Yearly Archives: 2008

Rallying the rural troops: Cyren Call’s O’Brien lays out D-Block pitch at RCA

LAS VEGAS - Despite troubles brewing back in Washington, D.C., regarding Cyren Call Communication Corp.'s handling of its partnership with the Public Safety Spectrum...

Managing rollout delay: WiMAX delays further cloud Sprint Nextel’s sky

SPRINT NEXTEL CORP. HAS WATCHED its self-imposed deadline for a commercial WiMAX network launch slip by as backhaul and billing systems appear to be...

MVNO links made, disputed in D-Block

PUBLIC SAFETY SPECTRUM TRUST CORP. Chairman Harlin McEwen has distanced himself from a key element in a Federal Communications Commission inspector general report on...

SMS vs. MIM: Mobile IM usage small, but growing

TEXT MESSAGING HAS BECOME A CASH COW for mobile operators desperate to generate revenues in mobile data. But instant messaging may be poised to...

Apple’s international rollout : New approach needed for ‘world-beater’?

"TBA" - to be announced - is a classic, buzz-building tool for Apple Inc.'s iPhone rollout, as in last week's word that the device...

Navigating by touch: Verizon-branded XV6900 means business

Touchscreen devices have been with us for years but, for obvious reasons, they've been getting a bit of attention lately.Call it "touch navigation," arguably...

Morgan O’Brien lauds IG report

LAS VEGAS - Cyren Call Communications Corp. Chairman Morgan O'Brien said that any company the Public Safety Spectrum Trust advisor spoke with prior to...

Adspend to top $7.6B by 2013

Total annual spending for advertisements on mobile devices will exceed $1 billion this year and could increase to about $7.6 billion by 2013, according...

Nokia enlists Spike Lee to help mobilize a revolution: Filmmaker explains future plans to direct new cellphone movie

SAN FRANCISCO - Nokia has taken the first steps to build its brand in the U.S. through an entertainment strategy by hiring Spike Lee...

Wireless cap on USF to take hold: Carriers warn efforts are destined to fail as they don’t address real problem

Federal Communications Commission member Robert McDowell said he supports imposing an interim cap on high-cost universal service funds primarily benefitting wireless carriers that serve...

Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office enviornment by poking your head over the top of the cube

What's more fun than following an FCC auction? Why following the aftermath of an FCC auction, that's what. Now, no one really expected the...

Tracking traffic remains mobile ad challenge: Rash of mobile analytic platforms show progress being made

The mobile analytics space continued to heat up last week as AdMob released a free tool allowing advertisers and publishers to track traffic and...

Amateur hour

A perfect storm could be forming for high-tech giants and their campaign to secure vacant TV spectrum - known as white spaces - for...

Disconnect between government and biz

Recent events in the wireless industry underscore the disconnect between regulatory processes that lag far behind the technology and business decisions they are supposed...

Magic bus: Verizon Wireless uses recording-studio bus to gain mind share

NEW YORK CITY - "This bus has been my home for the last three years," said Jesse Jensema, supervising producer on Verizon Wireless' Mobile...

Etc.

Can you smell me now?Multimedia messaging could soon become multi-sensory. A German syndicate including a sensory analysis and marketing consultancy and an interactive value-added...

Premium content grew 20% in 2007; short of expectations

A new report from MultiMedia Intelligence predicts the market for premium mobile content platforms grew nearly 20% last year, reaching a $3.4 billion share...

Martin to blame for broken process at FCC, congressional memo claims : Martin says he’s following procedures set in the Clinton administration

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin's troubles on Capitol Hill could be taking a turn for the worse. House Commerce Committee investigators have recommended...

Sprint Nextel loses 800 MHz court ruling

A federal appeals court affirmed the Federal Communications Commission's decision to eliminate interference to various public-safety radio systems, an action requiring Sprint Nextel Corp....

FCC votes to cap universal service fund payments: Moves stands as a blow to smaller wireless carriers

A divided Federal Communications Commission voted to impose an interim cap on high-cost universal service fund payments to competitive eligible telecommunications carriers, a blow...

Novatel delivers disappointing outlook

Novatel Wireless Inc. yesterday reported a dip in revenue and less than half the profits it earned in the year-ago quarter. The company gave...

T-Mobile USA to get rolling on 3G

T-Mobile USA Inc. plans to officially launch its 3G network starting next week. The launch comes about two years after the nation's No. 4...

Sprint Nextel moves into junk status, gets new CFO

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit and senior unsecured ratings on Sprint Nextel Corp. to BB from BBB- and removed the...

Nortel’s Q1: We’re on track

Nortel Networks offered a mixed bag with its first-quarter financial report. The company's net loss widened, but revenues were up and it said it...

Feet on the street: ‘Master agents,’ indie retailers serve the grass roots

America is the proverbial "melting pot," a nation of immigrants and their neighborhoods. With greater than 80% wireless penetration, everyone needs a mobile phone....
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