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Saturday 31 July, 2010
 

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28 July, 2010
 
  WinARM replaces Wintel as Microsoft signs processor IP deal
  Reading the tea leaves: Q2 smartphone results show everything to play for
  MediaTek’ s LTE pact with DoCoMo could redraw smartphone chip map
  If the OS giants won’t open up, the market will force them
  WAC sets out anti-bitpipe campaign, but Vodafone gives up on carrier devices
  Sprint Nextel still left out of the US’ 3G data party
  Mexican auction sets stage for major 4G push by America Movil
  Ericsson doubles profits, NSN hit by shortages
  Tellabs’ strong quarter still marred by AT&T fears
  HTC brings its own brand to China for first time
  India shows off $35 tablet for universal access
  Juniper buys into enterprise tablet security
  Vodafone promises shake-up despite solid quarter
  Baidu steps up efforts to topple Google in Android
  UltraViolet harnesses cloud for new approach to DRM
  Qualcomm confirms it will exit MediaFLO
  Skype forces AT&T into mVoIP game
  UK auction gets green light at last, for late 2011
  Altair releases TD-LTE reference design
  Worth Noting July 20 2010
 
 
21 July, 2010
 
  NSN wins $7bn LightSquared deal but project still faces high risks
  Markets call for CEO’s head as Nokia braces itself for mixed quarter
  NSN acquires Motorola’s network equipment business
  Success for WP7 will be all about cloud integration
  Qualcomm’s results more indicative than Intel’s storming quarter
  HP, Nokia and Intel step up tablet efforts, even carriers want a share
  Margin concerns and Antennagate shadow Apple’s strong quarter
  Reliance Infotel to choose WiMAX in India after all
  Atheros continues to broaden its platform with Chinese fiber purchase
  Xperia X10 and cost cuts keep Sony Ericsson in profit
  Vodafone cedes to OTT in mapping but O2 takes on VoIP
  Verizon latest to consider carrier challenge to Kindle Store
  fSona latest to push FSO technology at wireless carriers
  Symbian boosts web credentials with Nitobi alliance
  Huawei deal boosts IPWireless’ mobile TV position further
  BT aims to sideline cellcos in UK smart grid
  Bharti brings Indian models to its new African units
  Quartet of cablecos seek Spanish 4G license
  Two carriers trial LTE in Benelux
  Worth Noting July 21 2010
 
 
14 July, 2010
 
  Is quality or quantity the secret to mobile app success?
  Sprint looks to widen its headstart on Verizon with new 4G ventures
  Flexible 4G options reassure operators and boost WiMAX
  NSN to pip Huawei to the post for Motorola Networks?
  Facebook looks to wrongfoot Google in mobile platforms
  Atheros forms alliance to span all Wi-Fi variants
  China starts crackdown on grey market handsets
  ST-Ericsson harnesses partners to speed LTE device silicon
  HTC to launch under its own brand in China
  World mobile connections reach five billion
  Flat rate pricing untenable in 4G world, says IBM
  NTP sues four smartphone makers, Google and Microsoft
  Femtocell pioneer Ubiqusys raises funds
 
 
7 July, 2010
 
  Vendors ride wave as Android 3.0 looms, Google’s gains less clear
  Nokia sells modem business to Renesas, will Intel make a move?
  Wider software strategy key to offset Qualcomm’s margin pressures
  Emblaze and Danger – RIP for two smartphone pioneers
  EU could force Apple to accommodate Flash and Silverlight
  Delays face Indian 3G awards as rows over Chinese kit drag on
  Orange aims to boost its user base by 50% in five years
  DoCoMo throws down open access challenge to Softbank’s iPhone
  Apple promises software fix for iPhone 4 signal woes
  ‘Father of Java’ questions Oracle’s mobile expertise
  Cellcos remain ill-prepared for IPv6 transition
  Motorola names its new companies
  Bluetooth formally adopts low power standard
  EU initiates anti-dumping probe of Chinese modems
  Google bypasses YouTube apps with new mobile site
  Verizon to have LTE in November, iPhone in January?
  3UK changes tack on data caps with One Plan
  HSPA accounts for 17% of European broadband
  LTE trials completed in 800MHz and 1.8GHz
  Clearwire expands WiMAX coverage
 
 
30 June, 2010
 
  Google and Nokia now need to move beyond Android and Symbian
  Softbank and Ubiquisys point to the new femtocell economics
  Droid X, HTC Desire and Galaxy S – the nemesis for iPhone?
  Modules and SIM cards converge for ubiquitous wireless
  Brew looks to emerging markets and app stores for growth
  Samsung first to unveil handset for oPhone 2.0
  Froyo ships at last, but Android not ready for enterprise yet
  Cisco unveils business tablet, will smartphone follow?
  Doubts remain as RIM reports uninspiring results
  Obama commits to doubling US spectrum arsenal
  Skype boosts results for exclusive operators
  Best Buy to launch mobile broadband, possibly WiMAX
  US electronics retailer Best Buy is to launch its own-branded mobile broadband service next month, emulating a strategy adopted by similar firms in Ja
  HP steps in iTunes’ toes with Melodeo acquisition
  ALU boosts Telco 2.0 strategy with ProgrammableWeb
  UK cellcos team for mobile TV trial
  DOCOMO to support wholesale from day one on LTE
  Trouble rumored at Vodafone-O2 UK joint venture
  India needs more spectrum, fast, says GSMA
  Worth Noting June 30 2010
 
 
23 June, 2010
 
  Nokia and Samsung adopt HTC’s anti-Apple formula – price plus variety
  Femto World Summit: eyes on offload and LTE, but don’t forget the apps
  Vodafone gets Russian support to address 360’s challenges
  Satellite spectrum becomes US’ new mobile beachfront
  Google risks OEM wrath with unified Android UI plan
  Fragmented LTE boosts flexible players like Cognovo and Lime
  Are cellco voice models dead, or is HD a way forward?
  Vendors to cash in on Indian 3G, carriers less certain
  Adobe Flash 10.1 steps up Apple challenge as world waits for HTML5
  Icera spearheads new EU probe into Qualcomm
  Is tiered data pricing really necessary? 3 Sweden says no
  Motorola to pump $3bn or more into handset spin-off
  Verizon takes GSMA board seat as LTE turns it global
  WiMAX and Sierra both fight back, riding the M2M wave
  IBM aims to be cellco’s friend in mobile enterprise
  Broadcom buys Innovision for NFC growth
  UK start-up promises rural broadband without DSL
  Ozmo supports new Wi-Fi Direct low power PAN standard
  Developers still confused about WP7 program
  RIM updates App World with carrier billing
  Nook and Kindle caught up in ereader price war
  Vodafone invests in mobile app testing firm
  Indonesia set to permit mobile WiMAX at last
  UK’s WiMAX spectrum holders combine operations
  Wi-Fi roaming alliance becomes standards body
  Italy’s WiMAX plan in doubt as investors fight over Aria
  Worth Noting June 23 2010
 
 
16 June, 2010
 
  Nokia warns on Q2, faces difficult transition until Symbian^3 gains scale
  Reliance Industries could be new wireless powerhouse after Infotel buy
  Under pressure in Europe, Samsung relies on hardware to maintain growth
  NSN gets closer to Cisco in another potential blow to Juniper
  ARM players enhance processes, will Intel re-enter space via Infineon?
  China and Taiwan in far-reaching pact on mobile platforms
  IBM to get serious about mobile enterprise today
  Apple to face antitrust probe in mobile ad market
  Vodafone adds Android to its 360 apps platform
  Murdoch and Starbucks work out how to make money from wireless content
  Ericsson claims lead in essential patents for LTE
  Toshiba and Fujitsu could merge cellphone units
  Have certification delays killed enterprise Wi-Fi voice?
  US public safety groups team up against FCC plan
  CDMA450 looks for stronger presence in Latin America
  German regulator opposes cellco consolidation
  picoChip adds $20m to consolidate femtocell lead
  Huawei to supply Wind Italy’s next generation network
  Colombia gains fourth cellco, looking to LTE
  WiMAX Forum promises enhanced 16e performance this year
  Worth Noting June 16 2010
 
 
9 June, 2010
 
  For the first time, iPhone goes on the defensive with fourth model
  Linaro aims to counter Intel arguments that ARM/Linux is fragmented
  The battle for TDD networks will not be decided by one or two carriers
  Tellabs could be hit by AT&T slowdown at critical juncture
  Sprint and TMo could gain advantage as AT&T ends unlimited data
  Computex: Tablets and multiscreen platforms are stars of the show
  AT&T joins Etisalat and MTN in chasing Reliance stake
  Would Clearwire be wise to offset Harbinger with spectrum sale?
  picoChip uses femtocells to address ‘signalling storm’
  Can Microsoft gain WP7 momentum in Apple’s week?
  Symbian’s Chinese ties get stronger with Baidu ‘box computing’ deal
  Wi-Fi vendors chase high definition video gold
  RAN and spectrum sharing on the rise round the world
  MIPS will be in commercial handsets next year, says the firm
  Arch Rock releases IP software stack for smart meter chips
  Greystripe gets Flash ads onto the iPhone by the back door
  Latest Leap-MetroPCS merger talks hit impasse
  Telia expands LTE into Finland, DoCoMo makes progress
  Worth Noting June 9 2010
 
 
2 June, 2010
 
  String of acquisitions push Google into heart of IP voice and video
  oPhone seeks international base, but could fragment Android further
  Politics of interference may scupper US free broadband again
  How much will the lack of a gigahertz phone hurt Motorola’s dream?
  Third parties accelerate OS agenda for Google and Nokia
  Does it matter that Apple is now bigger than Microsoft?
  Microsoft projects aim to get close to Chrome OS
  HP wants to use webOS to drive its printers
  Asian 4G developing rapidly but in fragmented pattern
  Cisco aims to be on both sides of the meter in the smart grid
  Symantec brings security suite to mobile devices
  Quantenna pushes 4x4 MIMO into in-home network race
  Google extends Buzz to broad phone base
  Icera gains Vodafone modem deal
  Is Cisco looking to buy Bridgewater or Openet?
  Nokia looks for successor to RFID tags
 
