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Verizon Wireless joins forces with MTV, Real for iTunes competitor

Verizon Wireless is teaming with MTV Networks and RealNetworks Inc. to take on Apple Inc.'s iTunes service.MTV is shuttering its Urge music download service and will integrate components of the offering with RealNetworks' Rhapsody, an online music subscription service. Verizon Wireless will serve as...

Sprint Nextel hikes text fee again, ETF remains in effect

Sprint Nextel Corp. is upping its casual text messaging rate by five cents as of Oct. 1, from 15 cents per message to 20 cents per message. And the carrier said the change-which is permissible under its terms of service-will not allow customers to...

Credit crunch impacting flat-rate carriers’ stock

Flat-rate wireless carriers serving the sub-prime sector have seen their stocks plunge in recent weeks, reflecting fears about sub-prime customers who could affect the carriers' financial results.Earlier this year Leap's stock had been steadily gaining value, and was trading as high as $99 per...

Sprint Nextel pushes WiMAX into the Xohm

VIENNA, Va.-Barry West believes so strongly in it that he's got it as the personalized license plate on his sports car: Xohm. It's the commercial brand for Sprint Nextel Corp.'s WiMAX effort and, as West explains, "Xohm is about a new business model."Adds West:...

Qwest CEO has work cut out: Regional Bell must pick battles against much larger competitors

Qwest Communications International Inc.'s new CEO takes the helm of a company that has weathered financial storms, been through a turn-around that included selling off its wireless network and forging a mobile virtual network operator agreement with Sprint Nextel Corp. and now needs to...

Carriers not equal in innovation

So who exactly are the innovators leading the pack in wireless entertainment?It depends who you ask.Few agreed to be identified as they talked about their experiences with carriers, for fear of upsetting their bedfellows, but the bulk of feedback RCR Wireless News gathered does...

Xoom, Xoom

Sprint Nextel is on a roll. No, not the kind where you walk away from the $10 blackjack tables with piles of chips in colors you typically only see in the "high stakes" rooms, but the kind of role where you plead with the...

Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment

For all the hype Sprint Nextel put behind last week's "Technology Summit" in Reston, Va., we were hoping the carrier would have come up with something more exciting than a name for its WiMAX service. We sent our intrepid Online Editor Mike Dano all...

Social networking sites vye for viewers

User-generated content is finding an audience in mobile. But it appears the early successes in the space may have more to do with connecting with others and less to do with the content itself.MySpace and Facebook are leveraging valuable deck space to extend their...

Beyond the status quo

Bringing broadband to the masses is kind of like the weather: Everyone talks about it, but no one is doing anything about it. President Bush's plan of bridging the digital divide is laudable in theory, but problematic in reality.The problem is no one can...

LBS turning into more than just directions

If your idea of mobile navigation applications is limited to left- and right-turn commands, maybe you should test drive one of the newer offerings.Early-adopting road warriors have long depended on stand-alone devices from Garmin Ltd. and other manufacturers to deliver basic maps and driving...

Sprint Nextel tech event unveils new gadgets from LG, Palm, Sanyo

VIENNA, Va.-Although Sprint Nextel Corp. made headlines yesterday with news of its WiMAX branding and push-to-talk plans, the carrier also-apparently inadvertently-gave its "Technology Summit" attendees a glimpse of several as-yet-unannounced handsets. Although Sprint Nextel representatives refused to allow attendees to take pictures of the...

Sprint Nextel unveils more WiMAX plans

Sprint Nextel Corp. has dubbed its planned mobile WiMAX service "Xohm," and demonstrated use of the technology at an event today in Virginia, detailing some of its plans for WiMAX and reiterating its timeline for the network's launch. The carrier said that Xohm (pronounced...

Sprint Nextel brings back Direct Connect for PTT services

Sprint Nextel Corp. has reverted to its Nextel branding for all of its push-to-talk products, regardless of whether they run on its CDMA or iDEN network. The Nextel Direct Connect name will represent the carrier's entire portfolio of PTT services and devices, and Sprint...

Clearwire secures $1B loan

Clearwire Corp. said it completed the process for a $1 billion secured term loan to refinance existing debt and support expansion plans. The Kirkland, Wash.-based company, which was founded in late 2003 by wireless industry veteran Craig McCaw, has been winning some major deals...

Helio expands portfolio with new Samsung handset

Mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C. continued to expand its handset portfolio with the "Fin" from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a thin clamshell priced at $175, based on a current discount. According to Helio, the Fin is the thinnest folding phone in the United...

Social networking targeting wireless

Social networking sites MySpace and Facebook are using valuable deck space to extend their offerings to mobile users, according to new figures from M:Metrics.MySpace, which has deals with AT&T Mobility, Helio L.L.C. and Sprint Nextel Corp., attracted about 3.7 million U.S. wireless users in...

AAA launches mobile app

Travel planning and roadside assistance organization AAA unveiled a downloadable application that offers drivers access to turn-by-turn directions and AAA services via mobile phone. Jeff Green, managing director of location-based technology for AAA, said that about 50% of the 29 million calls received by...

Reddick to advise iSkoot

Former Sprint Nextel Corp. VP Paul Reddick will serve on the advisory board of mobile software developer iSkoot.A startup based in Cambridge, Mass., iSkoot offers software that enables VoIP services for some smartphones and Java devices. Reddick served 10 years at the industry's No....

Qwest names Mueller to succeed Notebaert

Qwest Communications International Inc. named Edward Mueller its new chief executive officer. Mueller is a veteran of the telecom industry and former CEO of Williams-Sonoma. Qwest's current CEO Richard Notebaert, who oversaw the company's path to its first year of operational profitability in 2006,...

Razr2 launch sends carriers into choruses of ‘me too’

The piling on began early last Friday as Verizon Wireless, then Sprint Nextel Corp. and AT&T Mobility all announced they would carry Motorola Inc.'s Razr2 handset, with launches beginning at Sprint Nextel this month and continuing with Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility in September....

I-play goes all in on mobile video

I-play will continue to move beyond mobile gaming this week with a series of more than 100 video shorts for poker players.The U.K.-based publisher plans to launch Win at Texas Hold 'Em, a series of two- to three-minute clips from professional card player Daniel...

WiMAX: Pushing construction boundaries

The nation's first, and so far only, carrier to announce plans for a nationwide mobile WiMAX network now faces the successful completion of tens of thousands of construction projects before it reaches reality.Just a few weeks after announcing plans to collaborate on the development...

RAZR’S EDGE : Moto’s Razr2 gets triple U.S. launch

Three of the nation's four top-tier carriers announced Friday that they would launch Motorola Inc.'s new Razr2 handset in the coming weeks, apparently piling on in a "me-too" frenzy.The triple launch, at least initially, appeared to be good news for beleaguered Motorola, which needs...