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Dan Jones
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Posted in December 2007

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2007 Top Ten: Sprint Shockas


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December 31, 2007 : Ten hard knocks for the struggling operator, from a quarterly loss to Clearwire woes and the departure of CEO Forsee

iPhone Clone


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December 30, 2007 : 10:30 PM -- A touch of the clones

2007 Top Ten: Wireless Stories


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December 27, 2007 : The top topics that got the wireless market jumping in 2007, including Apple, Google, and 'open access' in the US – and much more

NXP to Buy Location Smarts for $85M


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December 21, 2007 : Dutch chip maker to buy GloNav for GPS chipset technology, following in the footsteps of Atheros and Broadcom

Danger Plots IPO


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December 20, 2007 : The firm that designed the 'Sidekick' has decided to float in 2008, partly to pay off some debt

Mystery Polish Postcards!


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December 20, 2007 : 3:20 PM -- Funny...

FCC Names 700 MHz Applicants


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December 19, 2007 : The FCC has 96 confirmed applicants ready to bid on the wireless broadband spectrum, with another 170 in the wings

700MHz Bidders


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December 19, 2007 : 3:54 PM -- The big Qualcomm question

Palm in a BlackBerry-Apple Jam


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December 18, 2007 : Device maker reports Q2 loss on increased competition, Q3 guidance is also down

3 & T-Mobile Share 3G in the UK


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December 18, 2007 : 3 & T-Mobile are the latest UK operators to strike up a 3G RAN sharing deal. Will O2 join in?

RIM Growth 'Peaking'?


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December 18, 2007 : 1:45 PM -- Nomura Securities analyst says so

Whatever Happened to Digital Paper?


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December 18, 2007 : 12:30 PM -- 10 Years Gone

Help Us Pick the Unstrung Top Ten


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December 18, 2007 : Join the fun!

Whoops!


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December 18, 2007 : 11:30 AM -- $2B NY emergency radio system fails first test

Atheros Buys Into GPS


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December 17, 2007 : Atheros hopes to get a slice of a new multibillion-dollar market with $54 million u-Nav acquisition, launches new 802.11n chips

More Leap-MetroPCS Rumors


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December 17, 2007 : 3:20 PM -- The deal talk that won't die

Help Compile the Top 10 Startups List


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December 17, 2007 : 2:00 PM -- It's that time of year again

MoSkype USA?


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December 17, 2007 : 12:15 PM -- Which carrier will be the first to launch a Skype phone in the US?

Unstrung Insider: Decoding Open Access


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December 14, 2007 : The latest Unstrung Insider report highlights the role that mobile Internet gateways will play in helping to 'open' cellular networks while allowing carriers to control and manage traffic flow

Want Your Say on 'Open Access'?


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December 14, 2007 : 5:30 PM -- Have it here

Palm Lays Off


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December 14, 2007 : 2:25 PM -- The ailing smartphone maker has reportedly cut 100 jobs

Why Do We Need Muni WiFi?


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December 13, 2007 : 12:35 PM -- It 'mitigates frightening "I'm out-of-doors" feeling'

Sprint-Clearwire: On Again in 2008?


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December 13, 2007 : ThinkEquity analyst suggests that Clearwire and Sprint Nextel may rekindle their WiMax partnership next year as Sprint gears up for the commercial launch of its new network

Sprint Launches WiMax Sites


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December 12, 2007 : Keeping to its schedule, Sprint is giving WiMax to employees in Chicago, Baltimore, and Washington before a wider launch in 2008

'w00t' Is a Word


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December 12, 2007 : 2:30 PM -- Apparently

GPS: Get Lost


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December 12, 2007 : 12:45 PM -- Why privacy isn't such a concern in the city

2008: A Fractured World for Developers


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December 11, 2007 : The entrance of Apple and Google into the mobile OS arena means more platforms in an already crowded market

The $1500 WiMax Handset?


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December 10, 2007 : 5:15 PM -- The cutting edge of wireless broadband may not be cheap

Poll: Nationwide WiMax Unlikely in 2008


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December 7, 2007 : Only 22 percent of voters in the latest Unstrung poll believe there will be a nationwide rollout of WiMax next year, but 52 percent say they'd use the broadband tech

Broadband Burner


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December 6, 2007 : 5:32 PM -- RF Power gets another spin

AT&T's Open Fire


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December 6, 2007 : 4:20 PM -- We're opener than thou

Social Networking


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December 6, 2007 : 1:00 PM -- With owls

Why Open Is Important


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December 4, 2007 : Opening up cellular networks is one way to find the next killer app

700 MHz Deadline Looms


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December 3, 2007 : Major wireless carriers intend to bid but are keeping their cards close to the chest as FCC gears up for radio silence on 700 MHz