Yearly Archives: 2008

Sales of PC cards set to quadruple by 2011

Mobile data card sales will quadruple between 2007 and 2011 to reach $2.9 billion, according to predictions from Infonetics Research.The report suggest mobile data...

GSM growth expected to slow through 2009

Global GSM subscriber growth is expected to slow from 22% year-over-year in 2006 and 2007 to 14% in 2008 and 2009, according to a...

Industry giants agree on LTE IPR: Qualcomm notably absent from list

The market for Long Term Evolution technology took another step forward last week as seven infrastructure heavyweights announced a framework for licensing the rights...

A simple conundrum

One of the hot topics leading into the CTIA Wireless 2008 event earlier this month was the recent move by carriers to offer unlimited,...

Legislation eyes auction of family-friendly spectrum

Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Christopher Cannon (R-Utah) introduced a bill to foster deployment of a national, family-friendly wireless broadband network with open access,...

Executive Interview: Sean Rosenberg

Five years after 50 Cent's "In Da Club" helped launch the multibillion-dollar ringtone phenomenon - and as CD sales continue to plummet - the...

Mobile TV must find business model that clicks with viewers

LAS VEGAS - "There is an expression - if there is something that people want to watch, you can broadcast it on a rock...

House bill would put unsolicited text ads under do-not-call rules: Measure aims to ban unwelcome text messaging advertisements

A group of House lawmakers introduced legislation to close a loophole in federal law that makes mobile-phone subscribers potential targets for unsolicited text message...

Radio Disney tunes in to mobile

Radio Disney is partnering with sister company mDisney on a mobile Web site and texting program to support the offering.The new wireless site allows...

AT&T sheds 4,600 employees : Job cuts follow integration of AT&T with SBC

AT&T Inc. announced it will be firing about 4,600 employees, or 1.5% of its workforce, as it continues to integrate staff between AT&T and...

Moto shuffles phone execs

Motorola Inc. is streamlining product oversight in its phone business as it searches for a CEO to run the operation, which it plans to...

Starter kit suits wireless novices

The Starter Kit provides the flexibility to develop wireless capability by using Jennic JN5139 microcontrollers and modules as wireless processors or co-processors.Jennic has released...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Rosum and TruPhone

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

Alltel, content vendors nailed with class action over billing

A class-action lawsuit filed against Alltel Corp. accuses the regional mobile-phone carrier of adding unauthorized charges on subscribers' monthly bills.The suit focuses on the...

Nokia delivers, but forecast sends stock tumbling

Nokia Corp. posted strong results for the typically tepid first quarter, but its stock dipped 14% in midday trading after the company said that...

New legislation would simplify taxes on cellphones for business

The House passed a bill that would repeal the Internal Revenue Service requirement for employees to maintain detailed logs of cellphone and Blackberry use...

Worst of the Week: Cellphones on airplanes?

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...

MetroPCS launches PTT service that can jump wireline gap

Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc. introduced its ChatLink service, a push-to-talk feature that allows its subscribers to use PTT services with people outside...

LG flys with Iron Man for latest U.S. marketing campaign: Firm will offer limited number of ‘Iron Man’ phones for upcoming film

With the Apple iPhone seemingly dominating the mobile-phone conversation, you would have to forgive LG Electronics Co. Ltd. for backing a superheroic push to...

Elgan: Which religion has the best cell phone?

Now you can find a phone with services that help you express your faith.

Verizon sues Sprint Nextel over ongoing interconnection squabble

Verizon Communications Inc. has sued Sprint Nextel Corp. in Delaware federal court, accusing the No. 3 mobile-phone operator of failing pay nearly $10 million...

A-VSB group moves ahead with mobile TV for broadcasters: Standard could be alternative to TV from wireless carriers

LAS VEGAS -- Five companies promoting the A-VSB standard for mobile TV broadcasting said they have made progress on the technology, and offered demonstrations...

House bill would outlaw cellphone chatting on U.S. airplanes: Legislation follows European moves

Key House members introduced a bill to ban cellphone use on in-flight airplanes, triggering a rebuke by a Georgia wireless technology firm."The public doesn't...

Oakland resident files antitrust charges against Qualcomm: Suit mirrors charges previously filed by Broadcom

A class-action antitrust lawsuit has been filed against Qualcomm Inc., the San Diego-based CDMA technology giant. The suit appears to echo similar claims filed...

Public safety rallies for public-private partnership on D Block: Lawmakers raise questions on 700 MHz conditions

Public-safety groups scrambled to salvage support for a private-sector funded national wireless broadband network shared by first responders and a commercial entity, following calls...
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