Monthly Archives: September, 2008
How many ‘app stores’ can the market support?
It seems you're nobody in wireless if you're not building - and bragging about - your app store. Apple got the ball rolling, of...
Mobile Broadband push promises $1B for ‘ready to run’ HSPA laptops: Ovum critique: Effort needs broader support
A group of PC makers and wireless industry players announced a new effort aimed at embedding HSPA modems into laptops. The initiative, organized by...
Sprint Nextel: ‘We may place restrictions’ on Xohm usage: T&C ‘restrictions’ cause concern
The enthusiasm surrounding Sprint Nextel Corp.'s launch of its Xohm-branded mobile WiMAX service took a bit of a hit as a Washington, D.C.-based group...
How Sony Ericsson Made Windows Nicer
With Sony Ericsson's inaugural Windows Mobile device set to be launched in the coming days, the handset maker has revealed that it had to...
US jobs first to go in Sony Ericsson reorganization
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson is to lay off about 400 workers, roughly half the work force, at its North American headquarters in Research...
AT&T funds Zvents’ local search, ad site
The telecommunications giant has made a strategic investment in Zvents, which lets people promote and find local events.
Rural operators, license holders unite to launch UMTS, LTE: Members to focus on rural wireless broadband
More than two dozen mobile operators and spectrum license holders have banded together to form NextGen Mobile L.L.C. The organization hopes to pool efforts...
Nokia to acquire mobile messaging company OZ: Move expands handset giant’s consumer play
Nokia Corp. once again raised the stakes in its consumer play, acquiring mobile messaging company OZ Communications for an undisclosed amount.A Montreal-based outfit that...
House panel wraps FCC management investigation: Results not expected for some time
A House panel said it wrapped up its investigation of the Federal Communications Commission, but findings of the probe into agency management practices will...
NBC claims mobile success for Olympics: 6.5M unique visitors, 36M page views
NBC Universal deemed its coverage of the Beijing Olympics a "ringing success," with its games-dedicated mobile Web site drawing more than 6.5 million unique...
Sprint Nextel set to ditch PC song downloads: Music service to be handset-only beginning Oct. 15
Sprint Nextel Corp. is set to ax the download of songs from its Sprint Music Store to desktop computers beginning Oct. 15.The service's home...
Broadcom to use Wi-Fi positioning tech in chips
Chipmaker strikes a deal with Skyhook Wireless to use its Wi-Fi positioning technology in its chips for mobile devices.
MobiTV to Carry ABC Content
Mobile-video service to deliver on-demand episodes of popular ABC primetime shows.
So you want to open an “app store”? : What does the plethora of app store announcements mean to the world of smartphone...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their...
Report: 700M NFC mobile customers by 2013
A new forecast of the near-field communications market predicts 700 million mobile subscribers worldwide will have phones with NFC contactless technology by 2013.The report,...
Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Nokia Siemens Networks, Aruba, Fujitsu and more
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...
Netflix API open to all: let the developing begin
Good news, developers of the world -- the Netflix API will be open to all starting tomorrow.
Cell Phones Step Up Voice Recognition
Voice-recognition technologies have recently made notable strides in the mobile market.
The coolest cell phones you may never see
At Ceatec, Japan's leading wireless companies and phone makers trot out their most forward-thinking phone concepts and designs.
REVIEW: Sprint Nextel’s QChat-based PTT performs admirably: CDMA-iDEN sessions work without hitch
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point...
AT&T reorganizes at the top
Company has carved the company into four segments to help align its wireline and wireless businesses.
CTDI expands into cellphone accessories with Phoenix purchase
Communications Test Design Inc., a repair and logistics provider, announced it purchased cellphone accessory vendor Phoenix Wireless for an undisclosed sum."The acquisition by CTDI...
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN: Handset sales, the canary in the coal mine: Wireline first to go if push comes to shove
Editor's Note: This is one of a series of stories examining the current economic downturn and how it affects the wireless industry. For more...
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN: Enterprises may scrutinize wireless spend, but will continue to embrace mobility
Editor's Note: This is one of a series of stories examining the current economic downturn and how it affects the wireless industry. For more...
Nokia to ditch Intellisync corporate e-mail play: Handset maker to refocus on consumer Internet services
Nokia Corp. is pulling the plug on some of its enterprise offerings in an effort to increase its focus on consumer Internet services.The Finnish...