The Wireless Report http://www.thewirelessreport.com The Wireless Report http://www.thewirelessreport.com/media/feedlogo.gif The Wireless Report http://www.thewirelessreport.com en-us Copyright 2009 Blogsmith, LLC. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/New CDMA phones from Samsung coming to Alltel, Verizonhttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/31/new-cdma-phones-from-samsung-coming-to-alltel-verizon/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/31/new-cdma-phones-from-samsung-coming-to-alltel-verizon/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/31/new-cdma-phones-from-samsung-coming-to-alltel-verizon/#commentsFiled under: ,

Samsung, the all-things-CDMA handset maker du jour these days, will be introducing new handsets to CDMA carriers Alltel and Verizon soon.

The two new models -- the R510 and U540 -- look identical to existing handsets offered from other carriers -- like the T-Mobile Trace and the Sprint A500. Both, both of these are packing CDMA innards in ultra-slim form factors.

[via Engadget Mobile]
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]]>Brian White2007-01-31T12:00:00+00:00Sanyo reports huge net loss for recent quarterhttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/31/sanyo-reports-huge-net-loss-for-recent-quarter/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/31/sanyo-reports-huge-net-loss-for-recent-quarter/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/31/sanyo-reports-huge-net-loss-for-recent-quarter/#commentsFiled under: ,

Sanyo reported a 7.3 billion yen net loss for the most recent quarter this past Tuesday, casted doubt on whether the struggling Japanese electronics maker will pull out of some markets it serves.

Strangely, a decline in domestic sales (Japan) outpaced strong performance overseas (U.S. market and others). The reason for the declines was given as increased competition in digital cameras that offset higher sales of mobile phones and advanced washing machines. Sanyo only sells mobile handsets to one U.S. carrier -- Sprint.
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]]>Brian White2007-01-31T11:06:00+00:00Billionaire asks for seat on Motorola's boardhttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/31/billionaire-asks-for-seat-on-motorolas-board/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/31/billionaire-asks-for-seat-on-motorolas-board/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/31/billionaire-asks-for-seat-on-motorolas-board/#commentsFiled under: ,

Carl Icahn -- a financier who likes to get involved with companies he tries to "fix" -- has bought about 1.4% of Motorola's stock and has requested a seat on the board of directors.

There are many guesses that say Icahn wants to split Motorola up into component pieces (like any bullheaded financier) based on lackluster results from its last quarter.

Motorola, though, has has great results in recent years with a stock price that has done well. So, what's Icahn's beef here?
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]]>Brian White2007-01-31T10:23:00+00:00Sprint adds more EV-DO Revision A marketshttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/31/sprint-adds-more-ev-do-revision-a-markets/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/31/sprint-adds-more-ev-do-revision-a-markets/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/31/sprint-adds-more-ev-do-revision-a-markets/#commentsFiled under: ,

Sprint continues to take its 3G wireless network across the U.S. to the next level, as it's upgraded more markets to the next-gen EV-DO Revision A standard.

Miami Fl., Portland Ore. and Puerto Rico have received the nicety of Sprint's latest upgrade and all three markets now have EV-DO Revision A speeds available to customers.

At this time, the speeds are only available using PC Cards -- not handsets.
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]]>Brian White2007-01-31T09:19:00+00:00Sprint wants to control feature and smartphoneshttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/31/sprint-provision/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/31/sprint-provision/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/31/sprint-provision/#commentsFiled under: , ,

As the complexity of certain advanced wireless handsets and fully-fledged smartphones becomes more prevalent, carriers need a way to manage those devices on the network -- millions of them.

As such, Sprint has partnered with mFoundation to do just that. It will be able to provision, configure, diagnose and manage feature phones and smartphones on its network -- remotely and with (hopefully) a minimum of fuss.
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]]>Brian White2007-01-31T07:25:00+00:00Cingular spends $86 million in Las Vegas upgradeshttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/31/cingular-spends-86-million-in-las-vegas-upgrades/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/31/cingular-spends-86-million-in-las-vegas-upgrades/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/31/cingular-spends-86-million-in-las-vegas-upgrades/#commentsFiled under: ,

Looks like the nation's largest carrier spent a staggering $86 million to upgrade its wireless network in Sin City last year, surpassing the estimate of $46 million which was initially forecast.

