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Articles published in May 2011
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37 published in may 2011

Nokia Lowers Outlook, Shares Slump


LR Mobile News Analysis - Michelle Donegan - Comments (3)
May 31, 2011 : Nokia issued a surprise Q2 warning of lower net sales and operating margin and scrapped making annual targets for 2011

Ruckus Makes Over KDDI With Wi-Fi Offload


LR Mobile Rumors - Sarah Reedy - Post a comment
May 30, 2011 :

AT&T Building Islands of LTE in 2011


LR Mobile News Analysis - Dan Jones - Comments (3)
May 27, 2011 : Early AT&T LTE users could find themselves defaulting to 3G a lot, as neither Ma Bell or Verizon will confirm a roaming deal for the 4G tech

PayPal Sues Google for Mobile Wallet


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (2)
May 27, 2011 : eBay-owned payments company says Google stole its executives and its trade secrets around mobile payments

Euronews: Symbian on Life Support (Until 2016)


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
May 27, 2011 : Nokia commits to Symbian (for a while, anyway), MTS reports Q1 and eircom feels the heat in today's corral of Euro telecom headlines

Speculating About Cox's Spectrum


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (5)
May 26, 2011 : If Cox ends up sellin' its spectrum, who's buyin'? And will the FCC even allow it?

Google Taps Sprint for Tap-to-Pay


LR Mobile News Analysis - Sarah Reedy - Comments (2)
May 26, 2011 : Google Wallet supports credit-card payments and promotions using NFC on Sprint's Nexus S smartphone

Comcast Tees Up IP Video Tests


LR Cable News Analysis - Jeff Baumgartner - Comments (2)
May 26, 2011 : MSO will use the MIT campus to kick the tires out on a cloudier, more versatile IP-based video system, says The Wall Street Journal

Mgmt World: KT Puts Commodity Spin on Cloud


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comment (1)
May 26, 2011 : Rather than avoid competing with Amazon and other Web cloud providers, KT is trying to outdo them

Euronews: UK Mad for Slow Mobile Broadband


News Analysis - Paul Rainford - Post a comment
May 26, 2011 : Ofcom study finds mobile broadband in the UK is rising in popularity, if not in speed, while Telefonica looks to make more job cuts
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32 published in may 2011

MIPS works on Android


LR Mobile News Feed - Post a comment
May 31, 2011 : MIPS Technologies and SiS continue to drive Android into the digital home

Sprint Shows off 3D on the HTC EVO


LR Mobile News Feed - Post a comment
May 31, 2011 : Content coming for the Smartphone, HTC EVO 3D from Sprint

Nokia Lowers Q2 Outlook


LR Mobile News Feed - Post a comment
May 31, 2011 : Nokia lowers Devices & Services second quarter 2011 outlook and updates full year 2011 outlook

Sprint & Google Team on Mobile Wallet


LR Mobile News Feed - Post a comment
May 26, 2011 : Sprint partners with Google as first carrier to launch Google Wallet

Nokia Handsets Top Eco Rankings


LR Mobile News Feed - Post a comment
May 26, 2011 : Nokia takes top spot in sustainable rating system for mobiles

SeaChange Goes Multi-Screen at Canitec


LR Cable News Wire Feed - Post a comment
May 25, 2011 : SeaChanger will demonstrate a range of revenue generating software solutions for Latin America's video operators at CANITEC

Brightcove Launches App Cloud


LR Mobile News Feed - Post a comment
May 24, 2011 : Brightcove unveiled Brightcove App Cloud for building and operating powerful native apps and touch websites for Apple iOS and Android

Microsoft Debuts Mango OS Update


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May 24, 2011 : Microsoft previewed the next major release of Windows Phone, code-named “Mango,” through a series of global media events

Opera Mini 6 Arrives on iPhone, iPad


LR Mobile News Feed - Post a comment
May 24, 2011 : Opera Software has launched the Opera Mini 6 browser for iPhones and iPads

T-Mobile Revamps Wireless Pricing


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May 23, 2011 : T-Mobile has rolled out a new suite of family and individual plans that expand on value and consumer choice the company provides
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11 published in may 2011

Who Owns the Mobile Cloud?


Jonestown - Dan Jones - Comments (7)
May 31, 2011 : 5:45 PM The carriers, Google and Apple all seem well positioned to know even more about their users than they did before

Can Apple Save Mobile TV?


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Comments (4)
May 26, 2011 : 8:00 AM Apple is dominating mobile video, but can it have the same catalyzing effect on the lackluster market for mobile TV?

AT&T LTE Plans Too Small for LTE iPhone?


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Comments (11)
May 25, 2011 : 12:55 PM With only 15 markets planned for AT&T's LTE this year, the 4G version of the iPhone may be farther out than originally thought

Microsoft's Other 497 Updates


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Comments (4)
May 24, 2011 : 1:15 PM Microsoft is highlighting few key features of Mango, but it's all the updates together that make it competitively viable

Rumor Redux: iPhone 4S Gets Faster 3G, Not LTE


Jonestown - Dan Jones - Comments (2)
May 17, 2011 : 6:15 PM Does the anticipated 'S'-prefix stand for 'stopgap' while we wait for the real 4G iPhone?

Windows Phone & World Domination


The Philter Podcast - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
May 13, 2011 : Pyramid Research's Stela Bokun defends her global smartphone forecast and explains how Windows Phone will overtake Android, Apple and RIM

Microsoft Surfs the Mobile M&A Wave


Jonestown - Dan Jones - Post a comment
May 10, 2011 : 4:25 PM What will be hot in the latest round of mobile technology buyouts?

Tablets & TV


EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
May 5, 2011 : 3:25 PM Key developments from Telefonica and Alcatel-Lucent

Managing Mobile Data Caps


The Philter Podcast - Phil Harvey - Post a comment
May 5, 2011 : Sarah Reedy talks about how to manage mobile data caps and what marketing challenges lie ahead for Sprint if it doesn't stick to unlimited data plans

Carriers Can't Take the Credit


Light Reedy - Sarah Reedy - Comments (2)
May 4, 2011 : 12:45 PM AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are scaling back their NFC joint venture, giving away their one competitive differentiator
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