User Surveys. The survey found that nearly half of...
Family or peer groups as well as customer service are increasingly affecting U.S. consumers' selection of their wireless service providers and driving customer churn, according to initial results from the Yankee Group's 2005 Wireless User Surveys.The survey found that nearly half of all new...
WASHINGTON-Unless you are a technology company with a business plan calling for the use of wireless devices on airplanes, you are against the idea, according to comments filed last week with the Federal Communications Commission.The FCC in December proposed allowing cell-phone use in airplanes...
