Cricket Communications Inc. continues its nationwide rollout with its Chicago launch today, bringing its total covered pops to 77.5 million. The carrier, parented by Leap Wireless International Inc., is scheduled to double its covered pops this year. Cricket recently launched service in pockets of...
Sprint Nextel Corp., which continues to wedge itself in as the cheaper wireless solution, has put two of its popular plans together and taken $10 off the total price.The carrier announced its new offering, Simply Everything + Mobile Broadband, which bundles the two services...
The GSM Association and five European carriers are hoping to spur mobile marketing with a common system for measuring activity on the wireless Web.Orange, T-Mobile International, Telefonica, Vodafone and 3 are behind an effort to share "anonymized" user data with the industry association in...
MySpace said it is overhauling its mobile site in an effort to grow its base of 20 million wireless users.The popular social networking destination will launch an updated version of its wireless site later this week, adding new user interface elements for multimedia-friendly devices...
Yahoo Inc. unveiled an overhauled mobile portal that it hopes will become "your starting point to the Internet."The company launched a beta version of Yahoo Mobile, a wireless Web destination that combines existing Yahoo offerings oneSearch, oneConnect and onePlace as well as the popular...
BARCELONA, Spain - AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega used his Mobile World Congress keynote speech here to plead industry leaders for a common set of applications and application programming interfaces. De la Vega's comments were notable in that AT&T is the exclusive...
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 contract is included when available.Cellular--Indonesia: Telkomsel chose Nokia Siemens Networks to boost the carrier's...
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.Ever since the huge turn out last Fall in Chicago for the Wireless History Foundation gala, I've...
BARCELONA, Spain - The smartphone market got just a little more crowded as laptop maker Acer Inc. announced a lineup of four new Windows Mobile-based smartphones, the first of its efforts to cash in on the growing sector. Acer will run up against a...
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BARCEOLONA, Spain - Amid the bustle of business models and clanging of product announcements, I was surprised to enjoy a moment of clarity during Ericsson's press conference here yesterday.The event began as expected, with clean-cut executives discussing revenues, profits, product strategies and other topics...
BARCELONA, Spain - As Research in Motion Ltd., Opera Software, Apple Inc. and others encroach on its territory, Microsoft Corp. sought to fight back with an updated version of its mobile-phone operating system, along with an app store and support for Flash technology on...
BARCELONA, Spain - LG Electronics Co. Ltd. said it will make smartphones running both the Windows Mobile and Android operating systems, and will release an application storefront in the second quarter.LG also announced a new touch-based, 3D user interface - dubbed "3D S-Class" and...
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BARCELONA, Spain - Nokia Corp. introduced an application storefront that will connect developers directly with consumers, a move that comes almost a year after Apple Inc. announced a similar offering for its iPhone device. Nokia said that, when released, its new Ovi Store will...
SEVEN has unveiled its messaging solution for the Android platform that addresses personal and business e-mail on one integrated interface.The solution, which is being showcased at this week's GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, is not only geared to combine a customer's personal and...
Maximizer Software has launched its entirely first mobile product exclusively for BlackBerry handsets that is geared to free workers from laptops and reduce downtime in the field for sales and service professionals.The customer relationship management software company is unveiling its CRM 10.5 Freedom for...
Oracle Communications announced several new contracts this week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.The company said Fox Mobile Distribution, a division of Fox Mobile Group, has implemented its Billing and Revenue Management solution to improve efficiency and increase billing flexibility as it rolls out...
Messaging company Acision said Sprint has deployed its advanced messaging infrastructure within its network.Acision said the solution allows the carrier to provide seamless messaging service even during high-usage and peak periods of messaging."In 2008, the industry reached a milestone with over 2 trillion messaging...
LogMeIn Inc. plans to demonstrate a solution that allows for support for Android smartphones at Mobile World Congress this week in Barcelona.The company said it will show smartphone manufacturers and mobile service providers how they can use LogMeIn Rescue+Mobile to provide on-demand, remote customer...
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.Since March 2007, the good folks at RCR Wireless have been very patient with my...
BARCELONA, Spain - One of the two top U.S wireless carriers in the United States - Verizon Wireless or Sprint Nextel Corp. - is testing an image-recognition technology that would allow marketers to connect directly to cellphone-toting consumers without relying on barcodes and other...
After talking to a number of mobile and security experts, I've come to the conclusion that far from being less secure, mobile banking may even be more secure than logging on to your bank Web site over your PC.
