Wireless and Mobile Technology

  • AT&T Begins Wi-Fi Rollout at Starbucks Stores NewsFactor - Fri Apr 25, 4:29 PM ET

    AT&T and Starbucks on Friday announced the beginning of the rollout of AT&T Wi-Fi service at company-operated Starbucks stores, kicking off a nationwide effort that will continue through 2008.

  • A shareholder uses his Blackberry while waiting for the Research In Motion annual meeting to begin in Waterloo, July 17, 2007. (J.P. Moczulski/Reuters)
    Launch of RIM's 3G BlackBerry faces delay: report Reuters - Fri Apr 25, 4:16 PM ET

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Research in Motion shares fell 3 percent on Friday after a Fortune.com story said that a high-speed wireless version of its BlackBerry smartphone for top U.S. phone company AT&T Inc is facing delays.

  • EarthLink To Shut Down New Orleans' Municipal Wi-Fi TechWeb - Fri Apr 25, 3:06 PM ET

    The project goes dark May 18 after the Internet service provider said it was unable to find a buyer.

  • Associated Press Teams Up With Verve Wireless For Mobile News TechWeb - Fri Apr 25, 2:52 PM ET

    The mobile news service will be tailored for smartphones and give users one point of access for local, national, and international news.

  • Apple's 3G iPhone Coming June 9, Analysts Say TechWeb - Fri Apr 25, 2:44 PM ET

    "D-Day for 3G" is expected at Steve Jobs' WWDC keynote, where analysts also expect announcements about a refresh of Apple's laptop line by August and a new iPod line by September.

  • Skype Adds Calling to Mobile Phones PC World - Fri Apr 25, 1:50 PM ET

    Mobile phones gain the ability to receive calls via Skype, and place calls in limited markets, leading to a question as to whether Skype plus cellular still benefits the mobile operators.

  • Samsung Electronics' mobile phones and flat screens are displayed at the company's main office in Seoul April 25, 2008. Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of memory chips, beat forecasts with a 37 percent rise in quarterly profit on stellar performances in flat screens and mobile phones, sending its shares 4 percent higher. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)
    Samsung Elec profit jumps, outlook strong Reuters - Fri Apr 25, 4:27 AM ET

    SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), the world's top maker of memory chips, beat forecasts with a 37 percent rise in quarterly profit on stellar performances in flat screens and mobile phones, sending its shares 4 percent higher.

  • Carl-Henric Svanberg, chief executive of telecom equipment maker Ericsson, gestures during a news conference before the shareholders meeting in Stockholm April 9, 2008. (Fredrik Persson/Scanpix/Reuters)
    Ericsson shares rocket as results tops forecasts Reuters - Fri Apr 25, 10:48 AM ET

    STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Shares in telecom equipment maker Ericsson (ERICb.ST) rocketed by more than a quarter on Friday, their biggest gain in five years, after the company unveiled surprisingly strong first-quarter profits.

  • Samsung Q1 Soars on Strong Displays, Mobile Phones PC World - Fri Apr 25, 1:10 AM ET

    Samsung Electronics posted its strongest profit gain in years in the first quarter as sales of LCD screens and mobile phones...

  • 3G IPhone Due on June 9, Analysts Say PC World - Thu Apr 24, 5:00 PM ET

    The 3G iPhone will be announced June 9, the likely date of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote at the company's Worldwide Developers...

  • Mozilla: Fennec to Revolutionize Mobile Browsing PC World - Thu Apr 24, 5:00 PM ET

    Fennec, the mobile version of the Firefox browser, will simplify and enhance Web browsing on cell phones and usher in an era...

  • Interop: Vettro Mobile App Helps Protect Underground Pipes, Cables TechWeb - Thu Apr 24, 4:20 PM ET

    Vettro 360 for Damage Prevention is built on the same mobile platform used to provide services like coordinating pickup and delivery, field service, and IT service management.

  • NextWave Puts Wireless Spectrum Up For Sale TechWeb - Thu Apr 24, 4:15 PM ET

    The NextWave spectrum consists of 154 Advanced Wireless Service licenses, 30 Wireless Communication Service licenses, and additional Educational Broadband Service and Broadband Radio Service licenses.

  • Cable TV Companies Drop Sprint's Pivot; Still Seek Wireless Options TechWeb - Thu Apr 24, 2:17 PM ET

    The nation's major cable TV companies have pulled out of Sprint's Pivot wireless offering but may work with Sprint and Clearwire on a nationwide WiMax network.

  • Director, writer, actor and producer Spike Lee poses as he arrives at the 6th annual Behind The Lens Award ceremony honoring Lee in Beverly Hills, California March 26, 2008. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)
    Spike Lee teams with Nokia on cell phone movie Reuters - Thu Apr 24, 1:34 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Filmmaker Spike Lee has linked up with Nokia to direct a movie made with cell phone footage from everyday people in what he calls the democratization of film.

