News Clips
| NEWS CLIPS | |
|---|---|
| ZDNet.co.uk: Mobile operators could make “significant savings” on network infrastructure costs Analyst Informa Telecoms & Media has calculated that savings of up to $5.3bn or more could be made on network infrastructure costs if femtocells "are properly deployed using meticulous geographic network planning". Informa said it expects more than 40 million of the broadband-piggybacking indoor base-station devices will be deployed by the end of 2013. The analyst firm believes this installed base could help operators offload up to eight percent of total mobile traffic to fixed broadband networks. Read the Story |
08/15/08 |
| Investor's Business Daily: Cell tower owners mulling fuel cells for backup power Power to the cell tower. Wireless service providers are starting to explore whether fuel cells could be the answer to a tough question. How can providers get good backup power to the rising number of cellular towers perched on hilltops, high-rises, church steeples and elsewhere? Read the Story |
08/15/08 |
| Los Angeles Times: Consumer Electronics: Apple looks to Best Buy to boost iPhone’s reach The pending arrival of the iPhone 3G in Best Buy stores across the country signals that shortages of the Apple Inc. devices are easing, analysts said Wednesday. Apple and Best Buy Co., the top U.S. electronics retail chain, announced late Tuesday a deal to sell the popular gadget in Best Buy's 970 stores nationwide starting Sept. 7. Read the Story |
08/14/08 |
| Wall Street Journal: Best Buy to sell iPhone - retailer will join Apple and AT&T in offering device Best Buy Co. said it will begin selling Apple Inc.'s iPhone next month, making it the first U.S. retailer besides Apple and its U.S. carrier, AT&T Inc., to offer the popular device. Starting Sept. 7, both the eight- and 16-gigabyte models of the 3G phone will be available at all Best Buy stores, except for a handful located in areas where AT&T's wireless service isn't available, Best Buy said. Read the Story |
08/13/08 |
| Houston Chronicle: Moving 911 into the age of texting A crashing sound in the middle of the night awakens you. Seconds later, you hear heavy footsteps moving toward your bedroom. You quickly grab your cell phone and dast to the closet. While crouched under suits and shirts, you realize the intruder might hear you calling 911. What should you do? Send a text message. Read the Story |
08/12/08 |
| Wall Street Journal: iPhone software sales take off: Apple’s Jobs Apple Inc.'s bet on cellphone software appears to be paying off. In the month since Apple opened an online software clearinghouse call the App Store, users have downloaded more than 60 million programs for the iPhone, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in an interview at Apple's headquarters. While most of the applications were free, Apple sold an average of $1 million a day in applications for a total of about $30 million in sales ofver the month, Mr. Jobs said. Read the Story |
08/11/08 |
| Dow Jones: US mobile phone shipments rise 5.3% in 2Q - consulting firm Mobile phone shipments in the U.S. managed a 5.3% increase in the second quarter, as cellphone companies beat the weak economy and posted strong results. Strategy Analytics, an independent consulting firm, said 41.9 million cellphones were shipped in the quarter, up from 39.8 million a year earlier. Analyst Bonny Jo noted the prominence of all-inclusive plans, as well as new handset launches that kept consumer replacements at "a healthy level." Read the Story |
08/11/08 |
| Dow Jones: Apple iPhone’s halo effect yet to reach software developers Sliding software prices have dampened the halo effect many music and software companies expected from selling their products through Apple Inc's iPhone software store. Take, for example, game maker Jirbo Inc. The Los Angeles-based company thought it would have trouble getting customers to buy an iPhone version of its popular "Break" video game, which it had wanted to launch for $2.99 on July 10. Read the Story |
08/07/08 |
| Telephony Online: Verizon targets public safety market Verizon Business today announced a managed service, aimed at the public safety market, that enables public agencies to bridge disparate radio systems over an IP connection. Verizon is partnering with Cisco Systems and using its IPICS Media Convergence Server to create an Interoperability Solution for federal, state and local police, fire and medical agencies. Read the Story |
08/05/08 |
| Daily Mail: A mobile phone is the gizmo we can’t live without…the best and worst gadgets of all time If you sometimes wonder how you ever got by without a mobile, you're in good company. For it's been voted the household item that has most changed our lives. According to a poll, more than a quarter of us think the mobile is the gadget that has altered our behaviour the most. Read the Story |
08/05/08 |