2008

Looking to expand its enterprise-focused wireless network solution, Trapeze Networks said it has acquired Newbury Networks.Trapeze said the deal will allow it to combine its network equipment and management systems with Newbury’s wireless local area network location systems. Terms of …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or service from the user’s point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and what doesn’t. If you wish to …

A new white paper from Nielsen Mobile notes an emerging opportunity for marketers in “short code” marketing, whereby companies and their customers can interact via special abbreviated telephone numbers used for mobile phone commercial text messages, announcements and offers. According …

Nortel Networks Corp. has taken another hit as Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the beleaguered company’s ratings.The investor service company said Monday that it has moved Nortel’s’ probability of default rating from B2 to Caa2 and the group’s corporate family …

Following American Airlines and Virgin America, Delta Air Lines will become the latest airline to offer in-flight Internet service to its customers.The airline, which recently merged with Northwest Airlines, will be offering the service through Aircell’s Gogo network starting today …

And finally, the moment you’ve all been waiting for: the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has frozen the specifications for LTE, with final formal ratification expected in March 2009.

This holiday season, many consumers will buy something nice for the ones they love. Not for people, mind you, but their favorite electronic gadgets. Despite the economic malaise, the market for accessories for beloved electronic gadgets remains strong, analysts say.

Voice-activation and touch technology will be common, Pew study finds. By 2020, mobile phones will be the primary Internet devices for most people in the world, according to a panel of experts, who also predict that Web technologies will probably …

Mobile phones sales will shrink next year at their fastest pace ever as consumers cut spending, a Reuters poll showed, with analysts increasingly concerned about unsold phones piling up in stores.

Tough economic times demand a lower-priced system, but Apple won’t want to cannibalize MacBook sales. Apple Inc. will introduce two netbooks at the MacWorld Conference and Expo next month that will be tied to the company’s App Store, as is …

Looking to beef up its GPS product line, Mitac International has agreed to buy the consumer products division of GPS maker Magellan Navigation for an undisclosed sum. Taiwan-based Mitac sells GPS-equipped smartphones and navigation units through its Mio Technology subsidiary.

Code-named Fennec, the browser will use the same technology as the desktop version, including its HTML rendering engine called Gekko.

Pushing the touch screen can be a chilly task, however, since the iPhone touchscreen doesn’t work with typical gloves.

It’s been a long time coming, but Pandora Media just announced that Pandora is now available for Windows Mobile smartphones-at least in a limited fashion. As with other versions, Pandora for Windows Mobile lets you key in any artist or …

Total measured ad expenditures in the first nine months of ’08 declined 1.7% compared with the same period in 2007. And ad spend during Q3 was down 2.0% vs. last year, according to data released today by TNS Media Intelligence …

Do you remember our E-Waves anti-radiation chip story from last week? Well, the retailer behind the device has since withdrawn it from sale because of doubts over its capabilities.

It might not be the legendary “Zune phone,” but you can bet on the convergence in the near future.

Canada’s Research in Motion and South Korea’s SK Telecom announced Tuesday the launch of corporate service for the Blackberry Bold smartphone, which will be available in South Korea via a local network for the first time.

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.WiMAX–Poland: Airspan Networks said it won …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Up until very recently, proprietary handset platforms, walled gardens and expensive data tariffs …

Apple dropped its bombshell announcement in a press release issued late this afternoon. The PR is about Macworld Expo 2009 being Apple’s last.

MINNEAPOLIS – Best Buy says its third-quarter profit sank and says it will offer buyout packages to nearly all its corporate employees in an effort to cut costs.

Memory cards are proving to be the largest revenue generator of all mobile handset accessories, despite shipping fewer units than other accessories like chargers and batteries, according to a new study from ABI Research.The overall accessory market is valued at …

Goldman Sachs is no longer recommending investors “buy” into AT&T Inc. The research firm downgraded AT&T to “neutral” and cut the company’s share price target from $33 to $30, according to various media reports. Goldman Sachs lowered the rating due …