Wireless Carriers Archive

Feature: Embedded device vendors focus on laptops

Posted on : Nov 10 2008 | Posted under Wireless Carriers

Carriers may envision all types of devices and appliances being embedded with wireless connectivity but vendors don’t necessary share that view.
Mobile carriers might drool at the prospect of linking their subscribers to their networks by embedding technology into every device from a cell phone to a refrigerator, but the vendors that build the devices […]

Feature: Embedded device vendors focus on laptops

Posted on : Nov 10 2008 | Posted under Wireless Carriers

Carriers may envision all types of devices and appliances being embedded with wireless connectivity but vendors don’t necessary share that view.
Mobile carriers might drool at the prospect of linking their subscribers to their networks by embedding technology into every device from a cell phone to a refrigerator, but the vendors that build the devices […]

Holiday Handset Guide Slideshow - Giving the gift of wireless

Posted on : Nov 04 2008 | Posted under Wireless Carriers

FierceWireless compiled this guide to U.S. holiday handsets that operators will be featuring during the upcoming buying season. In the first of this two-part series, we profile the low-end handsets.
Whether they line up at a retail store early in the morning or tear through some gold wrapping paper to find a smartphone waiting in […]

Wireless carriers open the network to embedded devices

Posted on : Nov 04 2008 | Posted under Wireless Carriers

Where’s the next big evolution in wireless?  The tier 1 operators think there’s tremendous growth opportunity in embedding wireless connectivity into all types of devices and appliances.
With penetration rates hitting 85 percent and above in the U.S., wireless carriers are quickly realizing that the next big growth opportunity lies in not just connecting people to […]

Cincinnati Bell Wireless pushes family plans for smartphones

Posted on : Oct 15 2008 | Posted under Wireless Carriers

The smartphone, once the must-have gadget for the well-equipped business person, is now so passé that Cincinnati Bell Wireless is offering a “family plan” for families with two or more BlackBerry-like devices.
Probably the first wireless carrier that’s gone out of its way to link family members through smartphones, the carrier’s offering combines a standard voice […]

Major carriers deny text-messaging price fix

Posted on : Oct 14 2008 | Posted under Wireless Carriers

The major incumbent wireless carriers responded to U.S. Senator Herb Kohl’s charge that they have been colluding to fix text-messaging prices, and denied any wrongdoing. Article

25 Most Powerful People in Wireless

Posted on : Oct 14 2008 | Posted under Wireless Carriers

And the most powerful people in wireless are:

21. Steve Largent, President and CEO of CTIA
22. Dan Schulman, CEO of Virgin Mobile USA
23. Brad Anderson, Chairman and CEO of Best Buy
24. Ben Verwaayen, CEO Alcatel Lucent
25. John Faith, General Manager and VP of MySpace Mobile

In today’s tough economic climate, having powerful leadership can be critical […]