AFP - Television viewed on mobile phone handsets could be a huge revenue generator for the telecoms sector but significant hurdles stand in the way, industry players and analysts said Thursday.
AP - The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday agreed to give Sprint Nextel Corp. more time to swap some wireless spectrum frequencies with public safety agencies. -- read full article
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:26:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
NewsFactor - Sprint Nextel is hoping to knock the iPhone off its lofty perch with the launch this month of Instinct -- a new smartphone it codeveloped with Samsung Electronics. Like Apple's new 3G handset, Instinct combines full touch-screen functionality and fast wireless speeds with live TV, stereo Bluetooth, and GPS with turn-by-turn navigational capabilities. -- read full article
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:25:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The entry-level slider phone from Sony Ericsson includes motion sensors that will act like the Nintendo Wii. -- read full article
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:01:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Current iPhone users are automatically eligible to buy the 3G iPhone, but potential new users might have to prove they are worthy. -- read full article
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:20:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The U.K. carrier O2 says more than 130,000 people have preregistered for the latest iPhone, compared with only 35,000 people who had preregistered for the original model. -- read full article
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:03:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Downloads like JuiceCaster let subscribers share videos and photos and post them to social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter for $2.99 a month -- read full article
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:36:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
Reuters - Philadelphia revived an effort on
Tuesday to provide free citywide wireless Internet access in a
project to be run by a new group of investors.
AP - When Theodor Gervais was 14, he took a summer job selling cell phone covers in Brooklyn for $100 a month, sitting at a table outside a phone store in what he describes as "somewhat of a bad area." His cousin worked inside and, worried for Theodor's safety, checked on him all day.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The original project ran into financing problems, and EarthLink pulled out of the effort after spending an estimated $20 million on its early deployment stage. -- read full article
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:33:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AP - A group of local investors said Tuesday they have bought Philadelphia's wireless Internet network, a week after EarthLink Inc. gave up on the system because it failed to make a profit. -- read full article
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:43:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
Reuters - Telecom equipment maker Ericsson said
on Wednesday mobile broadband Internet subscribers could rise
to 2.2 billion in five years' time from 250 million, fuelled by
exponential growth in emerging markets. -- read full article
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:16:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
Reuters - South Korean cellphone makers and
Swedish-Japanese rival Sony Ericsson forecast robust handset
sales, defying worries that a slowing U.S. economy and record
oil prices will hurt consumer demand.
