2007

My 11-year-old daughter has become quite expensive this summer-and I think she is the typical “tween” consumer. She’s taken a break from music lessons, but added tennis, diving and a week at camp to her list of summer activities. But …

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 of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. …

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 RCR Wireless News staff considers events in the wider business world and how they could affect …

Entertainment media company Ckrush Inc. said it has created a studio to produce and distribute short-form original video content for the Internet and mobile phones.Ckrush, which produces feature films and television programs, said it will use its in-house production capabilities …

AT&T Mobility has extended its Video Share application to almost 160 markets. The one-way live video application was launched late last month in three markets, and the carrier said at the time that it planned to expand the launch to …

Shares of navigation device manufacturer TomTom N.V. shot skyward after the company said it will bid $2.5 billion to acquire Tele Atlas N.V., its main supplier of digital maps.The Dutch firm said it will offer about $29.35 per share for …

Aruba Networks Inc. will acquire two mobile security product lines from Network Chemistry to complement its existing offerings, the two companies announced.The deal-terms were not disclosed-transfers Network Chemistry’s RFprotect and BlueScanner products to Aruba, which is located in Sunnyvale, Calif. …

Amp’d Mobile Inc. subscribers may find themselves without wireless service tomorrow, according to the mobile virtual network operator.The MVNO has begun warning subscribers via text messages and its Web site that its service could go dark as early as tomorrow. …

A&E Television Networks has struck its first carriage deal for its made-for-mobile channels A&E Mobile and the History Channel Mobile with MobiTV.“We believe our audiences are skewing younger, and we want to have our programming available to consumers in different …

Mobile television and video subscription revenues grew 198% year-over-year to $146 million in the first quarter of 2007, according to data from Telephia Inc. Approximately 8.4 million wireless customers now subscribe to some form of mobile video, representing nearly 4% …

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 hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Jupiter Research’s …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to a special edition of our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for …

As WiMAX service edges closer to rollout here, the technology is advancing on a number of fronts, both in overseas trials and deployments as well as interest from venture-capital companies.Dr. Mohammad Shakouri, board member and vice president of marketing for …

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN KEVIN MARTIN could face trouble securing support from the agency’s two Democrats for a key component of his 700 MHz plan, but the draft rule could entice Verizon Wireless to become more serious about a possible …

CONCEPTUALLY, AT LEAST, FEW THINGS could be more appealing to mobile consumers than open wireless access.Richard Whitt, Google Inc.’s telecom and media counsel, painted a picture of a veritable mobile utopia on the company’s blog last week as Google and …

THE EXTENDED FAMILY OF “THE SIMPSONS” IS MAKING A BIG BET on mobile. The creative minds that introduced us to Bart, Homer, Marge, Lisa, Maggie and dozens more back in 1989 are now bringing fresh content from Simpsons characters, new …

Like a crash by leading contenders in the Tour de France, any stumble by a leading handset vendor creates an opening for competitors.Nokia Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications apparently have instantly gobbled up the market …

“Serenity now!” yelled the character George Costanza in one episode of the 1990s sitcom, “Seinfeld.”Costanza’s anguished cry underscored the unbridgeable gap between his desperate need for serenity and the angst that gripped his soul.A roughly analogous gap may yawn between …

Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. said that its users have earned more than 9 million minutes of free airtime since the mobile virtual network operator instituted its Sugar Mama program, which offers customers the chance to receive calling minutes in exchange …

Femtocells, or access point base stations, are making some big waves in the wireless industry this month. Shortly after ABI Research released a positive report on the outlook for femtocells, Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia Siemens Networks each announced new partnerships and …

Retail franchise Yakety Yak Wireless’ location in Huntington Beach, Calif., sells devices and service from Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel Corp. (both Sprint and Nextel brands) and soon will offer wares from MetroPCS Communications Inc. It offers services that include contact-list …

Was she a former Sprint Nextel customer?A four-year-old Illinois girl called 911 almost 300 times on a deactivated cellphone last month. Dispatchers were able to hear the child talking and track the calls to an apartment complex, but not to …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. To sign up for the free weekly e-mail alert, go to rcrnews.com/email. Every week we’ll review a new wireless …

Finding itself at a windswept crossroads, buffeted by a sub-par performance in the second quarter, Motorola Inc. is reaching out to the media with a message:We’re still innovating in pursuit of “seamless mobility,” the company’s grand strategy to connect consumers …