Yearly Archives: 2007

Analyst Angle Special Edition: Amp’d, MVNOs and future of the market

Editor's Note: Welcome to a special edition of our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give...

Analyst Angle: Mobile ad networks, building a business in a fragmented market

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...

Starent nets $126.4M in IPO

Starent Networks Corp., which sells multimedia infrastructure products to wireless carriers, raised $126.4 million in an initial public offering, beating the company's forecast. The...

‘Sprite Yard’ now part of mobile marketing playground

NEW YORK-Coca-Cola Co. is moving aggressively onto the mobile marketing playground with a kind of mobile MySpace centered on the company's Sprite brand.The soft...

Nielsen starts up another mobile measurement service

Starting in July, The Nielsen Co. will weigh in on the behavior of mobile subscribers through a new measurement service called Nielsen Wireless, which...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: LimeLife, Airband, HipCricket and more

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included...

Financial ratings wrap-up: MetroPCS, Apple, Sierra Wireless and more

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier --Standard & Poor's Ratings...

Sprint Nextel integrates online offerings

Apropos of a recent handset offering dubbed "The Blend"-which combines CDMA and iDEN network access in one handset-Sprint Nextel Corp. has blended the online...

Research: Mobile ad spending could hit $14.4B by 2011

Spending on mobile advertising could reach $14.4 billion by 2011, accounting for one-fifth of global spending on Internet advertising, according to a report from...

Qualcomm crows about Sagem W-CDMA deal

Sagem Communication signed a royalty-bearing agreement with Qualcomm Inc. to make and sell W-CDMA handsets worldwide at the latter's "standard rate," Qualcomm announced. The...

VeriSign tunes into Clear Channel deal

Clear Channel Radio selected VeriSign Inc. to launch a suite of mobile radio services for the broadcast giant. Clear Channel in May announced a...

RCR Wireless News Open House

For the month of June, RCR Wireless News is offering FREE access to our exclusive online content, content that is usually only available to...

Aepona, Appium combine forces in service delivery platform

Aepona, a global provider of telecom software and services, plans to merge with Appium, which focuses on application servers and service creation environments, the...

Deadbeat customers, Verizon Wireless’ threats led to Amp’d bankruptcy

Amp'd Mobile Inc. blamed its rapid growth, back-office systems and collection problems as the reasons for its need to reorganize under Chapter 11 bankruptcy,...

Avaya goes private in $8.2B deal

Corporate infrastructure provider Avaya Inc. announced an $8.2 billion deal under which it will be bought out by two private-equity firms. The transaction is...

HTC touts new touchscreen phone

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

Ericsson eyes billing with $417M LHS acquisition

Infrastructure giant L.M. Ericsson announced it will pay around $417 million for German billing company LHS AG, a move that could pit Ericsson directly...

AT&T’s advertising spend shrinks in Q1

Telecom giant AT&T Inc. was the nation's second-largest advertiser during the first quarter, according to TNS Media Intelligence, second only to multinational manufacturer Procter...

AT&T Mobility refreshes prepaid

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

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Nokia Siemens, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson 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...

Openwave rejects Harbinger, plans on stand-alone recuperation

Shares of Openwave Systems Inc. tumbled in after-hours trading after the company rejected a takeover bid by Harbinger Capital Partners.Harbinger, which is already Openwave's...

Palm secures $325M injection from private equity

Long-running speculation that Palm Inc. has been a takeover target may abate now that the company has received a $325 million infusion of private...

Ericsson rolls out CNN promotion effort

L.M. Ericsson's courtship of Turner Broadcasting System International continues to roll on; CNN International, of which Turner is the parent, plans to air six,...

InfoSpace nets search deal with U.K.’s Virgin

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...

Google’s Checkout hits WAP

Google Inc. is jumping onto the crowded m-commerce field with a wireless version of its Checkout service.Google Checkout, which launched a year ago, is...
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