Music is in the air
By: By Kevin Fitchard
If the carriers won't provide it, somebody else will. That might just be the case for digital music...
AT&T waves goodbye to IMS--for now
By: By Kevin Fitchard
AT&T chairman and CEO Dave Dorman yesterday didn't miss his chance to cozy up with his new buddies at Cingular at the expense of some old ones...
Powell's wireless legacy
By: By Dan O'Shea
He might eventually be remembered more as the FCC chairman who oversaw a record number of broadcast indecency fines in the wake of the Janet Jackson-fueled "Nipple-gate"...
The new content conundrum
By: By Jason Meyers
One of the central themes of this issue's cover story is the question of who owns the customer in a content-rich mobile market...
Running start
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Cingular appears to be pulling it off. Despite concerns that Cingular would lose its newfound status as country's largest provider just a few short quarters...
The value of mobility
By: By Tim McElligott
"The value of mobility can't be overstated." Before you rack your brain trying to figure out which industry pundit uttered those words, let me save you the trouble...
The convergence comeback
By: By Jason Meyers
The concept of "convergence," a term once so hackneyed and tied to anticipated trends that didn't materialize on time that it became almost taboo, appears to be coming back into fashion these days...
Tiny, tiny TV
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Welcome to the new hype. It's not just wireless data. It's not wireless multimedia. It's called wireless TV, and there are enough people excited about it that there's now a whole one-day conference devoted to the topic...
Public safety losing key ally in Powell's resignation
By: By Donny Jackson, MRT
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell last week announced he will resign his post in March...
Plugless
By: By Dan O'Shea
I was so looking forward to the WiMAX Forum's plugfest, weren't you? For months, I have been practicing saying the word repeatedly while attempting to...
The telemedia storm
By: By Andrew J. Cole
As media companies continue to aggressively enter the wireless market, a never-before-witnessed two-sided geography will emerge, with fully integrated...
Keeping track of the AT&Ts
By: By Kevin Fitchard
What can I say? It's a slow news week. There's no better time to occupy oneself than with rampant speculation and rumor mongering. The unconfirmed tidbit...
Looking toward 2005
By: By Kevin Fitchard
I doubt any of you are in the office today, so I can pretty much get away with anything in my last column of the year. What a perfect time to release...
Here comes WiMAX--the chips, at least
By: By Kevin Fitchard
The WiMax race officially kicked off this week. Wavesat was the first to market with 802.16d chips, and its silicon is being inserted into broadband wireless...
Wireless ubiquity
By: By Jason Meyers
Wireless technology is showing the ability to extend its tentacles further and further into a little bit of everything lately. Strong evidence of that...
No more musak
By: By Tim McElligott
Ringtones have proved to be a surprise source of revenue for mobile operators. But like moviemakers who squeeze every drop of blood out of a box office...
Who's talking now?
By: Tyler Proctor
Captain Kirk couldn't type. He didn't need to. In his fictional world, the computer was smart enough to do that laborious task for him. He just told it...