  • A Motorola logo is seen on their building at an industrial estate in Singapore April 3, 2008. (Vivek Prakash/Reuters)
    Motorola loss widens, market share slides Reuters - Thu Apr 24, 12:32 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc's quarterly loss widened on weak cell phone sales, signaling further market share losses, especially in North America, to rivals such as LG Electronics Inc (066570.KS), and sending shares down as much as 5 percent.

  • A Nokia CK-300 car kit is seen in an undated handout photo. (Nokia/Handout/Reuters)
    Renault to roll out another Nokia co-branded car Reuters - Thu Apr 24, 12:06 PM ET

    HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's biggest mobile phones maker, said on Thursday it would co-brand a limited edition of Renault Sandero cars in Brazil, fully equipped with Nokia's navigation system and car add-ons.

  • Microsoft's Tellme Releases Mobile Voice Searching for Local Info NewsFactor - Thu Apr 24, 11:45 AM ET

    If your fingers are too slow for you to easily search for local info on your mobile devices, Tellme is offering a solution. Your voice.

  • A hostess holds a prototype of the Google Android mobile by British chip designer ARM during the Mobile World Congress (formerly 3GSM World Congress) in Barcelona, February 11, 2008. (Albert Gea/Reuters)
    Google introduces brand-image ads for phones Reuters - Thu Apr 24, 8:57 AM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Wednesday it has introduced brand-image ads for mobile phones, in a bid to extend beyond the computer-based Web market into the emerging market for advertising on phones.

  • Ad-funded telco reaches 100,000 clients in Britain Reuters - Thu Apr 24, 8:37 AM ET

    HELSINKI (Reuters) - Blyk, a mobile phone service that offers a number of free calls and text messages in return for users accepting advertisements, said on Thursday it had reached 100,000 clients in Britain after six months.

  • Motorola plots its comeback as cellphone icon USATODAY.com - Thu Apr 24, 6:50 AM ET

    SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Talking with Greg Brown, Motorola's new CEO, is a bit like stepping into The Twilight Zone: Both require you to suspend disbelief, at least temporarily, and simply go with the story line.

  • A Japanese woman passes a logo of British Vodafone Group Plc outside its Japanese unit's headquarters in Tokyo in this March 4, 2006 file photo. Vodafone said on Thursday it was linking up with China Mobile and Softbank to help accelerate the commercial deployment of mobile Internet services. (Toshiyuki Aizawa/Reuters)
    Vodafone in venture to boost mobile Internet Reuters - Thu Apr 24, 4:19 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters) - British mobile phone group Vodafone said on Thursday it was linking up with China Mobile and Softbank to help accelerate the commercial deployment of mobile Internet services.

  • Cable companies pull out of Sprint joint venture Reuters - Wed Apr 23, 8:12 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two cable companies said on Wednesday they had exited a wireless phone venture with number-three U.S. wireless company Sprint Nextel Corp.

  • Qualcomm profit up, 2008 view disappoints some Reuters - Wed Apr 23, 7:47 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc posted a higher quarterly profit on Wednesday, boosted by demand for chips in advanced cell phones, but its forecast for the rest of the year fell short of Wall Street expectations.

  • Google Launches Mobile Banner Ads PC World - Wed Apr 23, 7:20 PM ET

    Google joined a handful of other companies by announcing that it is delivering mobile banner ads.

  • Telecom Carriers: 'Phantom' Voice Traffic Costing Billions PC World - Wed Apr 23, 4:50 PM ET

    Some VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) and mobile phone service providers are riding free when connecting to the traditional...

  • Sony Ericsson Sees Softening Demand for Some Phones NewsFactor - Wed Apr 23, 4:32 PM ET

    Sony Ericsson said it shipped 22.3 million mobile handset units in the first quarter of 2008 -- a two percent increase from the year-ago period, but a sharp fall from the 30.8 million units the company moved in the prior quarter.

  • BT Helps Businesses Share Wi-Fi PC World - Wed Apr 23, 4:30 PM ET

    BT Group says it has made adding guest Wi-Fi at a business location quick and easy.

  • Nokia Adds Music Smartphones TechWeb - Wed Apr 23, 4:16 PM ET

    Finnish cell phone vendor battles Apple's iPhone and iTunes with two new XpressMusic smartphones and a recently opened music store.

  • Speech Input, GPS Make Mobile Search Smarter PC World - Wed Apr 23, 3:00 PM ET

    Speech-based search apps and services such as ChaCha, Microsoft's TellMe, and Yahoo's OneSearch cater to the needs of people on the go.

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