 
26 May, 2010
 
  Google needs to rethink Chrome OS to dominate the multiscreen cloud
  Maps, mail, federated ID – but no advertising in Nokia-Yahoo pact
  LTE or not LTE? No easy answers until devices are readily available
  New structure but no new thinking for Microsoft’s mobile arm
  Indian auction leaves no operator with a national 3G license
  BSNL bars Chinese vendors from GSM expansion deal
  German spectrum auction ends but prices low
  Three more carriers to support LiMO this year
  IBM and MediaTek show first fruits of 60GHz pact
  Sybase and McAfee address key mobile enterprise issues
  New iPhone due on June 7, AT&T raises ETF
  Carriers can make profit on the bitpipe, say vendor studies
  Anger mounts as FCC questions wireless competitiveness
  T-Mobile USA shuts down developer program
  Vodafone may sell out in Egypt
  US cellcos the latest in CSIRO’s patents firing line
  Vodacom to sell stake in iBurst
  Worth Noting May 26 2010
 
 
19 May, 2010
 
  Price pressures drive new world order in mobile basebands and processors
  AT&T’s U-turn on HSPA upgrade reflects new cellco realities
  Proprietary smartphone platforms killing the Google dream, for now at least
  Patent power in LTE increasingly lies in Asia
  Mobility drives SAP’s purchase of Sybase, will HP jump in?
  New balance of power in Japan as users convert to smartphones
  Cisco purchase brings tablet UI and consumer design
  India’s big three cellcos triumph as 3G sale ends
  Emerging markets increasingly vital to European cellcos
  Network sharing is a mixed blessing for small carriers
  China Mobile prepares last round of 3G awards
  Korea’s Ace buys into remote radio head growth
  Nokia aims to set smartphone-to-car standard
  Qualcomm resurrects Lifecomm mobile health unit
  Prepaid must consolidate, says MetroPCS
  Sprint to ship EVO WiMAX phone on June 4
  Anyfi aims to open up home Wi-Fi, FON-style
 
 
12 May, 2010
 
  Nokia chief focuses latest organization on integrated smartphones
  iPad goes international just as iPhone loses some of its luster
  Nokia steps up pressure on Apple with iPad suit
  Developers turn against app stores, Motorola and Google look for new model
  Indian 3G bubble will have knock-on effect on BWA auction
  Clearwire limbers up for Verizon showdown, won’t switch platform
  Unified 60GHz media standard comes closer
  New Maps and Life Tools efforts drive Nokia forward
  European standard mooted for flexible base stations
  Supply chain problems drag ALU down
  Sprint is lone voice supporting FCC on broadband
  Aruba buys Azalea to target industrial mesh market
  UK’s largest cellco is ‘Everything, Everywhere’
  TNZ launches MVNO program, could ALU compensation
  Sprint shakes up prepaid brands to consolidate lead
  Operator News in Brief May 12 2010
  3 Denmark scores in 2.5GHz auction
  Mobile broadband in Brief May 12 2010
  Worth Noting May 12 2010
 
 
5 May, 2010
 
  WAC gains handset support but business model remains vague
  HP’s takeover of Palm is all about the new web device market
  Tablet market key to three-way battle of Intel, ARM and MIPS
  Microsoft pursues OS that brings vast PC apps base into mobile world
  Handset mid-tier volatile as RIM enters big five
  Google and Apple can even fall out over the mobile shift to HTML5
  Share costs and enter new markets: Euro-cellcos’ recipe for recession
  Sprint Nextel loses ‘only’ 578,000 postpaid users in Q1
  Atheros aims for Wi-Fi/powerline standard
  EU antitrust proposals push for openness on patent royalties
  Indian operators oppose bar on buying Chinese equipment
  Microsoft and Nokia launch first unified app
  IPWireless pushes TD-CDMA one last time, at rural cellcos
  Rhomobile joins cross-platform fray with enterprise focus
  Nokia makes everyone an Ovi programmer
  Alvarion eyes services and WiMAX rebound amid Q1 decline
  Intel may invest in WiMAX ventures in India and Korea
 
 
28 April, 2010
 
  Microsoft’s Android patent claims disrupt mobile OS world again
  Vodafone kills Nexus One dream as pressure mounts on Google
  DoCoMo seeks global impact with new device platform
  Apple’s quarter shines, but Nokia needs to focus on other challengers
  In 2010, ZTE aims to emulate Huawei’s leap up the wireless ranks
  New devices to balance postpaid slowdown at Verizon and AT&T
  Wi-Fi roaming part of bigger cableco united front
  Google battles to catch Facebook’s mobile platform moves
  Atom slowdown shadows Intel’s strong Q1
  US broadcasters plan national mobile content network
  Orascom in talks to sell African units to MTN
  German and Indian auctions beating revenue targets
  LTE hits from ALU, in core network and 700MHz
  Bluetooth and HomePlug updates get closer to Wi-Fi
  IPWireless partners with Sony on 4G innovation
  RIM extends enterprise fixed/mobile platform
  European iPad delayed for a month
  Group seeks standard for sharing HD video with phones
  Myriad boosts Telefonica’s social platform
  Unconventional services drive O2’s fightback
  NSN gains £400m contract with Europe’s largest shared RAN
  ALU in second green initiative this year
  Vodafone could use WiMAX in India
  LTE could take seven years in Taiwan, says regulator
  Softbank considers three 2.5GHz options
  Worth Noting April 28 2010
 
 
14 April, 2010
 
  WiMAX players announce two initiatives to sideline TD-LTE
  Vodafone lures developers to fulfil 360’s strategic potential
  HTC and ZTE linked to Palm, but who needs webOS now?
  Apple derails Adobe’s iPhone plans; next step litigation?
  Microsoft Kin: not a smartphone, but pitched at the new media/cloud space
  Content providers must do their bit for strong mobile experience, say carriers
  Auction round-up: India, Germany and the UK
  Verizon CEO questions the spectrum famine
  Orange could spend €7bn as African consolidation mounts
  Vodafone merger not compelling, says Verizon
  Apple-Google war spreads to ads, but Apple may hand its rival antitrust victory
  Vodafone adopts Opera for emerging markets
  Wi-Lan on patent warpath again, over Bluetooth
  Google and Nokia make mobile web acquisitions
  Nokia brings DRM-free music to China
  China Telecom may bid for Hong Kong spectrum
  3 UK latest to jump on in-car hotspot bandwaggon
  Motorola chases stimulus funds for public safety project
  Chinese users resistant to 3G’s charms
  Singapore may bring forward 4G auctions
  Worth Noting April 14 2010
 
 
7 April, 2010
 
  iPad launches , but the key tablet battle is Chrome vs MeeGo
  Apple’s Intrinsity alliance further shakes up mobile processor market
  Huawei paving way to bid for Motorola’s networks arm?
  Comcast ruling puts broadband plan in limbo
  Vendors must learn from cellcos to avoid network crashes
  Ericsson backs LTE in India, would Clearwire really switch?
  Orange partners with OpenX to challenge Google AdSense
  RIM’s Q4 robust, but it’s vulnerable to the rush to the midrange
  Google buys Episodic for YouTube and Android video
  Frameworx aims to bring order to chaos of carrier back office
  Rhapsody launches Android app to mark its spin-off
  Ericsson scores another huge deal, this one in India
  Orange launches Boston Android phone for €1
  Verizon and AT&T fight FCC’s mobile satellite provisions
  Woosh and Vivid look to WiMAX for turnaround down under
 
 
2 April, 2010
 
  Harbinger seeks to be fourth 4G powerhouse with its satellite spectrum
  Ericsson’s $1.8bn Chinese win throws spotlight on flexible base stations
  CTIA: Nokia sets out US plan of attack, but goofs with Novarra purchase
  CTIA: Sprint’s capacity and headstart vs VZW’s scale
  CTIA Wireless retrospective: our top five themes
  Vodafone mulls future of Verizon Wireless, but US exit is a long shot
  Inukshuk boosts WiMAX spectrum horde with Craig buy
  Apple latest: Indian rematch, and iPhone HD in CDMA flavour
  Samsung Galaxy S: the phone as full content platform
  Qualcomm ups Q2 forecast on strong chip sales
  America Movil’s massive debt offering points to expansion
  Silicon start-ups get their big break from femtocell boom
  Verizon’s V Cast Store knocks App World off Storm’s homescreen
  Bharti finalizes purchase of Zain Africa
  Samsung claims first LTE phone, for MetroPCS
  KPN seeks to block Dutch 2.6GHz auction
  GE uses WiMAX in second major smart grid project
  Intel strikes deal to boost WiMAX in Korea
 
 
24 March, 2010
 
  TNZ conjures up carriers’ worst fears – data storms and outsourcing risks
  Vendors tap video boom, but squeezed between Google and ‘carrier iTunes’
  AT&T throws Palm a crumb of comfort, but not a lifeline
  Study: femtocells cut 4G capex even when fully subsidized
  By setting its lawyers on HTC not Palm, Apple may bring Microsoft into play
  International players hunt Indian BWA licenses, but 3G stays at home
  CTIA: HTC is the handset stand-out with WiMAX and Android
  Like Mobile World Congress, CTIA Wireless is not a gadget show, but new handsets still draw the headlines. Most of the US and Asian vendors have shown
  Browser wars: Mozilla dumps Windows, Opera on Brew
  Equipment market will be hit by slowing of Chinese 3G build-out
  Ericsson to acquire control of LG-Nortel
  MediaTek takes number two baseband spot
  Google and Apple: social nets the next face-off
  Yahoo scores over Google again, with Telefonica
  Java apps ‘unlocked’ for Android
  Qualcomm adds LTE and embedded devices to Gobi roadmap
  FCC could start D Block sale process this summer
  WiMAX Forum calls UK government to license TDD spectrum early
  Worth Noting March 24 2010
 
 
17 March, 2010
 
  Alcatel-Lucent shows a confident hand in its key areas – packet core and apps
  Qualcomm makes a bold move for TD-LTE with Indian spectrum plan
  Microsoft aims for Apple-style control on the phone
  Nokia faces up to grey market problem, slashing its own share estimates
  FCC’s National Broadband Plan pledges 500MHz of new spectrum
  MicroUnity unleashes patent suits on 22 mobile giants
  All three mobile broadband platforms gain upgrades and US expansion
  Hearst apps strategy – not too late to charge for mobile content
  Android racing ahead, but Motorola and carriers limit Google’s power
  Cloud services boost AT&T’s midrange smartphone bid
  AirWalk to demonstrate LTE picocell at CTIA show
  Ericsson opens Taiwan office to support CE expansion
  ZigBee and Wi-Fi join forces in smart home market
  Vodafone closes Wayfinder as navigation goes free
  Verizon deploys MiFi to outwit AT&T on iPad
  LTE handsets by mid-2011, says Verizon
  Rostelecom is main winner in Russia’s 4G auction
  Softbank gets 2.5GHz spectrum via Willcom rescue pla
  Towerstream expands in Chicago and Nashville
  WiMAX and Wi-Fi in Brief March 17 2010
  Worth Noting March 17 2010
 
