Yearly Archives: 2007

Nokia touts business smartphone as focus shines on iPhone

Nokia Corp. announced with little fanfare the impending launch of its E51 smartphone at BT, an operator in the United Kingdom and rival to...

Verizon Wireless: LG Chocolate sales nearly rival iPhone

Verizon Wireless said today that in the 12 months since it launched the LG Chocolate in the United States it has sold more than...

Dobson teams with Ericsson for ringbacks, content downloads

Cellular One customers will now be able to entertain callers with more exciting sounds than the traditional ring.The No. 11 carrier, Dobson Communications Corp.,...

Cellphone bill of rights legislation gets backing

The nation's top consumer groups threw their weight behind new legislation to set federal standards for contracts, early termination fees, billing, disclosure and other...

Americans receptive to text ads, for now

Americans are more responsive to text ads than their European counterparts, according to new figures from M:Metrics.But that trend isn't likely to last.The Seattle-based...

Apple begins week-long Euro-invasion: iPhone for sale in U.K. at O2, Nov. 9

Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc., held forth from London this morning to orchestrate consumer frenzy over the iPhone's arrival in the United Kingdom,...

Cisco acquires spectrum-analysis company

Cisco Systems Inc. has agreed to purchase wireless spectrum analysis and management company Cognio Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cognio's spectrum...

M2Z inks wholesale deal with rural phone companies

M2Z Networks Inc. said it reached a wholesale wireless broadband pact with rural telephone companies, a business relationship that depends on the startup winning...

Google mobilizes AdSense

Google Inc. brought AdSense to mobile, allowing publishers with mobile-friendly Web sites to accept ads on their Web pages.AdSense places links on relevant Web...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Ericsson, Alvarion, Nokia Siemens and more

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

Alternative mobile advertising opportunities: Relevancy and fun

Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We've gathered a group...

The bloody mess of mobile search

So this is what they mean when they talk about "the mobile search wars."Google last week in a long-awaited move took its AdWords mobile,...

Margin Check: Vodafone music, Skype worms, Comcast hogs and more

Editor's Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the...

REVIEW: Karaoke-style ringtone promotion fun, easy to use

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...

InfoSpace’s stock skyrockets on online directory sale

Shares of InfoSpace Inc. soared for the first time in months after the company said it will sell its online directory business to Idearc...

Sanyo offloads cellphone sales and distribution biz: Handset manufacturing business remains up for grabs

Amid rumors of suitors for its handset manufacturing business, Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. has sold its mobile-phone sales and distribution unit in a deal...

Analyst Angle: The Talking and Texting Power of Teens

Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the...

HiWire’s Aloha expands 700 MHz spectrum portfolio

Aloha Partners L.P., the parent company of broadcast mobile TV outlet HiWire L.L.C., entered into an agreement to purchase 32 lower 700 MHz licenses...

Sprint Nextel unveils femtocell for consumers: Carrier plans nationwide availability by next year

Sprint Nextel Corp. announced it has begun selling a compact, consumer-targeted femtocell base station that will work with any Sprint Nextel CDMA phone, an...

Leap nixes MetroPCS’ merger offer

Leap Wireless International Inc. rejected a merger proposal from MetroPCS Communications Inc., saying that the offer fails to fully account for Leap's growth prospects,...

Nokia pockets Enpocket

Nokia Corp. continued its quest to be all things wireless, agreeing to acquire Boston-based mobile marketing firm Enpocket. Terms of the deal were not...

T-Mobile USA to buy SunCom for $2.4B

T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will acquire regional operator SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. for about $2.4 billion in cash and assumed debt. SunCom's GSM/GPRS/EDGE...

20 deals total $234M in August, Rutberg notes

Twenty new financing deals with 20 private companies were announced in August, according to Rutberg & Co., valued at $234 million.The bulk of the...

Teen+phone = true love, but parents cite fears

ACE*COMM surveyed teens and parents on their cellphone uses. Based on responses from 1,000 U.S. and 1,000 U.K./German teens in 2005-2006, the firm found:●...

NTP sets its sight on carriers: Patent holder files suit against Big 4

NTP Inc. is at it again.The Virginia-based patent-holding company last week filed patent-infringement lawsuits against all four tier-one U.S. carriers, claiming the operators are...
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