Yearly Archives: 2007

Mobile content: Keeping a wireless industry growth engine on track

Editor's Note: Welcome to the first edition of Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture....

Joe Sixpack: Strolling the wireless Web

Editor's Note: Welcome to our new Tuesday feature, Mobile Content and Culture. This weekly e-mail service will cover the most important mobile content news...

Nokia adds three handsets to mid-range portfolio, one for U.S.

Finnish handset vendor Nokia Corp. used its annual Nokia Connection event at telecom conference CommunicAsia in Singapore to beef up its mid-range offerings with...

HTC warms up Rev. A smartphone for Sprint Nextel

HTC Corp. moved from original device manufacturer to original equipment manufacturer at Sprint Nextel Corp. this week with an HTC-branded smartphone at the high...

NASCAR-AT&T spat revs up

Hang on, sports fans. We've got a hum-dinger of a race here.NASCAR filed a $100 million countersuit against AT&T Inc. for alleged breach of...

YouTube unveils mobile offering

YouTube Inc. quietly launched a stripped-down, mobile version of its popular video-sharing site.The wireless offering, available at m.youtube.com, offers a small selection of streaming...

NTELOS to refresh ad campaign

Regional telecommunications provider NTELOS Inc. announced plans for an overhaul to its advertising efforts, news that coincides with the company's hiring of new advertising...

Microsoft updates MSN Mobile portal

Microsoft Corp. overhauled its MSN Mobile portal, adding services and simplifying the user interface.The software giant said the new site, mobile.msn.com, incorporates MSN services...

RemoTV promises to tie cellphones with PCs

Mobile entertainment startup RemoTV announced a beta launch of a free application that allows cellphone users to access multimedia from their PCs.The Connecticut-based newcomer...

Silverback buys into Atlas for mobile marketing

Silverback Media plc, a marketing agency that operates on mobile and online platforms, announced it has entered into a preliminary agreement to acquire a...

Early adopters clamoring for Wi-Fi, VoIP support

Almost half of early adopters in the United States planning to replace their cellphones want Wi-Fi capability, according to a recent survey by In-Stat....

Young adults text, drive

A large percentage of young drivers in the United States say they both talk and send text messages on their cell phone while driving....

FMC rollout remains sporadic: Carriers continue to battle technology’s challenges

The U.S. telecom industry appears to largely be treading water when it comes to fixed-mobile convergence-with much talk about the subject and a few...

On-device portals: Information guides to the wireless mall

It's no secret that a stroll through the offerings on carrier decks is enough to give you carpal tunnel syndrome. A recent study of...

Pre-emption decision pre-empted for further review

The Supreme Court delayed a decision on whether to review a lower court's pro-state pre-emption ruling, inviting the views of the U.S. solicitor general...

NETWORK OPERATORS GENERATING BUSINESS FOR ODMs

Network operators will earn more than $10 billion this year from selling self-branded handsets made by ODMs, according to ABI Research. That's a nearly...

Mobile at forefront of changing music biz: Recent deals with carriers highlight changing dynamic

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-If there ever was a first shot fired in the battle toward a digital age, the music industry was likely the first...

Tapatap rises from ashes of Atlas Mobile

The guys who founded Atlas Mobile are back with a community-based contest offering for mobile phones and PCs.Isaac Babbs, Andy Riedel and Ken Scott...

InfoSpace wins VZW biz, offloads content operations

InfoSpace Inc. scored another carrier customer for its wireless Web service even as it continued to beat a retreat from the content space.The Seattle-area...

Panel to probe wireless health risk accused of conflict of interest

A consumer group has raised conflict-of-interest and qualification issues regarding a proposed National Academy of Sciences panel spawned by a government-wireless industry research program...

Allen Salmasi’s next wave

Perhaps it is just as well that Allen Salmasi is still flying under the radar, given the tumult and upheaval that ensued when his...

The DRM Challenge: Everyone agrees on the problem, but solution proves elusive

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Like a train caught in a labyrinth of uncharted tracks, the entertainment industry is hurtling across the DRM space with no clear...

Cliffhanger

It's hard not to root for the little guy in epic battles. Maybe it's because we have been trained by Hollywood that the underdog...

Hitting one out of the park: The ‘blockbuster’ vs. profitable portfolio

The story of Motorola Inc.'s Razr handset has morphed of late from legend to cautionary tale. Despite the device's continuing, rampant sales, the company's...

ODMs help brands jockey for position

Watching the competitive jockeying of the world's largest handset brands has its pleasures-the neck-and-neck excitement of a horserace, the tragedies of thrown jockeys and...
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