 
10 March, 2010
 
  Cisco’s promise to “change the internet” goes well beyond its new router
  Brand wars get even more complex in the mass smartphone market
  TMo deal and wider platform plans start to justify Nokia’s Navteq buy
  Metaswitch boosts wireless service platform with AppTrigger buy
  Games are key focus for giants’ hardware and software advances
  No media hub from Cisco this time, Qualcomm eyes the potential
  Qualcomm aims to take advantage of wireless chip consolidation
  Wi-Lan eyes Nortel patent hoard
  Seven gets serious about Australian WiMAX
  Apple may have modified iPhone for China Wi-Fi
  Start-Up Watch: HD home networks and wireless cloud score funds
  Slate wars start, and Kindle may get full browser
  Belgian cablecos plan wireless strategies
  Vodafone cuts a further 375 UK jobs
  BSNL cancels GSM mega-contract
  O2 jumps on mobile health bandwaggon
  Operator News in Brief March 10 2010
  Verizon touts average LTE speeds of 5-12Mbps
  DragonWave gets first LTE pilot
  GSM decline offset 3G growth in 2009
  WiMAX2 to go mainstream in 2012
  Wireless projects given low priority in stimulus round one
  WiMAX and Wi-Fi in Brief March 10 2010
  Worth Noting March 10 2010
 
 
3 March, 2010
 
  LiMO supports operator software drive, but Vodafone 360 will be litmus test
  Orange backs MeeGo to support its three-screen content strategy
  Apple sues HTC, possibly spearheading broader assault on Android
  Cisco to exit WiMAX market, but Navini leaves its mark
  No upgrades from WinMo 6.5, as Microsoft limits new OS to three designs
  Samsung targets 30% share in Europe, as midrange war starts in earnest
  Clearwire results show strong progress, but Mexican venture in jeopardy
  AT&T improves network significantly, looks to new pricing models
  Skepticism greets FCC chief’s spectrum promises
  Contrasting 2009 fortunes for European and MEA carriers
  End in sight for Palm as forecasts cut?
  CeBIT: gestures and natural user interfaces proliferate
  Novatel falls on weak forecast
  Freescale to enable sub-$150 ereaders
  Scribd targets ‘social publishing’ at broad ereader market
  3G rules and new charges hit Indian cellcos two ways
  Icera deploys LTE modem in software
  LTE and HSPA+ in Brief March 3 2010
  BSNL brings WiMAX to urban India
  WiMAX and Wi-Fi in Brief March 3 2010
  Worth Noting March 3 2010
 
 
24 February, 2010
 
  The capacity crunch: are carriers addressing the wrong issue?
  Cisco a powerful force for new-style carriers, but under pressure in routers
  EU probe into Google will have repercussions in mobile
  IMS back on the cellcos’ agenda, but they want an easy road
  Amazon’s patent deal with Microsoft may point to ‘Kindle-pad’
  AT&T to balance its LTE lag with simple upgrade paths
  SIM cards and modules bring new carrier controlled functions to phones
  Vodafone Spain tests HSPA as competitor to DSL
  Sprint to get WiMAX handset this summer, Verizon may move early with LTE
  Palm shares slump - poor Verizon sales?
  ARM targets smart grid while MIPS targets ARM
  Two app stores merge to form number three behind Apple and Go
  Flash is power hog says Apple, in latest spat with Adobe
  Google adds mobility to its Buzz social platform
  Ericsson widens market lead, NSN gets second place back from Huawei
  Freescale targets 4G base stations with latest DSP
  WiMAX scores second major win in Chinese LTE heartland
 
 
22 February, 2010
 
  Mobile World Congress 2010: the carriers fight back
  MeeGo, bada, new Brew – the smartphone software market fragments further
  Carriers hit back hard against Google and the bitpipe
  LTE trials pile up as WiMAX seeks new position as cellco’s friend
  Huawei shows first triple-mode LTE modem
  LTE-Advanced specs to be published in March 2011
  GSMA endorses OneVoice initiative for LTE voice
  Femtocells offer newcomers entry to the 4G supply chain
  Nokia to launch Snapdragon phone as processor wars heat up again
  Mass market smartphones key trend, but Android big hitters still shine
  Mobile World Congress almost became a device show for a couple of years, when budgets were flowing freely and the big vendors were splashing out on bi
  Brightcove switches to mobile, on the back of Adobe Flash 10.1
  Motorola confirms break-up, may still sell Networks
  Alcatel-Lucent makes rare profit, but falls on reduced outlook
  RIM reaches out to new users with free BlackBerry server software
 
 
10 February, 2010
 
  Packet core, femtos and data offload – Cisco and Juniper push carrier hot buttons
  Android shows how far Linux is fragmenting, can open Symbian do better?
  AT&T goes with Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent for LTE
  MediaTek-Microsoft alliance highlights the new shape of low cost smartphones
  MWC 2010: what will be the key themes in Barcelona?
  Tablets and cloudbooks to hit 60m units, but as cannibal devices
  T-Mobile USA, Telefonica and Zain all in M&A rumors
  Graphics and m-payments head ARM’s anti-Intel display
  Apple restricts location ads as iPhone model goes on defensive
  DragonWave pledges spectral efficiency to breach European fortress
  Opera extends midrange reach with Huawei browser deal
  Ericsson and picoChip put 3G in home devices
  Smartphone specialists in acquisition rumors
  Nujira forms industry alliance and eyes femtocells
  Siri puts virtual PA on iPhone
  Amazon buys Touchco, Kindle media players in the works?
  Vodafone issues improved outlook for fiscal year
  Indian 3G delayed, but TRAI launches LTE consultation
  Alcatel-Lucent eyes GSM refarming with SDR product
  LTE patent pool effort still torn between three competing bodies
  Ip.access releases Femtocell Developer Kit
  Alvarion sets up WiMAX test lab in Taiwan
  WiMAX and HSPA see strong growth, in different patterns
  Worth Noting February 10 2010
 
 
3 February, 2010
 
  Nokia sees impressive Q4 rebound, then unleashes the price war
  Mergers, reunions and break-ups: the UK mobile market transforms
  Android community chases Apple’s user experience ‘magic’
  Auctions must be decoupled to release brakes on mobile broadband
  AT&T wireline resilient, but its investment priority has to be wireless
  ARM promises new processors and better 2010 results
  Clearwire gains market confidence as others eye its multi-provider model
  DoCoMo plans dramatic shift to SIM-only plans
  Cisco weighs in on smart grid aspects of US broadband plan
  Nokia Siemens falls further behind Huawei with 18% sales drop
  Spidercloud and ip.access target wireless enterprise
  OK Labs and Citrix turn the phone into a web PC
  DoCoMo pushes ahead of the market on LTE devices
  Worth Noting February 3 2010
 
 
27 January, 2010
 
  Apple plays it safe with iPad, refusing to shift the goalposts
  Verizon’s results highlight huge dependence on mobile data
  No surprise, but Telia’s LTE network isn’t as fast as promised
  Oracle-Sun merger cleared: mobile impact slow burning but serious
  Maps and emerging markets: Nokia’s biteback at Android
  Ericsson suffers 92% profits drop but maintains lead over Huawei
  Softbank could get 4G by the back door with Willcom rescue plan
  Updated Palm phones are the latest to double as portable hotspots
  Motorola latest on legal bandwaggon, suing RIM
  Cellcos launch new inhouse brands to target new markets
  Vivendi looks to enter “hyper-competitive” Indian market
  Technologies that will turn up in this year’s smartphones?
  INQ prepares to expand into US and Asia
  Microsoft: two WinMo 7s and an Apple search deal?
  Opera buys into mobile advertising to monetize browser
  Second time around, BSNL selects WiMAX partners
  WiMAX and Wi-Fi in Brief January 27 2010
  Worth Noting January 27 2010
 
 
20 January, 2010
 
  Could Samsung and LiMO turn Google’s China row to advantage?
  Could Motorola’s Android Shadow double as Nexus Two?
  Apple versus Nokia: content model will be key to the outcome
  Ovi Store for Maemo:
  Nokia’s latest patent:
  Amdocs aims to transform carriers, and itself, with ‘customer experience platform’
  Midrange is new handset hotbed, as US carriers’ new plans show
  Intel’s strong Q4 doesn’t mask its uphill battle for low power markets
  3 Scandinavia and Telstra in tussle for HSPA+ leadership
  Sprint and Clearwire could tap WalMart and Google for WiMAX expansion
  Vodafone revs up UK femtocell program
  Carlos Slim to create Latin American quad play powerhouse
  Indonesia first with latest CDMA release, but sticks to older WiMAX
  Ericsson’s key services business gets new chief
  Motorola puts sale of networks arm on hold, reports say
  Satellite sidelined in new round of US stimulus awards?
  Apple seeks to block Nokia imports, Nokia scores in Europe
  WirelessHD standard makes progress, driven by SiBeam
  Orange extends its MVNE deal with Transatel
  O2 comes full circle with fixed voice services
  Operator News in Brief:
  Russia to auction 2.3GHz spectrum but obstacles remain
  Full Spectrum brings WiMAX to smart grids
  WiMAX and Wi-Fi in Brief:
  Worth Noting:
 
 
13 January, 2010
 
  AT&T cuts iPhone umbilical cord, as mobile software fragments again
  Symbian 3 due next month, WinMo 7 may be way behind
  Souped-up iPhone could appear as early as April
  Four OSs and over 30 models lead LG’s smartphone charge
  Can Intel really make it back into the smartphone market?
  GSMA research shows why carriers shouldn’t ignore 2.6GHz auctions
  NSN elbows into Telia’s LTE deal:
  Bell Labs leads push for thousandfold energy reduction in telecoms
  Clearwire and Sprint expand their business models with WiMAX
  Google’s Nexus angers users, developers and even Android vendors
  Bharti expands in Bangladesh and app stores, but still waiting for 3G
  TransferJet on the verge of commercial reality
  ETRI action sees IPR balance of power shifting in Korea’s favor
  MetroPCS’ slowdown points to the bursting of the flat rate bubble
  CES: round-up of the latest ereaders and tablets
  Verizon points to usage-based pricing for LTE
  All three carriers must work to boost TD-SCDMA, says China
  DoCoMo promises lightweight phones with multiband amp
  Kineto moves into carrier offload
  Stoke wins LTE gateway deal at DoCoMo
  Ericsson buys Italian integrator to boost services
  Gemini increases R&D to tap into huge Indian WiMAX opportunity
 
