2008

A pair of wireless infrastructure vendors are set to face a tough 2009, as one company struggles to stay afloat and another changes strategy.Nortel Networks Corp. has taken a number of hits this month since it reported a loss of …

Opportunities for collaboration present themselves with cloud computing. Since files are stored remotely, and because with the right software they could be accessible by more than one person, it’s possible to share your work with multiple authors.

If you haven't been to the App Store lately, you may be surprised to see that an application named iFart Mobile has populated the Top Paid Apps slot for the last week.

Research indicates that 2010 will be the year that femtocell technology will boom, and the major carriers are positioning themselves to take advantage by selling a product that boosts wireless signals in homes and offices that have spotty coverage.Sprint Nextel …

LG Electronics plans to debut a wristwatch-style 3G phone at the Consumer Electronics Show next month, it said Sunday. The LG-GD910 phone will go on sale first in Europe and builds on a prototype shown at CES 2008.

Research firm Gartner says costs will likely rule out profits anytime soon for mobile TV service providers in Hong Kong

Vermont has been one state that has been left out of the iPhone craze, given AT&T didn’t operate there. But given the recent asset swap we mentioned earlier this week , it looks like AT&T has acquired Vermont networks formerly …

MacRumors has uncovered a nifty new patent application that discusses swipe gestures for touch-based, onscreen keyboards. The idea is that, instead of being limited to touches of specific keys, that the iPhone could detect a general swipe movement and interpret …

When mobile-phone carriers advertise to consumers or lobby policymakers, they speak unabashedly in the most glowing terms about their services and products. Sometimes they go overboard and get their wrists slapped by advertising watchdogs, or worse get hit with class-action …

Research In Motion Ltd. and Motorola Inc. continue to squabble in court regarding the future of employees that Motorola has already terminated or plans to fire, according to court records.RIM, maker of the popular BlackBerry smartphone line, filed a complaint …

Google Inc. is helping giddy kids keep on eye on Santa with its mobile mapping application.The Internet giant has integrated Google Maps for mobile with the annual Santa-tracking offering from NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command), allowing users to launch …

Mozilla is targeting developers with an upgraded alpha version of its mobile browser.Fennec – which takes its name from a small desert fox – is a zooming browser that features bookmarks, a smart URL bar, popup blocker and tabbed browsing. …

THERE SEEM TO BE DOZENS OF STARTUPS aiming to build a business with voice and messaging services that leave carriers out of the revenue chain. But nobody seems to be a real threat to wireless network operators. Yet.Talkster is the …

Forty percent of new network digital display platform installations will make use of SMS technology for interactivity by 2012, up from just 5% last year, according to a new report from MultiMedia Intelligence.The simplicity of SMS messaging and the ubiquity …

The handset market is one big sale this season, if you conveniently ignore the service contract gambit that recoups a carrier’s investment in the subsidy that makes mobile phones artificially cheap. Just last week, one analyst noted that the new …

There’s a chill in the air, the malls are packed and my daughters are taking Christmas ornaments off the tree and breaking them like there’s money inside. So in the spirit of the season – and in light of the …

Paying bribes for business didn’t pay off for Siemens AG, as the company has agreed to pay $1.6 billion in fines to U.S. and European authorities. The settlement, announced Dec. 15, takes care of criminal charges filed by the U.S. …

During the next decade, the Internet will migrate from personal computers to mobile devices, according to new research from Berg Insight.“There is only one Internet and its users do not accept boundaries imposed by devices or networks,” said Sabine Ehlers, …

Social networking applications that take advantage of location information could become a key driver for growing the location-based services market, according to a new report from ABI Research.The firm predicts the market for fully mobile location-based social networking sites will …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors–Oppenheimer increased its estimates on Research In Motion after the company reported results in line with its pre-announcement. …

The Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice have approved wireless asset swaps between AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless.AT&T Inc. announced today that the divestiture requirements related to AT&T Mobility’s acquisition of Dobson Communications Corp. is now complete. AT&T …

It’s no secret that numerous companies have joined the Open Handset Alliance, which promotes Google’s Android handset platform.Specifics are harder to come by. But it appeared this week, from various media reports, that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Garmin are …

As President-Elect Obama’s administration continues to work on a financial plan to stimulate the country’s sagging economy, the Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corp. is asking that $15 billion be included in the plan to help build a shared public-safety/commercial wireless …

USA Today launched a free downloadable offering for the iPhone that delivers headlines and news stories, sports information, weather and images.The offering, which is available through Apple’s App Store for iPhone and iPod Touch users, also features support for mobile …

Handango Inc. expanded its portfolio with two deals with mobile game makers Digital Chocolate and I-play.The distributor of smartphone applications added Digital Chocolate titles such as 3D Brick Breaker Revolution, Mini Golf 99 Holes and Shopping Madness; I-play’s offerings include …