Capital Markets: AT&T announces investment program; Verve secures funding; and more
AT&T Capital Services announced a financing initiative that will provide loans to small businesses that want to deploy new wireless solutions or upgrade existing ones. Traditionally, AT&T Capital Services has financed wireline initiatives, but it recently began providing financing for wireless projects. ... Read More »
Analyst Angle: Open letter to Stephen Elop, Nokia’s new CEO: How to make Nokia great again
I congratulate you on assuming leadership of one of the great mobile and wireless companies in the world. Surely, something intrigued you enough to leave the safe mother ship of Microsoft Corp. to take on the challenge to “re-make” Nokia Corp. ... Read More »
Analyst Angle (Special Edition): The big four carriers and their competitive positioning
It’s no secret that the wireless industry has been competitive for quite some time. Postpaid growth is flattening while prepaid services are the next frontier. ... Read More »
Ericsson deploys its first LTE network in North America
Ericsson Inc. (ERIC) supplied the network equipment for MetroPCS Communications Inc.'s LTE rollout in the Dallas area. ... Read More »
Intelligence to the core: 4G evolution to bring new opportunities, challenges to mobile space
The mobile telecommunications industry for years has been an evolving ecosystem in search of the latest “G.” That “G” was typically tied to a number and in the case of the current evolution means 4G. ... Read More »
RIM confirms eventual BlackBerry shift to QNX
Research In Motion Ltd. isn't making a big deal about it yet, but it has confirmed that the operating system it acquired through QNX Software Systems will eventually replace the traditional BlackBerry OS on all future devices. ... Read More »
Bubble Motion expands voice blogging footprint to Japan
Bubble Motion has inked a new carrier deal in Japan for its BubbleBlog voice-blogging platform with KDDI Corp. The service, which is particularly attractive in markets where voicemail isn't fully developed, is in the midst of an aggressive rollout in Indonesia, Philippines, India and Japan. ... Read More »
MetroPCS expands LTE service to Dallas/Fort Worth
MetroPCS Communications Inc. continued its LTE roll out plans with the launch of services in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area. The launch follows up the carriers launch last week in Las Vegas of the first commercial LTE network in the United States. ... Read More »