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by Jason Giacchino on December 9, 2009
Who ever said it was easy being one of the key players in the mobile industry? Verizon finds itself once again under scrutiny, this time from the Federal Communications Commission who wants answe...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on June 23, 2008
I had not heard abut Plazes before this morning, but it appears that Nokia is going to acquire them for an undisclosed sum.
Plazes is a context-aware-social-activity service that people can use the p...
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by Jason Giacchino on June 6, 2008
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (Kevin Martin) announced yesterday a delay in the voting on his proposal to auction an unused piece of 25 megahertz wireless spectrum. The winnin...
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by Creative Weblogging on November 4, 2007
cellity, a leader in mobile web technology, has teamed up with the Creative Webloging network to launch the Mobile Weblog at http://www.mobile-weblog.com!
Palo Alto, California, USA - November 3, 200...
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by leo on April 15, 2007
What exactly is on your mind if you create a powerhouse team composed of a former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, a founding CEO of Vanguard Cellular, a former head of the Nationa...
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by tom on January 28, 2007
Venture Capital firm 3i has decided to withdraw from its investments in the mobile space.Ian Lobley, a senior partner at 3i, told AC Euro that its ivestments in mobile sector have been broad, and not ...
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by Scott on November 18, 2006
SonyEricsson has topped the respected JD Power & Associates' annual survey of customer satisfaction in the US. For customers who have owned their devices more than two years, the Japanese-Swed...
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by Scott on September 23, 2006
Nokia, Motorola, Panasonic Mobile Communications, France Telecom/Orange, Vodafone, TeliaSonera AB, Intel, Epson and other technology companies have joined with the Finnish environment authority, UK...
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by tom on September 1, 2006
According to a post on MoCoNews, there are reports that Jamdat co-founders Scott Lahman and Zack Norman are leaving Electronic Arts, the company that bought JamDat a while back. Another of the founder...
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by tom on August 6, 2006
Regular visitors to the mobile weblog may have noticed a slight lack of posts recently, something which I admit is entirely my fault. I've been working on a new project on London for the past week...
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by Scott on June 23, 2006
It was all smiles and kissy kissy on Valentine's Day as Nokia and Sanyo announced they planned to join up their CDMA efforts to take on Samsung, LG and others in this market. The JV would have put...
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by Scott on June 19, 2006
Mobile giants Nokia and Siemens are not just involved in the handset business, but in the equipment side as well. A good deal of global mobile network infrastructure runs over (or between) the hardwar...
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by Scott on June 16, 2006
Motorola, NEC, NTT Docomo, Panasonic, Samsung, and Vodafone are backing an effort to develop linux for mobile devices. They have opened the effort to other mobile and electronics companies, and are lo...
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by tom on May 6, 2006
This week's Carnival of the Moblists is being hosted by WAP Review and features posts on Mobile Marketing, the new Skype Wi-fi phone, e-books and a host of other topics, as well as a mobilist podc...
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by tom on April 27, 2006
The number of SMS messages sent on the UK rose to a thumb-numbing 3.19 billion messages in March 2006, up from the previous record of 3.113 billion texts in December last year, according to figures re...
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by Scott on April 12, 2006
I am in China at the moment on business, and conveniently, the Web is a-bustle with news from China's mobile market. First, though, it bears emphasizing what a critical role the mobile device is p...
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by Scott on April 6, 2006
Mobile Tech Shorts 4.6.06
Flying "J" Launches MVNO for Truckers
Buried by news about Disney's MVNO play, an American truck-stop chain launches one of its own.
Amp'd Announces GPS-b...
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by Scott on April 4, 2006
Welcome to a new feature: Mobile Tech Shorts. So many interesting snippets of information pass my desk on a daily basis, but not all merit a full post, so MTS is a way to share quick hits, links and E...