 
6 January, 2010
 
  Nexus One may carry the seeds of Android’s destruction
  Mobile data offload is essential, whether vendors like it or not
  CES: Tablets and smartbooks take center stage
  CES: Sprint and Clearwire bring WiMAX to the CE world
  Nokia takes on Apple, but Samsung is the real threat
  Google and Apple go to war on apps and ads, as well as phones
  Telefonica buys Jajah for Telco 2.0 strategy at O2
  DoCoMo turns to remote radio heads for LTE strategy
  Bluetooth standard gains low energy mode
  Quantenna puts in its bid for the wireless home with reference design
  Palm’s awful quarter in sad contrast to a buoyant Q3 at RIM
  Nortel’s break-up almost over, Huawei rubs salt in the wound
  Qualcomm loses COO to Memjet
  Free gets fourth 3G license in France and could trigger price war
  Vodafone strengthens Turkish arm with backhaul buy
  Operator News in Brief January 6 2010
  Indian 3G auction pushed back to February
  W-CDMA base stations to drive market for years
  Huawei beats Ericsson in Sweden
  LTE and HSPA+ in Brief January 6 2010
  Taiwan’s WiMAX operators likely to consolidate
  WiMAX and Wi-Fi in Brief January 6 2010
  Worth Noting January 6 2010
 
 
16 December, 2009
 
  Google ‘mobile lab’ highlights Android conflicts; LiMO should exploit them
  LTE gets first live network, WiMAX adds India – both face big 2010 challenges
  Prepare for stand-off at the top, as Nokia and Samsung load their weapons
  Nortel is gone, Motorola could break into four: a year of turmoil in networks
  T-Mobile kicks off femto interoperability tests, Ubiquisys turns to software
  BSNL goes live with first Mobile WiMAX network in India
  Sony Ericsson supports Java as the antidote to fragmentation
  TeliaSonera – first live LTE network:
  Apple countersues Nokia on 13 patent counts
  Two more candidates vye for wireless HD video standard
  Wireless and TV sectors in uneasy truce on spectrum inventory
  Broadcom ups the ante in mobile multimedia processors
  Synaptics’ concept ‘squeeze-phone’ brings touch to all surfaces
  Opera offers cross-platform UI to OEMs, Fennec coming up behind
  Nokia and Samsung both invest in Swype
  Cellcos ride out recession with cutbacks, but these can’t last
  AT&T sounds deathknell for unlimited data plans
  Operator News in Brief December 16 2009
  India insists 3G auction will be on time, may act against tariff war
  LTE and HSPA+ in Brief December 16 2009
  Spanish WiMAX contract is ZTE’s largest ever European deal
  WiMAX and Wi-Fi in Brief December 16 2009
  Worth Noting December 16 2009
 
 
2 December, 2009
 
  Capital Markets Day: Handsets will grow 10% in 2010, but Nokia will be a firm in transition
  Google looks beyond Android for magic mix of openness and control
  Clearwire’s end of year report card: Stage set for scores of partnerships at home and abroad
  India gives clues to the wireless vendors’ new landscape
  LTE will create more silicon shake-up, and chances for WiMAX players
  Nortel GSM buys fills voice switching gap for Ericsson
  Sale of Japan’s Willcom could signal final death of PHS
  Spanish cablecos could form Clearwire-style group in 2.6GHz
  Tele2 is frontrunner to go national at Russia’s new auctions
  Nokia joins AT&T in suing LCD display makers for alleged cartel
  Philips and Vodafone step up mobile healthcare efforts
  Kroes takes on Europe’s digital agenda as new telecoms laws approved
  Access Linux appears in first phone, LiMO may be its best hope
  FCC chief calls for more spectrum and new funds for broadband
  Baidu to challenge Google with preloaded search engine
  Microsoft pushes mobile store concept to enterprise with Pinpoint
  Orascom eyes midsized merger, Bouygues says ‘non’
  O2 launches personalized mobile ads service
  International players pour funds into India
  Operator News in Brief December 2 2009
  China’s 3G spend to hit $6.3bn this year, down slightly in 2010
  Lenovo buys back its mobile arm for new cellphone assault
  Decouple WiMAX and 3G auctions in India, says Forum
  US broadband stimulus awards delayed again
  3Com’s new WLan range complicates HP deal
  WiMAX and Wi-Fi in Brief December 2 2009
  Worth Noting December 2 2009
 
 
25 November, 2009
 
  Flat rates out, premium user experience in: cellcos prepare their defense
  Single OS dream is dead – cloudbooks and phones have contrasting needs
  European Union and Ericsson abandon actions against Qualcomm
  Google and the chipmakers aim to harness mobile multicore
  Ericsson vs Huawei: US, financing and LTE are this month’s battles
  ZigBee and Z-Wave in smart grid stand-off, with Wi-Fi the wild card
  More upheaval expected among the US’ six main cellcos
  Nokia and Infineon work on gigabit MID silicon designs
  Murdoch enlists Microsoft in fight against Google and free content
  iPhone spreads its wings but anger with App Store mounts
  Sony Ericsson sticks with Android, hits Satio problems
  RadioFrame: ahead of its time in the mobile enterprise
  Finland auctions 4G spectrum, but Germany’s plans hit legal barrier
  Ovi Store gains momentum but Sony plans its own mobile shopfront
  Is the Wi-Fi Flip Cisco’s first step to a smartphone?
  SFR goes live with femtocells, rejects quad play
  Indian price war mounts, auction could be delayed again
  Operator News in Brief November 25 2009
  Alcatel-Lucent first to complete LTE data call at 800MHz
  Korea adopts new band plan to boost WiBro
  Sequans gets Motorola and ALU support for R&D push
  WiMAX and Wi-Fi in Brief November 25 2009
  Wireless Watch November 25 2009
 
 
16 November, 2009
 
  Wireless vendors in further turmoil; will Motorola exit infrastructure?
  Qualcomm remains patent leader in LTE; signs big three phonemakers
  Ericsson to use Redback acquisition for LTE core challenge
  Interoperability and reference designs – femtocells get ready for volume
  Qualcomm to launch TD-SCDMA and TD-LTE next year
  Carrier Wi-Fi enjoys revival in broadband access and utilities
  Qualcomm focuses on LTE and HSPA+, but CDMA soldiers on
  CDMA group focuses on 3G survival and new markets
  Amimon shifts focus to Wi-Fi as Sony drops it for WirelessHD
  Google’s new programming language will target mobile world
  Weather balloons no longer a crazy idea for rural coverage
  3 is latest to adopt traffic shaping for data explosion
  Silicon Image eyes new opportunities in all-in-one smartphones
  Microsoft loses more mobile share, RIM looks resilient
  HD voice comes to Android, but can it really save voice revenues?
  Wireless will be key overlap area in HP-3Com merger
  Android reduces value of Microsoft’s search alliance with Verizon
  Flurry says Droid is fastest selling Android phone to date
  Nokia unveils a low cost DVB-H phone at last
  China Mobile and Claro Brazil launch Dell’s first phone
  Telcos are failing to innovate, says Accenture
  Operator News in Brief November 18 2009
  India aims to open new bands “quickly” after January auctions
  Samsung sees WiMAX as its chance to be an infrastructure leader
  UK begins consultation on white spaces spectrum
  Worth Noting November 18 2009
  WiMAX and Wi-Fi in Brief November 18 2009
 
 
11 November, 2009
 
  Samsung’s Bada: why does the OS matter in the smartphone mass market?
  What becomes of MontaVista’s handset strategy after Cavium buy?
  Google intrudes further on the cellco’s business with AdMob and Gizmo5 buys
  Huawei gets Telenor LTE deal, but Cisco may be the real winner
  One Voice initiative looks to make IMS more usable for LTE
  Vodafone’s stable results achieved with cost cutting not services
  Samsung deal boosts Qualcomm’s rocky Korean fortunes
  Vodafone and BT create platforms in the cloud
  Death of TMo’s myFaves is more than the end of a calling option
  Clearwire gets a further $1.5bn as it sticks to aggressive coverage plan
  Financing, franchises, leasing – the cellco’s changing vendor relationship
  Consolidation looms as Indian cellcos resort to per-second billing
  Huawei, ALU and even Intel may eye Indian equipment ventures
  Could mobile satellite operators provide FCC with the spectrum it needs?
  Google calls for open spectrum rules, enabled by OFDM
  RIM and Palm try to dilute the downsides of single-vendor OSs
  Mobility should strengthen Cisco’s UC challenge to Microsoft
  Qualcomm to debut first smartbook platform tomorrow
  Data caps could give RIM a new day in the smartphone sun
  HTC’s HD2 with internal router is latest bid to revive 2010 fortunes
  Tower sharing could cut cellco costs by $8bn in MEA
  Operator News in Brief November 11 2009
  Alvarion shares rise on strong WiMAX outlook despite cautious Q3
  WiMAX and Wi-Fi in Brief November 11 2009
  Worth Noting November 11 2009
 
 
4 November, 2009
 
  Google gets its place in the sun with carriers, Nokia courts AT&T
  Strong Android phones, but will this be enough for Motorola and SEMC?
  Start-ups Spidercloud and AirHop eye carriers’ shift to small cells
  BT Ribbit highlights a non-Google option for carriers in Voice 2.0
  ALU focuses on vision as loss quadruples, NSN more pragmatic
  Atheros targets high and low end of 11n market with 2010 line-up
  Orange adds to TD-LTE hopes of a global ecosystem
  Juniper goes it alone for packet core with universal edge approach
  Novatel’s MiFi opportunity may have a short shelf life
  New licenses and MVNO deals mark a new start for WiBro
  Bluetooth SIG transfers affections from UWB to 60GHz
  Indonesian Life Tools launch shows Nokia’s real differentiator
  Verizon Wireless supports touch optimized Microsoft Bing
  CDMA body joins 3GPP on road to 4G
  HSPA and LTE in Brief November 4 2009
  Augere raises funds to step up international WiMAX push
  Intel could take part in Indian spectrum bid with major cellco
  Cablevision talks up the Wi-Fi option for quad play
  WiMAX in Brief November 4 2009
  Worth Noting November 4 2009
 
