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- Chip Manufacturer Quantace Raises $12 Million In Second Round
- Semiconductor manufacturer Quantance has raised $12 million in a second round of funding. The San Mateo, Calif.-based company develops technology that it says can improve the data speed and battery life of mobile devices using third- and fourth-generation cellular technology. It plans to use this latest cash infusion to...
- External links 2008-11-19
- Nokia To Start Shipping Mobile Broadband Modems
- Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is hoping to cash in on the soaring demand for mobile broadband. Nokia vice president for hardware platform components Tapio Markki told Reuters that the handset maker it is taking advantage of its expertise in building 3G technology and will start shipping its first mobile "dongles,"...
- External links 2008-12-15
- China To Award 3G Licenses As Early As End Of The Year
- China could issue 3G mobile phone licenses as early as the next two weeks or at the start of the new year, the country's industry minister Li Yizhong told a press conference Friday. Bloomberg reports that China will be using both global 3G standards, and China's local 3G technology,...
- External links 2008-12-12
- South Korea Opening Up Cellphone Market; Paves Way For Apple, Nokia, RIM
- The South Korean cellphone market is opening up. The Korean Communications Commission lifted a three-year old rule that required internet-enabled handsets used in the country to run on a homegrown mobile platform, making way for foreign device makers such as Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) to enter...
- External links 2008-12-10
- Mobile Content Bits: iPhone Dictionary; Cricket's $40 Data Card; Glu Mobile Honored; Lyris Texts
- -- New Oxford American Dictionary For iPhone: iPhone and iPod Touch users can now purchase the New Oxford American Dictionary as an application for $19.99 at the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) App Store. With more than 250,000 entries, the dictionary is the first of many Oxford dictionaries that Handmark plans...
- External links 2008-12-09
- Clearwire's Financial Advisors Even Find The Company's Stock Unattractive
- Two investment banks that advised Clearwire during its transaction with Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel have resumed coverage of the company, and are offering up a not-so-bright view of the future. The transaction by itself was a positive one for Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR). By merging its operations with Sprint's WiMax...
- External links 2008-12-08
- Mobile Data On Pace To Overload Wireless Networks
- It isn't talked about much in the industry, but there is a serious downside to mobile data really taking off. If subscribers start embracing messaging, streaming video and Web browsing on cellphones, it will completely overload wireless networks. In a blog post today, Michael Mace, a industry consultant, and...
- External links 2008-12-08
- Mobile Internet Skyrockets In Emerging Markets
- A well-worn saying in the mobile industry is that people in emerging markets will likely experience the Internet first on the phone rather than a PC. Well, it appears that day is fast approaching, reports the WSJ. Interestingly, the evidence comes from well-known companies in the industry, such as...
- External links 2008-12-05
- Clearwire: What's Changing And What's Not With The Close Of The Sprint Nextel Merger
- Clearwire had a lot to be thankful for last week when it announced that its six-month long process of merging with Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel was completed on the day after Thanksgiving. Today, the company provided details on the close, including it's plans for the upcoming months as the...
- External links 2008-12-01
- China To Issue 3G Licenses, Or Not
- Is China gearing up to finally issue its long-awaited 3G licenses? Chinese Industry and Information Technology vice minister Xi Guohua said at the China Mobility International Summit today that the "time is now ripe" for the country to issue 3G licenses, reports China Daily. Xi added that the Chinese...
- External links 2008-11-25
- Mobile Content Bits: DNA Mainio Ad-Funded Plan; GyPSii Supports Nokia; Food Network App
- -- DNA's ad-funded mobile plan: Finnish operator DNA has launched a partially ad-funded mobile tariff to boost usage of MMS and video calls by 3G customers, reports Telecom Paper. The new plan, called DNA Mainio, costs 65 euro cents ($0.85) a month, with marketing messages sent through SMS, MMS...
- External links 2008-11-25
- France Telecom Exclusive Deal To Sell iPhone In France Banned
- In a move that France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) itself has called a "serious blow," France's Competition Council has temporarily suspended the agreement the firm has with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) that lets its French operator Orange sell the iPhone 3G exclusively. The competition watchdog said the ban, which takes effect...
- External links 2008-12-17
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- LIVE: Macworld Keynote Presentation (AAPL)
- With Steve Jobs on the sidelines, expectations were low for today's Macworld keynote. And Apple didn't surprise anyone. Marketing exec Phil Schiller showed off an updated MacBook Pro, announced some changes to iTunes, and unveiled new versions of the company's iLife and iWork software. But nothing new or terribly exciting,...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Apple Responds To FCC Over App Store Policies
- Posted by: Peter Burrows on August 21 Apple just issues a press release, listing its reponses to the FCC's questions about its policies for the App Store. Of special interest to the Feds, as expected, is the supposed refusal to okay Google Voice. Read on for Apple's description of why...
- News items 2009-08-21
- Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked
- Yesterday, around lunchtime, my test model of Nokia N900 arrived at the door. And, with a few hours of sleep interrupt, I've been playing with it ever since. For about 15 hrs. now. So I think it's time to put it away for a while, and share some first impressions...
- News items 2009-10-13
- What Do E-book Readers Need to Catch Fire?
- What Do E-book Readers Need to Catch Fire?RE: What Do E-book Readers Need to Catch Fire?I love books, shop at amazon among other places and download e-books. The issue with Kindle is that it is yet another expensive gadget which is only good at one retailer. If they lower...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-28
- WiMAX: Broadband Without Wires
- In recent years services such as voice telephony (DECT, GSM, etc.), television (point to point links, broadcast, satellite, etc.) and high speed data (WiFi, GPRS, etc.) have been carried on wireless links as well as on copper and fiber optic cables. However these have been designed individually, using different operating...
- White papers 2006-11-15
- Verizon MiFi 2200 Tested, Reviewed, Loved
- A while back we unboxed the Verizon MiFi 2200, a portable 3G modem card that doubles as a Wi-Fi router. Now that I've spent some time with it, I'm ready to render a verdict. It's awesome. Perfect, no, but an incredibly practical tool for...
- Blog posts 2009-05-27
- Key Market Factors: Global Melt-Up, Consolidation or Correction?
- John Furlan submits:Thanks very much to followers and for comments. Factors and ratings below are my opinion of the equity markets’ current views, the “market’s mind,” how it responds to changing expectations of key fundamentals, not my personal views of them. Markets are very dynamic, and risk preferences, time...
- External links 2009-08-09
- Why The BlackBerry Storm Needs Wi-Fi: iPhone Owners Love Theirs (RIMM)
- We've questioned why Research In Motion RIMM omitted wi-fi Internet access in their new BlackBerry Storm -- the phone they're hoping can compete with Apple's AAPL iPhone. And we're going to do it again. Why? Because even though Verizon's VZ official excuses for not including wi-fi on the device --...
- News items 2009-08-07
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