Monthly Archives: July, 2007
NII grows to 4 million subs
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NII Holdings Inc., the international operations of the former Nextel Communications Inc., reported a record quarter for subscriber additions and operating revenues, and pushed...
Helio drags at EarthLink earnings
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Mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C. continued to drag at parent EarthLink Inc. as both firms reported a loss for the second quarter. The...
Vcast Mobile TV to add temporary X Games channel
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MediaFLO USA Inc. and Verizon Wireless have teamed up with ESPN to launch a temporary channel on MediaFLO's mobile broadcast TV service to give...
Qualcomm raises financial guidance, while lawyers wrestle
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Qualcomm Inc. can chew gum while swatting at nemeses who hover over its business model, if yesterday's financial results are any indication. But the...
Sprint Nextel Googles WiMAX partnership
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Sprint Nextel Corp. unveiled a new WiMAX partnership this morning, announcing it is working with Internet giant Google Inc. on a new mobile portal...
Motricity renews with Conde Nast
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Motricity Inc. will continue to deliver mobile content from Conde Nast's portfolio of magazines and Internet sites.The Durham, N.C.-based mobile content firm announced a...
Aruba, Alcatel-Lucent eye enterprise customers
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Aruba Networks Inc. announced a new teaming with infrastructure heavyweight Alcatel-Lucent to target the market for enterprise mobility. The companies said they would jointly...
Worst of the Week: Bad math
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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...
UPDATED: iPhone to launch in Europe by December: Apple testing wireless corporate e-mail
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The iPhone will be launched in "a few major countries" in Europe before the end of December, Apple Inc. executives said this afternoon during...
J.D. Power: Customer care improving, T-Mobile USA still No. 1
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An increasing percentage of customers report that their service problems are "resolved in a timely manner," according to the latest survey of customer care...
Mywaves washes onto Alltel’s deck
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Mobile video startup mywaves inked its first carrier deal, gaining placement on the deck of Alltel Corp.Alltel subscribers can download an application to gain...
Verizon Wireless consolidates local marketing duties
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Verizon Wireless said it consolidated its advertising agencies for all its local advertising efforts, naming Hill Holliday Connors Cosmopulos' Erwin-Penland unit in Greenville, S.C.,...
TI revenue, profit down in 2Q
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Texas Instruments Inc. said that lower demand across its product lines and a year-ago windfall produced a precipitous drop in profits in the second...
AT&T Mobility offers contact-backup service
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AT&T Mobility released a downloadable application that serves as a locker for contact information on mobile phones.The service, which is offered at $2 per...
Moto toys with combo cellphone-projector
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Microvision said this week that it will work with Motorola Inc. to develop pico projectors for mobile handsets. The goal is to enable handsets...
Venture capital financing wrap-up: Ubiquisys, Vela, Zipit and more
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The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included...
Financial ratings wrap-up: AT&T, Nokia, Motorola, and more
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The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier --Standard & Poor's Ratings...
Novarra to transcode for Yahoo’s oneSearch
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Yahoo Inc. has tapped Chicago's Novarra Inc. to provide transcoding technology for its oneSearch offering.Novarra, which powers mobile Internet services for a handful of...
VZW signs new exclusive deal with YouTube
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Verizon Wireless announced another exclusive deal with YouTube, allowing subscribers to record video with their phones and upload the clips directly to the site...
Amp’d Mobile’s temporary reprieve
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Amp'd Mobile Inc. subscribers scored a slight reprieve as the MVNO said today it will continue to offer voice calling services at least until...
Nokia sets sail for social networking with Twango acquisition
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Nokia Corp. continued to expand beyond mobile into the broader Internet market with the acquisition of Twango Inc., a Redmond, Wash.-based social-networking startup.Terms of...
Survey: Nokia leads among developers
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Nokia Corp. is winning the support of more wireless developers worldwide than any other brand, according to a new survey by Evans Data Corp.The...
REVIEW: Sound quality, service shine in Pandora’s mobile application
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Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we'll...
iPhone provides modest boost to AT&T results: 3G iPhone due in November?
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AT&T Inc. reported a strong quarter and said its mobile division activated 146,000 Apple Inc. iPhone customers in the first day and a half...
Growing targets
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My 11-year-old daughter has become quite expensive this summer-and I think she is the typical "tween" consumer. She's taken a break from music lessons,...