 
28 October, 2009
 
  Symbian releases open kernel and signs key carriers for Horizon
  M&A: Amdocs and Tellabs target new-look cellco supply chain
  Nokia sues Apple for patent infringement, will others follow?
  Verizon and AT&T look to new networks and quad play for future growth
  Google pushes free model into navigation and music, more to come
  Google’s latest spectrum venture could be in India
  Marvell Armada and ARM’s Sparrow up the ante against Atom
  Recession hits Ericsson at last, but ZTE looks immune
  US carriers set for holiday smartphone stand-off
  picoChip extends femtocell’s reach to outdoor and rural networks
  US net neutrality plans faces opposition, but Europe avoids the issue
  LG phone sales soar, HTC adopts new global branding
  Vendors vye to outdo one another in LTE ‘world firsts’
  Mobile flat at Microsoft, Zune to come to WinMo 7
  Netbook bundling could open the back door for US mobile TV
  Level 3 adds to wave of new options for US wireless backhaul
  Clearwire to hit target of 25 live markets this year
  First white spaces network live in Virginia
 
 
21 October, 2009
 
  After Q3 problems, Nokia moves CFO to sourcing: watch for chip changes
  RAD: Operators ready for Carrier Ethernet, to address LTE ‘intelligence crunch’
  Will Google really create a ‘gPhone’ to wrongfoot Apple?
  Ericsson results may highlight NSN’s weakness as Nokia takes huge writedown
  New hopes for WiMAX as UK makes rules for 2.6GHz and 3.5GHz
  Samsung preserves proprietary OS with multiplatform store for carriers
  IDT sale plan shows new interest in LMDS for mobile backhaul
  Spotify ties with 3 to shake up mobile content market further
  Off-grid mobile charging to power $2.3bn opportunity
  Bluetooth Low Energy to reach handsets in 2010
  Ericsson signs Chinese partner to boost social nets strategy
  Verizon follows AT&T into the quad play
  Sprint acquires last affiliate to end lawsuits
  Chinese operators’ profits hit by marketing costs
  Operator News in Brief October 21 2009
  Vendor labs already look towards LTE Advanced
  Airvana says smartphones, not dongles, are the danger for mobile networks
  Clearwire ratings boosted as Time Warner Cable announces launch
  WiMAX in Brief October 21 2009
  Worth Noting October 21 2009
 
 
14 October, 2009
 
  Mobile Linux choices proliferate as fragmentation risk mounts
  Cisco buys Starent, boosting 4G strategy and outsmarting Juniper
  Is smartphone differentiation all about software? Samsung says no
  Atom boosts Intel again, but it has uphill battle against ARM
  Marvell puts a hotspot into a handset as Wi-Fi Direct emerges
  New CEO ‘class of 2009’ takes over in wireless
  Operators fear there will be no LTE devices until 2011
  Femto Forum announces first plugfest in push to standards economics
  Sidekick outage shows dark side of the cloud, as Vodafone piles in
  Microsoft promises first Windows Mobile reference designs
  Orange UK joins 3 and O2 in bid to take control of MVNOs
  Nokia and Motorola see a way to get their Turkish money back at last
  Sprint loses Amazon, but may win Barnes & Noble
  T-Mobile USA undecided on 4G strategy
  AT&T doesn’t break even on iPhone until month 17
  Orange-TMo UK venture could face hurdles
  Operator News in Brief October 14 2009
  Alcatel-Lucent breaks into China Telecom’s Rev B trials
  Germany may face EC legal action over auction
  ST-Ericsson’s TD-HSPA module brings new Chinese progress
  WiMAX Forum submits ‘WiMAX 2.0’ as official 4G standard
  Airspan bounces back with hat trick of deals
  Brocade replaces Meru with Motorola for enterprise WLans
  WiMAX in Brief October 14 2009
  Worth Noting October 14 2009
 
 
7 October, 2009
 
  Verizon/Google versus AT&T/Apple: the mobile web game polarizes
  Palm’s revised webOS developer program looks more open than Google
  Clearwire and Yota extend their reach as flagwavers for new WiMAX models
  Alcatel-Lucent extends ng Connect as Telco 2.0 becomes real
  Nokia Qt and Adobe Flash Player 10 sit above the OS wars
  Windows Mobile 6.5 debuts, gets slots with top three US carriers
  ITU: Africa offers greatest mobile potential, Asian vendors rise to challenge
  Indian 3G and WiMAX auctions both hit further delays as price war escalates
  ZTE looks to LTE and Europe to gain top three place in devic
  Japan orders Qualcomm to change its cross-licensing deals
  EU’s GPS augmentation system paves way for Galileo
  Motorola and China Mobile demonstrate TD-LTE for first time
  GSM business latest to be put on block by Nortel
  ARM ups the low power ante on Atom with GlobalFoundries deal
  Nokia joins Wireless Power Consortium
  MediaFLO gains its first handheld device
  More details of Apple ‘iPad’ leak
  SiBeam tries to stay ahead of the big guns in WirelessHD
  T-Mobile UK reports best ever month of subscriber growth
  Operator News in Brief October 7 2009
  Seacom undersea cable will enable host of African WiMAX launches
  WiMAX in Brief October 7 2009
  Worth Noting October 7 2009
 
 
30 September, 2009
 
  Vodafone ensures Android’s victory in mobile Linux is not a done deal
  iPhone goes non-exclusive in UK, another signal for smartphone price war
  Telefonica shows how LTE economics need multinational trials
  European carriers ‘keep the enemy close’ by launching inhouse MVNOs
  Google in uneasy position in open voice and browser debates
  EchoStar leads satellite related bids for stimulus funding
  MTN-Bharti deal fall through again on day of deadline
  Former BT CTO boosts Huawei’s global credentials
  Broadcom’s latest ARM deal could signal move into netbooks
  White spaces and 700MHz D Block could be part of new US spectrum plan
  Standards group formed for HD links between phones and TVs
  Sweden announces proposals for digital dividend spectrum
  France Telecom looks for further European joint ventures
  Operator News in Brief September 30 2009
  Verizon steps on LTE accelerator
  TD-LTE proof of concept completed as China Mobile waits eagerly
  India aims to open up more 2G spectrum
  IDF: Intel’s commitment to WiMAX undimmed
  WiMAX in Brief September 30 2009
  Worth Noting September 30 2009
 
 
23 September, 2009
 
  4G World: US cellcos mull neutrality, upgrades, M&A and Clearwire
  Favorite rumors – Apple tablet, MS handset, now an MS tablet?
  Samsung steps up challenge to Snapdragon in gigahertz phones
  IDF: Ericsson and Intel eye new breed of embedded devices
  Comcast turns investor attention to mobile cable
  IDF: Intel shows app store and new user experience for Moblin
  4G World: WiMAX shows off a shiny new device ecosystem
  Adobe adds software distribution service for mobile and social nets
  Handset software platforms try to build up developer constituencies
  After the hype, M2M sees a little bounce
  China Mobile and NSN demonstrate LTE femtocell
  Palm dumps WinMo amid mystery of ‘missing Pres’
  Amid increased losses and confusion over the performance to date of the Pre, Palm has confirmed it will dump Windows Mobile entirely, to focus only on
  Ubiquisys and FON propose shared femtocell approach
  Linux Foundation is latest in ARM’s web of mobile alliances
  China Mobile crosses half-billion mark
  Vodafone rebrands, but UK mobile broadband claims disappoint
  Huawei promises 56Mbps HSPA+ next year
  Sweden introduces new spectrum model, probes LTE deal
 
 
16 September, 2009
 
  China Mobile embraces Symbian, highlighting all carriers’ dilemmas
  Motorola’s first Android phone rides mobile social wave, but better to come
  Three or four networks per operator, all with small cells: the face of 4G?
  Home Gateway Initiative prepares for multiple wireless links
  HSPA and LTE in Brief September 16 2009
  Major reorganization highlights Intel’s new approach to mobility
  Why should the US stimulus rules change for the big carriers?
  Is Deutsche Telekom looking to mirror UK TMo deal in the US?
  European Commission mulls ‘devil’s advocate’ probe for Qualcomm
  AT&T may keep iPhone, otherwise it will go non-exclusive by mid-2010
  Atheros and IBM make new deals to support powerline
  GSMA backs IMB standard for next mobile TV push
  DoCoMo bids for Net Mobile to boost content strategy
  Vodafone brings convergence to SMEs
  Indian 3G date set, but Chinese trial shows survival of EDGE
  AT&T names the first six cities to get HSPA upgrade
  WiChorus scores again and Sandvine upgrades DPI box
  After seven years, 802.11n is finally ratified
 
 
9 September, 2009
 
  Nokia World: progress in tools and services, but real breakthrough to wait for 2011
  Massive operator deals define BRIC markets, but has Motorola missed out?
  T-Mobile looks like lead carrier for Motorola Android, Sprint takes Hero
  Taiwanese ODMs under pressure from vendors’ midmarket plans
  Intel offers preview of enhancements to Moblin 2.0 Linux
  DoCoMo heads effort to make IMS more relevant to mobile web strategies
  Huawei’s mixed bag: LTE patent gains, Indian battles, what about AT&T?
  Cellco mergers – Orange/T-Mobile good; AT&T/Leap bad
  Confusion over LG-Nortel bidders as consolidation rumors persist
  Clearwire takes open approach with WiChorus core network deal
  Seven’s Vivid unit takes WiMAX up against Australia’s cellcos
  Near-global acceptance puts new momentum behind WirelessHD
  MediaFLO to go direct to consumer with portable media player
  Things are looking up at last for Freescale
  Sony Ericsson continues brand revamp with ‘make.believe’
  Qualcomm drives down power in body area networks
  Vendors make big claims for wireless broadband in Paris
  Nokia follows Samsung in announcing LTE modem
  Operator News in Brief September 9 2009
  PureWave promises macrocell performance in picocell package
  Worth Noting September 9 2009
 
