AT&T (NYSE:T) this week brought two new applications to the iPhone, AT&T U-verse TV Mobile Remote Access and AT&T Navigator. Unlike most items in Apple’s App Store, the monthly charge for the Navigator App will show up on AT&T’s bill, giving the carrier a more direct piece of the app-store action. more

The Palm (NASDAQ:PALM) Pre Application Catalog has officially hit a million downloads, according to mobile analytics company Medialets. While no numbers have been confirmed by Palm, the exclusive Sprint (NYSE:S) handset reportedly saw 50,000 sold on launch day. These devices collectively experienced 100,000 downloads – averaging two apps per device and 5,500 downloads per app on that first day. Now, 18 days later, Palm has purportedly tripled its user base to 150,000; averaging six apps downloaded per device and 33.3 downloads per app. more

In early post-mortems of Nortel Networks (TSE: NT), the criticism that the company failed to “innovate,” I think, misapprehends the current role of the world’s top telecom equipment vendors. These days, major suppliers survive and grow in large part not by inventing new technologies but by capitalizing on the innovations of other companies. more