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. The attraction of netbooks The growth of the netbook sector has been an anomaly in an otherwise tired PC market. Netbooks are sub 3-pound (<1.5Kg) [...]

MindTree Ltd. said it will pay $6 million to buy Kyocera Wireless Corp.’s Indian facility, Kyocera Wireless (India) Pvt. Ltd., which develops wireless products, software engineering and product testing for Kyocera, as well as custom handsets for Indian service providers. In addition to the upfront payment, MindTree will make more payments to Kyocera based on [...]

AT&T Mobility plans to offer TerreStar Networks Inc.’s dual-mode cellular/satellite Genus smartphone and mobility solution to enterprise, government and small business customers and their corporate liable users beginning in the first quarter of 2010. The partnership follows a recipricol roaming agreement signed between the two companies last year.The new offering will allow customers to have [...]

Alcatel-Lucent signs European Union’s Code of Conduct on Energy Consumption of Broadband Equipment From: WebWire Alcatel-Lucent announced that it has signed the European Union’s Code of Conduct on Energy Consumption of Broadband Equipment. By signing the Code of Conduct, Alcatel-Lucent commits to make all reasonable efforts to abide to the principles described in the Code [...]

Spanish-based telecom giant Telefonica said it reached an agreement with a half-dozen LTE equipment suppliers to launch test projects in six different countries in preparation of rolling out LTE-based networks in markets where the carrier operates. The suppliers include Alcatel-Lucent, L.M. Ericsson, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks and ZTE Corp. The six-month [...]

Apple Inc.’s iPhone may be seen by most around the world as the uber-mobile device, but a report out of Indonesia suggests that the device has run into stiff competition from rival Research In Motion Ltd.The report, from mobile advertising solutions provider InMobi, found that mobile ad requests on RIM’s BlackBerry devices increased 842% during [...]

Nokia Buys Travel Oriented Mobile Social Networking ServiceFrom: Information WeekContinuing its tendency to buy up smaller mobile content companies, Nokia has announced that it has acquired Dopplr, a privately-held mobile service provider for international travelers. Read more at Information Week. GHL Acquisition Corp. Announces Stockholder Approval of Iridium AcquisitionFrom: Satellite TodayGHL Acquisition stockholders voted 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.Today, while the U.S. mobile adult content market remains in a very early stage as there is no “pure” mobile adult content available on the carrier’s [...]

T-Mobile USA Inc. said it would begin pre-sales of the Motorola Inc. Cliq smartphone Nov. 19, pricing the handset at $200 for qualified subscribers with a two-year contract. The handset is set to be sold in stores and online Nov. 2, T-Mobile said. However, customers who want first dibs on the smartphone can register here [...]

More than a year and a half after announcing plans for a cellular technology equipped device, Garmin International Inc. is finally set to enter the U.S. market with its navigation-centric nuvifone G60 scheduled to launch at AT&T Mobility on Oct. 4 for $299 after rebates and a two-year contract.The device, which Garmin first made mention [...]