 
2 September, 2009
 
  Nokia World: booklets, Facebook and emerging markets support Ovi push
  Clearwire reshuffles executive team to face transitional challenges
  Wireless upheaval continues - NSN chief departs, ALU could face bids
  Contrasting widget strategies may bring Microsoft and Samsung into conflict
  India’s MTS first to commit to new CDMA standard
  Sony teams with AT&T and fires first shot in ebook wars
  This week Sony rolled back the years and came out fighting, using its power as an established consumer electronics manufacturer to undercut the new Am
  Apple could end all exclusives next year to chase market share
  OPhone versus iPhone: Chinese 3G stand-off begins
  Motorola Android phones to debut on September 10
  Japanese handset makers mull three-way merger
  Femtocells poised for growth as coverage becomes cellco differentiator
  Applications total seven times more than US stimulus fund available
  Indian auction finally looms, AT&T courts BSNL deal
  Motorola to put Blockbusters on handsets
  Verizon Wireless pushes data plans with midrange phones
  TeliaSonera acquires in neighboring Baltic states
  Sprint and T-Mobile make latest M2M alliances
  Operator News in Brief September 2 2009
  French cellcos gang up on government’s auction plans
  Europe sets up fund for LTE Advanced research
  HSPA and LTE in Brief September 2 2009
  ZTE building Ukraine WiMAX network for broadband
  WiMAX in Brief September 2 2009
  Worth Noting September 2 2009
 
 
19 August, 2009
 
  Nokia Office deal sounds early deathknell for Windows Mobile
  Rich browsers and ‘light’ apps will chip away at Apple’s walled garden
  New chief for Sony Ericsson, Palm and Nokia under fire
  IPR: Nokia scores in US, Qualcomm attacked in Japan, both look to LTE
  DirecTV leads latest operator bid to create unified content experience
  Zune HD almost as critical to Nvidia as Microsoft
  Verizon will go head-to-head with Clearwire in Boston and Seattle
  Silicon Valley to be largest R&D center with the ‘IPfication’ of Ericsson
  3 Group goes back on 2009 breakeven plan, but remains disruptive
  NSN, Sonus and Ericsson all touted for further Nortel units
  Warner deal enhances Cisco’s hosted services credentials
  Turk Telekom uses Wi-Fi to counter Turkcell’s 3G assault
  Apple and Facebook promise updates to mobile social experience
  Verizon contest makes BlackBerry the centerpiece of new apps strategy
  China sets aggressive 3G targets again
  Wprth Noting August 19 2009
 
 
12 August, 2009
 
  Nokia won’t dump Symbian, but winning the Linux fight is key too
  Nortel loses CEO, Motorola treads water – can anyone stop Huawei?
  Google boosts Android with On2 buy, while Japan looks to CE markets
  Creative Technology ups the ante for Android
  Dell and Motorola Android specs hit the blogs
  Clearwire reaches tipping point, adding Huawei for next phase roll-out
  UK market shows smaller cellcos how to leverage bundles and media
  Even Sprint looks good compared to US’ tier two carriers
  Apple may develop digital payments platform
  China Mobile lines up smartphones and app store to boost 3G
  Nokia targets youth market with new music and video offerings
  Sprint allies with Samsung for green handsets and new screens
  O2 latest operator to turn to mapping for new ARPU
  Operator News in Brief August 12 2009
  EMobile leapfrogs larger Japanese rivals with HSPA+
  Nokia to offer Microsoft Office on handsets
  HSPA and LTE in Brief August 12 2009
  MTNL seeks WiMAX partner, amid further license confusion in India
  Korean operators threatened with loss of WiBro licenses
  WiMAX in Brief August 12 2009
  Worth Noting August 12 2009
 
 
6 August, 2009
 
  Motorola up, HTC down: Android the common factor
  Apple’s exclusive model still works in US, but doesn’t replicate elsewhere
  US bounceback, India and services key to ALU’s surprise Q1
  Vodafone starts to counter mobile saturation with quad play plans
  Nortel could survive as a licensing business
  WiMAX may break into China after all, but India remains crucial
  Palm steps up iTunes row as Apple faces cloud music dilemmas
  Vodafone’s Madrid R&D center pushes forward in green base stations
  Ballmer dismisses thin clients but admits WinMo challenges
  Regulators and price wars force European carriers to widen horizons
  Qualcomm defines new role for Brew in open smartphone world
  Apple books up most of Toshiba’s flash memory capacity
  Third MVNO, and 10 more markets, go live at Clearwire
  Prepaid price war and barrage of handsets hit US holiday season
  Freescale in U-turn over cellphone unit sale
  Nokia may be gearing up for wider money services
  Samsung takes new steps towards full app store
  Google makes truce with Facebook for Android app
  Pre uptake mainly coming from Palm base
  Genachowski confirms probe into handset exclusives
  Operator News in Brief August 5 2009
  DoCoMo’s profits slump but it sticks to LTE timeline
  India proposes no increase in WiMAX spectrum reserve price
  WiMAX in Brief August 5 2009
  Worth Noting August 5 2009
 
 
29 July, 2009
 
  US cellco special focus: Big two increasingly pull away from the pack with new services and devices
  North America lifts Ericsson’s Q2; main motive for its Nortel deal
  Korean chip venture spells new challenge for Qualcomm
  Android needs delayed release 2.0 to be ready for the big time
  European Union paves way for region-wide mobile internet
  Initial 3G uptake disappoints in China, as operators eye next steps
  Latest BSNL deal highlights appeal of India’s ITI
  Next WiMAX standard moves closer to reality
  Vodafone bows under UK pressure, but TMo deal “not imminent”
  Google seeks role in defining US national broadband policy
  Bluetooth finds new home in ‘Television 2.0’
  Patent holder seeks US ban on devices with Samsung Nand flash
  Nokia buys social net start-up and offers Ovi commissions
  Apple turns hostile to Google Voice in App Store
  P2P not biggest strain on network now
  Alcatel-Lucent boosts edge routers and moves closer to core
  HSPA baseline is now 7.2Mbps, says GSA
  Huawei opens Texas LTE lab
  Sprint pushes Pre’s enterprise credentials
  Turkcell may share 3G networks
  Operator News in Brief July 29 2009
  Alvarion CEO resigns as WiMAX grows
  Clearwire opens up to Mac and Linux
  Even after 11n, IEEE working on raft of Wi-Fi standards
  WiMAX in Brief July 29 2009
  Worth Noting July 29 2009
 
 
23 July, 2009
 
  LG will be surefire star of handset recovery, Nokia has tougher task
  App store is not the mobile future, says Google, but cellcos disagree
  Markets nervous about Vodafone’s margins as it seeks new directions
  NSN loses market share and faces bidding war for Nortel wireless
  Network transformation will keep carrier market resilient
  French firms at heart of race for MEA mobile markets
  Clearwire’s fourth WiMAX launch brings Mondi into play
  TI boosts confidence in chip sector despite hard transition
  Ruckus shows carriers the joys of Wi-Fi as 11n to be ratified at last
  Mobile email, not P2P, is app that can kill the network
  Vodafone boosts Tele Atlas’ position against Nokia Navteq
  Qualcomm shutters LifeComm
  Ericsson signs outsourcing deal with O2 in tumultuous UK market
  Telecom Italia in HSPA+ vanguard with Milan launch
  MTNL seeks 3G franchise partner for Delhi and Mumbai
  Verizon offers olive branch on exclusives
  Operator News in Brief July 22 2009
  HSPA and LTE in Brief July 22 2009
  Intel’s latest Indian alliance gears up for WiMAX auctions
  WiMAX in Brief July 22 2009
  Worth Noting July 22 2009
 
 
15 July, 2009
 
  Google’s pincer movement is essential, but which way will Intel jump?
  Huawei and Ericsson strengthen their lead with progress in China and India
  Social webphone is the new smartphone, driving autumn launches
  Intel insists Atom margins are higher than Celeron’s, despite falling ASPs
  Outsourcing: breakthrough for Ericsson, mainly positive for Sprint
  DoCoMo will be in LTE “first group” but HSPA is cellcos’ workhorse
  Sprint mandates Wi-Fi but WLans remain both friend and foe
  Commissioner Reding lays down new gauntlet on European digital dividend
  Vendors enhance app stores, but shut out at Verizon Wireless
  Japanese phonemakers return to Europe, with NEC the latest
  WiMAX vendors refine their positions between three target markets
  Symbian releases first fully open source package
  Amazon steps up mobile activities again with new store
  How much does Apple make from its store?
  European operators deliver very unpredictable smartphone experience
  Vivendi and Vodafone could announce international deals this week
  Operator News in Brief July 15 2009
  Ericsson and Korea have crossed wires over ‘green 4G’ deal
  Huawei and NSN look for differentiators in base station market
  Blue Wonder and Lime create LTE reference design
  WiMAX hit by downturn, carriers cool on LTE
  WiMAX is ready for the UK market says Alvarion
  WiMAX in Brief July 15 2009
  Worth Noting July 15 2009
 
 
8 July, 2009
 
  Google's pincer movement is essential, but which way will Intel jump?
  VoLGA, RCS and OpenAPI: the acronyms helping carriers keep Telco 2.0 control
  Price wars may spark M&A in US and Europe, but are antitrust probes needed?
  Samsung forecast and latest smartphones signal second half uptick
  Nokia could re-enter CDMA smartphone market next year
  WiMAX players have high hopes as US defines broadband stimulus rules
  Criteria for US broadband stimulus funds released
  Vodafone and even Ericsson show caution about LTE timescales
  Private equity firm proposes to keep Nortel intact
  App stores need to be customized for growth markets like India
  Cisco adds specific smartphone features to Collaboration in Motion
  DoCoMo takes stake in PacketVideo, looking to LTE and Android
  Analysis: Day of the Google – Chrome OS to assassinate PCs, annex netbooks
  Google extends enhanced search to mass market webphones
  Apple touchscreen patents point to future of iPhone
  German publishers stall Kindle’s European debut
  Orange diversifies model with BIC and Blyk low end moves
  Operator News in Brief July 8 2009
  Operators’ mobile rates vary wildly, and ads confuse users
  HSPA and LTE in Brief July 8 2009
  Saudi Arabia aims to become telecoms powerhouse with WiMAX
  WiMAX in Brief July 8 2009
  Worth Noting July 8 2009
 
