February 2008

Mobile transaction powerhouse mBlox tapped digital payment firm Valista to manage its new WAP billing system.ValistaPlus Payments will complement mBlox’s existing billing platform with a direct-to-bill charging service for content purchases and other mobile transactions on the wireless Web. The …

Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. each announced impressive wins in the mobile search space at Mobile World Congress 2008.Nokia Corp. said it will begin to include Google’s technology with its own mobile search application “in select markets,” integrating the search …

When you turn on the tap, water simply flows out, right? Nothing to it. The same assumption holds true for many if not most BlackBerry users, who tend to rely on the device and the service from Research In Motion …

Device manufacturers and network vendors have submitted 28 mobile WiMAX products in the 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz bands since the WiMAX Forum opened its certification lab for testing late last year.The first mobile WiMAX products are expected to be …

BARCELONA, Spain – Many of the world’s most powerful wireless executives are seeing green – both in terms of the cash they wish to save and the environment they hope protect.A number of today

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or service from the user’s point of view, with the goal of …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ 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 the …

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 and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular–Czech Republic: Telefonica O2 Czech Republic …

Well, I’m on my way out the door to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. As you read this, the opening keynote should be just under way.There is nothing like a wireless show on foreign soil to underscore the differences …

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. …

Few would argue the premise that, in the post-iPhone handset world, the user experience matters most. Observers at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, this week have noted the emphasis of substance over style, and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications …

BARCELONA, Spain — The Android has landed, so to speak.A number of chip companies showed off demonstrations of Google Inc.’s Android cellphone software today at the Mobile World Congress trade show here. Google and the Open Handset Alliance released Android’s …

The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is home turf to Nokia Corp. and it used the platform today to reiterate its pursuit of the converged space by unveiling the N96, a 16 gigabyte refresh to its popular N95. Despite its …

Paramount Pictures Corp. has created a new unit dedicated exclusively to mobile content. Paramount Mobile Entertainment, which will operate under the umbrella of the studio’s digital division, will develop mobile content and alternative distribution models for the studio, the company …

CellCast Technologies said its wireless emergency alert solution will be deployed throughout Missouri, beginning with the sheriff’s department in Camden County. “Knowing about the impending danger is one thing, but then also having the correct information about what to do …

Consolidation appears to still be an unavoidable result for many in the world of network infrastructure. Motorola Inc. and Nortel Networks Corp. are reportedly in talks to merge their wireless infrastructure businesses, according to the Wall Street Journal. Both companies …

The Federal Communication Commission’s Auction 73 picked up this morning where it left off on Friday with new bids continuing to slowly shrink and new potential winning bid amounts adding smaller amounts to the auction’s total purse.Click here for complete …

Microsoft Corp. kick-started its effort to grab a piece of the hot, youth-oriented messaging and social networking market by acquiring Danger Inc., the software driver behind the popular Sidekick devices at T-Mobile USA Inc. The purchase price was not disclosed. …

The Federal Communications Commission approved T-Mobile USA Inc.’s $2.4 billion purchase of SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc., enabling the No. 4 national cellular carrier to bolster coverage in the Southeast and the Caribbean.SunCom, of Berwyn, Pa., has a presence in the …

The opening day of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, was all about mobile advertising.Nokia Corp. made the biggest splash with its Media Network, an alliance of more than 70 publishers and operators including Sprint Nextel Corp., Discovery, Hearst …

Starbucks Corp. is trading its T-Mobile USA Inc. HotSpot service for AT&T Inc.’s Wi-Fi network in more than 7,000 company-owned coffee outlets. Companies said Wi-Fi services from AT&T will be rolled-out to U.S. Starbucks locations beginning this spring on a …

BARCELONA, Spain – In a room too crowded to let in all the press, LG Electronics Co. displayed three new handsets with nice form factors, but little pricing or operator information.The KF700 is a multimedia handset with three input methods: …

BARCELONA, Spain – Mobility’s impact on the world was the theme for both L.M. Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks at press conferences here today before tomorrow’s official opening of the Mobile World Congress.One estimate has more than 66,000 people attending …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly 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 NPD Group’s …

The Federal Communication Commission’s 700 MHz auction headed into its third weekend on a slow, but steady pace. Some, or all – we won’t know until the auction is over due to the FCC’s blind-bidding rules – of the 199 …