Yearly Archives: 2007

AT&T adds to European Wi-Fi presence

AT&T Inc. reported an agreement with Eurpean Wi-Fi provider The Cloud that adds more than 9,000 Wi-Fi locations available to its customers traveling in...

Monday, Aug. 6, 2007

Competitors nibble into Motorola’s lead during Q2: Razr peaks, Nokia surges, Sanyo’s Katana strong seller

There's good news for a beleaguered American handset giant named Motorola Inc.The company's Razr handset-beefed up on functionality and spun off in customized form...

NetMotion to provide mobile VPN to Cox: Deal highlights new cable focus

Mobile software developer NetMotion Wireless is touting another customer win this week, unveiling a deal to deploy its mobile virtual private network with cable...

Analyst Angle: Open Access Does Not Mean Open Season for Device Vendors

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...

700 MHz auction rules set Open access in, wholesale option out

THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION LAST WEEK approved 700 MHz rules to foster the creation of a nationwide public-safety/commercial broadband network and introduce new devices...

Amp’d Mobile content was only 1% of business: Bankrupt MVNO spent $3M on original content

Despite the widely recognized success of Amp'd Mobile Inc.'s large portfolio of original content, a source at the company has told RCR Wireless News...

Industry, analysts critique auction details: Rules unlikely to lure new players, but existing carriers will gobble up spectrum

WHILE THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND OTHERS CELEBRATED anticipated public-safety and wireless benefits of last week's 700 MHz auction rules decision, skeptics question whether...

Developers tepid on open-access realities

THE FCC'S RULES FOR NEXT YEAR'S auction of 700 MHz spectrum could change the game substantially for wireless content owners and application developers. Then...

DEATH OF AN MVNO: Amp’d Mobile goes dark, customers move to other carriers

Amp'd Mobile Inc. went dark last week, after filing for bankruptcy and being unable to raise sufficient funds to carry it through reorganization.The company...

Executive Interview: Steven Shindler

NII Holdings Inc., formerly Nextel International, has found success in Mexico and South America and recently passed the 4 million subscriber mark across four...

As challengers struggle, MediaFLO looks to expand: Mobile TV service looks to add content, prepares for AT&T Mobility launch

MediaFLO USA Inc. is still holding most of its customers' usage data close to the vest-thanks in part to continuing exclusivity with Verizon Wireless...

Etc.

Cell-cessful surgery Cellphones played a lifesaving role during a surgery in Argentina recently. According to a Reuters report, a blackout in Policlinico, Argentina, interrupted...

Forces of change or forcing change?

With the 700 MHz auction rules officially out (and before any legal challenges are launched), now is a good time to reflect on the...

McDour

For sure, the reaction to the Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz decision was mixed. But no one was so visibly and verbally downcast about...

Nokia earns ‘holiday’ while outpacing: Gains share, but still struggling in U.S., networks

Inching closer to its long-sought goal of 40% of the global market, Nokia Corp. confirmed last week that its business is firing on nearly...

Short-form may be long-tail for mobile video

It appears the case has been made for mobile TV. The big question now is, what do on-the-go users want to watch? Once a...

FiberTower grabs SN WiMAX deal

FiberTower Corp. announced that it has inked a deal with the No. 3 carrier to provide backhaul services in seven of Sprint Nextel's initial...

Inmarsat challenges TerreStar’s filing for launch delay

Inmarsat Global Ltd. has challenged TerreStar Networks Inc.'s request to delay for nearly a year its mobile satellite launch currently scheduled for November.TerreStar in...

AT&T Mobility rebate case moves forward

A federal court in California ruled a class-action suit accusing Cingular Wireless L.L.C.-now AT&T Mobility-of false and misleading advertising can go forward.The complaint, brought...

Hedgehogging

hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environmentby poking your head over the top of the cube.While there is plenty of coverage on the...

Telecom wiretap protection remains elusive: Congress not expected to act on requests before recess

Congress appears unlikely to act before its August recess on a Bush administration request to shield mobile-phone operators and other telecom carriers from lawsuits...

Miami No. 1 in mobile coupons

Consumers in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla., market use mobile coupons at a higher rate than consumers in other U.S. markets, according to research by...

Touchscreens: Fall’s fashion trend: Post-Labor Day launches likely for U.S.

First, Balda AG and its partner, TPK Holdings, won Apple Inc.'s business for the touchscreen module for the latter's iPhone.Now Balda's shareholders are agitating...

VZW pushes into rural America with RCC buy

Verizon Wireless backed up its strong second-quarter customer numbers with solid financials and a new acquisition that will make the nation's largest CDMA carrier...
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