Wireless Business Forecast articles from January 2008

Wireless Business Forecast archives from January 2008

The Mobile Media Review: The 'Should-Auld-Acquaintance-Be-Forgot' Issue.
January 10, 2008... With CES running in Las Vegas this week, and loads of new mobile technology and content being announced, there is precious little of this new material in our hands. CES has a deserved reputation for being a vaporware show of a high order. Just...

The Year Ahead: iPhone Wannabes, Openness, Multimedia, Wi-Fi, The Cloud And Lies.
January 10, 2008... By Alan Reiter The U.S. economy is in bad shape, the flames of war continue around the world and your favorite presidential candidate might lose. But cheer up - 2008 will be a great year for wireless creativity and innovation. There...

The Billion-Dollar Dilemma: What Voice-Quality Dissatisfaction Costs Wireless, VoIP Service Providers.
January 10, 2008... The number of people around the world who will pick up a phone today and make a call is staggering, yet their goal is the same as it was in 1876 at the dawn of telecommunications: People want to communicate, which means they need to hear,...

Time To Rethink Muni Wi-Fi?
January 10, 2008... Municipalities around the United States that have been planning to deploy municipal Wi-Fi - and there are about 400 of them, according to a count by research house ABI - had best rethink and retool their plans if they want to be successful....

Carrier Ethernet Follows The Money Into Wireless Backhaul.(ADVA Optical Networking)
January 10, 2008... Based on the events of 2007, the noise level surrounding Ethernet - particularly Carrier Ethernet and Metro Ethernet - is sure to get ever louder in the coming year. Some think that the real money, when it comes to the United States, isn't...

4G One Step Closer With 3GPP LTE Blessing.
January 24, 2008... Long Term Evolution (LTE), the technology expected to be used by the vast majority of wireless carriers to dish up next-gen wireless broadband, has been approved by the The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) - a key blessing needed...

Supremes Let 'Line Item' State Billing Jurisdiction Stand.
January 24, 2008... The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to overturn a lower-court ruling that prevents wireless carriers from listing taxes and other government fees as separate line items on consumer bills. The decision is part of Sprint Nextel Corp. v....

Aptilo Doubles Next-Gen Presence Via Airpath Purchase.
January 24, 2008... Swedish wireless broadband house Aptilo Networks is buying Mass.-based Airpath Wireless in a move that instantly double's Aptilo's presence and revenues in the United States. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Aptilo lays claim to...

Private/Public Partnership Makes Cellphone Recycling Easier.
January 24, 2008... Leading cellphone manufacturers, service providers and retailers are teaming with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to facilitate easier handset recycling. The voluntary "Plug-In To eCycling" program offers businesses and...

The Mobile Media Review: Mobile TV Still Struggles With Value While Sometimes Print-To-Mobile Just Doesn't Translate.
January 24, 2008... 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, Verizon Wireless' mobile TV in all its iterations is discussed along with why Wired may not be as...

Takeaway Tips: How To Negotiate A Severance Package.
January 24, 2008... With all the talk of sub-prime mortgage defaults, recession, tax breaks to get the economy going and top wireless companies beginning some serious corporate belt-tightening, everybody needs to think about what to do if the unthinkable...