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Wireless Facts and Figures

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Smartphones set for growth in Asia, price still important in U.S.

March 17 2010 - 12:09 pm ET | Dan Meyer

The continued evolution of mobile networks in Asia is expected to help propel the adoption of smartphones in the region, according to IMS Research. The research firm said it expects annual smartphone shipments to Asia to more ... Read More »

"4G" growth to impact Sprint Nextel exec bonuses

March 4 2010 - 12:54 pm ET | Dan Meyer

-Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse will see some of his 2010 bonus tied to the performance of the carrier's WiMAX service.-Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel Corp., which posted improved, though still troubled fourth quarter results, is looking to more closely tie company performance with executive compensation. In an ... Read More »

Pew study: Mobile news consumers have "voracious" appetite

March 1 2010 - 12:31 pm ET | Dan Meyer

Wireless Internet access is reshaping how consumers access news, according to a new report from The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. ... Read More »

Q4 2009 carrier results wrap up

February 26 2010 - 1:34 pm ET | RCR Wireless News

Wireless operators finished out 2009 on a mixed note as some operators posted robust customer growth reminiscent of years past, while others appear still mired in their modern troubles. The nation's nine largest, publicly traded ... Read More »

T-Mobile USA's Q4 results impacted by prepaid

February 25 2010 - 11:04 am ET | Dan Meyer

T-Mobile USA Inc. posted surprisingly strong fourth quarter 2009 results today bolstered by the carrier’s continued appeal to prepaid customers. The industry’s No. 4 operator said it added 371,000 customers to its ... Read More »

China set for mobile entertainment explosion

February 24 2010 - 12:32 pm ET | Dan Meyer

The Chinese market is set for a mobile entertainment explosion, according to a new report from JBB Research, which predicts revenues will hit $18 billion by 2013 driven by increased 3G and 4G use, mobile application stores and ... Read More »

Clearwire's results show signs of growth, both good and bad

February 24 2010 - 11:19 am ET | Dan Meyer

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Clearwire Corp. released fourth quarter and full-year 2009 results this morning showing the financial strains of launching a new wireless service, but backed by positive signs that its WiMAX service is starting to attract ... Read More »

Poor but networked: UN says cell phone use surging

February 24 2010 - 6:00 am ET | ElIiane Engeler, Associated Press

More than half of the people in the developing world are now cell phone subscribers, a U.N. report said Tuesday, highlighting strong global growth in telecommunications. ... Read More »

Reality Check: Evolution of the mobile touch ecosystem

February 23 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Steve Ives, co-founder and CEO, Taptu Ltd.

-Steve Ives, co-founder and CEO, Taptu Ltd.-

Over the past couple of years businesses have been scrambling to develop mobile apps, as the popularity of smart phones has created an app-frenzy world. ... Read More »

Sprint Nextel continues customer slide

February 10 2010 - 11:05 am ET | Dan Meyer

Sprint Nextel Corp.'s struggles continued during the fourth quarter of 2009 as the wireless industry's No. 3 domestic carrier posted a net loss of nearly $1 billion and hemorrhaged more customers from its network. The news was ... Read More »

New analytics firm looks to boost insight into consumer data usage

January 25 2010 - 11:36 am ET | Dan Meyer

If 2009 is remembered as the year the mobile application space matured, 2010 is shaping up as the year technology had evolved to actually measure what people were doing on their mobile devices. The importance of measuring the ... Read More »

Reality Check: Why Verizon did it

January 19 2010 - 12:15 pm ET | Jim Patterson, Founder and CEO, Mobile Symmetry

-Jim Patterson, Founder and CEO, Mobile Symmetry-

On Friday, Verizon announced a new phone strategy, largely misreported as their volley in an escalating price war. ... Read More »

Reader Forum: Dynamic Bit Rate Adaptation – more than just bandwidth management for wireless multimedia streaming

