December 2007

It is beginning to look increasingly unlikely that satellite operators will participate in the upcoming 700 MHz auction, partially due to rules guaranteeing the satellite industry a role in the …

Google Inc. and the upcoming 700 MHz auction seem to have sparked an “open” movement among U.S. carriers. Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility have been preaching their new “open” message …

Patent-holding company Acacia Research Corp. announced settlements with Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. after filing a lawsuit earlier this year through a subsidiary that claimed the operators were …

Ad-subsidized mobile content appears to be gaining steam even as the paid gaming segment treads water.MobileRated, a Canadian ad-subsidized gaming subsidiary of Kalador Entertainment Inc., said it has seen downloads …

Palm Inc.’s stock plunged more than 16% after the company acknowledged that “a key product” failed to launch in the lucrative fourth quarter, that sales would badly miss its own …

Welcome to our Friday feature, Week in Review. Every Friday, RCR Wireless News runs through the major events of the past week, outlining what happened and speculating on what to …

Motorola Inc. CFO Tom Meredith told a Lehman Brothers investor conference this morning that the company would meet its guidance for the fourth quarter, sending the handset maker’s stock up …

Opera Software ASA introduced a BREW-enabled version of its popular Mini browser for mobile phones.Opera Mini, which has been downloaded by more than 27 million mobile users, formats Internet content …

Nokia Corp. scored another carrier win for its direct-to-consumer Ovi service.Telecom Italia said it will offer Nokia handsets featuring Ovi, an umbrella brand comprising mobile music, mapping, gaming and social-networking …

AT&T Mobility isn’t wasting any time promoting its products and services in the former Dobson Communications Corp. territories it just acquired. The carrier said that the first phase of its …

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 …

The identities of likely 700 MHz bidders continue to emerge little by little as the Federal Communications Commission gears up to release a complete list of applicants in advance of …

Better late than never.Handsets that didn’t arrive by “Black Friday” or “Cyber Monday”-the ultimate days for in-store and online shopping, respectively-may still make an impression on harried shoppers.Nokia Corp. and …

Wireless patent licensor InterDigital Inc. said it won confirmation from a federal judge that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. owes it $134 million in royalties for sales of GSM and GPRS/EDGE …

A San Francisco-based startup is hoping to cater to on-the-go cellphone users who, um, need to go.Yojo Mobile unveiled MizPee, a wireless Internet-based application that provides information on public bathrooms …

Padmasree Warrior has been named Cisco Inc.’s CTO just a day after her departure from Motorola Inc. Cisco, based in San Jose, Calif., is one of the world’s biggest networking …

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 Services said it assigned it’s A …

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available. –Adomo: Menlo Ventures and …

If some early returns from Land Rover and 20th Century Fox are to be believed, Apple Inc.’s iPhone will raise the stakes for marketers that go mobile. To be sure, …

LG Electronics Co. Ltd. said it has consolidated its $350 million global brand-and-product account at Publicis Groupe’s Bartle Bogle Hegarty following a review. London-based Bartle Bogle, which had emerged from …

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands-Nokia Corp. blew the lid off what it sees as the future of mobile connectivity this morning at Nokia World. President and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo and Executive VP and …

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands- Nokia Corp. and Universal Music Group International shook up the music industry this morning at Nokia World.Imagine a service-“Comes with Music”-that gives Nokia device owners instant access to …

A German court has given T-Mobile the go-ahead to lock its German iPhones and require purchasers to buy a two-year contract, nixing a court challenge from rival Vodafone Group plc, …

The House Commerce Committee launched an investigation into Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin’s management of the agency. “Procedural breakdowns at the agency tasked with overseeing communications laws for our …

One feather, two caps. Verizon Wireless’ CEO Lowell McAdam told BusinessWeek, in a story published today, that the carrier would join Google Inc.’s open-source effort known as Android.The move gives …