GLG News by Mobile Phone Handsets Sellers

Looking to expand into foreign market, RIM and Alcatel-Lucent have come up with a pre-paid Blackberry solution.  Pricing is key to this initiative, which if not priced correctly, will backfire.

Flat rate pricing of mobile services can work for the industry as long as a price war does not begin.

Unlocked iPhones, which can represent $200-$300+ dollars per device in lost revenue over the course of two years, are not all negative for Apple.

Yahoo is in a good and a bad position.  The good position is that they have multiple suitors already -- Microsoft, News Corp, and Google (in a way) -- and might get more, driving up the offer price.  The bad news is that they've already seen AOL go down the road of a failed merger with Time...

AT&T doesn't make a cent off of an unlocked Apple iPhone, but Apple makes a hefty profit.  Plus, they get distribution to untapped markets and can still claim that they tried to prevent it.  Apple is on a roll and will continue through the next iPhone release (provided it is not a bad...

Google's domain tasting policy makes sense, but, predictably, it addresses a very small concern.  Click fraud and a complete lack of transparency are more vital, though this lack of transparency also vaulted Google over Yahoo, AOL, and Microsoft.  In the vein of openness (OpenSocial, Android,...

Garmin's Nuviphone entrant shows that the incumbent manufacturers and carriers are continuing to lose their stature, in the wake of the Apple's iPhone.  However, Garmin has neither the brand power nor the expertise to pull off an iPhone.  We won't be able to predict success until we have much...

The latest Nokia Communicator suffers from the same identity crisis and niche appeal that have plagued previous iterations

Manufacturers, carriers, and analysts completely underestimated the willingness of consumers to access the Internet over mobile devices and are still nay-saying the iPhone.  They're wrong, and the numbers prove it. 

The issue of how to bill for fixed-capacity network access is reemerging with Time Warner Cable’s announced tiered-rate usage trial in Texas.