January 11 2010 - 8:59 am ET | By Patrick Lopez, CMO, Vantrix

Lopez--Vantrix

In the mobile marketplace, the demand for multimedia content has increased impressively, creating new challenges as the race to be able to provide ubiquitous, superior streaming quality to mobile phones heats up. With the network ... Read More »

Report: China on cusp of mobile data revenue boom

January 6 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Dan Meyer

China is set for a wireless data boom, according to research firm iSuppli Corp., which predicts the country's revenues surged nearly 19% in 2009 and are set to double from 2008 to 2013. The firm said it expects the data revenue ... Read More »

Report: Smart grids set for multi-billion dollar growth

December 31 2009 - 11:34 am ET | Dan Meyer

-The smart grid market is forecast to top $200B by 2015.-Ericsson

Spending on smart grid technology could total $200 billion worldwide by 2015, according to a new report from Pike Research. The firm noted that cooperation between governments and industry leaders looking to update antiquated ... Read More »

Analyst Angle: “Show me the Cellfax” – turning mobile experience upside down!

December 9 2009 - 6:00 am ET | Sanjay Ambekar, Co-founder and Partner, NGN Consulting L.L.C.

-Sanjay Ambekar, Co-founder and Partner, NGN Consulting L.L.C.-

For those that have been around the Wireless industry for some time, think back to the dated and present practices that operators and service companies have employed to validate the quality of the network or benchmark the quality ... Read More »

2010 predictions on Net neutrality, OS battles, cloud vs. edge

November 10 2009 - 12:19 pm ET | Tracy Ford

The first predictions for 2010 are officially here with inCode Telecom's Top 10 list. This year's list involves a couple of blessing-curse combination predictions, as well as consolidation speculation and regulatory ... Read More »

T-Mobile loses 77,000 customers in third quarter

November 6 2009 - 12:51 pm ET | BusinessWeek/The Associated Press

T-Mobile USA, a wireless carrier that is owned by Germany's Deutsche Telekom AG, said Thursday that it lost 77,000 subscribers in the third quarter due in part to competition and increasingly innovative cell phone offerings from ... Read More »

Qualcomm outlook off, cites increasing competition

November 5 2009 - 12:32 pm ET | Sinead Carew, Reuters

Wireless chip supplier Qualcomm Inc. on Wednesday forecast weaker than expected full-year results, but its extension of a key deal with Korea's Samsung Electronics helped offset the disappointment for some investors. ... Read More »

MetroPCS CEO: Disappointed In subscriber growth

November 5 2009 - 12:23 pm ET | Roger Cheng, Dow Jones Newswires

MetroPCS Communications Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Roger Linquist said he was disappointed with the wireless provider's customer growth, and blamed competitive forces and high unemployment for the shortfall. ... Read More »

American Tower Q3 profit meets Street view

November 3 2009 - 10:59 am ET | Shrutika Verma, Reuters

Wireless-tower operator American Tower Corp. posted better-than-expected quarterly revenue but profit came in line with Wall Street expectations as expenses rose. ... Read More »

Motorola's promising comeback

October 30 2009 - 11:31 am ET | Olga Kharif and Roger O. Crockett, BusinessWeek

Is Motorola back? The mobile-phone giant has struggled for years as rivals from Nokia (NOK) to Research In Motion (RIMM) to Apple (AAPL) have stolen away its customers. To get back on track and win over dispirited investors, ... Read More »

Sprint Nextel posts improved Q3 losses

October 29 2009 - 11:39 am ET | Dan Meyer

-Sprint Nextel's Boost Mobile division continues to be a bright spot for the carrier.-

When is a loss a win? When you are Sprint Nextel Corp. of course. Spinning like a champion, Sprint Nextel used a variety of percentages and claims of “best” performance in company history to describe a convoluted ... Read More »

America Movil posts 51% rise in quarterly net

October 28 2009 - 6:00 am ET | Noel Randewich, Reuters

MEXICO CITY - America Movil, the largest cellphone operator in Latin America, posted a 51 percent rise in third-quarter net profit on Monday due to a pickup in new subscribers and lower financing costs. ... Read More »