 
1 July, 2009
 
  Handset spotlight back on Android as Motorola and HTC prepare launches
  Svanberg to step down after seven years, leaving a transformed Ericsson
  Imagination and Nvidia play for key MID roles with tier one deals
  Integration challenges and slow market evolution face NSN in LTE
  Avaya touted for Nortel enterprise unit, and brand could survive
  Ericsson and ALU help carriers to fend off Google and Apple
  Comcast takes first steps to true quad play with Portland launch
  Nokia keeps smartbook options open but Android would be misstep
  Sprint still aggressive on femtocells, T-Mobile more cautious
  T-Mobile and Phones4U once again at heart of UK shake-up talks
  Tethering, SIM-only and dongles – three symptoms of the cellco nightmare
  Operators play with open models for mobile apps stores
  Qualcomm wants lower prices for FLO
  Top 20 cellcos now control 57% of world’s subscribers
  Kuwait’s Hits looks for global MVNO opportunities
  eMobile goes live with HSPA+
  BT adds BlackBerry to small business services
  AT&T adds smart grid partner but Europe leaps ahead
  Operator News in Brief July 1 2009
  European refarming consensus closer as TeliaSonera deploys UTMS900
  Indian 3G auctions within four months, promises telecom secretary
  Asia sets pace for major shift to Carrier Ethernet backhaul
  HSPA and LTE in Brief July 1 2009
  Brazil plans new mobile broadband auction as demand outruns capacity
  Clearwire adds to spectrum hoard
  WiMAX in Brief July 1 2009
  Worth Noting July 1 2009
 
 
24 June, 2009
 
  ‘Finntel’ or a marriage of convenience? Nokia and Intel try to define MID market
  NSN bids for Nortel wireless units, taking CDMA as route to LTE
  Femtocell World Summit: Vodafone highlights femtos’ accelerated push to market
  RIM’s strong quarter holds seeds of future crisis
  WiMAX patent pool wants to be model for LTE, Ericsson demurs
  IBM works with carriers, and HP with ALU, on converged services
  UK 2.6GHz auction pushed back again, to 2010
  IBM and Intel put mobility at the heart of major R&D initiatives
  Device testing complexity goes into overdrive in LTE
  Qualcomm under new antitrust pressure, this time in Korea
  Agito first to extend fixed/mobile and VoIP to BlackBerry
  Amazon buys SnapTell to enhance iPhone experience
  Asian operators form Android buying collective
  3 UK looks for more MVNOs to meet Virgin challenge
  O2 slashes subsidies it’s prepared to offer on iPhones
  Operator News in Brief June 24 2009
  India likely to green light 3G auction, with doubled reserve price
  HSPA and LTE in Brief June 24 2009
  Intel’s latest WiMAX investment is in Irish Broadband
  Gilat in talks to acquire Airspan
  WiMAX in Brief June 24 2009
  Worth Noting June 24 2009
 
 
17 June, 2009
 
  CommunicAsia: are open OSs really the only way to go?
  Opera bring Unite web hosting software to phone soon
  Nokia beefs up musicphone range to support CWM expansion
  Nokia works on self-powering phone that ‘harvests’ energy
  Android shines at CommunicAsia
  Japan poised for $11bn LTE spend, but DoCoMo looks abroad too
  Rubinstein takes CEO post but will he really sell Palm?
  Interoperability and services, not interference, are now key femtocell issues
  Qualcomm and LG point to recovery, but midrange still tightly squeezed
  US contract puts new momentum behind Alvarion
  Huawei and ZTE line up tier one deals with vendor financing
  ALU unit envisions millions of objects controlled from handset
  Row over China’s WLan security rears its ugly head
  Digital Britain will not be blueprint for Europe
  Sun adds to operating system soup in MID space
  BT teams with Samsung for new mobile business push
  Sprint looks to broadening range of revenue streams to kickstart growth
  US DTV day goes smoothly, Europeans reawaken DMB
  Start-Up Watch: IPWireless back on the radar, with a public safety focus for TDD
  Amazon buys SnapTell to enhance iPhone experience
  The rights and wrongs of the campaign against US handset exclusives
  PCCW launches quad play Wi-Fi phone
  Two French giants eye acquisitions in India and Africa
  AT&T to reduce its supplier numbers to reduce cost and risk
  Virgin putting together pieces of cross-platform app store
  Verizon to insist on IPv6 for its LTE devices
  Operator News in Brief June 17 2009
  Patent pool trend even spreads to CDMA2000
  Canada should set the standard for 2.5GHz rules, says trade body
  Zylog to put Wi-Fi into Indian cities and trains
  Axe ‘Buy America’ clause for stimulus fund, argues Cisco
  WiMAX in Brief June 17 2009
  Worth Noting June 17 2009
 
 
10 June, 2009
 
  iPhone 3GS steals some Pre thunder, but Apple has big challenges
  MTS deal in Russia shows the way Nokia will hold onto its lead
  Intel makes bold mobile and embedded purchase with Wind River
  Netbook market splits in two with Intel trying to span both sides
  Intel, Yahoo and HP push open standards for the cloud
  Intel invests a further $43m in WiMAX provider UQ
  New widgets tools another small sign of Nokia’s cross-platform ambitions
  Korean vendors boost STE and Infineon in reviving market
  Ericsson expands module business into netbooks and Intel Pine Trail-M
  Telenor opens up network for mobile enterprise services
  Sony Ericsson shows how Java could unify mobile store market
  Operators look to Bondi platform for unified mobile web
  NSN strengthens IP Ethernet play with Juniper venture
  Meru promises ‘forensic’ WLan management and iPhone support
  Virtualization could push Android into low cost segment
  Start-Up Watch: Stoke signs DoCoMo for multi-network gateway
  MedioFLO to go direct to consumers – but is married to cellcos
  Flash to come to smartphones this year
  RIM buys Dash to create its own location services
  European cellcos remove DRM from music stores
  More controversy over BSNL GSM superdeal
  Operator news in Brief June 10 2009
  T-Mobile demoes LTE at 130Mbps
  Finland leads Baltic 3G initiative
  Taiwan creates TD-SCDMA testbed
  HSPA and LTE in Brief June 10 2009
  China to open up to Mobile WiMAX after all?
  Ericsson and Qualcomm holding back WiMAX in Brazil?
  WiMAX in Brief June 10 2009
  Worth Noting June 10 2009
 
 
3 June, 2009
 
  Superphone battle resumes, but Nokia’s Vodafone Classic deal is important too
  Qualcomm fires shot at Broadcom in digital home, with 4x4 MIMO 11n chip
  WiMAX Global Congress: China is not closed to WiMAX says West
  Android poised to turn up in a score of handsets, but risks fragmentation
  Computek: Qualcomm steps up Intel challenge with new ‘smartbook’ label
  Motorola looks to embedded 3G/4G modules for new kickstart
  JavaOne: Verizon and Sprint embrace unifying power of Java
  India’s 3G and WiMAX auctions “definitely” set for this year
  Start-Up Watch: RFAxis promises low cost RF front ends for multiple standards
  Google Wave and MS Bing to go mobile soon
  INQ promises first Twitter handset
  New group launches to bring mobile tools to “bottom billion”
  Mobile payments to rise by 70% this year
  Mobinil deploys single IP-based NGN with Cisco
  Operator News in Brief June 3 2009
  China Telecom second cellco to commit to EV-DO Rev B
  WiMAX and Femto Forums cooperate on standards
  WiMAX in Brief June 3 2009
  Worth Noting June 3 2009
 
 
27 May, 2009
 
  DoCoMo-Telefonica pact could balance Vodafone and boost Japanese cellphones
  Broadcom aims to underpin unified computing revolution
  ALU in race against time in services, as Huawei overtakes in hardware
  Smartphone makers become software houses – but not overnight
  HTC widens its Android lead with China Mobile deal
  Sun to unveil Java App store, Apple app revenues “not meaningful”
  Virtualization moves to center of mobile agenda
  Opera wants to remain independent, but competition mounting
  Vodacom may be springboard to Africa, but has its parent mistimed the market?
  Apple to leapfrog netbook and go for touch tablet?
  Web of reference design alliances speed LTE’s time to market
  Governments could still kill the dream of pan-European satellite radio and TV
  Good Technology moves into social networking
  SKT buys landlines and looks to new devices
  Operator News in Brief May 27 2009
  Nortel confirms it is seeking LG stake buyer
  HSPA and LTE in Brief May 27 2009
  WiMAX in Brief May 27 2009
  Worth Noting May 27 2009
 
 
20 May, 2009
 
  oFono could point to closer Linux alliance between Intel and Nokia
  Verizon adds dose of caution to LTE plan, Europeans raise concerns
  Cisco enhances collaboration and looks at 30 new IP markets
  Yahoo courts mobile disaster by killing new apps strategy
  Microsoft and Qualcomm up the stakes in flexible app stores
  Open Patent Alliance close to unveiling frameworks, could embrace LTE too
  Palm Pre just sneaks in ahead of Apple show, with June 6 launch
  India up, Turkey and Spain down: Vodafone’s mixed 2009 bag
  Can Broadcom make it into the handset big time?
  Nokia’s cheapest 3G phone yet bolsters emerging market strategy
  “Time is the enemy” for Nortel’s restructuring plans
  Huawei slowly breaking down barriers to India’s GSM goldrush
  ICO to challenge European award of pan-regional mobile satellite licenses
  Wi-Fi shifts from cellco threat to cellco friend
  AT&T and Orange highlight mobile data boom
  Telefonica boosts Chinese investment as Europe downturns
  Middle Eastern operators continue to jostle for position
  Blyk may pull back from MVNO model beyond UK
  T-Mobile could look to BT deal to boost UK fortunes
  Operator News in Brief May 20 2009
  Femto Forum starts to make the case for small cells in LTE
  Forecasters look for 3G to drive slow infrastructure recovery from this year
  Midrange phones will be the slowest to recover from the downturn
  Clearwire may buy from three or four RAN suppliers
  HSPA+ and LTE in Brief May 20 2009
  Woosh Wireless raises funds to upgrade to WiMAX
  WiMAX in Brief May 20 2009
  Worth Noting May 20 2009
 
 
13 May, 2009
 
  Cisco brings Clearwire the heavyweight vendor partner it needs
  Vodafone opens APIs in bid to create giant mobile software store
  Verizon and Japan head to LTE at breakneck speed, but without phones
  Facing WinMo defections, Microsoft must make big compromises
  Motorola: no pullback on WiMAX, and playing to TDD strengths in China
  AT&T enlists Jasper to help address challenges of ‘hyper-segmentation’
  Wi-Fi community takes reins of bid for single 60GHz standard
  R&D investment at Ericsson and Cisco converges in the IP cloud
  Nokia to recycle R&D projects with Finnish partners
  Dell offers WiMAX laptop upgrade, initially for Clearwire
  Femto-Android combination creates ‘chameleon handset’
  Clearwire announces results and management reorg
  NSN claims it could double voice capacity on HSPA
  Verizon to add netbook, offers compromises on phone exclusives
  Piracy clause grounds EU telecoms bill; US lobbying on open rules
  Nortel announces $507m loss, needs more time to sell units
  Nokia and NXP put seal of approval on SIM-based NFC
  Google sees PC and mobile search converging at last
  Vodafone dumps Yahoo and pursues broader mobile ad strategy
  Carphone Warehouse buys Tiscali UK for TalkTalk’s quad play
  €1.8bn writedown intensifies rumors of T-Mobile UK sell-off
  Verizon to use Ericsson’s RS6000 software base station
  Zain to take on arch-rival MTN in yet another market, Iran
  Operator News in Brief May 13 2009
  UK considers spectrum caps as way to break 900MHz deadlock
  Nokia’s E52 aims to be a “socially connected” business phone
  Amazon overprices its new Kindle
  HSPA and LTE in Brief May 13 2009
  Acer joins WiMAX IPR alliance, Via bids for LTE patent pool
  ZigBee Alliance embraces IP to strengthen its role in smart grids
  WiMAX in Brief May 13 2009
  Worth Noting May 13 2009
 
