Yearly Archives: 2007

AT&T Mobility and LG deliver multimedia via new ‘trax’ handset

AT&T Mobility is hawking its MobiTV, XM Radio Mobile and music portal services with the launch of LG Electronics Co.'s new trax handset, an...

TravellingWave shows off speech-to-text service

The speech-to-text playground just got a little more crowded.TravellingWave, a Seattle-based startup, came out of stealth mode touting "breakthrough technology" that transcribes voice into...

Qwest names Mueller to succeed Notebaert

Qwest Communications International Inc. named Edward Mueller its new chief executive officer. Mueller is a veteran of the telecom industry and former CEO of...

Razr2 launch sends carriers into choruses of ‘me too’

The piling on began early last Friday as Verizon Wireless, then Sprint Nextel Corp. and AT&T Mobility all announced they would carry Motorola Inc.'s...

Verizon Wireless updates mobile Web service

Verizon Wireless overhauled its mobile Web service, adding content and redesigning the site in an effort to make it more user-friendly.The carrier tweaked its...

Alltel streamlines developer process for business apps

Alltel Corp. launched a new program designed to help business application developers bring their products to market faster. The company's Business Solutions Partner program...

Lead counsel for Qualcomm resigns

Qualcomm Inc. is keeping the reasons for the resignation of its general counsel, announced today, close to its vest. No reasons were given for...

Analyst Angle: Social Marketing and Adding Mobile to the Mix

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...

July infrastructure awards

The following contracts were announced in July:

I-play goes all in on mobile video

I-play will continue to move beyond mobile gaming this week with a series of more than 100 video shorts for poker players.The U.K.-based publisher...

Monday, Aug. 13, 2007

Clearwire to pick up ex Amp’d Mobile band

CLEARWIRE CORP. IS GEARING UP to put pen to paper on a deal that will bring Amp'd Mobile Inc's. 50-plus member content team on...

Operating in a shadow: Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile USA find varied success against big 2

Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. have had very divergent luck recently in trying to operate in the shadow of their two larger...

Retail Snapshot: Helio customers keen on unlimited plans, Google Maps and mobile MySpace

Editor's Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what's hot...

Etc.

On a motorcycle trip far, far awayActors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman recently drove the "Long Way Down" from Scotland to the southern tip...

Google, others suffer setback as FCC nixes ‘white space’ devices

High-tech giants seeking a new avenue for wireless Internet access suffered at least a temporary setback as a result of government tests that found...

More choices mean more fragmentation in hot OS market

Motorola Inc. last week upped its bet on Linux, christening a new version of its Java/Linux platform and claiming that the open-source operating system...

Playing in the land of giants

The Federal Communications Commission scored one for the little guys last week, essentially saying that nationwide operators have to strike roaming agreements with smaller...

Laying odds

I know most of us have had almost enough of the 700 MHz auction, what with the lobbying and saber rattling of those interested...

DRM jumble makes move toward clarity: Nokia takes step with Microsoft deal

The nightmarish world of mobile digital rights management may have taken a small step toward sanity.Microsoft Corp. scored a big win last week, agreeing...

Device management services primed for growth: Market drivers: handset software complexity, new network services

The inexorable pressure to launch a handset-as scheduled-for maximum impact-has created a growing market for mobile device management (MDM) products, including firmware over the...

Hedgehogging

hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube. Verizon Wireless, which recently announced plans...

Qualcomm: Legal claims against Nokia may bring an eventual deal

In a July earnings call, Qualcomm President Steve Altman cited a handful of cases initiated by Qualcomm against rival Nokia Corp. and said that...

Qualcomm: Nokia agreement awaits litigation outcomes: Chip vendor looks to courts, regulators for guidance on cross-licensing path

It's been all quiet on the Nokia Corp.- Qualcomm Inc. front for months-only the two parties really know whether minions in suits and toting...

Acuity aims to connect big brands with loyal customer base via mobile

It's hard to find a mobile executive these days who doesn't speak affectionately about mobile advertising and the new gateways it could open, but...
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