A leading watchdog group accused the Bush administration in a lawsuit of withholding records on traffic deaths associated with cellphone use by operators of motor vehicles, one of several developments that suggest the driver-distraction debate may be shifting toward advocacy …
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In a scant 25 years, wireless technology has revolutionized the world. The cellphone is now a necessity; the network is now a conduit to friends, family, colleagues, TV, e-mail, maps, the Internet – the list keeps growing. The wireless ecosystem …
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Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. The macroeconomic weakness and increased uncertainty has spurred enterprises to …
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You could see it coming. Once President Bush signed the $700 billion Wall Street bailout bill into law, most certainly it was not going to end there. With clouds of economic turmoil darkening by the day, the auto industry jetted …
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Next week Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen will unveil a plan that is geared to turn around the fortunes of the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker – and wireless is expected to be part of that plan.Despite pressure from investors to …
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Various metrics for how the handset market is faring at this juncture are swirling like the snow in a paperweight designed to be shaken for pleasant effect. But this swirl of metrics is anything but pleasant. And how and when …
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Flickr is targeting smartphone users with an upgraded mobile site.The popular photo-sharing destination – which claims it has seen a 50% increase in mobile traffic over the last year – “radically overhauled” its wireless Web site, adding video playback capabilities …
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I just got back from a long weekend in a place that is defying the economic downturn, where there is a housing shortage because of all of the people flocking to the area, where the local restaurant has to close …
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The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.—Awarepoint: Cardinal Partners led a $13.3 million Series D funding round into San Diego, Calif.-based …
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Goodbye Xohm, hello Sprint 4G.Just over a year after inventing a new word for its WiMAX plans, Sprint Nextel Corp. has decided on a name that is easier on the tongue, and eyes, for its next-generation network aspirations. Sprint Nextel …
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The economy has apparently been heading south for about a year now, but the iPhone's sales numbers haven't taken a nosedive just yet. The global smartphone market has also been growing, and Needham & Co.
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Talk about blazing trails: Ericsson has taken its uber-fast HSPA+ gear commercial in Telstra’s network in Australia, which is now capable of delivering the head-spinning speed of 21mbps — a three-fold improvement over the industry standard speed to date. One …
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Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are hoping to use GPS-enabled wireless phones to help them study traffic data. Participants in the study will be asked to download software onto their phone that tracks their movements and submits the …
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A California satellite technology provider has signed a deal to put a planned broadband Internet satellite into orbit above the US in the first half of 2011.
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AT&T hopes to standardize on a single operating system for AT&T-branded smartphones as part of a “dramatic consolidation” of its mobile platforms over the next few years, a company executive said Thursday.
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Ever the glowing optimists, venture capitalists here vowed this week that a backlog of healthy young companies – with $100 million-plus in annual revenue and growing – are poised to lift the economy and stock market next year when they …
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Rapidly deteriorating employment picture bodes ill for merchants trying to salvage their key season.
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Sports fans jump at the chance to keep up with teams via mobile.
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Nokia Corp. executives told analysts and press today that holiday-quarter handset sales will likely fall short of the company’s last estimate, given less than three weeks ago. Even with its much-vaunted visibility into the global market, however, Nokia declined to …
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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 this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs …
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The Federal Communications Commission will avoid a direct confrontation with the Bush administration over the backup-power rule, informing a federal appeals court it will not override the Office of Management and Budget’s rejection of reporting requirements associated with the cell-site …
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Citing ongoing economic concerns AT&T Inc. announced in an 8-K filing that it will cut 12,000 jobs, or roughly 4% of the company’s total workforce. The cuts will begin this month and continue throughout next year and will cost the …
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Citing ongoing economic concerns AT&T Inc. announced in an 8-K filing that it will cut 12,000 jobs, or roughly 4% of the company’s total workforce. The cuts will begin this month and continue throughout next year and will cost the …
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Amazon’s app for Apple, Inc.’s iPhone and iPod touch lets customers take a picture of a product and upload it to Amazon, which then tries to match it for an online purchase. The iPhone app now at Apple’s App Store …