http://www.telecomweb.com TelecomWeb.com en-us 2008 Tue, 13 May 2008 23:09:51 EDT The Associated Press (AP) is the newest Apple slice, debuting its “Mobile News Network,” a multimedia news portal targeting iPhone users who just can’t get enough of international, national and local news content. The Mobile News Network is the first product released... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260501.html Mon, 5 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Welcome to “The Mobile Media Review,” our relevant and, many times, irreverent view of what's going on in the mobile-content arena. This week, the long and the short of “Charlie’s Angels,” getting you where you want to go, football dream teams and Mickey Mouse radio on your... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260479.html Thu, 1 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Overheard this week: “I’ll have a Big Mac to go with my Starbucks latte and, while we’re at it, throw in a couple of hours of wireless broadband, please.”   Well, not exactly. But pretty close.   While the latest disasters in the municipal Wi-Fi mesh arena were playing... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260480.html Thu, 1 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT   By Matt Bancroft, CMO, Mformation Technologies   Until recently, enterprise mobility has been a piecemeal affair. Mobile e-mail currently is the only really well-established category of mobile enterprise application. Even so, the majority of corporate e-mail inboxes have not been mobilized... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260478.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT The market for premium mobile-content platforms grew almost 20 percent in 2007, resulting in a $3.4 billion share of the $18.5 billion worth of revenue generated by the mobile premium-content market.   According to recent research by MultiMedia Intelligence (MMI), as cellular subscribers worldwide... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260452.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Verizon reported a first quarter in which it says it delivered almost everything it had promised and that was expected by the industry. The carrier crowed that it did even better than AT&T in wireless growth in the first quarter while such IP-based enterprise business as managed services soared almost... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260438.html Mon, 28 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Word on the street suggests Research in Motion (RIM) and AT&T have decided to delay the launch of the long-awaited 3G version of BlackBerry from June until August, but the expected launch of a 3G version of the iPhone remains targeted for the original device's first birthday June 27. Depending on which... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260432.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT According to polling experts J.D. Power and Associates, wireless customers who subscribe to plans that offer such additional services as in-network calling, and unlimited text and picture messaging typically are more satisfied and exhibit greater loyalty than those without unlimited plans. The company's... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260435.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Dish Network plans to address the third screen, aiming to test Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite Services to Handhelds (DVB-SH) mobile broadcast technology in the United States, with equipment, test tools and training provided by Alcatel-Lucent. According to Olivier Coste, chairman of Alcatel-Lucent's... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260436.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT India has surged past the United States in the total number of cellular phones in use, moving into a distant second place behind China. Estimates released this morning by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) give even more understanding to reports this week that AT&T is negotiating a multi... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260437.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Call us cynical, but is anyone surprised NextWave Wireless Inc. plans to cash out (again), this time putting its Advanced Wireless Service (AWS) licenses, its Wireless Communication Service (WCS) licenses and its Educational Broadband Service (EBS) and Broadband Radio Service (BRS) licenses and leases on the... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260425.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Sprint Nextel's "Pivot" mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) joint venture with a consortium of the largest cablecos in the United States has died a quiet death, while what remains of Movida Communications, another key Sprint MVNO targeting the Hispanic market, has been rescued at the last moment... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260426.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Motorola, sent reeling by a 39-percent decline in cellular handset sales in its most recent quarter, has reported its lowest sales in four years - a loss worse than had been feared and a disappointing outlook that it will continue to operate in the red in the current quarter. Results in Motorola's... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260427.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Israeli wireless broadband house Alvarion landed the first FCC authorization for the commercial use of devices based on IEEE 802.16e-2005 specs (so-called mobile WiMAX) in the 3.65 GHz band. It now looks like TowerStream is set to use Alvarion's gear to beat such 802.16e competitors as Sprint Nextel and... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260421.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT A public-safety network trial in the U.K. county of Sussex was one of the underlying success stories discussed at WCA 2008 this week in Washington, D.C. During a presentation by Denzil Samuels, vice president/global business development at Northrop Grumman Information Technology, describing his company's... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260424.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Lockheed Martin recently opened a new Wireless Cyber Security Center, one of only a handful of technology labs capable of testing wireless communications systems in a classified environment. The lab allows defense and intelligence agencies to test and evaluate wireless systems like 802.11 Wi-Fi or broadband... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260397.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Welcome to “The Mobile Media Review,” our relevant and, many times, irreverent view of what's going on in the mobile-content arena. This week, our reviews are split between those that almost hit the mark and those that have a long way to go when it comes to use-ability and satisfaction. You... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260382.html Fri, 18 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Sean Moshir, CEO of Ariz.-based CellTrust Corporation, a secure mobile-information-management and -delivery provider, told attendees at the recent Airline Payment Summit in Canada about the pitfalls and promises surrounding mobile airline payments. As mobile devices evolve and offer consumers options for... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260383.html Fri, 18 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT According to Morgan O’Brien, chairman of McLean, Va.-based Cyren Call Communications Corporation, “Anyone stating or implying that I or any member of Cyren Call or the Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corporation (PSST) ‘demanded’ a spectrum lease payment is lying. Furthermore, anyone... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260384.html Fri, 18 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT A First Report and Order released by the Federal Communications Commission will help U.S. wireless carriers “transmit timely and accurate alerts, warnings and critical information to the cellphones and other mobile devices of consumers during disasters or other emergencies.”   ... http://www.telecomweb.com/news/wbf/260385.html Fri, 18 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT