Monthly Archives: July, 2007

NII grows to 4 million subs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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,...
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