UPDATE: VZW Q3: Revenues strong despite modest customer metrics

October 26 2009 - 10:38 am ET | Dan Meyer

Verizon Communication Inc.'s wireless division continued to drive growth for the telecom giant during the third quarter, posting 58% of the company's total revenues and maintaining its position as the wireless industry's largest ... Read More »

AT&T Mobility posts company record 2M net adds

October 22 2009 - 11:02 am ET | Dan Meyer

-Integrated devices, like the HTC Fuze, boosted AT&T Mobility's Q3 customer growth and data revenues.-AT&T

AT&T Mobility set the bar high for third quarter results posting just over 2 million net customer additions for the quarter, which was a record for the carrier and a 2.5% increase over the third quarter of 2008. AT&T Mobility ... Read More »

UPDATE: New iPhone boosts Apple's bottom line.

October 20 2009 - 6:00 am ET | Dan Meyer

-Apple sold 7.4M iPhones during most recent quarter.-Apple

Apple Inc. continued its assault on the mobile space during its fiscal fourth quarter ended Sept. 26 selling nearly 7.4 million iPhone devices, which was a 7% increase over the previous year and in-line with analysts' estimates. ... Read More »

RIM's shares tumble on lowered profits, modest forecast

September 24 2009 - 10:41 pm ET | Dan Meyer

-RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie's enticement of new BlackBerry devices set to launch during the current quarter was not enough to bolster RIM's stock.-Research In Motion

Shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. tumbled in after-hours trading after the device manufacturer posted second quarter financial results that showed a drop in profits and lower than expected demand. While total ... Read More »

Verizon to lay off more wireline workers

September 14 2009 - 12:40 pm ET | Tracy Ford

Verizon Communications Inc. still needs to lay off more employees from its wirelines business, despite the 8,000 layoffs the company is already planning this year. CFO John Killian said the company needs to continue to make job ... Read More »

MMA's Wehrs balances big picture with nuts-and-bolts details

September 10 2009 - 10:14 am ET | Tracy Ford

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SEATTLE--Since taking over as head of the Mobile Marketing Association in January, Mike Wehrs has juggled international expansion, carrier cooperation and the more boring, but essential work of fine-tuning the business processes ... Read More »

How to Use Analyst Relations to Drive Shareholder Value

August 19 2009 - 1:05 pm ET | Kristin Taylor, Sr. Director of Analyst Relations, Qualcomm, Inc.

Building a world-class Analyst Relations (AR) program is a worthy investment that delivers positive returns companywide. AR is a way for you to strategically influence the worldwide technologists who are recommending products and ... Read More »

AT&T Mobility posts iPhone-fueled growth during Q2

August 17 2009 - 4:08 pm ET | Dan Meyer

-Apple's iPhone, modeled here by AT&T CEO and President Randall Stephenson, bolstered AT&T Mobility's strong Q2 customer growth.-AT&T

AT&T Mobility continues to ride the iPhone tide as the nation’s second largest operator posted strong customer growth during the second quarter bolstered by Apple Inc.’s device. The carrier, which prior to Verizon Wireless’ ... Read More »

Global handset sales decline 6% in quarter, Gartner says

August 12 2009 - 4:55 pm ET | Tracy Ford

Worldwide handset sales were down 6% in the second quarter, but smartphone sales continued to climb, according to new research from Gartner Inc. More than 268 million units sold globally in the quarter, and 40 million of those ... Read More »

VZW growth hit by economy, revenues remain strong

August 12 2009 - 3:55 pm ET | Dan Meyer

Verizon Wireless posted second quarter results highlighted by strong postpaid net customer additions and growing wireless revenues. The industry’s largest operator said it added 1.142 million customers during the second quarter, ... Read More »

Prepaid competition hits VMU

August 10 2009 - 1:08 pm ET | Dan Meyer

Highlighting the increasingly competitive nature of the ... Read More »