http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com TelecomWeb.com en-us 2009 Fri, 9 Jan 2009 18:39:44 EST In the application-developer community, some analysts estimate 7.1 million Java developers are creating desktop applications, but only around 3.6 million developers are creating mobile applications. However, Sprint says it’s changing that picture.   The carrier recently released what it... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262269.html Fri, 9 Jan 2009 0:00:00 EST Palm, in what’s widely seen as its last chance at salvation, finally took the wraps off its new operating system (OS) and the first smartphone that will use it.   However, in a move many see as shooting itself in the foot, Palm says the phone will initially be marketed exclusively by Sprint... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262270.html Fri, 9 Jan 2009 0:00:00 EST Inventive Media, a consulting firm catering to the Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) industry, has opened a WISP Directory Web site, what it says is “the most comprehensive list of WISPs in the United States.”   The directory currently has more than 1,700 verified WISP operators in... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262273.html Fri, 9 Jan 2009 0:00:00 EST A consortium led by U.K.-based analyst group Analysys Mason, including the economic consultancy DotEcon and the law firm U.S. law firm Hogan & Hartson LLP, won a contract to produce a study by the European Commission (EC) called “Exploiting The Digital Dividend – A European Approach.”... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262256.html Thu, 8 Jan 2009 0:00:00 EST The CDMA Development Group (CDG) is crediting handset diversity for the ongoing uptake of domestic 3G technology.   “A large selection of innovative CDMA2000 smartphones and high-end multimedia devices is driving the 3G wireless market in the United States. More than a dozen of these 3G... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262257.html Thu, 8 Jan 2009 0:00:00 EST One-time would-be WiMAX carrier NextWave Wireless sold a 75-percent stake in its IPWireless Inc., subsidiary to an IPWireless senior management team for just $1 million – essentially giving away a unit for which it paid $100 million just 18 months ago (TelecomWeb news break, April 9, 2007).   The... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262260.html Thu, 8 Jan 2009 0:00:00 EST NextPhase Wireless, in what it says is a reflection of growing demand for its broadband offerings, has opened a Tier 1 data center in Philadelphia.   The new center, NextPhase says, sits on fiber from more than a dozen Tier 1 and Tier 2 networks with national as well as global peering arrangements... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262261.html Thu, 8 Jan 2009 0:00:00 EST Nokia has stopped all marketing and production of the only handheld WiMAX device to have reached market -- the WiMAX version of its N810 Internet tablet.   The move, coming in the same week Clearwire launched its WiMAX service in Portland, Ore. (TelecomWeb news break, Jan. 5) is more than just an... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262263.html Thu, 8 Jan 2009 0:00:00 EST What’s called WiMAX by its corporate handlers but more precisely a wireless broadband product offering that currently follows an implementation of the IEEE’s 802.16 standard has entered 2009 with a massive layoff at the industry’s largest player. Analysts estimate sales of the still-infant... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262264.html Thu, 8 Jan 2009 0:00:00 EST Recent research performed by TelecomWeb wireless’ sister e-letter Tarifica Alert looked at 3G data pricing from 13 wireless carriers in the Latin American region. Tarifica’s methodology for this research was to take the “lowest” tariff from each carrier and the “highest”... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262265.html Thu, 8 Jan 2009 0:00:00 EST Due to the composition of their business markets European mobile companies make small business a top priority, and American wireless carriers could take a lesson.   In the United States, medium to large businesses employ 70 percent of the employees, while European large enterprises employ only 30... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262251.html Wed, 7 Jan 2009 0:00:00 EST Fewer than 24 hours after the Clearwire launched its first WiMAX service in Portland, Ore. (TelecomWeb news break, Jan. 6), Intel is taking a massive $950 million write-down on its investment in the carrier.   And word on the street says Comcast may do the same.   Leaving no doubt as to... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262255.html Wed, 7 Jan 2009 0:00:00 EST Managed ISP Atlantic Metro Communications is teaming with Rainbow Broadband, which provides broadband connectivity to the New York business community, to provide those businesses with “a fully-meshed, diverse and redundant business-class broadband service” they say is top of the line. The two... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262243.html Tue, 6 Jan 2009 0:00:00 EST The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is offering a series of technical specifications for emergency calls made using Voice over IP (VoIP) over wireless broadband.   TIA’s specs, designated “TIA-1133 All-IP Network Emergency Call Support - Stage 1 Requirements,” are... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262244.html Tue, 6 Jan 2009 0:00:00 EST UIQ Technology, Sony Ericsson’s and Motorola’s jointly owned cellphone touchscreen user interface (UI) venture, has filed for bankruptcy liquidation in a Swedish court following the donation of most of its technology to the Symbian Foundation.   The shuttering of UIQ – whose Web site... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262245.html Tue, 6 Jan 2009 0:00:00 EST Clearwire this morning formally launched its first commercial mobile wireless broadband service based on IEEE 802.16 specifications (better known by the trade name “WiMAX”), saying it has transformed Portland, Ore., into “the fastest unwired city in the West.”   Clearwire defines... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262246.html Tue, 6 Jan 2009 0:00:00 EST At the Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco this week, Quickoffice Inc., a producer of mobile-office-productivity software, is demo-ing MobileFiles Pro, what it claims is the first app to include editable Microsoft Office functionality for the iPhone and the iPod Touch.   Quickoffice’s... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262228.html Mon, 5 Jan 2009 0:00:00 EST China’s State Council has given the green light to the long-awaited issuance of 3G licenses, intensifying the massive battle for business among wireless infrastructure suppliers.   Manufacturers will be vying for chunks of the expected $41 billion the country’s three carriers could spend... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262230.html Mon, 5 Jan 2009 0:00:00 EST Despite the current world economy, venture capitalists have put another $6.4 million into Swedish mobile Unified Communications (UC) developer Telepo.   This new infusion has been earmarked by the company to expand its international presence.   Telepo already claims to be the market leader in... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262186.html Thu, 18 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST Motorola is taking an even tougher lean-and-mean stance to stay competitive, tweaking employee pay and benefits as well as changing some executive compensation.   Today’s decision is part and parcel of the company’s plan to conserve cash in this economic environment, and it adds to the $800... http://www.telecomweb-infotech.com/news/wbf/262181.html Wed, 17 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST