Yearly Archives: 2007

LG makes tracks at AT&T Mobility, says hello to Virgin Mobile USA

LG Electronics Co. scored a pair of carrier wins last week spanning the range of wireless offerings. One of the deals was with the...

Qwest CEO has work cut out: Regional Bell must pick battles against much larger competitors

Qwest Communications International Inc.'s new CEO takes the helm of a company that has weathered financial storms, been through a turn-around that included selling...

Etc.

ELVIS-The short codeGroove Mobile is testing an off-portal direct-to-consumer service that will give consumers access to Sony BMG's music catalog. The trial is being...

Hollywood, wireless struggle for control of mobile content: Carriers slow to innovate, entertainment execs charge

Friction is growing between wireless executives and their Hollywood counterparts as both begin to experiment with mobile entertainment. One of the few points people...

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...

Xoom, Xoom

Sprint Nextel is on a roll. No, not the kind where you walk away from the $10 blackjack tables with piles of chips in...

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...

Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment

For all the hype Sprint Nextel put behind last week's "Technology Summit" in Reston, Va., we were hoping the carrier would have come up...

Social networking sites vye for viewers

User-generated content is finding an audience in mobile. But it appears the early successes in the space may have more to do with connecting...

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...

Beyond the status quo

Bringing broadband to the masses is kind of like the weather: Everyone talks about it, but no one is doing anything about it. President...

LBS turning into more than just directions

If your idea of mobile navigation applications is limited to left- and right-turn commands, maybe you should test drive one of the newer offerings.Early-adopting...

Monday, Aug. 20, 2007

Study: iPhone texting poses challenges

A small study by usability consultancy User Centric Inc. found that first-time users of the Apple Inc. iPhone took twice as long to compose...

‘Big Brother’ channel hits MediaFLO

"Big Brother" is coming to the small screen in a whole new way beginning Sunday. For the final month of the TV show's eighth...

The Week in Review

Welcome to our new Friday feature, Week in Review. Every Friday, RCR Wireless News will run through the major events of the past week,...

Nokia blasts Qualcomm at ITC, Qualcomm reworks legal strategy

Nokia Corp. fired yet another salvo at Qualcomm Inc., filing a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission alleging Qualcomm is infringing on five...

Sprint Nextel tech event unveils new gadgets from LG, Palm, Sanyo

VIENNA, Va.-Although Sprint Nextel Corp. made headlines yesterday with news of its WiMAX branding and push-to-talk plans, the carrier also-apparently inadvertently-gave its "Technology Summit"...

Nokia gets Flash-based ‘mini’ games

Nokia Corp. said it will team with online casual gaming destination Shockwave to offer Flash Lite-enabled "mini games" on its handsets in Europe and...

Sprint Nextel unveils more WiMAX plans

Sprint Nextel Corp. has dubbed its planned mobile WiMAX service "Xohm," and demonstrated use of the technology at an event today in Virginia, detailing...

Sprint Nextel brings back Direct Connect for PTT services

Sprint Nextel Corp. has reverted to its Nextel branding for all of its push-to-talk products, regardless of whether they run on its CDMA or...

Clearwire secures $1B loan

Clearwire Corp. said it completed the process for a $1 billion secured term loan to refinance existing debt and support expansion plans. The Kirkland,...
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