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Target launches mobile coupon initiative

March 10 2010 - 11:19 am ET | Tracy Ford

-Target coupons on the iPhone-Target

Target is launching what it calls the first scannable mobile coupon program from a nationwide retailer. Customers must opt in to the program on their computer at target.com/mobile, or on their device at m.target.com or by texting ... Read More »

Analyst Angle: One platform to rule them all

March 10 2010 - 10:11 am ET | By Nizar Assanie, Vice President (Research), IE Market Research Corp.

-Assanie-IE Market Research

In February, Intel and Nokia announced that they were merging their open-source Linux initiatives into a single project called MeeGo. On its face, what's not to like about MeeGo? It has a catchy name. It will result in the ... Read More »

Alliances: Nuance and ZTE, Novatel and Qualcomm

March 4 2010 - 10:54 am ET | Kristen Beckman

Novatel Wireless said it completed a technology transfer with Qualcomm Inc. consisting of two of Qualcomm’s Wearable Mobile Device module designs. Novatel said it will use the designs to expand its portfolio ... Read More »

CTIA's Largent: Smartphones—What a difference a year makes!

March 3 2010 - 6:29 pm ET | By: Steve Largent, president & CEO, CTIA-The Wireless Association

-Steve Largent-CTIA

The wireless industry continues to evolve and innovate at a rapid pace and 2009 was no exception. Smart phones were the “it” device with nearly 41 million operating on carriers' networks last year. The reason for ... Read More »

T-Mobile USA opens up to Ovi, Nokia supports Skype

March 3 2010 - 1:00 pm ET | Dan Meyer

-Nokia's Ovi-equipped Nuron will launch at T-Mobile USA

Nokia Corp. finally found a domestic taker for its Ovi application platform announcing today that T-Mobile USA Inc. would begin offering the Nokia 5230 Nuron in the coming weeks. The device’s price of $70 after rebates also ... Read More »

Reality Check: Shifting dynamics in mobile application distribution and monetization

March 2 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Andrew Shikiar, Global Marketing Director, LiMo Foundation

-Andrew Shikiar, Global Marketing Director, LiMo Foundation-

In 2009 the app-store gold rush induced “headless chicken” behavior within the mobile industry on an unprecedented level ... Read More »

Alliances: VeriSign, nonprofit partner for health IT solution

February 18 2010 - 11:21 am ET | Kristen Beckman

VeriSign Inc. said it partnered with CAQH, a nonprofit alliance of health plans and trade associations, to conduct a pilot program to demonstrate secure authentication for health IT interoperability. The six-month ... Read More »

@MWC: Brands, ad agencies suspicious of mobile marketing hype

February 18 2010 - 11:37 am ET | Matt Kapko

BARCELONA -- "No doubt about it, to some extent we're selling change," Tim Sefton, customer director of Telefonica O2 UK, said today on a mobile marketing and advertising panel. That fact more than anything may be why for nearly ... Read More »

Analyst Angle: 10 Israeli companies to watch in 2010

February 17 2010 - 10:28 am ET | Levi Shapiro

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. Kelly Tedesco is easy to ... Read More »

Reality Check: Voice over LTE: How soon is now?

February 16 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Kevin Mitchell, Director Solutions Marketing, Acme Packet

-Kevin Mitchell, Director Solutions Marketing, Acme Packet-

Last year the issue of Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) emerged from the shadows, and after a rigorous debate, concluded in resounding fashion with a positive answer (yes, it's needed) and near unanimous support of a ... Read More »

Sprint expects job force cuts completed

February 15 2010 - 11:26 am ET | Tracy Ford

Good news for Sprint Nextel Corp. employees: the carrier stated in its fourth-quarter conference call that does not anticipate any more job cuts for the year. Things are not so great for people employed in the wireline sector, ... Read More »

@MWC: Nokia and Intel merge software platforms

February 15 2010 - 2:02 pm ET | Matt Kapko

BARCELONA – Two heavyweights in their own right, Nokia and Intel this morning announced plans to merge their Linux-based software platforms for next-generation devices. MeeGo, which merges Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo ... Read More »

Becker to lead MMA's North American efforts

February 12 2010 - 11:46 am ET | Tracy Ford

Michael Becker--MMA

With the Mobile Marketing Association's decision to restructure into four global business units, iLoop Mobile Inc. founder Michael Becker has been named managing director of North America for the trade group. In this role, he ... Read More »

Partnerships: NII Holdings, Sprint, Transpera and more

February 11 2010 - 10:28 am ET | Kristen Beckman

NII Holdings Inc., which operates under the Nextel brand in Latin America, selected Nokia Siemens Networks to manage its network operations. The agreement covers network management in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, ... Read More »

Reality Check: An industry in transition: Learning how to navigate the wireless ecosystem

February 9 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Marcelo Claure, Chairman, President and CEO, Brightstar Corp.

