ORLANDO, Fla.-The intriguing thing about the mobile handset business is that competition and ambition can help a vendor thread the eye of a needle. To some, that’s the slim opening …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Films for mobile will find audience >by jscarboby jscarbo
ORLANDO, Fla.-Six short films were screened at CTIA Wireless 2007 for the debut of the Mobile Movie Fest. Each of the films ranged in length, graphic appeal and storyline.Three films …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Execs anticipate value in content made for mobile >by jscarboby jscarbo
ORLANDO, Fla.-In a ballroom filled with tech-savvy players in the wireless industry, audio and video problems kept cropping up for each of the five panelists on the “Producing Mobile Content” …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Five minutes with…Gina Lombardi >by jscarboby jscarbo
MediaFLO USA launched its broadcast mobile television service with Verizon Wireless earlier this month. Virtually everyone in the industry is wondering if the service will take off, and questions run …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Hedgehogging >by jscarboby jscarbo
Welcome to a special CTIA edition of Hedgehogging by RCRNews.com Online Editor Mike Dano. To read more of Dano’s columns, visit RCRNews.com and click on “Worst of the Week.” So …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Lobbying efforts surge for big firms, flat overall >by jscarboby jscarbo
A group that tracks political money found that while the previous Congress didn’t pass much major legislation-such as telecom reform-last year, companies in high-tech and other sectors were spending big …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Small carriers in the news at CTIA >by jscarboby jscarbo
ORLANDO, Fla.-What would a CTIA Wireless event be without lots of carrier news. Sure, the big operators typically garner the limelight, but smaller players were also in the house and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Network vendors tout size, solutions >by jscarboby jscarbo
ORLANDO, Fla.-A quick evaluation of the comments and announcements streaming from the world’s largest infrastructure providers offers evidence that the market is getting wider and more complicated-and that the field …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Mobile TV check up >by jscarboby jscarbo
ORLANDO, Fla.-Mobile television is still in its infancy-mostly gaining traction among early adopters and primarily young men-but the subscriber base has more than doubled from 3 million to about 7 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">THE ROAD AHEAD: Verizon Wireless’ McAdam stays the course even as carrier explores new opportunities >by jscarboby jscarbo
Editor’s Note: Lowell McAdam took over as president and CEO of Verizon Wireless in December, as Denny Strigl moved on to head Verizon Communications Inc.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">New ideas running into old trouble >by jscarboby jscarbo
Crashing the party can be risky business in the wireless industry. Just ask Cyren Call Communications Corp., which dared to be audacious by asking policy-makers to take a valuable chunk …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Widgets for wireless >by jscarboby jscarbo
The wireless Web is strewn with potholes and speed bumps, but John SanGiovanni hopes that widgets can pave the way.SanGiovanni is the founder of ZenZui, a spinoff of Microsoft Corp. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">National Academy of Science to review cellphone radiation research >by jscarboby jscarbo
The Food and Drug Administration said the National Academy of Science will conduct a symposium and issue a report on future research requirements regarding possible health effects from radio frequency …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">MMA outlines urban content plans >by jscarboby jscarbo
ORLANDO, Fla.-The Mobile Marketing Association announced an effort to boost the mobile urban content market-and to help entrepreneurs looking to provide the stuff.The MMA unveiled a special-interest group charged with …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">CTIA: Data revenues up 77 percent >by jscarboby jscarbo
Wireless data revenues rose to $15.2 billion last year, a 77-percent jump from 2005, according to CTIA. The wireless trade group estimates carriers data revenues today total about 13 percent …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Partnerships key for pushing content >by jscarboby jscarbo
ORLANDO, Fla.-The day two keynotes at CTIA Wireless 2007 were all about collaboration. And, of course, money.From music to video to m-commerce, Wednesday’s speakers hammered home the need for content …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">The Chinese are coming! >by jscarboby jscarbo
ORLANDO, Fla.-The competitive cauldron that is the domestic Chinese handset market has produced a few winners. And that has fueled a desire among those winners to enter the U.S. market.The …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analyst Angle: Real Convergence >by jscarboby jscarbo
Editor’s Note: Welcome to a special CTIA Show Daily edition of our weekly online feature, Analyst Angle. Every Monday at www.RCRNews.com you can find columns from the industry’s leading analysts, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Maps, games lead location-based services apps >by jscarboby jscarbo
Location-based services, like so many emerging technologies in the wireless space, for years have been on the cusp of widespread use among mobile-phone users. With more global positioning system-enabled handsets …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Gemalto unveils Smart Dongle, On Card Portal >by jscarboby jscarbo
Gemalto plans to introduce two new products this week at CTIA Wireless 2007.The company said it will introduce its Smart Dongle product that allows subscriber to securely access mobile carrier …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Bluetooth accessories for motorcycle riders >by jscarboby jscarbo
BlueAnt Wireless said it is launching four new products at CTIA Wireless 2007. The Australian-based firm is introducing an entry-level T8 micro Bluetooth headset and the advanced V12 LCD headset …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Films for mobile gaining prominence >by jscarboby jscarbo
ORLANDO, Fla.-Six short films were screened here at CTIA Wireless 2007 for the debut of the Mobile Movie Fest. Each of the films ranged in length, graphic appeal and storyline.Three …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Enterprise, entertainment evangelism: CTIA keynoters look back and beyond 2007 >by jscarboby jscarbo
ORLANDO, Fla.-A packed hall heard evangelism, exhortation and ebullience from a trio of industry speakers yesterday morning, as the CTIA Wireless 2007 trade show got underway. Attendees also got a …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Mobile ads need compelling content to grow >by jscarboby jscarbo
ORLANDO, Fla.-TV network executives charged with delivering their programming to the mobile environment are happy to see their shows living on multiple platforms, but there’s little room for celebration as …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">T-Mobile USA rocks out with Nokia’s XpressMusic: Analyst applauds product’s features >by jscarboby jscarbo
In case you’ve been hiding under a rock, music phones are hot. But simple usability, clear directions and “out of the box” pleasures have varied across the industry, according to …