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Global Mobile

Call it wireless or call it cellular, use it for voice or use it for data, it's untethered personal communications in all its forms

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May 2008
- Yes On Phones, No On Talking: Poll
  
  PC World | May 23, 08 4:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Americans want wireless service on airplanes, but not voice calls, PC World reports. A survey finds 60% would use silent features like texting and email, but 74% think that no matter what, conversations shouldn’t be allowed. Americans "don't want to be forced to listen to the conversation of the passenger sitting next to them," a pollster says. More »
- Bluetooth Gets a Makeover
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 15, 08 2:19 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As more states push “hands-free” rules on drivers, ridiculous-looking wireless headsets only get more common. But two firms, Aliph and Plantronics, are attempting to address that. While the Wall Street Journal ’s Walter Mossberg finds the “jewelry-esque” makeover of both models pleasing, it’s the functionality of Aliph’s Jawbone that most impresses him. More »
- BlackBerry Holds Its Own Against iPhone
  
  Forbes | May 14, 08 1:21 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The release of the new 3G BlackBerry Bold Monday sent Research in Motion’s shares up 6.93%, to $141.97. The reason, according to Forbes , is the BlackBerry’s business focus, which lets it maintain its edge over the popular but business-weak iPhone. The Bold apes the iPhone in design, but integrates smoothly with business email and other systems, unlike its smartphone rival. More »
- Consumers Giving Up Landlines
  
  USA Today | May 14, 08 8:29 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Mobile and Internet-based phones are replacing landline phones in US households as younger Americans lead a movement to newer technologies, reports USA Today. The number of homes depending on wireless phones jumped 159% between 2004 and 2007. Nearly 35% of people 25-29 years old lived in wireless-only households in the second half of 2007, more than double the percentage of wireless-only 30-44 year olds. More »
- BlackBerry Gets a Bold Facelift
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 12, 08 8:53 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The new BlackBerry Bold was unveiled today, sporting a sleek update aimed at keeping its traditional business clientele from defecting to the iPhone. The silver-rimmed Bold is Research in Motion's first to run on speedy 3G wireless networks designed to handle multimedia content and has a faster processor to handle business software, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »
- Sprint Loses 1M Customers, $505M in Q1
  
  Bloomberg | May 12, 08 8:11 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sprint Nextel continued to hemorrhage customers in the first quarter, losing more than 1 million subscribers and tallying losses of $505 million, more than double its losses in the same period last year, reports Bloomberg. Sales slipped nearly 8% to $9.33 billion. The carrier, rumored to be a takeover target of Deutsche Telekom, said it would likely sell assets. More »
- High-Tech Pope to World Youth: Bless U
  
  Reuters | May 7, 08 8:18 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Catholic Church is going digital. During July’s World Youth Day in Sydney, Pope Benedict will reach out to the 225,000 young Catholics in attendance by text message, "using new ways to connect with today's tech-savvy youth," a spokesman tells Reuters. More »
- Sprint, Clearwire Close to Joining Forces
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 6, 08 5:13 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sprint and Clearwire are close to a long-awaited deal that would allow superfast wireless access for cellphones and laptops, the Wall Street Journal reports. Investors gave their final approval to the deal today, but the venture still needs regulators' approval. Comcast, Google, Intel, and Time Warner Cable are some of the entities funding the new venture, which takes some pressure off Sprint but doesn't resolve the question of Nextel's fate. More »
- T-Mobile Parent Mulling Bid for Sprint Nextel
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 5, 08 7:54 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom may bid for troubled Sprint-Nextel, a deal that would move the German telecom to the top of the US mobile communications heap, ahead of AT&T and Verizon, reports the Wall Street Journal. DT increasingly has looked to global options to help fuel earnings hurt by competition and sagging landline revenue at home. More »
- AT&T Offers TV Phone Service
  
  Associated Press | May 1, 08 10:10 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - After nearly a year-long delay, AT&T has jumped into the competition for TV viewers on the go. Beginning Sunday, the telecom will offer mobile TV service on two handsets, offering 10 channels of programming for $15 a month, reports the AP. AT&T will offer the service in Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and 54 other markets. More »
April 2008
- AT&T Delays New BlackBerry Rollout
  
  Fortune Magazine | Apr 25, 08 4:12 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Research in Motion’s latest BlackBerry has been delayed two months, Fortune reports. The Meteor phone, to run on AT&T’s 3G network, was pushed back from June to August. No reason was given, but sources say AT&T had concerns about audio quality. More »
- Slumping Razr Sales Slash Moto Earnings
  
  Bloomberg | Apr 24, 08 7:59 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Apple and Nokia chewed away at Motorola’s cellphone market share, pushing the troubled handset maker to a larger first-quarter loss than expected, Bloomberg reports. Moto lost $194 million, or 9 cents a share, and revenues fell 21% to $7.45 billion. The company also issued a bleak forecast for Q2 as handset shipments plunged 40%. Moto plans to spin off its handset unit this year. More »
- Wireless Drives AT&T Growth
  
  Wall Street Journal | Apr 22, 08 2:43 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - AT&T posted a 22% increase in net income during the first quarter, thanks to strong growth in its wireless unit. Its wireless earnings nearly doubled, while landline earnings dropped 2.1%. The company’s net income was $3.46 billion (57 cents a share), compared to $2.85 billion (45 cents a share) a year ago, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »
- Wireless Makers Work Out Deal for Faster Net
  
  Wall Street Journal | Apr 15, 08 2:26 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Big wireless equipment companies have worked out a royalty deal allowing for the adoption of new technology that should speed up the wireless web. The companies have agreed to limit the royalties they charge each other for patents related to a technology called long-term evolution, or LTE, reports the Wall Street Journal . The competing patents could have held off development of new, faster networks. More »
- Local TV Is Ready to Go Mobile
  
  Associated Press | Apr 15, 08 2:06 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Local TV stations that have been hemorrhaging ad dollars are banding together to pursue mobile television. A group of more than 800 local outlets is pushing for an open standard that would permit broadcasting to devices including cellphones and laptops, bypassing cellphone providers. The group projects that mobile advertising will be a $2 billion market, reports the AP. More »
- IPO Fever Shows Kenya is Recovering
  
  Wall Street Journal | Apr 15, 08 1:24 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - When Safaricom, Kenyan’s partially state-owned cellular giant, went public, Kenyans lined up by the thousands to buy in—a generally good sign for a country recently wracked by paralyzing ethnic violence, the Wall Street Journal reports. Safaricom’s IPO itself had been delayed by post-election clashes, but now the country’s economic boom appears back on track. More »
- Parents Get the Text Message
  
  Washington Post | Apr 11, 08 8:42 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Moms are leading the charge in taking text messaging beyond the teen set. Adolescents and adults in their forties and fifties are the two most active groups sending texts, the Washington Post reports. In the past two years, texting increased 130% among people 45 to 54, while text-saturated teens saw only a 41% bump. More »
- Bar Code Marketing Misses Mark
  
  New York Times | Apr 8, 08 2:04 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A technology that lets European and Asian cellphone users point their phones at bar codes on everything from products to street signs to bring up more information isn’t ready for deployment in the US. At least that’s the indication so far of a trial at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, where students have been slow to adopt it, reports the New York Times . More »