The Wireless ReportThe Wireless ReportMobile phone ringtones define Brits- January 30, 2007 Filed under: Cellular, SoftwareI 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...http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/mobile-phone-ringtones-define-brits/ Deutsche Telekom sees lower performance in latest quarter- January 30, 2007 Deutsche Telekom -- the German telecom juggernaut -- witnessed lower performance in its most recent quarter as it saw a big cut in profit and forecast more competition.European competitor Vodafone Group is not making things easy for DT, as it relentlessly cuts prices and forces DT to do the same. T-Mobile USA -- DT's fastest-growing unit -- has also not lived up to forecasts because of the dollar's slide against the euro in 2006.Read Permalink Email...http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/deutsche-telekom-sees-lower-performance-in-lat... Hyperfactory launches mobile media platform for advertisers- January 30, 2007 Filed under: Cellular, BusinessWith 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.Read Permalink Email...http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/hyperfactory/ One billion mobile ads served already -- in 6 months- January 30, 2007 Filed under: Cellular, SoftwareMobile 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.Read Permalink Email...http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/one-billion-mobile-ads-served-already-in-6-mon... Digicel gives mobile TV to customers in Jamaica- January 30, 2007 Filed under: Cellular, SoftwareWant 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 GSMGPRS network Buggy and slow would be my guess.Read Permalink Email this Linking Blogs Commentshttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/digicel/ Ruckus Wireless unveils Wi-Fi routerrepeater- January 30, 2007 Filed under: UWB, HardwareThe name we all love to love -- Ruckus Wireless -- wants you to be able and bridge those outdoor, citywide WiFi networks and those indoor, ad-hoc networks into a single point of connectivity.How Why, the company has developed a single device that captures outdoor Wi-Fi signals from a metro network and re-broadcasts them in the home for end-users. In other words, this is a built-in Wi-Fi router () and Wi-Fi repeater in one unit.Read Permalink Email.http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/r/ Motorola and TI seizing in on WiMax and 3G- January 30, 2007 Filed under: WiMax, Cellular, BusinessThe 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).Read Permalink Email...http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/moto/ Mobile marketing coming into its own- January 30, 2007 Filed under: Cellular, Software, ApplicationsIs 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...http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/mobile-marketing-coming-into-its-own/ Verizon slaps Cingular back, adding 2.1 million postpaid subscribers- January 30, 2007 Filed under: Cellular, BusinessJust 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.Read Permalink Email this Linking Blogs Commentshttp://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/verizon-slaps-cingular-back-adding-2-1-million... T-Mobile growth dips a bit in latest quarter- January 30, 2007 Filed under: Cellular, BusinessAs 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.Read Permalink Email..http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/30/t-mobile-growth-dips-a-bit-in-latest-quarter/ |