If you're in Vegas any time soon and don't have a good wireless signal, Cingular probably wants to know about it after spending so much in upgrading the level of service there. Just don't count cards on that new Windows Mobile smartphone, ok?
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]]>Brian White2007-01-31T06:30:00+00:00China's 4G tech leapfrogs existing 3G techhttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/chinas-4g-tech-leapfrogs-existing-3g-tech/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/chinas-4g-tech-leapfrogs-existing-3g-tech/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/chinas-4g-tech-leapfrogs-existing-3g-tech/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Althought 3G wireless technology is still in its infancy here in the U.S. and around the globe, China wants to be the first to have a fully-functional "4G" standard in place.

It apparently has it, as a group of 10 "leading domestic institutions" called the "FuTURE Project" this past Sunday rolled out 4G in Shanghai. More details here.
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]]>Brian White2007-01-30T18:15:00+00:00Cingular and Travelocity settle over adware chargeshttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/cingular-and-travelocity-settle-over-adware-charges/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/cingular-and-travelocity-settle-over-adware-charges/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/cingular-and-travelocity-settle-over-adware-charges/#commentsFiled under: ,

If you are familiar with "adware", you'll know that it is installed on personal computers (almost always without consumer consent) to display advertising and popups that seem to take over the PC as if it were possessed.

Well, in a fist, marketers have been held responsible for ads displayed through adware -- and the culprits include the largest mobile carrier in the U.S. -- Cingular (the wireless unit of AT&T), which will pay New York $35,000 to cover penalties and investigatory costs.
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]]>Brian White2007-01-30T17:48:00+00:00Mobile phone ringtones define Britshttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/mobile-phone-ringtones-define-brits/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/mobile-phone-ringtones-define-brits/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/mobile-phone-ringtones-define-brits/#commentsFiled under: ,

I guess citizens of Britain are having a cultural crisis over the ringtone selections on their mobile phones, as 4 out of 5 of those citizens fear criticism of their mobile ringtone.

Isn't there anything else in the world to do but give a shout out (good or bad) about a mobile ringtone choice? Apparently, British mobile phone users are in a quandary about choosing their ringtone after new research from Dial-a-Phone indicates 97% of Brits judge personality based on ringtone choice.

As if we didn't all have enough stupid things to judge others on.
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]]>Brian White2007-01-30T16:31:00+00:00Hyperfactory launches mobile media platform for advertisershttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/hyperfactory/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/hyperfactory/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/hyperfactory/#commentsFiled under: ,

With a few copmpanies and a handfuls of startups banking on the future of mobile marketing -- kinda like Google bet its future on text ads all those years ago -- the Hyperfactory is set to offer a global platform for contextual media planning based around this platform.

Companies want to find out which types of campaigns work and don't work on the "third screen" -- the mobile phone screen, that is.
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]]>Brian White2007-01-30T15:16:00+00:00One billion mobile ads served already -- in 6 monthshttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/one-billion-mobile-ads-served-already-in-6-months/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/one-billion-mobile-ads-served-already-in-6-months/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/one-billion-mobile-ads-served-already-in-6-months/#commentsFiled under: ,

Mobile advertising is apparently becoming a big business, though I have yet to see many ads on most of the xHTML and WAP sites I visit (a few hundred, actually).

But, mobile advertising company AdMob says that mobile Web users are drawn to mobile communities and downloading sites (ah-ha!). And, of course, AdMob has served 1 billion mobile Web advertisements in the last six months on those types of properties.
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]]>Brian White2007-01-30T14:29:00+00:00Digicel gives mobile TV to customers in Jamaicahttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/digicel/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/digicel/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/digicel/#commentsFiled under: ,

Want your mobile TV, mon? Digicel will be giving mobile television service over its network to its Jamaican customers via technology from Vimio.

The service will offer local live programs, soap operas, news and music videos. The thing is this -- how on earth can this work with Digicel's GSM/GPRS network? Buggy and slow would be my guess.
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]]>Brian White2007-01-30T13:25:00+00:00Motorola and TI seizing in on WiMax and 3Ghttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/moto/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/moto/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/moto/#commentsFiled under: , ,

The prevalence of 3G wireless handsets combined with the global positioning of WiMax technology is making Motorola and Texas Instruments gleefully happy -- as both companies are trying to seize on those markets ahead of rivals.

Motorola has plenty of rivals in the 3G marketplace, although TI has a decent portion of the WiMax market with the clout it wields (alongside Nortel and Alcatel, among others).
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]]>MotorolaTexas InstrumentsTexasInstrumentsBrian White2007-01-30T11:17:00+00:00Mobile marketing coming into its own?http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/mobile-marketing-coming-into-its-own/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/mobile-marketing-coming-into-its-own/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/mobile-marketing-coming-into-its-own/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Is advertising to the mobile phone becoming an explosive industry? By many accounts, it is, as the generation of marketing messages across wireless applications is starting to attract some big money.

