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Sprint Completes Spectrum Buy from U.S. Cellular, Gains 420,000 Customers
May 20, 2013 10:47 am | by Andrew Berg | News | Comments
Sprint on Friday announced that it had completed its purchase of 20MHz of PCS spectrum from U.S. Cellular that covers various Midwest markets, including Chicago, South Bend, Ind., and Champaign, Illinois. As part of the deal, Sprint also snagged 10MHz of PCS spectrum in the St. Louis market...
AT&T Digital Life Adds Seven Cities to Its Launch List
May 20, 2013 10:52 am | by Ben Munson | News | Comments
AT&T’s wireless home management service, Digital Life, has just launched in an additional...
A Year After IPO, Facebook Aims To Be Ad Colossus
May 20, 2013 10:25 am | by Barbara Ortutay, AP Technology Writer | News | Comments
It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering. Facebook, the brainchild of a young...
Yahoo Takes Big Leap With $1.1B Deal for Tumblr
May 20, 2013 10:23 am | by Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer | News | Comments
The deal announced Monday represents Mayer's...
Wilson Electronics Appoints New CEO
May 20, 2013 11:27 am | by Ben Munson | News | CommentsWilson Electronics has named Robert Van Buskirk as its new president and CEO. Van Buskirk comes to the cell signal booster maker from his previous role as president of RF Micro Devices. Wilson’s management move comes at a pivotal time for the signal booster industry as new FCC regulations have come down to legitimize the practice.
High Court Uphold FCC Power in Cell Tower Disputes
May 20, 2013 11:20 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsThe Supreme Court has affirmed the authority of federal regulators to try to speed local government decisions on proposals to build or expand cell phone towers. The court voted 6-3 Monday to uphold an appeals court ruling in favor the Federal Communications Commission...
First News Briefs for May 20, 2013
May 20, 2013 10:35 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsEurotech, a supplier of embedded technologies, products and systems, today announces it will be in Booth #6239 in the M2M Zone Pavilion at CTIA Wireless to demonstrate intuitive M2M development and deployment solutions for enterprise customers.
PCIA Moves Fall Show to Spring in 2014
May 17, 2013 11:03 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe Wireless Infrastructure Association (PCIA) today announced that it will be moving its annual fall show to the spring in 2014. According to a press release, PCIA's has moved its fall show, which will take place October 7-10 in 2013, to May 19-22 in 2014 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida...
First News Briefs for May 17, 2013
May 17, 2013 10:54 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsAruba Networks, Inc., a provider of network access solutions for the mobile enterprise, today announced the acquisition of privately-held Meridian Apps, Inc. With this acquisition, Aruba Networks enables new location-based services by combining its network-based contextual information about users, devices and applications with Meridian’s Wi-Fi based wayfinding solution for smartphones and tablets.
Friday Flick: Google I/O Keynote
May 17, 2013 10:51 am | Videos | CommentsAt its 6th annual Google I/O developer conference, Google packed tons of announcements into three hours of keynote. Less gadget-heavy than last year’s I/O which introduced Google Glass, this year’s event focused more on new and improved services....
Barclays Opens Coverage of Leap Wireless on a Sour Note
May 17, 2013 10:28 am | by Ben Munson | News | CommentsBarclays began its coverage of Leap Wireless, parent company of Cricket Wireless, by slapping an underweight tag on the prepaid carrier and putting the price target (PT) at $4. Leap’s stock today is down more than two percent. Barclays follows a number of downgrades for Leap, including JP Morgan Chase downgrading from neutral to underweight.
Galaxy S4 to Top 10M in Sales by Next Week
May 17, 2013 10:19 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsSamsung says it expects sales of its flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4, to surpass 10 million units by next week. The company began selling the S4 in Korea on April 26 and has since begun selling the device in 60 other countries. According to a report in the Korean Times...
Google's Products Dig Deeper into People's Lives
May 17, 2013 9:11 am | by Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsFor Google CEO Larry Page, happiness is a warm computer. "Technology should do the hard work so people can get on doing the things that make them happiest in life," Page told a crowd of 6,000 software developers and entrepreneurs who flocked to San Francisco Wednesday for...
Dell's Dismal 1Q Illuminates PC Maker's Challenges
May 17, 2013 9:05 am | by Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsDell's financial decay worsened during its latest quarter as the company slashed its personal computer prices in response to the growing popularity of smartphones and tablets.The dismal performance announced Thursday provided the latest evidence of a technological shift that is making it difficult to sell...
Windows Phone Ousts BB for Third Place in Market Share
May 16, 2013 8:42 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsWindows Phone posted the largest year-over-year gain in market share among the leading mobile operating systems, more than doubling its size from a year ago, according to numbers released today from International Data Corporation (IDC)...
Google Executive Defends Tax Strategy to Lawmakers
May 16, 2013 8:22 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsA senior Google executive defended his company's complicated structure before Britain's Parliament, denying charges that it was misleading authorities to dodge paying tax. The U.S. Internet giant is accused that, even though it has rawn billions in revenue from Britain over the past few years...
First News Briefs for May 16, 2013
May 16, 2013 8:18 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsAirWatch, mobile security and Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) provider, announced a $25 million investment by Accel Partners. AirWatch says the funding will help it accelerate global growth, scale research and development team and support the innovation and adoption of their content collaboration solution, Secure Content Locker...
Samsung Generates More Profit from Android than Google Does
May 16, 2013 8:13 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsSamsung may be generating more revenue and profit from the Android platform than Google does, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics. According to the report, Samsung took 95 percent of $5 billion in first quarter profits generated from overall global Android shipments...
Cisco 3Q Net Income Rises 14 Percent
May 16, 2013 7:11 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsCisco's net income jumped 14 percent in the latest quarter as revenue at all four of its divisions rose for the first time in a year and a half. Cisco earned $2.5 billion, or 46 cents per sharein its fiscal third quarter, which ended April 27. That's up from $2.2 billion, or 40 cents per share...
