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#TBT: Old phones vs. new games; Mobile TV hype and skeptics; BlackBerry Pearl’s popularity grows … this week in 2006

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Playing 3G games...

#TBT: The ‘dark ages’ of mobile social media; iPhone drives a data explosion; Did you ever ChaCha?… this week in 2010

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Mobile social media...

#TBT: Verizon tunes in to mobile TV; Trials of the handset kings; Precursor plans to FirstNet … this week in 2007

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Verizon launches its...

#TBT: WiMAX memories; Bring on the tablets; LTE and the vendor landscape … this week in 2010

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Clearwire's WiMAX comes...

#TBT: Users tune out mobile TV; big fish get bigger; Qualcomm ditches CDMA Rev. C … this week in 2008

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! The market tunes...

AT&T offers unlimited data customers HBO for free

AT&T continues in its mission to actively transform the television space and blend it with wireless creating a new converged and expanded industry segment. Now they are now offering HBO to their unlimited data customers for free. This is big news for users who...

EMEA: Net-mobile helps drive operator relevance

You may not have heard of Net-mobile yet, but my guess is, you will be hearing about them before long. And there is a high likelihood you are using a service they provide and aren’t aware of because it’s branded by your mobile operator. Headquartered...

EMEA: Telecoms World Middle East show overview

I have just returned from attending the latest installment of the Terrapinn event in Dubai. The conference atmosphere was upbeat about the current growth and future opportunities for this region. Although a relatively small conference, the attendees and speakers were of a very high caliber...

FCC to 'coordinate' review of AT&T's Qualcomm, T-Mobile USA proposals

The Federal Communications Commission has stopped its formal review of AT&T Inc. (T) plans to acquire 700 MHz spectrum assets from Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) as it now plans to review that deal in coordination with AT&T's attempt to acquire T-Mobile USA Inc.The decision came...

@ NAB: PBS to test mobile DTV for emergency alerts

LAS VEGAS – PBS said it will begin testing next-generation emergency alerts with a pilot project to use mobile digital TV to deliver multimedia alerts using video, audio, text and graphics to cellphones, tablets, laptops and in-car navigation systems.The announcement, which came during a...

@ NAB: Genachowski politely chastizes NAB on voluntary spectrum auctions

LAS VEGAS – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski used his time before broadcasters to appeal to them about the benefits of voluntary spectrum auctions, the reality of today's spectrum landscape and to quietly chastise his host, the National Association of Broadcasters, for “distracting”...

@ NAB: Mobile TV making headway, but carrier support ultimately needed

LAS VEGAS – Mobile broadcast TV is making headway in the United States, with more than 60 broadcast networks offering service in a couple dozen markets, but scale will only come to the market when wireless operators embrace the concept, panelists at the National...

Reality Check: Mobile content – what we need to work out for elegant delivery

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.It is clear that consumers with mobile broadband plans have huge pent-up demand for video content. The...

FLO TV goes dark, what's next for mobile TV?

Qualcomm Inc.'s mobile TV service has gone dark and with it a new round of questions have cropped up about the future of mobile TV as a whole. Will there ever be a year that defines mobile TV? What will it take to finally...

T-Mobile readies Galaxy S 4G and G-Slate

February is shaping up to be a hot month in the mobile device space. This time it's T-Mobile USA Inc. with plans to release the Galaxy S 4G from Samsung Telecommunications America later this month.The exclusive Android-powered device for the carrier features a 4-inch...

Verizon Wireless goes for lucky 7 on new content deals

It seems only fitting that Verizon Wireless would announce seven new content deals as the Consumer Electronics Show winded down in Las Vegas. The lucky seven include Rhapsody, Bitbop, Gameloft, MOG, Slacker Radio, TuneWiki and Sling Media.All of the deals mark either an extension...

Broadcasters plan mobile TV launch in late 2011

Soon after FLO TV goes dark, a joint venture of a dozen broadcasters plans to launch mobile TV services that will reach about 40% of the U.S. population. Mobile Content Venture announced plans to initially launch two ad-supported channels in 20 markets by late...

AT&T buys FLO TV spectrum for $1.92B

It turns out Qualcomm Inc.'s (QCOM) spectrum for FLO TV is actually worth more on its own — at least to AT&T Mobility (T).The carrier has agreed to buy licenses for the 700 MHz spectrum that the service ran on for $1.92 billion. Qualcomm...

Is flat still the new up for mobile TV?

Television is as American as apple pie. Translating that love for moving pictures to the mobile screen has been a prolonged challenge. Usage is finally up in some areas, but it's not all cheers for mobile video just yet.The number of people watching mobile...

Qualcomm CEO: Mobile TV is not dead, but needs live broadcasting

Qualcomm has not quite given up on Mobile TV and indeed the product’s future could lie in live broadcasting, according to CEO, Paul Jacobs, speaking at a technology panel in Silicon Valley Tuesday night.

OMVC still plugs local as the biggest driver for mobile TV

Five months into a consumer trial in Washington, D.C., the Open Mobile Video Coalition is now releasing more findings from its Mobile DTV service.The trial service, which includes 23 channels of local and national news and entertainment programming, has 350 users on board who...

Qualcomm cuts its losses on FLO TV : Shut down already underway

Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) is in the process of shutting down its mobile broadcast FLO TV service. After hesitantly entering the direct-to-consumer side of the space just a couple years ago, Qualcomm is now cutting its losses on that front and is in the process...

OMVC details results of Mobile DTV consumer trial

After a three-month consumer trial in Washington, D.C., the Open Mobile Video Coalition is detailing results and viewing habits from its Mobile DTV Consumer Showcase.With as many as 350 consumers engaged in the trial, the most enthusiastically endorsed content was live, local news broadcasts....

TV broadcasters form Mobile500 Alliance for mobile TV

Mobile digital television has been a long time coming and broadcasters have taken another step to push their dreams for a nationwide broadcast mobile TV solution into reality.A group of 30 broadcasters, which collectively own 346 TV stations in 167 markets, formed the Mobile500...