Yearly Archives: 2007

The wireless Norm

I suspect other journalists at sometime experience the kind of curious, recalibrated relationship with a source of the kind I had with Norm Sandler....

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...

Broadcom to buy GPS firm for handset location

Broadcom Corp. plans to acquire GPS know-how, products and software by purchasing Global Locate Inc., a privately held firm that currently supplies GPS solutions...

Sony Pictures takes ‘anime’ channel mobile

Japanese anime fans in Canada and Australia can now access Animax Mobile, a new mobile TV channel, to watch programming that is currently available...

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,...

Digital Chocolate gets seat on LG phones

LG Electronics Co. Ltd. said it plans to pre-load games from Digital Chocolate Inc. on "multiple" new handsets in the United States beginning this...

High-end in the USA: Sony Ericsson’s HSDPA-capable, 5-megapixel K850

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications launched a half-dozen new handsets and a slew of accessories in Berlin yesterday, with one handset-a candybar Cybershot, model K850-destined...

Frontline proposal gains steam; FCC to issue 700 MHz rules in July

The Federal Communications Commission appears to have gained sufficient political cover to move forward with plan to auction a national 700 MHz license designed...

Monday, June 18, 2007

MTV dance show jumps from wireless to TV

Another video project will move from the phone to the television this weekend as MTV airs the urban hip-hop show "Dances From Tha Hood."The...

Special-access pricing review set for September

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said the agency will consider revising special-access pricing rules by early September, a development that could lead to...

Sprint Nextel exploring WiMAX options

Sprint Nextel Corp. is determined to push WiMAX into existence and then ubiquity, and the company may explore a range of financial and strategic...

Digital Hollywood panelists: Mobile TV still in early stages

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-It's not the cash cow most in the wireless industry hope it will be, but mobile television is already producing some steady...

CellAntenna petitions FCC to allow jamming equipment

CellAntenna Corp. asked the Federal Communications Commission to permit first responders to use jamming equipment to prevent terrorists from using cellphones to detonate bombs...

GSM Association shortens show names, juggles personnel

The GSM Association said it is re-branding two of its trade shows by removing references to 3GSM.The 3GSM World Congress Asia is becoming Mobile...
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