Verizon Wireless’ two major announcements this week laid out not only a vision of open access for devices and applications on its current network, but augmented that vision with the carrier’s technology choice for its next-generation network. “We see 4G really being the enablement of consumer-electronics devices on our network,” said Verizon Wireless CTO Dick [...]

Welcome to our Friday feature, Week in Review. Every Friday, RCR Wireless News runs through the major events of the week, outlining what happened and speculating on what to look for in the coming weeks, months and years. Check below for news about carriers, handset makers, content companies, infrastructure vendors and more.Carriers–Verizon Wireless said it [...]

Handset distributor Brightpoint Inc. shuffled around some members of its executive team, promoting some veterans within the company to more prominent roles. The moves come as the company continues to integrate operations with Dangaard Telecom, a European handset distributor it recently acquired for $300 million.Jac Currie was appointed chief information officer and will lead the [...]

Swapping out a chief executive sends a message of change. In the case of Motorola Inc.’s CEO Ed Zander’s long-anticipated departure, announced today, the message-new leadership-will require updates. Investors and market watchers clearly want to know what’s next.Motorola’s core business in handsets continues to suffer and because product development typically is a closely guarded secret, [...]

LG Electronics Co. Ltd. is creating a chief marketing officer position and the job will go to Dermot Boden, who starts work at the company’s headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, in December. Boden, an Irishman, is already working in Asia, where he ran Pfizer’s operations for the region. As a non-Korean joining a traditional Korean [...]

Google Inc. is in! The Internet search engine giant said it will participate-alone-in the 700 MHz auction set to begin Jan. 24.“We believe it’s important to put our money where our principles are,” said Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO of Google. “Consumers deserve more competition and innovation than they have in today’s wireless world. No [...]

The third quarter of 2007 saw few changes to the relative positions of the ten largest wireless carriers, but pending acquisitions soon will continue the industry’s march toward consolidation. AT&T Mobility had a particularly strong quarter due to a boost from sales of the Apple Inc. iPhone, while Sprint Nextel Corp. continued to struggle and [...]

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWirelessNews.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way. We hope you enjoy it!And without further ado:So it seems Verizon [...]

The European Commission has taken another major step toward formally adopting DVB-H as a European-wide standard for mobile television services. The commission intends to finalize the adoption by February.The commission initially presented a strategy to accelerate the rollout of services in July, but today’s move firms up that timetable with a target date of 2008 [...]