2008

Download the WiMAX World 2008 Show Daily from RCR Wireless News for Thursday, Oct. 2.

New research from Vodafone UK reveals many UK businesses appear unsure as to how to secure mobile devices effectively – with nearly a quarter of all businesses having experienced security issues as a result of employees using laptops or mobile …

Pop quiz: Which would you rather have on a business trip, clean socks or your laptop? These days, clean socks are nice, but the laptop is indispensable, just as a desktop is at home, a camera is on vacation, and …

The continuing consolidation and collapse of finance, automotive, real estate and other major categories are taking a big chunk out of deflated advertiser spending–some of which may never return to the media fold.

China Telecom says that it has completed the $6.4 billion purchase of China Unicom’s CDMA network. China Unicom is now free to complete its own purchase of landline operator, China Netcom – as part of the government mandated restructuring of …

As Washington wrestles with its bailout of the banking system, retailers are working up an unofficial relief plan of their own. Their response to nervous consumers who might not want to open their wallets? A hundred days of Christmas shopping …

“Oh no, where’s my phone?” That has to be one of the scariest questions these days. And we’ve all done it; left our cellphone in a taxi-cab, on the counter at Starbucks or even had our phone-harboring purses stolen right …

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Developers can add Android apps directly to their developer accounts and choose to distribute them in three different ways.

Apple has said that developers of applications for the iPhone no longer need to sign the restrictive non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that previously accompanied its software developer kit (SDK). The NDA caused a lot of bad feeling among the developer community …

Like a lot of news networks, CBS jumped on the citizen journalism bandwagon with a free iPhone app, Eyemobile for iPhone, to make it easy for users to upload news to its user-generated news site, CBSeyemobile.com. Interesting, though, the citizens’ …

While today’s cell phones offer a wide range of multimedia functions it’s sometimes difficult for users to make the most of everything the handsets offer.

CHICAGO – As the wireless industry gears up for the new wave of technologically advanced networks, the market will determine where WiMAX and LTE will be deployed. As WiMAX World 2008 kicks off today in Chicago, the two next-generation networks …

CHICAGO – Even as AT&T Mobility Inc. touted its decision to deploy Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology for its fourth-generation network, the carrier is confident it can tweak its HSPA network to increase speeds gradually, without having to rush to …

CHICAGO – Welcome to the beginning of a couple of days of technology, turmoil and transition, as various players of the wireless ecosystem dissect WiMAX technology and its role in tomorrow’s marketplace. Against the backdrop of Sprint Nextel Corp.’s commercial …

CHICAGO – For the past seven years, a Rhode Island company has demonstrated that WiMAX technology can succeed in the United States.In 2000, Jeff Thompson started TowerStream with money from a small group of investors and fewer than 30 employees. …

CHICAGO – The gloves are off as vendors and wireless providers side on different advanced generation technologies. The first and obvious battle at yesterday’s 4G Executive Summit was between WiMAX and LTE, which Hank Kafka, network architect for AT&T Mobility …

Azulstar Inc. has chosen Alvarion Ltd. to provide its 802.16e BreezeMAX equipment for Azulstar’s 3.65 GHz network. Azulstar is launching an advanced wireless network in Western Michigan and New Mexico under the MetraMAX name. Communities being launched include Grand Rapids, …

Fujitsu Microelectronics America Inc. plans to introduce its new mobile WiMAX base-station system-on-a-chip (SoC) product at WiMAX World 2008 in Chicago. The company said the device is built on its 65nm process technology and is designed to meet the cost …

ADC is announcing its FlexWave Mobile WiMAX product family at WiMAX World 2008 this week in Chicago. The company said the solutions allow carriers to place a base station wherever coverage is needed, including any type of terrain or within …

Motorola Inc. said it has begun a proof-of-concept trial for its X24 machine-to-machine wireless module that includes mobile WiMAX connectivity. The product will be on display this week at WiMAX World 2008 and will be part of a live demo …

Bridgewater Systems announced a wholesale solution for WiMAX service providers that allows them to wholesale their spectrum to MVNO and other third-party operators. The company said its solution allows third-party operators to offer branded services over the carrier’s WiMAX network. …

Trango Systems, which provides licensed and unlicensed fixed wireless microwave communications systems, announced a new corporate logo. The new logo eliminates the name Trango Broadband Wireless, which the company has been using since launching its broadband wireless Internet access equipment …

Download the WiMAX World 2008 Show Daily from RCR Wireless News for Wednesday, Oct. 1.

If this keeps up, “Can you hear me now?” may just become, “Have you gotten this text yet?” And network operators are scrambling to make sure the answer is yes.The average U.S. mobile user now sends and receives more test …