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CTIA Wireless 2008 News Roundup

This week (April 1-3) was the CTIA Wireless 2008 show in Las Vegas. All week TMCnet has been reporting on news from the show, which is put on (as the name suggests) by CTIA, an organization whose acronym formerly stood...

Posted on April 3, 2008 9:01 PM

Infonetics Report Highlights 2007 WiMAX Growth

WiMAX is hot and getting hotter. That’s essentially the conclusion reached by Infonetics in its recent WiMAX and Mesh Network Equipment and Devices report.   Just how hot? During 2007, the WiMAX market grew sequentially 46 percent (for the year),...

Posted on March 6, 2008 2:57 PM

Tiny Pictures Pulls in $7.2 Million Financing for Radar Photo/Video Sharing Service

Yesterday I blogged about a company called Radar Networks that just completed Round B of its financing series. Well, it turns out that Radar must be a winning name. Another company, Tiny Pictures—which offers a mobile photo and video sharing...

Posted on February 26, 2008 3:34 PM

In-Sta: Revenue Growth for Mobile Business Apps to Slow Somewhat in 2008

Wireless service providers may need to engage in some reality-checking during 2008 when it comes to projected versus actual revenue growth associated with mobile business applications. That’s what In-Stat predicted this week in a new report, Wireless Data in the...

Posted on January 18, 2008 11:03 AM

Verizon: Maybe Android Isn't So Bad After All

In a move that left consumers and wireless industry analysts gasping with surprise, Verizon Wireless let the world know Monday night that it has changed its mind about Google’s mobile Android platform. That’s right, the carrier that never stops working...

Posted on December 4, 2007 4:06 PM

Report: 85 Percent of Next Billion Mobile Subscriptions Will Come from Emerging Markets

If you live in the U.S. and Europe and feel as if every person you know (including yourself) owns and uses a cellphone, you’re right on. A new report out this month from Pyramid Research confirms the suspicion that the...

Posted on October 16, 2007 1:41 PM

Intel’s WiMAX Ambitions: Fantastic or Foolhardy? You Be the Judge

At its Developer Forum Wednesday, Intel officials outlined the company’s plans to combine WiMAX with Centrino Duo processors to develop what it claims will be a new category of mobile, broadband-connected computing devices. The initiative, which is slated to bear...

Posted on September 20, 2007 12:07 PM

Palm Foleo RIP

Less than six months after announcing the Foleo, “the first computer designed to be a companion to a smartphone,” Palm has discontinued the product, CEO Ed Colligan said in a Sept. 4 blog entry.   The Foleo was essentially a...

Posted on September 6, 2007 11:45 AM

How Will EarthLinks’ Restructuring Affect Muni WiFi Projects?

Internet service provider EarthLink announced Tuesday a restructuring plan to cut costs. The plan includes cutting 900 jobs, and closing the company’s offices in Orlando, Florida; Knoxville, TN; Harrisburg, PA and San Francisco, CA. Further, the offices in Pasadena, CA...

Posted on August 29, 2007 11:42 AM

Wireless and Mobile Technology at ITEXPO West 2007

INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO West 2007 is less than a month away. (The event this year is being held at the Los Angeles Convention Center in California, Sept. 10-12, 2007.) If you haven’t registered yet, here’s a plug: this...

Posted on August 17, 2007 5:39 PM

Happy Birthday to Synchronoss, the iPhone Activator

I spent Thursday in the Big Apple at Nasdaq Studios, observing the festivities as Synchronoss Technologies—the company whose software is used by AT&T to handle behind-the-scenes nitty-gritty associated with activating an iPhone—celebrated its first anniversary as a public company. Synchronoss officials...

Posted on July 20, 2007 10:14 AM

RingCentral Takes Fax Online, Makes it Mobile

If you’re like me—someone who’s used to the speed and ease of email—faxing documents can seem like an unbearable hassle. Create document. Print document. Look up phone number. Walk to fax machine. Feed paper into fax machine, dial number. Listen...

Posted on July 6, 2007 12:08 PM

iPhone, Firsthand

Yesterday, to celebrate Independence Day, I engaged in a very American activity: shopping. While I was at the mall, I stopped by the Apple Store to check out iPhone firsthand. Yes, I actually got a chance to play around with...

Posted on July 5, 2007 9:35 AM

ABI: Mobile Phone Accessories More Profitable Than the Phone Itself

Sometimes, accessories for “the thing” generate more revenue than “the thing” itself. Perhaps not with revenue (I don’t have the numbers handy) but certainly with ubiquity, we’ve seen this trend in the explosion during the past few years of iPod...

Posted on May 29, 2007 12:48 PM

VIYYA Takes Emergency Alerts Beyond Wireless

After the shootings at Virginia Tech earlier this spring, students, parents, faculty and staff at schools across the country have been paying renewed attention to the need for improved emergency alert systems. One company that’s taking an in-depth look at...

Posted on May 21, 2007 4:53 PM

AdMob and mywaves Team up on Mobile Video Ads

Okay, I have to admit something here: I’m a bit tardy in my reporting on the news that I’ll be featuring this blog entry. Last week one of the PR contacts who regularly feeds me wireless-related news sent me a...

Posted on May 14, 2007 12:15 PM

Arthur D. Little: Telcos Failing to Capitalize on Mobile Web 2.0

The phrase, “build it and they will come” has been used to justify the creation of everything from shopping malls to communications services. Yet, if a new report from consultancy Arthur D. Little is correct, many telecom companies are unwilling...

Posted on March 7, 2007 12:06 PM