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Emerging Technologies Flash - April 10, 2008
April 10, 2008 11:37 am | by Brad Smith, Wireless Week Technology Editor | CommentsA handset won the Best in Show Emerging Technology Award at this year's CTIA Wireless 2008 show in Las Vegas. No, it wasn't Apple's iPhone but that's probably because Apple doesn't participate in trade shows except for its own.
Microsoft Mobile Chief Amazed by Industry
April 9, 2008 1:54 pm | by Brad Smith | CommentsAndy Lees knew the ubiquity of mobile phones but when he took over recently as the senior vice president in charge
It’s Game Time
April 9, 2008 1:52 pm | by Monica Alleven | CommentsThe Apple iPhone on AT&T’s network gets a lot of credit for getting customers to use the mobile Web, listen to music, watch video and hook up on social networks.
LBS: Lots of Road Left
April 9, 2008 1:50 pm | by Monica Alleven | CommentsThe rush for commercial LBS didn’t come as fast as expected. Carriers took their time testing and proving E-911 services.
Modes of Messaging
April 9, 2008 1:47 pm | by Carrie Printz | CommentsCTIA SPECIAL EDITION - APRIL 3, 2008 Sure, SMS is still the kingpin, but other modes of messaging are emerging. SMS continues to be an extremely popular data feature, with 104.9 million mobile phone users (47.9%) sending a text message in January 2008. That’s up from 78.3 million in January 2007, according
Portals Take Aim
April 9, 2008 1:45 pm | by Monica Alleven | CommentsYou might not hear about it every day. But the on-device portal (ODP) industry is alive and well.
The New Normal
April 9, 2008 1:42 pm | by Craig Kuhl | CommentsManaging and growing the increasingly valuable relationship between wireless customers and carriers is prompting a fundamental shift
Searching for Growth
April 9, 2008 1:39 pm | by Elliott Drucker | CommentsIf there is some measure of malaise in the industry right now, I suspect it derives from two main sources.
Analysis - Openness Is Only Skin Deep
April 9, 2008 1:34 pm | by Keith Mallinson | CommentsThis is the second part of my discussion on openness in network technologies, terminals and wireless carrier services.
Siterra Enables Seamless Rollout of 4G Network - Wireless White Paper
April 7, 2008 9:07 am | by Josh Holbrook and Brian Kotlyar, Enterprise Research | April 2008 | CommentsThere are few things more challenging than putting a communications satellite in space. One of them may be building a continent-spanning terrestrial communications network. TerreStar, a new North American carrier, has undertaken the task of executing both simultaneously with the goal of delivering service in early 2009 (for more information on TerreStar
Bootstrapping Takes Web Services on the Road
April 7, 2008 7:09 am | by Steve Northridge | CommentsConsumers' appetite for Web content is well-established, but now they want their Web content served to go.
The Opportunity of Mobile IM
April 7, 2008 6:58 am | by Allen Scott | CommentsFrom social groups to networking sites, from family units to business groups, people are using technology more than ever to communicate and share.
Doubling EDGE
March 28, 2008 10:03 am | by Brad Smith | CommentsEven though operators around the globe are installing 3G networks and their evolutionary path, there is going to be a lot of 2G used for many years.
Emerging Tech Awards
March 28, 2008 10:01 am | by Brad Smith | CommentsNext Wednesday during the CTIA show, a baker's dozen companies will be honored for their technology. Its part of the CTIA's annual Emerging Technologies Awards, which this year drew nearly 300 entries.
IBM's Eclipse Answer
March 28, 2008 10:00 am | by Wireless Week Staff | CommentsIBM says it has figured out how to bring Web 2.0 applications, as well as desktop computing, to mobile phones.
