Yearly Archives: 2007

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Ericsson, Nokia Siemens, LGC and more

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

Ericsson rings up $1B contract with China Mobile

L.M. Ericsson announced it has signed a GSM expansion framework deal with China Mobile Communications Corp. valued at $1 billion. Chinese President Hu Jintao...

Another lawsuit: Nokia moves to spoil BREW, MediaFLO parties

If you were wondering whether Nokia Corp. would take advantage of last week's potentially bruising decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission to ban...

Notebaert retires from Qwest

Richard Notebaert announced his retirement as chairman and CEO of Qwest Communications International Inc., pending the company's selection of a successor.The company has not...

InfoSpace wins VZW biz while offloading 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...

USA Today to launch ad-supported texting service

USA Today is partnering with mobile search provider 4INFO Inc. on an ad-supported, text-message news alert service for mobile users.Consumers can register to receive...

AdaptiveMobile catches $14M for parental-control offerings

Mobile security software developer AdaptiveMobile said it pocketed $14 million in a second round of funding.Doughty Hanson, an early-stage venture capital fund, led the...

IBM agrees to buy Telelogic for $745M

IBM Corp. announced it agreed to buy Swedish software firm Telelogic for $745 million in cash to raise its profile as a leading software...

FMC to generate $33.4B in revenue by 2012

Fixed-mobile convergence subscribers will number 170 million by 2012 and generate $33.4 billion in revenue, if cooperation increases between all the players in the...

Analyst Angle: iPhone Impact

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...

BelAir employs SLAs to stave off speed concerns

With multiple technologies promising all the bells and whistles required of next-generation networks, infrastructure developers and operators are clamoring for their place as they...

T-Mobile USA inflates mid-range, Alltel expands data roaming

T-Mobile USA Inc. instituted a set of new promotional price plans and expanded its offerings at the increasingly popular $40 price point. The carrier...

HTC touts new ‘Touch’ phone

HTC Corp., the nimble, Taiwan-based smartphone maker that is a leading purveyor of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating system, announced its new HTC Touch,...

GPS apps tracking well at AT&T Mobility, Sprint Nextel

Fans of GPS applications are getting enhanced features at two of the nation's largest carriers. AT&T Mobility announced four of its newer Research In...

RIM’s consumer play attracting media offerings

Research in Motion Ltd.'s push into the consumer space with video-friendly BlackBerry devices is set to get a boost from QuickPlay Media, which recently...

Palm gets eager hands on new cash, executives: Treo maker confident it will lead, but analysts wary

Executives at Palm Inc. appear to believe they've bought the time and talent to move from less than 3% of the smartphone market to...

Opponents of capped USF gain more backers

Opposition to a federal-state panel's recommendation to cap universal service fund support in rural areas mounted last week, with a key senator and agriculture...

AT&T pads prepaid

AT&T Mobility revamped its prepaid play with new add-on package options for its GoPhone Pay As You Go customers.GoPhone users can now choose...

Putting the billing pieces in place: Changing industry forcing new reality

Despite the prevalence of end-to-end billing systems as operators have consolidated in recent years, some companies may prefer a one-shot solution to a particular...

The i’s have it

Perhaps we should all just go back into hibernation for a few weeks until some of this iFrenzy subsides.On the other hand, given that...

Telecom giants remain in wiretapping crosshairs : Congress refuses to provide liability protection

Wireless and wireline carriers remain vulnerable to lawsuits over the National Security Agency's anti-terrorist wiretapping program, with Congress so far refusing to consider a...

InfoSpace nets Virgin U.K. search deal

Virgin Mobile in the United Kingdom said it as has tapped InfoSpace Inc. to provide a suite of mobile search and Internet services.InfoSpace said...

Made-for-mobile content spreading its wings : A handful of mobile-specific content is beginning to cross platforms

The production and delivery of mobile video is becoming a two-way street. Although a majority of programming seems to follow a top-down approach from...

Hedgehogging

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.The Coca-Cola company announced it will offer...

Retail Snapshot: Wireless Toyz, Variety is the spice of wireless life

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...
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