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NewsClearwire gets bigger; so does its Q1 losses
Clearwire Corp. may be on the cusp of a planned WiMAX revolution with Sprint in the future but, like its primary partner in its new joint venture, is struggling in the here and now. After market Read more...
All-star team re-ignites national WiMAX venture
Sprint Nextel, Clearwire, Comcast, Google, Time Warner Cable, Intel, Bright House Networks--'nuff said. Those firms--proven telecom industry giants, with the exception of Clearwire (okay, maybe Read more...
It's Verizon vs. Google Part Deux
In a move seemingly inspired by those 'True Love Waits' abstinence pledges, Google is petitioning the FCC to obtain a guarantee from Verizon Wireless promising the operator will honor its commitment Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Verizon's Petri retires; BigBand cuts 25 jobs; and much more...
> Daniel Petri, group president-International, at Verizon will retire Aug. 1 after 37 years with the telco. Report > Video Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Copper's shiny allure
The rising value of copper--it's gone up $1 a pound to about $3 in recent months--has created an expanding headache for telcos and police agencies: wire thieves. A quick Google search for "telephone Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Google bounces back; Sky is falling at Moto; and much more...
> Hang onto those Google shares, the giant has awoken ... profits are up 30 percent Article > Read more...
Skype looking strong with Q1 revenue jump
VoIP service provider Skype has been considered the smudge on eBay's reputation since the very day eBay acquired it. After eBay took an earnings charge on the cost of its acquisition last year, the Read more...
Google's Grand Central takes a Sunday morning stroll
Google does a lot of things right, but as a wannabe telco, it leaves a lot to be desired. The Internet search giant's much-ballyhooed Grand Central, which the folks in Mountain View hotwired $50 Read more...
Jamcracker keeps SaaS announcements coming
About 10 years ago, the telecom industry was enamored with the CLEC model (or at least anyone with money and time in a CLEC was), and ready for the next big thing in the service provider evolution. Read more...
Go away, Google
I may be risking FierceTelecom's future page views and search results when I say this, but here goes: Google, will you please just go away? Google, dear pop culture icon and money machine, Google, Read more...
| Press ReleasesGyPSii Takes the Lead in Mobile Social Networking With New and Improved Feature SetAMSTERDAM, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GyPSii the leading geo-location and social networking service provider for mobile phones and Internet devices, has Read more... WINNERS OF 12th ANNUAL WEBBY AWARDS ANNOUNCED; STEPHEN COLBERT, MICHEL GONDRY, will.i.am TO BE HONORED FOR SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT
New York, NY (May 6, 2008) - The winners of this year's Webby Awards will be saluted alongside a remarkable slate of special achievement honorees, including Stephen Colbert, director Michel Gondry Read more... Sprint and Google Expand Relationship to Enable Richer Mobile Experience and More Choices for Sprint CustomersSprint (NYSE:S) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) today announced a partnership aimed at more deeply integrating Google applications and services into Sprint customers’ mobile experience. As Read more... Opera does the robot for Google’s Android Opera Software today announced that the globally acclaimed Opera
Mini™ browser for mobile phones is available for the Android platform.
Today’s technical preview release is available at Read more... Google Announces 2008 Developer EventsGoogle (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced a new developer event for 2008:
Google I/O™, a two-day, in-depth gathering for developers to share
knowledge about Google’s own developer products and web Read more... |