2009

Capitulating to entrenched market conditions, Nokia Corp. announced plans to close four of its retail outlets. Those outlets include its London Regent Street store; stores in Chicago and New York; and an attempt to relocate its current Sao Paulo, Brazil …

AT&T is considering ways to encourage customers to use less wireless data as its network struggles to keep up with demand, a company executive said Wednesday.The New York Times

Winners of the 2009 Mobile Excellence Awards winners were announced earlier this week at the organization’s awards show in Los Angeles. Attendence and award submissions at the event doubled this year, according to organizers. The list of winners follows: Best …

The past week gainers and and losers were fairly evenly distributed in the RCR Wireless Stock Index, with gainers having a slight 4 to 3 advantage. The biggest gainers for the week were small and micro cap companies (UTStarcom, Glu …

InnerWireless Raises $3.0MFrom: Texas TechPulseInnerWireless, a developer of indoor wireless systems, has raised $3.0M out of a $5.0M funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm on December 2. No details on the funding have been announced by …

ZeroG Wireless & Freescale: ZeroG and Freescale have created a program to enable embedded Wi-Fi for the Tower System. ZeroG announced the availability of the TWR-ZGWIFI development kit, which includes the Wi-Fi board with the ZeroG ZG2101 Wi-Fi I/O module …

Our editor, Dan Meyer, recently caught up with Trimble Navigation’s Larry Fox. Watch the interview to hear what is new at Trimble Navigation.

Our editor, Tracy Ford, recently caught up with Best Buy Mobile’s Scott Moore. Watch the interview below to see what is new at Best Buy Mobile.

Our editor, Dan Meyer, recently caught up with Virgin Mobile’s Corinne Nosal. Watch his interview below to see what is new at Virgin Mobile.

Relm Wireless Corp. has been awarded a $750,000 contract from the Department of Defense for its Rapid Deployment Portable Repeater, which allows emergency responders to extend their wireless radio communications network or set up a new network within minutes while …

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.For those that have been around the Wireless industry for some …

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.I just returned from a very enlightening trip to India, where …

The Texas State Wireless Association held its Holiday Social last week at Top Golf Dallas. The event attracted 175 wireless industry professionals and raised funds for the TXWA Keith Harris Scholarship Fund and collected toys for the Marine Corps’ Toys …

Mike Wehrs has resigned as CEO and president of the Mobile Marketing Association, just shy of one year on the job, to return to the commercial sector. The MMA is beginning an executive level search for his replacement, and Wehrs …

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.In my last article on the the agile packet core, we explored the …

Cable television giant Cox Communications Inc. has finally made the jump into the wireless telephone business announcing today the launch of the first three markets where customers can sign up for its wireless service offering. Those initial markets are Hampton …

Samsung Electronics hopes to boost its position in smartphones by opening up its software, but analysts doubt it can challenge Apple as the platforms favored by application developers.Reuters

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.Wireless service providers and their manufacturing partners are feeling the heat to deliver …

Madan Jagernauth, Vice President of Wireless Marketing and Product Management for Huawei Technologies, USA will address LTE solutions for mobile broadband services in North America. Topics discussed during the webinar will include: An overview of Huawei Technologies, both globally and …

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.With holiday shopping in full swing, and an early snow to boot, it’s …

Mobile semiconductor provider ST-Ericsson announced last week that it will institute new plans designed to save the company $115 million per year. The move is on top of reorganization plans announced this summer by the joint venture between Ericsson Mobile …

Thwapr- Duncan Kennedy and Eric Hoffert, formerly of Apple’s Quicktime product team, have taken on the roles of COO and CTO, respectively. Thwapr is a new mobile-to-mobile video sharing solution. Suddenlink – James B. Fox has joined the Suddenlink team …

According to the Chinese calendar, 2010 is the year of the tiger (apologies to Tiger Woods). Some people in the mobile industry believe that 2010 will be the year of 4G, Android or other smartphones. But in my book, 2010 …

The nation’s unemployment rate ticked down .2 percentage points in November to an even 10%, but about 8,600 more jobs in the telecommunications sector were lost, according to the most recent information released by the Department of U.S. Bureau of …

Global Tower Partners closed on 141 towers it bought from DukeNet Communications L.L.C., giving GTP an increased presence in eight states, including assets in key markets in Ohio and the Carolinas. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.This is …