Articles
Flat-Rate Price Plans: From One to Many
February 21, 2008 6:43 pm | by Wireless Week Staff | CommentsWhat's all the fuss about the nation's biggest carriers coming out with all-you-can-eat price plans?
Softbank’s Yahoo! Model
February 20, 2008 10:40 am | by Keith Mallinson | CommentsAccolades for one-upmanship at the MWC goes to Softbank's CEO Masayoshi Son, aplomb with success in driving adoption and usage of mobile broadband and Internet in Japan.
Detonation of Digital Convergence
February 20, 2008 10:27 am | by Andy Zimmerman | CommentsLike the old saying goes: "We've said it before, but now we really mean it." Yes, convergence is finally a reality, and it has turned the industry topsy-turvy.
Vendors Help Pay the Bills
February 14, 2008 11:06 pm | by Monica Alleven | CommentsThe weekend of June 29 last year was one of little sleep for the folks stationed at Synchronoss Technologies’ operations center in Bethlehem, Penn.
Up Front - Will Almost Be Enough?
February 14, 2008 11:04 pm | by Rhonda Wickham, Editor-in-Chief | CommentsMicrosoft tossed a financial and political grenade into the Yahoo! camp with its unsolicited $44.6 billion cash and stock offer to buy the Y! company.
Mobile Widgets Spread
February 14, 2008 11:01 pm | by Brad Smith | CommentsJapan’s innovative wireless carrier, NTT DoCoMo, historically has recorded a high number of subscribers accessing its data services. Even though about half of its 40 million subscribers were using data, though, the carrier wanted more.
Taking It to the Banks
February 14, 2008 10:59 pm | by Monica Alleven | CommentsThe past year has been nothing short of spectacular for some companies in the mobile banking space. Firethorn Holdings sealed deals to provide its mobile banking solution to AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless, the two biggest U.S. carriers.
Wireless Chips Pack a Punch
February 14, 2008 10:56 pm | by Brad Smith | CommentsAlthough there definitely is a trend toward more functionality on a single-chip platform, there are other factors that will keep multichip solutions alive and well. It remains to be seen just how much market penetration there will be
Chasing Eyeballs
February 14, 2008 10:54 pm | by Monica Alleven | CommentsIf you think of mobile advertising as being in its teen-age years, then you probably expect it to feel a lot of growing pains, in addition to the euphoria that comes at that time of life. Maybe there are growth spurts, mixed with bouts of anxiety.
Getting OTA Right
February 14, 2008 10:52 pm | by Evan Koblentz | CommentsOver-the-air techniques are being used more frequently. However, there’s a disconnect between the industry and users regarding actual performance.
Nokia Eyes Internet Developers
February 14, 2008 10:49 pm | by Brad Smith | CommentsOne of the key goals for Nokia’s developer program in 2008 is going to be reaching out to the traditional Web development community, as well as trying to enlarge its base among the Linux community, according to the new head of Forum Nokia.
Predictability Defines Auction
February 14, 2008 10:47 pm | by Elliott Drucker | CommentsThe FCC auction of 62 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band is still going hot and heavy as this issue goes to press. Although anything can happen, we can draw some conclusions from the 26 rounds of bidding
A Roller-Coaster Year Ahead?
February 14, 2008 10:42 pm | by Brad Smith | CommentsIf the first few weeks of the new year are any indication, 2008 promises to be a tumultuous financial period for wireless telecom stocks. With the notable exception of Sprint Nextel
Bringing the World to Remote Regions
February 14, 2008 10:39 pm | by Brad Smith | CommentsBesides their Third World status, they all have something else in common. They’re getting telecommunication through wireless networks, some of them powered by the sun or even bicycles.
Yojo Offers Form of Relief
February 7, 2008 8:06 pm | by Wireless Week Staff | CommentsA lot of folks will be heading to Barcelona, Spain, for the Mobile World Congress next week. But what to do about the, er, bathroom situation?
