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LightSquared to cut costs by slashing jobs
A double whammy of bad news for US wannabe carrier LightSquared this week, as reports come in that the firm plans to prune 45 per cent of its staff in order to save money. Earlier this week it emerged that satellite operator Inmarsat was claiming that it has not received a payment of $56.25m from the company. read more
GSMA promises more details on MWC strike plan
Under the threat of a strike from Barcelona's transport workers' union, the TMB, that could disrupt next week's Mobile World Congress, GSMA has issued a statement promising to reveal its contingency plans on Saturday. With more than 60,000 visitors expected to attend this year's event, many of whom will be relying on the city's public transport network, the disturbance to the event could be significant. read more
Hot Rumor: Microsoft Office Coming to Apples iPad
According to published reports Tuesday, a new iPad-optimized Microsoft Office suite will soon debut in Apple’s App Store. This morning, The Daily broke the news and leaked a picture of the popular software running on an iPad. For now, however, Microsoft is denying the legitimacy of the report but not that such an offering is [...] read more
Voice Powered Travel Search Made Possible by Nuance, Expedia Partnership
On Tuesday, Nuance and Expedia announced a new set of mobile features that will give travel and mobile device junkies something to rejoice about. That is, Nuance’s hugely popular Dragon Go! app for iOS and Android now lets people speak commands and quickly find and book flights, hotels, and more with direct access to Expedia. [...] read more
Advertisers Must Spend More on Mobile for Full Effect, Advises Flurry
According to a new report published Tuesday from Flurry, advertisers simply aren’t coughing up enough cash for mobile ads. Despite the well-known fact that the average American now spends even more time tethered to his or her iPhone than more traditional forms of print and electronic media, mobile ad spending hasn’t kept pace with this [...] read more
Infographic: The Rise of Business SMS
Our friends over at TextMarketer have published their latest infographic, this time focusing on how businesses are leveraging SMS. Using original, primary research conducted by TextMarketer, along with supplemental data fromITU.int, Gartner and Juniper, the data shows which industries are leveraging SMS for business purposes — whether it be for mobile advertising & marketing, utility [...] read more
Groupon Gobbles Up Another Company in Acquisition Spree
No, you’re not seeing duplicate headlines around the web today, Groupon has acquired another company – about ten minutes after its last acquisition of mobile startup, Hyperpublic. In case you haven’t noticed, Groupon is hungry for acquisitions these days. That much is clear from the freshly announced purchase of Kima Labs by the social commerce [...] read more
Ericsson confirms BelAir acquisition
Ericsson has confirmed that it has agreed to acquire Canadian wifi firm BelAir Networks for an undisclosed amount. The Swedish vendor heralded the deal as the “next step towards a truly integrated network”, following the launch of its network integrated wifi solution in September 2011, and claims the integration of the two firms’ technologies will improve the mobile broadband experience by managing the co-existence of mobile technologies and wifi. read more
Jumptap Goes Hyper Local with New Capabilities, Partnership
Jumptap, a recognized authority in targeted mobile advertising, announced Tuesday that its targeting abilities have attracted an influx of major retail advertisers in the past six months. As a result, retail is now one of the most successful advertising verticals on the Jumptap network. So why stop a good thing, right? In order to further [...] read more
NSN claims it can double data speeds at cell edge
Operators will soon be able double mobile broadband speeds for consumers at the edge of a base station cell, by allowing devices to connect with a second base station that serves a neighbouring cell. Nokia Siemens Networks and Qualcomm will be jointly demonstrating the HSPA+ Multiflow feature at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. read more
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