Mobile pioneer bets big on wireless stake (The New Zealand Herald)
Craig McCaw, the billionaire mobile-phone pioneer whose last two projects failed, may prove Wall Street wrong this time. McCaw, 58, helped resurrect a merger with Sprint Nextel Corp's high-speed data unit that could give his Clearwire Corp the fastest national wireless internet system in the US.
Sun, 18 May 2008 04:52:00 GMT
Cable companies to ramp up Web, HD, mobile service (Washington Post)
PHILADEPHIA -- Cable operators are riding high heading into this year's industry trade show, which kicks off this weekend.
Sat, 17 May 2008 20:46:33 GMT
Apple Signs More Nonexclusive iPhone Deals (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)
InformationWeek - Apple has signed iPhone deals that show it is willing to deviate from its insistence on having only one service provider sell its cell phone in each country.
Fri, 16 May 2008 20:07:00 GMT
Sprint faces tough questions (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Sprint Nextel Corp faced multiple questions about how it would turn the company around and stop customers from fleeing its cell phone service at its annual shareholder meeting, where voters only narrowly rejected one proposal that would have let them call special meetings.
Tue, 13 May 2008 19:27:27 GMT
Cable companies to ramp up Web, HD, mobile service (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Cable operators are riding high heading into this year's industry trade show, which kicks off this weekend. After a dismal 2007 in which their shares took a big pounding, cable is seeing a rebound as Wall Street put more weight on their gains in high-speed Internet and digital voice rather than focusing mainly on their traditional video services.
Fri, 16 May 2008 21:24:31 GMT
Cable companies to ramp up Web, HD, mobile service (San Francisco Chronicle)
Cable operators are riding high heading into this year's industry trade show, which kicks off this weekend. After a dismal 2007 in which their shares took a big pounding, cable is seeing a rebound as Wall Street put more weight on their gains in high-speed...
Fri, 16 May 2008 21:40:40 GMT
Sony BMG Offers DRM-Free MP3s Via Dada (CBS News)
Dada Entertainment and Sony BMG have signed a deal to make full-length DRM-free MP3s available to Dada's subscribers. The service charges $9.99 a month for 15 tokens, each of which can be redeemed for a ringtone, game or other mobile contentthe new deal will let people download full songs to their computer and transfer them to a mobile phone or digital music player. Dada wants other labels to ...
Thu, 15 May 2008 17:03:21 GMT
Sony BMG Offers DRM-Free MP3s Via Dada (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
Dada Entertainment and Sony BMG have signed a deal to make full-length DRM-free MP3s available to Dada's subscribers. The service charges $9.99 a month for 15 tokens, each of which can be redeemed for a ringtone, game or other mobile contentthe new deal will let people download full songs to their computer and transfer them to a mobile phone or digital music player.
Thu, 15 May 2008 16:39:00 GMT
Cable companies to ramp up Web, HD, mobile service (The State)
Cable operators are riding high heading into this year's industry trade show, which kicks off this weekend. After a dismal 2007 in which their shares took a big pounding, cable is seeing a rebound as Wall Street put more weight on their gains in high-speed Internet and digital voice rather than focusing mainly on their traditional video services. Year-to-date, industry leader Comcast Corp.'s ...
Fri, 16 May 2008 21:46:58 GMT
Verizon Wireless, Mozilla Join LiMo Foundation (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)
InformationWeek - The decision to snub Google's Android and its friends intensifies the debate over exactly which firm will have the more "open" cell phone service.
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