 
6 May, 2009
 
  Operators will increasingly seek to ringfence Google in Android
  Ericsson and Huawei continue to exploit rivals’ turmoil
  Cellcos face huge dilemmas over LTE voice models
  Clearwire and KT no longer lonely trailblazers for WiMAX mobile broadband
  RIM should shine in the summer, but Motorola faces relegation
  Nokia encounters obstacles on path to mobile web services
  Germany blazes the trail for European 4G spectrum
  Wireless chips improving, but Apple may go inhouse
  Prepaid boosts Sprint, while AT&T tries to sort out data dilemmas
  Who could take T-Mobile UK off Deutsche Telekom’s hands?
  Another UWB start-up folds and 802.11n looks “unstoppable”
  Start-Up Watch: Altair now spans WiMAX, LTE and XGP with one platform
  Large screen Kindle looks to pre-empt Amazon rivals
  Orange UK expands in music with HMV tie-in
  MTN and Zain take different paths to expansion
  Operator news in Brief May 6 2009
  Yota network supporting more traffic than all Russia’s cellcos
  Sprint’s affiliate battles spill into WiMAX
  WiMAX in Brief May 6 2009
  Worth Noting May 6 2009
 
 
29 April, 2009
 
  Should AT&T and O2 really be battling so hard to keep iPhone exclusives?
  Qualcomm’s model intact after Broadcom pact, but doubts remain for both sides
  Nokia to rely more heavily on third parties to deliver web services vision
  China provides ALU’s greatest opportunity and greatest threat
  Cellphones bolster Samsung’s quarter as it launches first Android
  Adobe extends across digital media chain, with handset at the hub
  Ericsson’s Labs Portal generates first major product
  Fragmentation is a risk for early LTE movers
  Palm “close” to European strategy for Pre, as pricing speculation grows
  Amazon’s Stanza buy could be first step to an open platform
  UK partnership targets femtocells at rural or low power 2G
  3 UK attacks churn with disruptive free Skype offer
  T-Mobile’s embedded SIM could give it headstart in smart grid market
  ITU seeks key role in global broadband and open access
  Start-Up Watch: Stoke helps operators extend 3G life by offloading traffic
  Symbian and LiMO fight Android ‘overhype’
  Microsoft will “cripple” Windows 7 for netbooks
  DoCoMo lowers full year guidance as profits slump
  Mobile broadband keeps France Telecom resilient
  Operator News in Brief April 29 2009
  Latin America to be key growth market for Mobile WiMAX
  ALU seeks to clarify WiMAX position
  WiMAX in Brief Aprill 29 2009
  Worth Noting April 29 2009
 
 
22 April, 2009
 
  Android makes slow market progress, but its ambitions grow broader
  AT&T’s catch-up HSPA upgrade heavily geared to new iPhones
  Nokia results signal the worst is over, though LG is the star
  Qualcomm delays results on Broadcom talks; TI and Intel see light ahead
  Mobile impact of Oracle-Java deal not immediate, but profound
  Will Cisco go into the smartphone business this year?
  SKT spreads its net and plans ambitious software framework
  NSN results signal tough quarter for wireless infrastructure
  Sony endorses femtocells as Forum makes the business case
  Bluetooth version 3.0 arrives this week
  Cutdown 802.11n products fall outside certification process
  Handsets will see 11% fall in 2009, but Q1 will be the nadir
  Nokia gets serious about touchscreens
  Consumers’ phone requirements changing rapidly
  Net neutrality issues overshadow stimulus funds
  Nokia goes commercial with Life Tools in India
  Barnes & Noble seeks cellcos for Kindle challenge
  Orange adds Tabbee to new ‘tablet-netbook’ category
  AT&T throws off recessionary forces, thanks U-Verse, iPhone
  Vodafone and Telefonica step up convergence moves in Germany
  Operator News in Brief April 22 2009
  Swedish operators take RAN sharing trend into LTE
  HSPA and LTE in Brief Aprill 22 2009
  Clearwire may form Taiwanese alliance
  Doubts continue to hang over French WiMAX
  WiMAX in Brief April 22 2009
  Worth Noting April 22 2009
 
 
8 April, 2009
 
  Operators won’t get their wish for fewer mobile OSs any time soon
  iPhone users in Skype stampede despite operator warnings
  CTIA: Fewer OSs, more devices – the call from top three US cellcos
  As financially squeezed operators are forced to invest in rapid expansion of their networks’ coverage and capacity, to meet exploding demand for cheap
  Clearwire creates Silicon Valley sandbox, but Nokia on offensive
  Carriers may not get LTE smartphones until late 2011
  CTIA: final thoughts as Al Gore wraps up the show
  New standards make femtocells more operator friendly
  CTIA: ALU joins Cisco in router-based core approach for LTE
  China Telecom to reap rewards of CDMA R&D boost
  EU joins US as major market for hybrid satellite/terrestrial services
  Rupert Murdoch wants to apply Kindle model to newspapers
  Telcos start haggling over G20 and US broadband plans
  The Cable Show: cablecos plot course to wireless and quad play
  Australian operators in turmoil over broadband plan and RAN sharing
  Skype is just the banner under which a thousand IP services march
  Netbooks must not be allowed to go the route of operator exclusives
  Nokia draws eyes to Ovi with Heroes tie-up and ‘green’ moves
  Opera makes US breakthrough
  Europe must have digital dividend policy agreed by the fall says Reding
  Orange announces iPhone TV and cross-media store
  Details emerge of Vodafone-O2 sharing plan
  Operator News in Brief April 8 2009
  European eCall in-car standard aims to reduce road deaths from 2010
  HSPA and LTE in Brief April 8 2009
  Intel’s embedded devices to promote WiMAX in South Africa
  HP breaks ranks to settle Wi-Fi battle with CSIRO
  WiMAX in Brief April 8 2009
  Worth Noting April 8 2009
 
 
1 April, 2009
 
  CTIA: cautious optimism and apps will be the key themes
  CTIA: Carrier alliance upstages vendors’ widget strategies
  CTIA: Has UBS called the bottoming-out of the handset market?
  CTIA: Samsung pushes to the heart of the WiMAX device strategy
  CTIA: Stronger focus on LTE, but Ericsson keeps HSPA central
  CTIA: Google wakes up to real world dilemmas of app store game
  Handango looks to cash in on app store proliferation
  Dell to offer 3G bundles in Japan, as device makers take MVNO route
  CTIA: Skype and ALU put voice back at the top of the agenda
  Europe to see spectrum goldrush in 2009-2010
  Verizon to offer netbook, Orange may get Macbook deal
  ZTE raises specter of a return to 90s-style vendor financing
  Start-Up Watch: Has Pulse~Link’s great potential been crushed by the UWB wars?
  Start-Up Watch: OnLive could bring big PlayStation games to a handset
  Nokia takes significant stake in mobile payments firm
  UK users can get Twitter updates by SMS now, but they cost
  3 UK slashes mobile broadband costs again as home usage grows
  MTN and Zain continue M&A battle in Africa
  Operator News in Brief April 1 2009
  VoLGA Forum publishes first specifications
  HSPA and LTE in Brief April 1 2009
  WiMAX in Brief April 1 2009
  Worth Noting April 1 2009
 
 
25 March, 2009
 
  LG promises 50 WinMo devices, throwing Microsoft a real lifeline
  Palm, Dell and even Apple struggle to meet carrier expectations
  Sprint Nextel looks to expand Kindle model for new revenues
  Qualcomm harnesses cellphone chip to drive low cost games console
  Clearwire and KT make WiMAX VoIP advances
  WiMAX in Brief March 25 2009
  Telstra and AT&T are the iconoclasts in cellco thinking
  Ericsson sells TEMS as part of shift towards services
  SIM-only deals sweep Europe, but are “lottery” for cellcos
  BT excludes Wi-Fi from latest convergence offering
  Samsung attacks iTunes with mobile video store
  China Mobile defers some capex as rivals catch up quickly
  Start-Up Watch: Rhomobile chases ‘write once run anywhere’ dream
  Opera hints at US breakthrough at CTIA show
  Mobile YouTube app extended to new smartphones
  UK mobile broadband boom brings dilemmas for cellcos
  Europe solidifies plans to cut roaming fees
  Vodafone extends influence in three continents
  Operator news in Brief March 25 2009
  Mobilkom first to go commercial with HSPA+ in Europe
  FCC approves mystery LTE device from LG
  HSPA and LTE in Brief March 25 2009
  Worth Noting March 25 2009
 
 
18 March, 2009
 
  Smartphone OS contest intensifies as big three outline next steps
  IMS versus open web: Verizon and TDC are two faces of 4G picture
  Texas Instruments looks in its smartphone crystal ball
  Cellcos are a key target for cloud initiatives from Cisco and Sun
  Google Voice trumps Skype with its most disruptive move yet
  An NSN bid, or merger with Motorola, are options for Nortel’s wireless unit
  Ericsson scores as Sprint set to follow European cellcos into outsourcing
  Eclipse Pulsar goes some way to deliver cross-handset development
  Comcast and CTC demonstrate new WiMAX models
  WiMedia Alliance shuts down in another blow for UWB
  iSkoot expands ‘smartphone lite’ platform beyond AT&T
  Facebook allows iPhone and PC users to connect
  Broadcom suffers setback in Qualcomm battle
  Palm gets analyst boost
  Telefonica could gazump Vodafone for Palm Pre exclusive
  Middle East/Africa operators gain strength
  Turkish operators eye eastern Europe’s mobile data boom
  Operator News in Brief March 18 2009
  China Mobile announces third phase of 3G tender