Yearly Archives: 2007

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...

Letter to the editor: Open access is solution to fragmentation

Tracy,I saw your article on RCRNews.com (Mobile Content & Culture Aug. 14) and wanted to offer a different point of view. I founded one...

Letter to the editor: MMS article inaccurate

Dear Editor,It is with great interest that we read the article, "The MMS disconnect," (RCR Wireless News, Aug. 13). Sybase 365 believes that the...

Margins Check: MTV, Madden, Lonelygirl15 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...

Lack of MMS short codes shortchanges users

The sun was setting and my 4-year-old was getting restless when the outfield scoreboard at Coors Field provided a welcome diversion.Take a photo with...

The wild, wild west is on its way out

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...

REVIEW: Citi Mobile is full-fledged banking on the go

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...

AT&T faces class action over Cingular acquisition

The 9th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals gave the go-ahead to a class action consumer suit claiming Cingular Wireless service deteriorated after the mobile...

Sun gets synchronized with Synchronica

Sun Microsystems has tapped Synchronica plc to provide synchronization and device-management software.Sun will license components of Synchronica's mobile gateway for wireless synchronization of contacts,...

Alltel to offer voicemail-to-SMS service

Alltel Wireless plans to begin offering voicemail-to-SMS messaging from SpinVox to its 12 million customers, according to a new agreement between the two companies.Subscribers...

700 MHz: Bidding to start Jan. 16

The Federal Communications Commission set Jan. 16 for the start of the 700 MHz auction, and asked for public comment on competitive bidding procedures...

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...

Leap, VZW, Qwest intro new gadgets

Leap Wireless International Inc., Verizon Wireless and Qwest Communications International Inc. are on deck this week with new phones. The announcements come as several...

WFI to owe $30M-$40M

An exhaustive internal review of Wireless Facilities Inc.'s stock option-granting and pricing practices from 1998 to 2005 concluded that the company will owe between...

I-play to support Nokia’s delayed N-Gage effort

I-play said it will support Nokia Corp.'s N-Gage gaming platform with a portfolio of casual titles.The U.K.-based publisher will begin to offer N-Gage games...

Movero changes name, remains focused on wireless

Movero Technology Inc. is hoping to strike a chord under a new brand name: Maestro.The Austin, Texas-based startup, which offers solutions for businesses looking...

Wireless capex up 4%

Wireless carriers spent 4% more on their networks during the second quarter than they did during the same quarter last year, according to research...

Femtocell market to spur bundle offerings

Femtocells could become a catalyst for growth of triple-play service revenues in developed countries, said a new report from research firm In-Stat.Mobile triple play...

Analyst Angle: More than Language Barriers: A Look at the Hispanic Mobile Consumer

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...

Shifting ground: W-CDMA baseband business in flux

The W-CDMA baseband chip business is morphing in real time, as various market pressures push and pull the players to partner, diversify their customer...

Lead counsel remains at Qualcomm: Lupin taking leave of absence, not resigning

Qualcomm Inc. clarified last week that its former general counsel, Lou Lupin, is taking a personal leave and is not resigning from the company.Qualcomm...

Mobile banking services branch out

The mobile banking and payments space continues to gather momentum, with banks exploring and announcing new services, and solutions providers forging new partnerships to...

Gains in mobile banking

Mobile banking and payments are gathering steam in the U.S., but the space is also drawing significant interest abroad. Within recent weeks, a series...

Networking to drive user-generated content

Social network services will dominate the market for mobile user-generated content, said a new report from research firm Juniper Research.The company said end-user-generated revenues...

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...
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