Yearly Archives: 2007

Cellphone driving bans continue to gain steam: Washington joins growing list

Washington is about to join New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, California and the District of Columbia in banning the use of hand-held cellphones while...

T-Mobile USA differentiates with voice: Posts solid quarter, despite lack of 3G

T-Mobile USA Inc. posted a solid first quarter, bringing in 980,000 net new subscribers and outperforming analyst' expectations, largely on the strength of its...

Cyren Call exploring 700 MHz alternatives: Plan could counter Frontline proposal

Cyren Call Communications Corp., unable to convince policymakers to divert half of the auction-bound 700 MHz spectrum for a national public safety/commercial wireless broadband...

Clarification

Comments by Chris Petrovic, VP of business development in digital media at Playboy Enterprises Inc., that ran in the May 7 article "Playboy exemplifies...

Etc.

Speaking the languageLastminute.com and CoolGorilla launched six talking phrase books for mobile phones. The phrase books, which can be downloaded from www.coolgorilla.com, allow travelers...

Alcatel-Lucent wireless woes linger during Q1

Alcatel-Lucent reported revenues for the first quarter that were slightly lower than what it forecasted nearly three weeks ago; however, investors didn't appear alarmed...

Spidey slings far-reaching web: Film’s success highlights importance of broad promotional channels

"Spider-Man 3" hit box-office gold as it broke the U.S. and global opening weekend box office records upon release the first weekend of May....

Sony Ericsson launches S500 slim slider in U.S.

Counting on "small details" to differentiate its latest product launch, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. announced it will launch its new S500 handset in...

Zander dodges bullet, touts new handsets: Analysts seek clarity as Moto plunges onward

It's full steam ahead for Motorola Inc.Free, for the moment, from the shadow of billionaire and dissident shareholder Carl Icahn and his influence on...

Executive Interview: Nathan Thompson

Few music companies have pursued mobile as aggressively as The Orchard Enterprises Inc. The New York-based company serves as a kind of digital music...

USB cellular modem sales to top 22M by 2012

USB Cellular modem shipments could grow to more than 22 million units by 2012, according to a study from ABI Research."Proliferation of 3G networks...

As location-based apps grow, so do offdeck alternatives

Long billed as the killer app of tomorrow, location-based services finally appear to be gaining mass-market appeal. And network operators are well positioned to...

Hedgehogging

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.Major props to all involved in this...

Mobile’s music to their ears: 2 predictions: Handset becomes primary portable listening device; music becomes service, not product

There's a lot of doom and gloom in the predictions being floated around as the dinosaurs of traditional media battle and play catch-up with...

Call-blocking battle heats up: Sprint Nextel files suit against alleged ‘traffic pumping’

Sprint Nextel Corp. has joined the cadre of telecom companies that have sued small Iowa operators and Internet calling services for alleged "traffic pumping,"...

Pre-emption fights slog forward at Supreme Court

State groups said the Supreme Court need not review a lower court ruling that struck down a Federal Communications Commission decision pre-empting states from...

Mobile game absent from Simpsons party, but should launch with movie

The yellow carpet was rolled out, margaritas and other libations flowed and costumed characters mingled with a crowd celebrating the 400th episode of the...

Killing him softly

Shared Spectrum Co. didn't need the luck of the Irish in the first public demonstration of its cognitive radio technology at the IEEE Dynamic...

Financiers smile on mobile social networking firms

Investment capital continued to flow into the mobile social networking space as two new startups closed their first rounds of funding.Project Goth, which operates...

AT&T draws on past rebranding experiences : iPhone launch brings spotlight to new entity

More than four months after announcing its acquisition of BellSouth Corp., AT&T Inc. continues a determined push to rebrand Cingular as "the new AT&T."...

Carriers tickle Motorola pricing, Alltel snaps, jumps into music

T-Mobile USA Inc. appears to have refreshed its handset lineup by discounting most of its Motorola Inc. Razrs-four models dropped to $30 from $50-and...

Enterprises exert control over wireless usage: Report finds under-use costs more than overages

As corporate spending on wireless increases, companies are moving from a relatively hands-off approach to wireless into increased scrutiny and management of their wireless...

The south side of 10

A report from iGR Inc. released last week showed that between 50% and 70% of kids between the ages of 12 and 14 have...

Western Union keeps tabs on growing remittance market

As wireless companies and banks seek to move into mobile banking and payments, many are eyeing the global remittance market as a potential source...

Report: Private-equity cos. partner for run at Alltel

Several private-equity groups have reportedly formed in an attempt to acquire Alltel Corp., according to the Wall Street Journal.The paper said at least three...
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