Yearly Archives: 2008

Cyren Call: Don’t blame us for Frontline’s demise

Cyren Call Communications Corp. said it never demanded long-term payments as a condition for a winning bidder of the 700 MHz national commercial/public-safety license,...

RIM shares rock on strong financials

Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. surged after the BlackBerry maker reported strong quarterly revenues and offered a rosy forecast for the current quarter.The...

Worst of the Week: The iPhone at CTIA

I know there is a lot of news to talk about.During this year's CTIA Wireless show, we got to see a bunch of fun,...

PHOTOGUIDE: The phones of CTIA 2008

LAS VEGAS -- As usual, the CTIA Wireless show stood as a launch pad for a variety of new devices coming onto the market...

AT&T Mobility, VZW update retail experience

The country's two largest wireless carriers are stepping up their retail experience, with more interactivity and new design elements. AT&T Mobility is introducing Microsoft...

Amazon launches text-to-buy option

Amazon.com is making purchases from its Web site as easy as sending a text message. The online retailer announced a new service called Amazon...

Movida turns out the lights: Spanish language MVNO files for bankruptcy protection

If MVNOs had a theme song, it would probably be "Another One Bites the Dust." Movida Communications Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this...

Doyle questions Martin on Skype

Federal Communication Commission Chairman Kevin Martin's well-received announcement here that he will push for dismissal of Skype Ltd.'s open-access petition has now prompted a...

Day 2 blues

So it was about 24 hours ago when in these same pages - and if we did our jobs right, in this same general...

Analyst’s crystal ball on device trends: Smart, fast, big screens and software

The brave new world of handsets includes no comfort zones (watch out, Nokia!), disruptive influences run rampant, software transcends hardware and micro-segmentation is likely....

Unified 4G standard not likely soon

Yes, the mobile industry would be well-served if everyone got behind a single 4G technology. No, it's not going to happen anytime soon.Vodafone Group...

Day 2: Getting down to business

Anyone looking for more talk of interplanetary colonization during the Day Two keynote surely was disappointed.Wednesday's speakers eschewed Richard Branson's April Fools' Day hijinks...

The Q&A: Chris Pearson

Chris Pearson is the president of 3G Americas, L.L.C. In his role as the senior operating officer of the trade organization, he is responsible...

The Q&A: Richard Lowe

Richard Lowe is president of carrier networks at Nortel Networks Inc. The Carrier Networks group, which is Nortel's largest division, includes a large portfolio...

Video, chat to boost adult content revenues

The adult mobile content market will nearly triple over the next several years, reaching $4.6 billion by 2012, according to a recent forecast from...

Securing the mobile future: Cyber security expert outlines the challenges in protecting wireless

Is the struggle for mobile security a losing battle?"There is no such thing as absolute security," former White House Cyber Security Adviser Howard Schmidt...

Crying wolf, from a cellphone: Mobile security fears continue to plague I.T. departments

The mobile enterprise world for years has been rife with talk of Trojan horses, data-soiling worms and other Internet-age nasties. For the time being,...

Disaster, not terrorism, top priorities for first responders

While 'interoperability' and '9/11' have become mainstays in debates on how to improve the highly fragmented public-safety communications regime in the United States, a...

Wireless priority access turning point for intersect of commercial, public safety

It didn't take long after the 2001 terrorist attacks for the Federal Communications Commission to get energized on wireless priority access service, which during...

Wells Fargo first into corporate m-banking

A recent compendium of bank technology case studies from financial research and advisory firm Celent, asked the question, "What would it look like for...

Mobile banking: Poised to cash in

She has been on your TV set for about a year now. If you grew up in the 1970s, the girl in the commercial...

700 MHz trial balloon

Telecom policymakers and special-interest groups are fond of talking about ubiquity, making sure communications -- wireless, wireline, Internet and video -- are within reach...

Remember voice? : Start-up tackles quality on most-used feature

Flashback to CTIA 2006: As former Nokia Corp. CEO Jorma Ollila gave his farewell address to the industry two years ago this spring, he...

Mobile TV space looks for growth in 2008

Mobile television is all over the place, yet going nowhere fast all at the same time. Consumer choice for TV and video on their...

The Q&A: Blake Krikorian

Blake Krikorian is CEO of Sling Media, purveyor of the SlingBox, which allows users to stream content from their home television to either a...
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