Shows & Conferences
Bits & Bytes for March 22, 2011 from CTIA Wireless
March 30, 2011 9:51 am | by Wireless Week Staff | Articles | CommentsCompanies in today's briefs include Verizon Wireless, Consert, Azimuth Systems, Nokia Siemens Networks, Femto Forum, Nuance Communications, Traffix Systmes, IMS Forum, Zhone Technologies, Anritsu and Cadex Electronics.
BlackBerry, Android Platforms Most-Tested by Developers
March 30, 2011 9:41 am | by Andrew Berg | Articles | CommentsMore developers are targeting BlackBerry and Android mobile platforms, while Symbian is on the decline, according to metrics released Tuesday by DeviceAnywhereat CTIA Wireless 2011.
MMA Chief Lays Out Mobile Privacy Must-Haves
March 30, 2011 9:39 am | by Maisie Ramsay | Articles | CommentsGreg Stuart, head of the Mobile Marketing Association, makes mobile privacy guidelines a priority for the group.
Product Debuts from CTIA Wireless 2011
March 30, 2011 8:58 am | by Wireless Week Staff | Articles | CommentsCompanies in product briefs include CommScope, Bitstream, Telit Wireless Solutions, Omnitron and uTest
Wilson Introduces Booster Portability
March 30, 2011 8:55 am | by Wireless Week Staff | Articles | CommentsWilson Electronics introduced a battery pack accessory that brings more portability to two of the company’s most popular boosters at CTIA Wireless 2011.
Smartphones Change Role of Dedicated Handhelds
March 30, 2011 8:50 am | by Craig Kuhl | Articles | CommentsIn 2015, half of the world’s “do-everything” mobile phones will be smart. Very smart. Just how they impact our decades-long affair with laptops and related dedicated handheld devices is the question du jour.
Spirent, PCTEST Team Up on LTE Testing
March 30, 2011 8:44 am | by Maisie Ramsay | Articles | CommentsA top certification lab has tapped Spirent Communications to provide key software and equipment for over-the-air (OTA) testing of the GPS capabilities in LTE, CDMA and GSM devices.
Hesse: U.S. Back in the Lead With 4G
March 30, 2011 8:40 am | by Maisie Ramsay | Articles | CommentsSprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse has a lot of reasons to be confident about the state of the U.S. mobile broadband market.
Bits & Bytes for March 23, 2011 from CTIA Wireless
March 30, 2011 8:37 am | Articles | CommentsCompanies in today's briefs include u-blox, Axell Wireless, NewBay, Bitzer Mobile, Audi, T-Mobile USA and Personal Communications Devices.
Q & A: Dolby’s McGuire Talks Enhanced Content on the Mobile
March 29, 2011 8:55 am | by Andrew Berg | Articles | CommentsEveryone knows Dolby, as in Dolby Surround Sound, but do they know that Dolby’s audio technology is now very possibly on their mobile device?
Endomondo Completes First Funding Round
March 29, 2011 8:48 am | by Andrew Berg | Articles | CommentsEndomondo, creator of the Endomondo Sports Tracker app, has raised $800,000 in its first round of funding.
Engineers Stroll, Drive Convention Area to Test Voice, Data
March 29, 2011 8:34 am | by Monica Alleven | Articles | CommentsYou might notice some engineers walking around the convention center with backpacks. Well, they’re not your standard backpacks. They’re actually housing gear for collecting data on the performance of wireless networks.
Interop Ups Ante in Messaging Services
March 29, 2011 8:30 am | by Monica Alleven | Articles | CommentsFeedback from customers led Interop Technologies to develop software that it is unveiling here at CTIA Wireless 2011.
Report: Galaxy S 4G, Sprint Evo Shift Fastest 4G Smartphones
March 29, 2011 8:11 am | by Andrew Berg | Articles | CommentsT-Mobile USA’s Samsung Galaxy S 4G and Sprint’s HTC Evo Shift 4G may be two of the fastest smartphones on the market right now, according to Metrico Wireless.
Emerging Technologies Quickly Move from Lab to Life
March 29, 2011 8:07 am | by Craig Kuhl | Articles | CommentsEmerging technologies are sparking a new universe of applications and services in the wireless space and accelerating the need for better, faster technology development and deployment.
City Offers Expertise for mHealth Discussions
March 29, 2011 8:03 am | by Andrew Berg | Articles | CommentsThis year’s CTIA Wireless conference is the perfect location in Orlando for displaying the ways that mobility is transforming the health sector.
Looking Back: CTIA 2011
March 28, 2011 1:17 pm | Blogs | CommentsCTIA Wireless 2011 is one we’ll remember thanks to the March 20 news of AT&T’s planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA.
Recommendation: Check Out the 3D Gadgets
March 28, 2011 8:28 am | by Andrew Berg | Articles | CommentsThe 3D smartphones go on display at CTIA Wireless 2011.
Mobile Marketing Moves Upstream
March 28, 2011 8:24 am | by Alex Vratskides, CEO, Upstream | Articles | CommentsAlex Vratskides, CEO of Upstream, talks about what he's seeing in the mobile marketing industry during CTIA Wireless 2011.
LTE: In the Thick of It with VZW Dan Mead
March 28, 2011 8:16 am | by Maisie Ramsay | Articles | CommentsWireless Week talks to Dan Mead, president and CEO of Verizon Wireless, about the company's LTE network.
Apple Sets June 6 Date for WWDC
March 28, 2011 8:06 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsApple is promising a look at "the future of iOS and OS X" to developers who attend the conference this year.
Leading the Revolution with Wireless
March 24, 2011 8:15 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsORLANDO, Fla. - The day three executive roundtable at CTIA Wireless centered around how wireless technologies, particularly mobile social media and ubiquitous coverage, are changing the way people organize and create social change...
Keynote Inspires with Futuristic mHealth Solutions
March 24, 2011 7:36 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsORLANDO, Fla.—If you weren't blown away by anything at CTIA, you missed Wednesday's keynotes, which included a talk and demonstrations by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, chairman and CEO of the Institute for Advanced Health.
Recommendation: Check Out the 3D Gadgets
March 24, 2011 7:34 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsORLANDO, Fla.—I think the first movie I ever saw in 3D was Jaws and of course, we all remember those funky red and blue disposable glasses. That was a completely different technology than what we're seeing on a handful of smartphones and tablets at CTIA Wireless.
Preparing for Liftoff: LightSquared & Company
March 24, 2011 7:32 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsORLANDO, Fla.—If there were any doubts about whether LightSquared would be able to pull off its wholesale-only hybrid satellite-terrestrial LTE network, the company is giving some reasons to forget them.
