June 2008

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Starbucks Corp. and AT&T Mobility said they’ve agreed to settle T-Mobile USA Inc.’s lawsuit regarding free Wi-Fi access in the coffee chain’s cafes.The brouhaha stemmed from an agreement earlier this …

Qualcomm Inc. said that it expected revenue in its current quarter, on a pro forma basis, would be just above the high-end of its prior guidance of about $2.5 billion …

Sprint Nextel Corp. is set to roll out new rate plans beginning June 15 that the carrier said simplify the selection process for customers and provide a cheaper alternative on …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

Motorola Inc. is cutting more than 20% of the jobs in its research division and reassigning some of those that remain as the company continues to reorganize this unit. It …

Conservationists called for a freeze on all tower registrations and re-registrations until the Federal Communications Commission complies with environmental statutes at issue in a court ruling earlier this year, likely …

New smartphone is still largely untested from a corporate security standpoint, Gartner says.The enhanced security features built into Apple’s new iPhone 3G will enable the devices to be connected more …

It will be 2010 before a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network is commercial, however ABI Research forecasts that by 2013, there will be more than 32 million subscribers using LTE …

The CEO of the company behind KFC and Motorola’s mobile advertising gives his perspective on the state of the industry and where it’s headed.

Mozes will enable music artists to send text and voice messages to fans. No, this isn’t spam as hardcore fans are only sent messages they’ve asked for.

LAS VEGAS — Microsoft and Harrah’s Entertainment introduced a high-tech interactive bar table Wednesday that lets patrons order drinks, watch YouTube videos, play touch-screen games and even flirt with each …

All over Beijing, Olympic countdown clocks tick off the seconds that China has awaited for seven years: the moments until Aug. 8, 2008, at 8:00 pm, when the opening ceremonies …

Music lovers, listen up. Buying a portable music player is so, well, 2003. If you carry a cellphone, and chances are you do, then it’s likely all you need to …

Today, at the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition in Chicago, Nic Covey , Director of Insights for Nielsen Mobile, spoke on the subject of m-commerce (commerce that takes place via …

The pace of action on the world’s infrastructure stage has increased over the past several months, with a number of major carriers announcing multibillion-dollar buildout plans, intellectual property owners realigning …

NEW YORK – The key to moving the needle in mobile advertising? Make it easier for would-be advertisers to spend money on the stuff.That was the takeaway from the roundtable …

Verizon Wireless appears to have been inspired by the company it is currently working to acquire.Just days after the carrier proposed purchasing Alltel Communications L.L.C for almost $30 billion, Verizon …

The push to make magazine pages more interactive is building mass and, dare we say it, even real momentum as major publishers and advertisers adopt a pair of technologies centered …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier–R.W. Baird raised its 2009 EPS estimate on Verizon to $2.97 …

The iPhone install base will balloon and users will download at least two applications next year, according to a Piper Jaffray assessment.

Concerts are nothing new on mobile. Sprint Nextel Corp. aired the first concert on mobile in 2005 with a huge marketing push behind a Bon Jovi concert that year. Others …

A first for European consumers, free mobile TV is landing on their fingertips as 3 Italia starts offering free mobile broadcast TV, based on DVB-H. The user will be able …

Airlines can’t afford to spend money on much of anything beyond fuel these days, but that’s not stopping them from pouring cash into the technology that will let passengers surf …

Meraki, a municipal Wi-Fi provider has announced it will