Winning the winter Olympics

The worldwide radio access network market dipped 6% to $9.6 billion in the third quarter of 2008, after a second-quarter peak because of the Beijing Olympics.

After ramping up in 2Q08 in large part due to Beijing Olympics preparations, the worldwide radio access network (RAN) equipment market slid 6% to $9.6 billion in 3Q08 on sharp declines in the CDMA segment,

Carphone co founder quits London Olympics roles Ross resigns from the London 2012 board after share scandalShamed Carphone Warehouse co founder, David Ross, has resigned from all his roles in the organisation of 2012 London.Ross has resigned from the London

Looking to improve upon spectators’ experiences and interactions at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, event organizers have joined forces with British Telecom to create a comprehensive mobile strategy for the Games. Possible applications include real-time scores, fan polls, news updates, and allowing customers to pay for items 10£ and under with their mobiles. But

The top OEMs saw their wireless infrastructure revenues grow 3.7 percent in the third quarter, growing to $12.2 billion, compared to the year-ago period, according to the research firm EJL Wireless. The infrastructure market saw a sequential decline because of the drop off related to the Beijing Olympics, but the sector continued to grow, the firm said. The report looked at the figures from a numb...

Election night is like the Summer Olympics and Super Bowl for network news divisions, says USA Today. Each network brought out eye-popping technical toys to draw viewers. The Washington Post has details on CNN’s Magic Wall. Standing in front of an oversize monitor, King began poking, touching and waving at the screen like an over-caffeinated traffic

Over Half a Million Viewers Experienced Four Thousand Hours of Broadcast TV and Millions of Video-on-Demand Sessions via Streamezzo’s Rich Media Platform Paris, France ─ October 21, 2008 ─ Streamezzo, creators of the Universal Software Platform™, today announced that China Mobile Communications Corporation (China Mobile) selected Streamezzo’s rich media software platform and ...

Partners served 3,800 hours of mobile TV programmes during the Olympics. Mobile Entertainment is the leading community site for all professionals working within the international mobile content industry. We bring you the latest news, views and analysis from this fast moving entertainment sector, complementing our flagship monthly printed magazine and specialist events.

The popular Samsung Soul cellphone that had a special edition made for the Olympics, will become available in the near future in a mix of two new colors: black and gold. The standard color when it was launched was red, so it is good to see more options in the table. As expected, this Samsung Soul