I'm no prognosticator, nor do I have any special powers that allow me to see into the future. But I am really good at guessing. After laying that all on the table, I would like to provide my general view of the wireless space...
With CTIA Wireless 2008 offering a predominantly consumer slant, one analyst will approach the show with a handful of issues in mind and filter accordingly. Euro-competition for American enterprise customers, open access, an enterprise pitch for Apple Inc.'s iPhone, fixed-mobile convergence and the recent...
While much discussion has rightly focused on touchscreen-based display technology - and, of course, the "experience" it enables as an input/output mechanism - there's always something coming down the pike. In this case, that something may well be digital projectors, either standalone modules or...
Analyst firm Berg Insight found 2.2 million passenger cars in Europe had an on-board telematics device at the end of last year. Stolen vehicle tracking is the primary telematics application, followed by automatic emergency calling, driver assistance and motor insurance telematics."After many years of...
Last year proved to be significant for the Ultra Mobile Devices market, according to a new report from research firm In-Stat. In-Stat said the industry saw developments in connectivity, devices and processors. In addition, industry players have begun to realize that consumers will...
Verizon Wireless is going toe-to-toe with AT&T Mobility on broadcast television services from MediaFLO USA Inc.Less than two hours after AT&T Mobility announced plans to launch AT&T Mobile TV with FLO in May with two exclusive channels, Verizon Wireless announced it will be adding...
Aircell L.L.C. has flipped the switch on its wireless network for U.S. airline passengers.The air-to-ground network links Wi-Fi access points aboard airliners with cell sites, allowing passengers to access the Web in flight. The Louisville, Colo.-based firm said the network was completed in January...
Look at a map of the lower 700 MHz E-Block auction results and one thing is clear: Dish Network Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. were battling for a nationwide swatch of spectrum ideal for broadcast services.Neither got a nationwide footprint, but Dish just may have...
That a freshman U.S. senator is the lead co-sponsor of a wireless consumer-protection bill normally would not be reason for alarm by the wireless industry.But this is Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota who already has proven to be a formidable force on high-profile...
MOTOROLA INC.'S INTENT TO SPLIT into two publicly traded companies should speed the recovery of its mobile devices business by attracting new leadership and developing a fresh focus on a product-led recovery, CEO Greg Brown said last week.And, not incidentally, the announcement may help...
If left to cynics and partisan naysayers, Kevin Martin's legacy as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission might be one of delayed public meetings, agency mismanagement and a novel national commercial/public-safety license approach that bombed in the 700 MHz auction. And wh ile it's...
The mobile-phone accessory market is expected generate more than $40 billion in revenues this year and could grow to more than $80 billion by 2012, according to a new report from ABI Research."Current market trends including the growing adoption of smartphones in the prosumer...
Blow up your adCompanies looking to pump up their advertising efforts might want to check out Above All Advertising Inc.'s new inflatable display system. The Aire Vue product is a lightweight, doublesided air-inflatable sign that can be used in place of traditional metal frame...
Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility ran the table at the 700 MHz auction, accounting for most of the record $19.6 billion in bidding that broke historic ground on open access, lost ground on public safety and gave dozens of mostly white-male-owned small businesses a...
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD. appears to be upping the ante in the U.S. cellphone market, where it is No. 2 - some distance behind Motorola Inc. and trailed closely by LG Electronics Co.While confident of its future here, Samsung sees the U.S. market's rate...
CARRIER DECKS AND AGGREGATOR STOREFRONTS are so last year. Because application developers are quickly discovering that the hottest places to showcase their wares are the top social networking sites.Facebook last year opened its platform to third-party developers, spurring a flood of applications that users...
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration released a comprehensive report on federal government frequency usage, setting in motion initiatives to help agencies better exploit the airwaves - federal and private sector alike - through greater reliance on advanced technologies and adherence to various spectrum...
The government - not just the Federal Communications Commission - failed in its plan to deploy a mixed-use network that could be used by regular Joes and the public-safety community (in times of emergency, or whenever else they need it). The D-Block plan did...
So it was on a sunny, wickedly windy day last Thursday that identities of winning 700 MHz bidders roared out of the Federal Communications Commission, ending with anticlimactic suspense an auction that began strong only to limp along for weeks.The FCC rightly deemed the...
CTIA is taking its big show back west this year as the CTIA Wireless 2008 event is set to take place April 1-3 in Las Vegas (and if you haven't made your plans to attend yet, you might want to stop reading this and...
At the end of the day - the verbal pause du jour - a gathering of thousands of industry people bursting with innovative products, some of them handsets, will undoubtedly kick up a little dust in Las Vegas next week.Whether handset vendors are merely...
Sprint Nextel Corp. last week rolled out an updated Web browser designed to deliver "a PC-like experience" on mobile phones. But not everyone is impressed.The carrier announced plans to launch Openwave Systems Inc.'s OpenWeb, a browser that transcodes Internet content for the small screens...
Ringtone sales are flat and full-track mobile download services are falling on deaf ears. But streaming wireless music offerings may be hitting the right notes.A recent study from TNS Global Telecoms found that 43% of all mobile users listen to some form of music...
BURLINGAME, Calif. - The idea of wireless handsets and home consumer electronics being interconnected, seamlessly sharing content is one that would be a boom for many in the entertainment business, but rights and licensing issues remain a thorn that deflates the opportunity.At last week's...
