Communication still top mobile priority
By: By Sarah Reedy
Despite a slew of new multimedia-gaming- and video-centric mobile services, communication still trumps all else. Very few mobile services have really...
Beyond fixed/mobile convergence
By: By Joan Engebretson
Designed to support FMC services, femtocells are set to transform the way wireless networks are built...
Our take on the Mobispine RSS reader
By: By Kevin Fitchard
If ever there was a Web application that seemed tailor-made for mobile, it is the RSS feed....
Alltel may boost VZW's data growth
By: By Kevin Fitchard
When Sprint bought Nextel in 2005, it saw its average data revenue per user plummet as it absorbed Nextel's voice-centric subscribers. At first glance,...
Verimatrix adds mobile to the mix
By: By Sarah Reedy
Software-based security protects broadcast and streaming TV on myriad devices...
Vendors tout green options as power costs increase
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Wireless carriers can chalk up the majority of their power bills to one item: running networks. ...
Sprint launching QChat Sunday, but VZW hot on its heels
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Sprint is finally ready for a nationwide launch of push-to-talk over its CDMA network, announcing this week plans to turn on Qualcomm’s QChat technology in 40 markets, including most of the major metro areas. But the delays that have plagued the next-generation push-to-talk (PTT) offering may have eaten up all of Sprint’s time-to-market advantage, as Verizon Wireless plans to launch practically the same service this summer...
Eliminating the paper trail
By: By Sarah Reedy
The mobile handset may become the mainstream ticket of choice within the next three years, according to Juniper Resesarch. ...
Nortel to resell Alvarion WiMAX gear, refocuses on LTE
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Nortel is abandoning its WiMAX radio access platform, choosing instead to focus its 4G expertise on the burgeoning Long Term Evolution market....
Nokia launches ad alliance
By: By Sarah Reedy
Nokia today launched the Nokia Advertising Alliance, a consortium of mobile ad companies and brand advertisers interested in expanding their reach on the mobile handset....
Synchronoss out as iPhone activations stay in-store
By: By Rich Karpinski
One of the intriguing “inside-baseball” success stories for the Apple iPhone was the emergence of billing/OSS vendor Synchronoss as a key enabler of the iPhone’s slick self-service phone activation process....
Moto targets US, Europe for LTE
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Motorola said today it plans to initially build its Long Term Evolution platform for the 700-MHz and 2.6-GHz frequencies, targeting spectrum held by major US and European cellular operators....
The iPhone Economy 2.0
By: By Rich Karpinski
The new version of the iPhone rolled out by Apple last week represents more than just a new phone....
Vendors, U.S. operators target WiMAX IPR
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Six vendors and operators have agreed to collectively pool their patents related to WiMAX in an effort to create a transparent intellectual property environment that encourages the WiMAX embedded devices market....
Apple launches iPhone 2.0
By: By Sarah Reedy
Following a year of speculation, iPhone 3G was officially launched today at half the price and with a slew of new applications and features. ...
Verizon portal simplifies account management
By: By Carol Wilson
In its latest effort to unify wireline and wireless services, Verizon Business now offers enterprise customers a single portal from which to manage both accounts....
Verizon-Alltel deal seen as positive
By: By Carol Wilson
Verizon Wireless’ proposed acquisition of Alltel is good news for both sides, industry analysts say, but not necessarily for equipment vendors supplying the CDMA gear that both use...
Sprint taps Bridgewater for Xohm security
By: By Rich Karpinski
Sprint this week said it will use network access control technology from Bridgewater Systems to control access to its planned Xohm WiMAX network...
NextWave wins first MXtv trial
By: By Kevin Fitchard
NextWave Wireless has received its first bite on its new WiMAX TV platform, announcing Tuesday that Taiwan’s Global Mobile will deploy NextWave’s V5 base station and accompanying MXtv platform in the capital city...
Microsoft tries ‘take two’ on telco mashups
By: By Rich Karpinski
Despite some setbacks, Microsoft hasn’t given up on bringing Web mashup-style development to the carrier market – it wants to try a bit of hand-holding to help break the ice...
Mobile Linux gains stature in U.S.
By: By Sarah Reedy
Nokia, while the world’s largest handset maker, faces an uphill battle to capture smartphone market share – particularly in the U.S. – thanks largely to the progress of the LiMo (Linux Mobile) Foundation and the Google-led Open Handset Alliance (OHA), according to a report released today by ABI Research...
Azuki Systems unveils mobile media services platform
By: By Sarah Reedy
After almost a year and a half operating in stealth mode under the name Peermeta, Azuki Systems emerged today with a new name, new platform and new plans for enabling interactive mobile media services on mobile handsets...
WiMAX Summit: Don’t believe (or create) the hype
By: By Kevin Fitchard
If the WiMAX industry can learn anything from the mistakes of its 4G predecessors, it’s that overhyping a new technology can be dangerous...
VZW expands BREW deck capabilities
By: By Kevin Fitchard
SAN DIEGO--Verizon Wireless affirmed its commitment to Qualcomm’s BREW platform, announcing at the BREW developers event it would enhance its Get It Now content deck with new features such as short-code third-party transactions and customized merchandizing for customers...
BREW: Widgets anyone?
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Qualcomm is exposing the BREW application platform to the perils and opportunities of the Web applications world. Today it released a new platform called Plaza that opens BREW to the tiny personalized Web applications known as widgets while still supporting the certification and security elements of the BREW environment...
