Yearly Archives: 2008

Big-box retailers undaunted by slow economy

Most stick to expansion blueprints despite rough conditionsLOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Can big-box retailers keep growing briskly, given the current downturn in the economy?...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Ambient, Red Bend Software, VirtualLogix and more

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included...

NextWave looking to sell U.S. spectrum: Company hires investment bankers to explore options

Stop me if you've heard this one before: NextWave Wireless Inc. said today it's exploring the sale of its U.S. spectrum holdings.The company made...

Moto continues hemorrhaging while it regroups

Motorola Inc. continued to lose traction in the handset market as first-quarter revenue was down nearly 40%, its operating losses nearly doubled and handset...

Survey finds satisfaction in unlimited offerings: J.D. Power: 25% of respondents use bottomless services

When it comes to wireless plans, it's all about the buffet, J.D. Power and Associates concluded in its semi-annual survey of wireless customers' level...

Worst of the Week: Text me to your leader

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...

Moreland to head Crown Castle

Crown Castle Inc. said Ben Moreland, the company's CFO, will become president and CEO of the tower company, effective July 1. John Kelly, Crown...

MMA updates global guidelines

The Mobile Marketing Association released its first set of global guidelines, tweaking its instructions for mobile Web advertisers and adding new rules for campaigns...

Report: AT&T Mobility to sell $100 femtocells: Carrier inked contract with femto vendor ip.access

According to a report from research and banking firm ThinkPanmure, AT&T Mobility plans to sell up to 7 million femtocells from ip.access Ltd., a...

Google adds graphics to mobile ads

Google Inc. has added image ads to its mobile advertising offerings.The move allows advertisers to deliver made-for-mobile banners on Web sites being accessed by...

By the Numbers: Top Ten U.S. Wireless Service Providers

The companies listed below represent the 10 largest national and regional licensed wireless carriers based on subscriber numbers at the end of 2007. AT&T...

On pace: Apple sells 1.7 million iPhones during quarter

Apple Inc. reported revenue of $7.5 billion and net profit over $1 billion in its second fiscal quarter, with revenue beating expectations. That's up...

Qualcomm reports strong sales, profits, outlook

Qualcomm Inc. is riding a wave of demand for W-CDMA-enabled handsets, which drove its strong revenue and profits in the fiscal second quarter, the...

Cable companies quit ‘Pivot’ : Customers offered free month of service to move to Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel Corp.'s wireless resale relationship with three of the nation's largest cable companies has come to an end. According to media reports, Comcast...

Court maintains fine on 2002 auction bidder

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a fine assessed against Star Wireless L.L.C. for violating the anti-collusion rule...

Frontline’s Hundt: D-Block rules were too vague: Public safety: Let’s re-auction this year

A former executive of now-defunct Frontline Wireless L.L.C. said rules for the national commercial/public-safety license that went unclaimed in the recently completed 700 MHz...

Verizon Wireless, Alltel defy class-action suit over credit privacy

Plaintiffs' lawyers have found a new weapon to pursue class-action consumer litigation against the mobile-phone industry: the Fair Credit Reporting Act.Verizon Wireless and Alltel...

Sony Ericsson losing ground: Revenue and profit down, as expected

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications said it lost a point of market share in the first quarter, following a warning it gave last month.The Japanese-Swedish...

Sprint Nextel: Drop Voice Command: Carrier gives users until July 1 to retrieve contacts

Sprint Nextel Corp. is quietly dropping its Voice Command service in July.The carrier is informing customers via its Web site that it will discontinue...

Voice-search space gathers speed: TellMe, FreeMobile411 making noise

Microsoft Corp. subsidiary TellMe said it added a GPS location feature to its voice portal to give BlackBerry users information about businesses, movies, traffic,...

Sony strikes a chord with Gracenote purchase: Music technology firm powers apps from industry heavy hitters

Sony Corp. of America said it will pay roughly $260 million for Gracenote, a music metadata and technology firm. Gracenote's database of artists, songs...

System eases rail testing

IWT4 uses mathematical processing and the latest in radio telemetry and signal conditioning to accurately measure forces at the wheel-rail interface

Financial ratings wrap-up: Adtran, Nokia, Texas Instruments and more

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services...

Penguins sell tickets via cellphone alerts: Team scores with effort to sell empty seats

Several major marketers have found themselves stonewalled when it comes to measurable and effective uses for mobile technology, but a National Hockey League team...

GoldSpot shows off platform for mobile TV ad tests

There's a lot of debate these days about what might push mobile television into its next growth spurt, but most seem to agree that...
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