Faced with uncertain financial conditions, corporations are cutting capital and operating budgets and the outlook for information technology spending this year – where wireless spend resides – has contracted from …
February 2009
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Doing more with less: The enterprise’s marching orders in an economic downturn: Gartner: 20% of enterprises last year replace wireline phones with wireless >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Bluetooth marries GPS in CSR-SiRF merger >by rcrwirelessby rcrwireless
The deal, expected to close in the second quarter of 2009, would create a $927 million company with $378 million in cash and no debt.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Opening Pandora’s box may aid ailing music industry: Mobile devices could be key to mobile entertainment industry >
I spent a little time over the last few days downloading – ahem, purchasing – music.I bought a few tracks from a punkish-alt country band called Dead Moon, a jazz/funk …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Senate passes stimulus plan with reduced broadband grants: Plan now set for compromise with House version >
The Senate today passed a scaled-backed economic stimulus bill by a 61-37 margin, clearing the way for what is expected to be a contentious conference to reconcile differences between House …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Sprint Nextel, TeleNav push into enterprise fleet tracking with $50-per-month service: Vehicle Manager offers location-based services >
Location-based services provider TeleNav Inc. has partnered with Sprint Nextel Corp. to exclusively offer its latest fleet management service to the wireless provider’s enterprise customers.TeleNav and Sprint Nextel officials are …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">VIDEO: Verizon Wireless to announce LTE vendors next week: New wireless technology to be central to broadband expansion >
New wireless technology to be central to broadband expansion Verizon Wireless is set to unveil further details of its highly anticipated LTE rollout at next week’s Mobile World Congress trade …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">REVIEW: YouMail advances voicemail >
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 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">4INFO intros SMS advertising marketplace >
SMS-based search company 4INFO launched an ad-serving offering that places marketing pitches in text messages.AdHaven, as the service is dubbed, is designed to enable mobile operators, content publishers and SMS …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">LG to cut $2.2 billion in costs, no major job cuts announced yet >
LG Electronics Co. said it will trim $2.2 billion from its overhead, including headquarters and 82 subsidiaries around the globe, citing the global economic downturn that led it to a …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Brightpoint to cut spending, jobs: Handsets handled dropped 18% year over year >
Handset distributor Brightpoint Inc. said it would slash $40 million to $45 million in annual spending and reduce daily debt by more than $100 million this year.“The company believes that …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Handset pricing changes for the week of Feb. 1 >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Leap jumps into full-track fray with Cricket Mobile Music service: Low-cost wireless provider expands mobile entertainment offerings >
Leap Wireless International Inc. is bringing music to the masses, or at least those wireless consumers packing its Cricket devices.Despite the languid adoption of full-track mobile music download services, the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Google licenses Microsoft’s ActiveSync, beats rival to market with synching service >
Microsoft Corp.’s ActiveSync technology is behind Google Inc.’s latest mobile synching offering.The Mountain View, Calif.-based Internet giant on Monday rolled out Google Sync., a feature that allows users with iPhones …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Half a billion mobile TV viewers and subscribers in 2013 >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Qwest profit tumbles 50% as voice subscriptions drop >by rcrwirelessby rcrwireless
Qwest Communications International Inc.’s fourth-quarter net income dropped 50% as a decline in land-line customers pressured voice-segment results. The company said it cut 1,700 jobs in the quarter — more …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">ZTE’s Windows phone for Vodafone to launch next week >
The Vodafone 1231, some details of which were already made public though a US regulatory filing with the Federal Communications Commission, is a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications)-based handset …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Twitter fast growing beyond its messaging roots >by rcrwirelessby rcrwireless
Thanks to its open-ended design and a thriving user community, Twitter is fast outgrowing its roots as a simple, easy-to-use messaging service. Enterprising hackers are creating apps for sharing music …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Cisco and Nokia Siemens Networks >
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 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Research: 2 trillion mobile messages are sent daily >
Text messaging remains the most profitable value-added data service, according to a new study from research firm In-Stat.The company said short message service (SMS) and multimedia message service (MMS) technologies …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Mobile marketing effort gets more to say ‘I Can’ purchase a Porsche: Phone campaign outperformed carmarker’s wider push to convince potential buyers of its affordability >
If the idea of marketing Porsche sports cars on mobile handsets seems unlikely, it’s for good reason: Mobile skews young, but the core Porsche demographic is more middle-age male. And …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Broadband subsidies may test Obama’s savvy on ethics, public patience >by rcrwirelessby rcrwireless
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. Billions of …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Broadband subsidies may test Obama's savvy on ethics, public patience >by rcrwirelessby rcrwireless
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. Billions of …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Nokia announces latest rendition of music phone >by rcrwirelessby rcrwireless
The new phone, which is less than a half-inch thick, is a full-featured multimedia handset designed for music lovers. It will debut next week at the GSMA Mobile World Congress …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Senate stimulus bill reduces broadband grants by $2 billion >
The compromise Senate economic stimulus bill reduces funding for broadband grants from $9 billion to $7 billion while retaining tax breaks for high-speed Internet deployment in underserved areas, setting the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">LiMo Foundation: Verizon, Vodafone, others commit to deploy mobile devices this year >
The LiMo Foundation continues to make strides as it announced updates to its open platform, notched six new operators to deliver handsets and added two new directors to its board.NTT …