-Marcelo Claure, Chairman, President and CEO, Brightstar Corp.-

2010 will definitely be a year of significant innovation in the wireless industry, and the buzz surrounding wireless at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas was palpable. ... Read More »

TI unveils integrated chipset sans cellular radio

February 9 2010 - 11:48 am ET | Dan Meyer

You know the mobile device chipset market has matured when a big player in the space, Texas Instruments Inc., unveils a new product targeting smartphones that includes every conceivable radio access technology except one for a ... Read More »

Wireless industry targets pregnant women with m-health initiative

February 4 2010 - 12:06 pm ET | Tracy Ford

Fresh off a successful mobile giving campaign that has raised more than $35 million for Haitians, the wireless industry is embarking on another goodwill campaign, this time targeting pregnant women with a text messages that offer ... Read More »

Reality Check: The Tweet guarantee

February 3 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Jim Patterson, founder and CEO, Mobile Symmetry

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We've come a long way since the introduction of the iPhone in 2007 and the App Store in 2008. It has provided a reason for owning a particular handset, and allowed personalization and (un)productivity to flourish. ... Read More »

Reality Check: Embracing and implementing mobile money management

February 2 2010 - 6:00 am ET | By Michael Eagleton, Global Lead, Mobile Money Management, Accenture

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Consumer demand for mobile money transfer services will see users exceed 500 million globally by 2014, principally in developing countries. Signs point toward mobile money management as being the personal banking option of the ... Read More »

Reality Check: Current and future platform dynamics

February 2 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Andrew Shikiar, Global Marketing Director, LiMo Foundation

-Andrew Shikiar, Global Marketing Director, LiMo Foundation-

Over the past three years there has been an irreversible shift towards open platforms in the mobile marketplace. With this rapid adoption of openness and collaboration, mobile has yet again proven that it is one of the fastest ... Read More »

Verizon Wireless updates Navigator service

February 1 2010 - 12:32 pm ET | Tracy Ford

Verizon Wireless launched its VZ Navigator 5.0 GPS navigation service, which is now integrated with Facebook. The navigation and search service, which sells for $10 a month or $3 per day on certain devices, is powered by ... Read More »

Reader Forum: Moving to 4G: Why test automation is no longer an option

January 25 2010 - 6:00 am ET | David Gehringer, VP of Marketing, Fanfare

Today, we are using 10 times more bandwidth than we did three years ago. With demand for high-speed wireless growing, every major carrier will soon need to offer 4G technology to remain competitive. ... Read More »

ExteNet closes on $128.4 million in financing

January 25 2010 - 1:09 pm ET | Tracy Ford

Distributed antenna solution provider ExteNet Systems Inc. has raised $128.4 million in equity funding in a deal that moves SBA Communications Corp.'s DAS assets to Lisle, Ill.-based ExteNet. The funding round includes the SBA ... Read More »

Android users warm to Myxer, but RIM still dominates downloads biz at company

January 22 2010 - 12:32 pm ET | Tracy Ford

Palm Inc.'s and Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating systems lost ground on independent mobile aggregator Myxer's Web site in 2009, giving up a combined 24% of the smartphone traffic on the site to Research in Motion Ltd., ... Read More »

Nokia navigation strategy could disrupt PND sector

January 21 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Tracy Ford

Nokia is offering people who buy its smartphones free access to its personal and car-based navigation platform in an effort to spur the development of location-based and social-networking applications on its devices and in its ... 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 »

U.S. texting raises $11 million for Haiti

January 18 2010 - 11:22 am ET | Nicole Maestri

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Cellphone users in the United States have contributed more than $11 million to Haitian earthquake relief through text messages in what is being hailed as an unprecedented mobile response to a natural ... Read More »

Millions sent to Haiti via text-messaging campaigns

January 14 2010 - 11:47 am ET | Tracy Ford

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Millions of dollars are being sent to Haiti via a number of text-messaging campaigns, according to various sources. Red Cross text-messaging donations from the United States to Haiti have topped $3 million so far, according to ... Read More »

Reality Check: Managing complexity in a mobile enterprise

January 13 2010 - 10:38 am ET | Terry Stepien, President, Sybase iAnywhere

-Terry Stepien, President, Sybase iAnywhere-

Based on the shopping bags I saw this past holiday season, the smartphone industry is posed to have a banner year in 2010. Consumers of all ages and technical abilities want these intelligent devices that give them constant ... Read More »

Reality Check: The purpose-driven device

January 12 2010 - 10:23 am ET | Jim Patterson, Founder and CEO, Mobile Symmetry

-Jim Patterson, Founder and CEO, Mobile Symmetry-

Whether you cringe at the thought of attending CES or look forward to it as much as the holiday break, you cannot leave the show without a feeling of tired awe. It is a logistical masterpiece. But more than that, it’s a ... Read More »

MetroPCS, Boost heat up prepaid space

January 12 2010 - 12:01 pm ET | Dan Meyer

The wireless industry's increasing desire to attract customers looking for service without the hassles of a contract is taking its toll on those operators focused on such goals. MetroPCS Communications Inc. this morning ... Read More »

@CES: Mobile as a lifestyle, but wrought with problems

January 7 2010 - 6:33 pm ET | Matt Kapko

LAS VEGAS — What does your mobile phone say about you? A group of panelists representing academia, marketers and makers of content and software, tackled the issue of "mobile as lifestyle," and the sentiment was nearly ... Read More »

Analyst Angle: Indian mobile sector faring forward, and well

January 6 2010 - 6:00 am ET | By Shiv K. Bakhshi, Ph.D.

-Dr. Shiv Bakhshi-

As I sit down to pen my thoughts about India – after having spent more than a month in the country, researching digital and financial inclusion issues, attending conferences, meeting mobile operators and their vendors, ... Read More »

@CES: AT&T Mobility readies for Android onslaught

January 6 2010 - 4:37 pm ET | Dan Meyer

LAS VEGAS – AT&T Mobility officially jumped on the Android bandwagon announcing it planned to launch five devices during the first half of this year powered by Google Inc.'s operating system. The announcement came a day ... Read More »

Reality Check: What will we learn from CES?

January 5 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Jim Patterson, Founder and CEO, Mobile Symmetry

-Jim Patterson, Founder and CEO, Mobile Symmetry-

Many of us, including me, will converge on Las Vegas to ingest the latest trends in telecommunications products and services. There’s a lot to see and hear, from companies both large and small at CES, so I’ll make ... Read More »