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Telecommunications

March 18, 2010

Verizon, AT&T, Google Partake of Broadband Speed Race

The race to provide ultrafast broadband is on. In May, Cleveland will become a test bed for a service, spearheaded by Case Western Reserve University, that lets ...

March 17, 2010

Nokia's Kallasvuo: We Must "Move Even Faster"

Nokia is the global cell-phone leader, with sales of 329 million units in 2009. Yet when it comes to feature-packed smartphones in some markets, including the U.S., ...

March 14, 2010

Readers Are Devouring Apple Book Apps

Michel Kripalani started making e-books when e-books weren't cool. A veteran creator of video games, Kripalani began developing downloadable digital books about a year...

March 9, 2010

The FCC National Broadband Plan: Long Haul Expected

Paul Karpowicz has nothing against broadband. But he has no plans to take part in a government effort to bring it to more homes. Karpowicz is president of Meredith ...

March 7, 2010

Apple, Amazon, Google Wage Content Wars

You may not know it, but your gadgets have a hidden agenda. Think about the electronics you own. No doubt there's a digital music player such as an Apple (AAPL) iPod ...

March 3, 2010

Gaga for Google Broadband

Jared Starkey is going all out for Google broadband. The day after Google (GOOG) said it would provide high-speed Internet access to as many as 500,000 people around ...

March 2, 2010

Apple's Smartphone Battle Plan

(This story was corrected to reflect the actual percentage of cases brought before the ITC that are resolved by a settlement) Apple's attempt to block the import of ...

February 25, 2010

Apple May Put iPhone OS on Other Devices

Apple is showing its true mobile colors. The company is on the lookout for an engineer who can help get its mobile-phone software onto additional devices. On Feb. 15, ...

February 25, 2010

The iPad Accessory Frenzy Begins

Scosche, a maker of accessories for consumer electronics, has made a mint selling products that complement Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and its iPod music player. Now, ...

February 25, 2010

Palm Under Pressure After Sales Shortfall

Palm may be running short of options. The smartphone maker on Feb. 25 cut a key revenue forecast and said demand for its flagship Pre device isn't meeting ...

February 17, 2010

Beyond the FCC's Push for 100 Mbps to 100 Million

(This blog has been corrected to show that the proposed plan would reach the majority, not one-third, of the U.S. population) Julius Genachowski, chairman of the ...

February 15, 2010

Broadband Reform: Jobs, Not Download Speed

When it comes to broadband, we Americans are a bit like Maverick and Goose in Top Gun. We feel the need for speed—download speed, that is. We cringe at reports ...

February 15, 2010

Opera's Bid to Become an iPhone Browser

Apple's willingness to let competing Web browsers onto the iPhone will soon be put to the test. Norwegian software maker Opera (OPERA:NO) said on Feb. 10 that it has ...

February 12, 2010

Microsoft Aims to Get Back in the Game in Mobile

(Clarifies in first paragraph that Bach spoke to analysts in January.) Just a few years ago, Microsoft (MSFT) looked like a real contender in the mobile-phone market. ...

February 12, 2010

Mobile World Congress: Don't Call It a Phone Show

Mobile World Congress, which kicks off Monday in Barcelona, is the place to be for everyone who's anyone in the mobile-phone ecosystem, and increasingly that includes ...

February 11, 2010

FCC May Pay Broadcasters for Airwaves

The Federal Communications Commission is considering a plan to pay broadcasters to vacate airwaves it could use to alleviate network strain caused by the surging use ...

February 5, 2010

Deutsche Telekom's Limited Options for T-Mobile

Deutsche Telekom (DT) is said to be considering strategic options for its troubled U.S. unit. The company may find its choices limited amid heightened competition in ...

February 5, 2010

Apple's Hard iPad Sell

With the introduction of the iPad, Apple's (AAPL) status as a cultural icon reached new heights. Based on an unscientific survey of newspapers archived by The Newseum,...

February 4, 2010

Bar Codes Ride Again on Mobile Phones

Bar codes are getting hip. For decades, retailers and manufacturers have used these patterns of black dots, lines, and squares to encode pricing and other data onto ...

January 28, 2010

Apple iPad Adds to Pressure on AT&T

As Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs unveiled the tablet-style iPad computer Jan. 27, many of his pronouncements were greeted with cheers. In contrast, his revelation ...

January 26, 2010

Mobile-Ad M Frenzy May Continue

Michael Bayle has been fielding a lot of phone calls in the two months since Google bought mobile-ad company AdMob for $750 million. Bayle is a vice-president at ...

January 26, 2010

Verizon Wireless-AT&T Competition Heats Up

This story was corrected to show that Dunston Almeida is a telecommunications consultant at Exothen Capital Consulting Competition heated up in the fourth quarter ...

January 21, 2010

With the iPhone, Geodelic Finds Dollars and Seoul

Ever since we first tried out Sherpa, a location-based services application, we became fans of Geodelic, the Santa Monica (Calif.)-based company behind it. The app, ...

January 20, 2010

Apple, Microsoft Discuss Giving Bing Top iPhone Billing

In 2003, when Apple said its iTunes music software would work on PCs using the Windows software of its age-old rival, Microsoft, Apple made up posters that read "Hell ...

January 20, 2010

Verizon Wireless-AT&T 'Price War' May Boost Revenues

Don't be fooled by the latest round of price cuts by Verizon Wireless and AT&T. The two biggest U.S. mobile-phone companies said on Jan. 15 they'll cut monthly prices ...

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