GLG News by Mobile Handset Retailers

With Clearwire targeting to provide coverage for over 140m people across continental US - and assuming it reaches a penetration rate of 10% over 3 years - thats 14m devices or nearly 5m per year. Clearwire will be supplying either directly or indirectly WiMAX modems, USB Dongles and laptops with...

Nuance and Zi Corporation face a similar challenge of getting presence in the mobile handset space driven by the usability of touchscreens for search input.

Verizon’s aggressive launch of the RIM Storm model and the perceived flaws in the “clickable” touchscreen and mobile OS could change the landscape for carrier exclusives and return policies.

Consumers aren't in a buying mood this holiday, but there are opportunities for new companies.  I don't recommend the hi-tech plays that won't actualize for another decade, but rather look at some opportunities that should spark demand in a 1-3 year time frame.  Anyway, it is the holiday season,...

RIM, like Nextel before the merger with Sprint, needs to move with lightning speed into the consumer arena.  Apple and Google have huge advantages in this arena, with greater consumer know-how and a marketing reach that blows RIM out of the water.  In this article, I look beyond RIM's new...

The roll-out of the Google phone into Japan, through the largest carrier in the country and one of the data innovators, is a shot across the bow of Microsoft, RIM, and Nokia.  It is impossible to stem the tide of the new OS mafia -- from Apple, Google, and LiMo -- but if Microsoft doesn't wake...

Like Sprint Nextel’s voluntary separation program, AT&T and Verizon might face job reductions for mobile services in realizing Nokia’s assessment of reduced consumer spending.

I don't think the Sprint voluntary package is going to draw mass defections.  The market is too weak, and options for the unemployed are not rosy.  However, on the margin, higher up employees might be the most likely to bolt, and this post goes through a theoretical breakdown.

Nokia talking about responding to the market conditions has the implications of more focused selling, cost cutting, and a trimmer product portfolio.

This PwC study really got me riled because it reflects a nonsensical version of the brand, one that can only be broadcast over the TV, that is just no longer true.  Sure, Comcast and Time Warner and ESPN may want you to believe it it true, but Google's interactive medium is the wave of the future,...