The wireless web may be the next advertising frontier past the web browser for the PC, and there are companies that are trying to offer a one-stop shop for companies looking to tout their brands on the wireless Web
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]]>Brian White2007-01-30T10:13:00+00:00Verizon slaps Cingular back, adding 2.1 million postpaid subscribershttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/verizon-slaps-cingular-back-adding-2-1-million-postpaid-subscri/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/verizon-slaps-cingular-back-adding-2-1-million-postpaid-subscri/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/verizon-slaps-cingular-back-adding-2-1-million-postpaid-subscri/#commentsFiled under: ,

Just when Cingular's numbers of adding 2.4 million new subscribers in its latest quarter seemed inpenetrable, Verizon just announced that it added 2.1 million.

The catch -- all of those for Verizon were postpaid customers, and most of Cingular's numbers were prepaid customers. Looks like Verizon beat Cingular in the customer numbers that count for more.
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]]>CingularVerizonBrian White2007-01-30T09:09:00+00:00T-Mobile growth dips a bit in latest quarterhttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/t-mobile-growth-dips-a-bit-in-latest-quarter/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/t-mobile-growth-dips-a-bit-in-latest-quarter/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/t-mobile-growth-dips-a-bit-in-latest-quarter/#commentsFiled under: ,

As 2006 drew to a close, T-Mobile -- the fourth largest wireless carrier in the U.S. -- saw subscriptions drop from the same period in 2005, although growth was still quite good all things considered (what with Cingular adding 2.4 million customers in the same period).

T-Mobile USA said it added 901,000 net new subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2006, fewer than the 1.39 million it added during the same time in 2005.
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]]>Brian White2007-01-30T08:06:00+00:00Nokia wants new ad agencyhttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/29/nokia-wants-new-ad-agency/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/29/nokia-wants-new-ad-agency/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/29/nokia-wants-new-ad-agency/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Looks like Nokia -- the world leader in wireless handset sales but lagging here in the U.S. -- is looking for a new global ad agency.

The company probably wants to grow back its mojo after being so popular in the U.S. marketplace (and elsewhere) just five years ago when Nokia was "the phone" to have.

Recently, Motorola, Samsung and LG have beaten up on Nokia here in the American market quite badly with newer styles, higher-end phones and more selection -- and Nokia has become "not the brand" it used to be.
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]]>Brian White2007-01-29T16:55:00+00:00Is Wireless Number Portability a success or failure?http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/29/is-wireless-number-portability-a-success-or-failure/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/29/is-wireless-number-portability-a-success-or-failure/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/29/is-wireless-number-portability-a-success-or-failure/#commentsFiled under: ,

The prevalence over the last few years of letting customers here in the U.S. "port" their wireless telephone numbers form one carrier to another has been a very nice success from all accounts. Personally, I've used this and found the value to be quite good (i.e., not losing my number).

How about the rest of the world? According to this article, failed implementation has meant that customers are not using number portability in the numbers that were expected in many markets across the globe. Here in the U.S., though, the process is quite smooth after the initial kinks were ironed out.
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]]>Brian White2007-01-29T16:19:00+00:00Verizon Wireless expects margins over 40%http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/29/verizon-re/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/29/verizon-re/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/29/verizon-re/#commentsFiled under: ,

When a company is making profit margins in the area of 40% or more, you know some money -- quite a bit of money -- is being made.

Verizon Communications -- which runs the second-largest wireless carrier in the U.S. -- said that it expects to maintain wireless gross margins of 43% to 45% for the coming years.

That is pretty bold considering Verizon Wireless wants to take more marketshare over the next few years -- which generally means deflated margins at the expense of more share.
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]]>Brian White2007-01-29T15:33:00+00:00Windows Mobile smartphones are multiplyinghttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/29/windows-mobile-smartphones-going-nuts/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/29/windows-mobile-smartphones-going-nuts/http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/29/windows-mobile-smartphones-going-nuts/#commentsFiled under: , ,

It seems there are a billion smartphones and Pocket PC phones (remember, two different OSes there) running on Windows Mobile.

Years ago, the Palm OS seemed to be a 'favorite' in the wireless handset world -- that mantra, though, is up between Windows Mobile and Symbian now in a "Rocky Balboa vs. Apollo Creed" style of fight.

With that, check out a review of the new "Hermes" Pocket PC device (from HTC, of course) over at MobileBurn.
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]]>Brian White2007-01-29T14:40:00+00:00