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Friday, November 20, 2009

China Mobile Counts on 3G for Its Growth

Lorraine Luk

China Mobile Ltd., the world’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, is pinning its hopes on new third-generation services such as mobile television and mobile readers to drive growth amid increasing competition and falling voice revenue.

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

AT&T Defends Its Data Network From Verizon Ad attacks

Prince McLean

Verizon began advertising its 3G coverage against AT&T’s in a series of ads poking fun at Apple’s “there’s an app for that” iPhone commercials, presenting coverage maps of its own 3G CDMA/EVDO network in red against much more limited 3G service coverage maps for AT&T’s 3G network presented in blue.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

AT&T to Verizon: There’s a Lawsuit for That

Andrew LaVallee

Verizon Wireless’s “There’s a Map For That” ads are already a fading memory for those eyeing the newer Droid campaign, but AT&T hasn’t forgotten them.

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Nokia Unveils China 3G Phone

Loretta Chao

Nokia Corp. unveiled its first cell phone developed with China’s homegrown third-generation mobile technology Tuesday, saying it would aim to “democratize” the smart phone market by aiming to sell lower-priced handsets at higher volumes.

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Monday, October 26, 2009

India Is Set to Begin Bandwidth Auction

R. Jai Krishna and Satish Sarangarajan

India will launch auctions on Jan. 14 to allot radio bandwidth for third-generation, or 3G, telecommunications services.

The government will hold a separate bandwidth auction for broadband wireless access, a document on the Department of Telecommunications Web site said Saturday.

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Thursday, September 3, 2009

iPhone Slowing AT&T Network?

Eric Savitz

I see a trend.

Back in July, I wrote a post based on a Bernstein Research report which considered the question of whether the Apple iPhone has been a blessing or a curse for AT&T, citing among other factors the strain the data-happy iPhone users are placing on the company’s 3G network.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Apple: iPhone Spotted on China Unicom Web Site; Unicom Execs Spotted Paying Visit to Cupertino (Updated)

Eric Savitz

Very interesting tidbit today from Macworld U.K., which found a China Unicom Web page with information on the Apple iPhone. Macworld notes that the information, which is in Chinese, is apparently part of a list of smartphones that could theoretically be supported by the 3G network China Unicom is building. The Macworld story notes that the page appears only on the Web site for the company’s Shanghai branch, and did not say specifically that the iPhone would be offered by China Unicom.

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

The Definitive Coast-to-Coast 3G Data Test

Wilson Rothman

After a grueling eight-city coast-to-coast test of the 3G networks run by AT&T, Sprint and Verizon, we’ve come up with some clear-cut test results. Think you know who has the best network? Think again.

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

August Handset Demand “Lackluster,” Pacific Crest Says

Eric Savitz

U.S. and European handset demand was “lackluster” in August, creating pressure on pricing, Pacific Crest’s James Faucette asserted in a research note this morning.
Faucette says says handset sell-through is up sequentially from July, but below expectations for the beginning of the back-to-school season.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Apple: As iPhone Sales Grow, So Do 3G Reception Issues

Eric Savitz

As sales of Apple 3G iPhones continue to grow, there are also increasing reports of trouble with 3G reception on the devices.

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Friday, August 8, 2008

RIM’s “Bold” Sets Up Strong Second Half, Says Citi

Tiernan Ray

Not that you’d notice it from yesterday’s stock action, but Citigroup analyst Jim Suva thinks BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion is setting itself up for a strong second half of the year with the introduction over the next several weeks of its 3G version of the BlackBerry, the “Bold.”

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Saturday, August 2, 2008

iPhoneDevCamp 2

Adam Tow

This weekend in San Francisco, the second annual iPhoneDevCamp 2 is underway. Whereas the first confab focused primarily on Web applications, this one has a definite native application flavor, thanks in large part to the fact that the iPhone software development kit (SDK) is out of beta and now available for developers.

When the iPhone was released in June, many developers were disappointed by the absence of an SDK for writing third-party applications on day one.

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

AT&T Says It Will Cut Off P2P Wireless Users

Mike Masnick

AT&T is admitting that if it discovers users of its wireless broadband 3G service are making use of P2P apps, it will cut them off completely, and claims that it makes this clear in the terms of service. It hasn’t happened yet, but this bit of data will supposedly be used by a dissenting FCC [...]

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Thursday, July 10, 2008

How the iPhone 3G Is Changing the Wireless Game

Jon Fortt

When Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the wraps off of the iPhone 18 months ago, the wireless establishment offered a smug response. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a Nokia executive sniffed that Apple’s new gadget merely validated his company’s strategy, and voiced his surprise to journalists that the iPhone didn’t use the latest 3G networks for fast data connections. “Overall, it’s very exciting for us,” he said, implying the mighty Nokia had nothing to worry about.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

RIMM Slides Ahead of Earnings; Report Blackberry Bold AT&T Launch Delayed 2-3 Weeks; RBC Trims FY Q2 Estimates

Eric Savitz

Research In Motion (RIMM) shares are lower this morning heading into the company’s announcement after the close of results for its fiscal first quarter ended May. The Street consensus is for revenue of $2.27 billion and profits of 85 cents a share.

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