Monthly Archives: October, 2008
PHOTOGUIDE: How will the economy affect sales of ‘halo’ devices?: ‘There’s no question we’re seeing the best devices ever at the lowest prices’
Uncharted territory.
It's a phrase bandied about in many quarters since mid-September, when Wall Street's facade began to crumble. But it's particularly relevant to...
Sprint Nextel says yes to iDEN, acquiesces on termination fees, gets rebanding extension
Sprint Nextel Corp. has decided to continue its commitment to its iDEN network.After much speculation that Sprint Nextel was lining up buyers for the...
Policy landscape likely to shift with Tuesday’s races
The wireless industry faces a policy landscape whose evolving contours could be significantly shaped in coming years by the outcome of the Nov. 4...
An ownership society: Google’s Android presents new questions about who owns the wireless consumer
Is the Google Android operating system a game changer? The answer to that question may determine the answer to one of wireless's biggest questions:...
Glass half full or half empty? Mobile ad space all about perspective
The economic downturn is already dragging down the online-marketing space, but pure-play mobile ad companies swear they're not worried about its affect on the...
Netflix, TiVo team up after 4-year courtship
Home entertainment trendsetters Netflix Inc. and TiVo Inc. are finally joining forces to deliver more movies and old TV episodes to their mutual subscribers,...
ComScore: 6.5M Mobile Vid Watchers in August
New numbers from comScore show that 6.5 million Americans watched mobile video in August. AT&T, which is the exclusive carrier for the iPhone, was...
By the Numbers: Top Tower Companies for the Second Quarter of 2008
The companies listed below represent the largest independent national and regional tower companies in the United States for the second quarter of 2008.
American Tower...
Venture capital financing wrap-up: Access 360 Media and WorldMate
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included...
Cellular modem sales set to boom
Cellular modem sales could exceed $22 billion by 2013, according to a new report from ABI Research.The firm noted Sprint Nextel Corp. recently lowered...
Apple says “no” to iPhone Opera Browser
Although in numbers it lags behind Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari, the Opera web browser is known for having a devoted fanbase. Opera has...
North American N96 hits Nokia flagship stores
Nokia's North American N96 has already made an appearance at Best Buy Mobile locations but, if you're the die hard type that prefers to...
DoJ approves Verizon Wireless-Alltel, requires divestitures in 22 states
The Department of Justice approved Verizon Wireless' $28 billion purchase of Alltel Communications L.L.C., subject to required divestitures of wireless assets in 100 markets...
Moving toward free laptops? AT&T cuts $150 off ThinkPad price tag: While Euro carriers fully subsidize cost of laptops, Lenovo, Ericsson team with AT&T...
AT&T Mobility, computer-maker Lenovo and infrastructure vendor L.M. Ericsson announced a teaming to knock off $150 from the price of 3G-capable laptops, with an...
Amid Q3 loss, Alcatel-Lucent CEO promises turnaround plan
Alcatel-Lucent posted another loss in the third quarter as new leadership vowed to return the world's largest telecommunications equipment maker to profitability.The French-U.S. company...
Sprint Nextel lowers price of GPS service
Sprint Nextel Corp. is targeting parents of trick-or-treaters by halving the price of its GPS-based child-locating service.Sprint Family Locator, which allows parents to view...
Moto down on handset losses, delays spinoff : Dumps Symbian, selects Android platform, due in late ’09
Motorola Inc. lost $397 million on $7.5 billion in revenue across all its businesses in the third quarter and said today it would delay...
Worst of the Week: A vote for the smart folks in wireless
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...
By the Numbers: Top Five Mobile Phone Vendors in the Third Quarter of 2008
The following is market share information for the top five largest mobile-phone manufacturers for the third quarter of 2008. The figures were compiled by...
Sarah Fay on evolving social and mobile opportunities
Today's consumers expect more from their marketing messaging. The CEO of Aegis Media North America gives her advice on how to deliver the goods,...
CWA sues AT&T Mobility over employee benefits
The Communications Workers of America has sued AT&T Mobility and other subsidiaries of the telecom giant over what it calls corporate shell games to...
Hard Times? Not for iPhone Developers
Job seekers struggling to land gigs during the economic downturn are going to wish they had iPhone programming skills.
New Android apps a mixed bag, should improve
Some of the new applications loaded to the Android Market since it opened on Monday don't work very well, crash the phone, aren't particularly...
Will Buyers Eat Up Music on Flash Memory Cards?
There are several reasons why consumers may not take to slotMusic albums. For instance, you can't plug the cards into the most popular digital...
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