Wireless Business Forecast articles from August 2007

Wireless Business Forecast archives from August 2007

Dueling Analysts: Who Really Is Number One In Handset Sales?
August 9, 2007... With so many reports circulating today regarding which handset manufacturer has eaten the other's lunch this past quarter ended June 30, all Wireless Business Forecast can do is throw all the numbers out there and let you decide. Nokia...

The Mobile Media Review: The iPhone Wall-To-Wall Edition Part Two - The iApps.
August 9, 2007... In Part One of our comprehensive look at content and the impact of Apple's iPhone release (Wireless Business Forecast, July 25), we focused on the handset operating system itself. In this second and final part, we look at the first...

700 MHz Ruling Spawns Questions Of Who Gets What.
August 9, 2007... In a much-anticipated Second Report & Order adopted last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revised the 700 MHz band plan and service rules "to promote the creation of a nationwide interoperable broadband network for...

Initial EU Report Unmasks Roaming-Reform Laggards.
August 9, 2007... It's only been a month since the European Union cut over its new regulations aimed at reducing wireless roaming charges by as much as 70 percent, and it appears a number of scofflaws scattered among the 27 member states have surfaced. ...

FCC Applies Light Touch To New Automatic Roaming Rules.(Report)
August 9, 2007... After being bumped from the agenda last week in favor of a vote on the 700 MHz auction rules, a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) was vetted earlier today by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC),...

Business Apps Will Drive 5-Year Mobile-Data Growth.
August 9, 2007... Mobile e-mail, sales-force-automation tools, mapping applications and Internet access - these are all mobile data applications and services that make business customers more efficient and improve their work quality. According to a new report...

MySpace Goes North With Exclusive Rogers Wireless Pact.
August 23, 2007... Wireless subscribers in Canada now will have access to lifestyle portal MySpace via an exclusive partnership with between MySpace and Rogers Wireless. The landmark deal marks MySpace's first mobile partnership in Canada and gives Rogers...

The Promise And The Risk Of Mobile Advertising.
August 23, 2007... By Danny Kalish, Unipier For many years, advertising has been the driving financial force behind all successful media, including TV, Internet and newspapers. Nowadays, with falling subscriber voice revenues and fierce competition, there...

Nokia, Qualcomm To Spar Again, This Time At The ITC.
August 23, 2007... It looks like the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) will be hearing another Qualcomm patent-infringement case (TelecomWeb news break, Aug. 7), now that Nokia filed a complaint alleging Qualcomm has engaged in unfair trade practices...

The Mobile Media Review: More Social Networking, Shaky Searching, Rating The Rater And Small-Screen Movies.
August 23, 2007... Welcome to "The Mobile Media Review," our relevant and, many times, irreverent view of what's going on in the mobile-content arena. This week, we applaud Facebook Mobile but question the form and function of a popular travel- rating site, the...