June 2008

NEW YORK – Here’s something you probably haven’t heard before: this is not the year of mobile advertising. And next year may not be either.Executives at the Mobile Marketing Forum …

Motorola Inc. and its mobile-devices division have amicably agreed to separate. But working out the financial details may be tough.

Japan’s DoCoMo has finally confirmed that it is buying a 30 percent stake in TM International (Bangladesh) Limited (TMIB), a mobile phone operator based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, by directly acquiring …

Are marketing and transactional text messages right for e-retailers? They’re being used by a handful of merchants and garnering success as consumers are growing increasingly fond of the tiny communications …

When Mozilla releases its Firefox 3 browser update June 17, it hopes to set the first-ever Guinness world record for number of Internet software downloads in 24 hours. The target: …

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Telekom AG’s (DTEGn.DE: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) T-Mobile will sell Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz …

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. …

TELSTRA’S bid to turn itself into a media company is paying dividends, according to BigPond chief Justin Milne, who yesterday told the Cannes Advertising Festival that the number of people …

An emerging subplot in the escalating early termination fee controversy is the harsh criticism that’s surfacing in federal lawsuits over the impact on consumer credit ratings when a dispute arises …

Teens love cellphones every bit as much as the mobile-phone industry embraces this critical demographic. And teens – being teens – can resist and resent authority.As such, results of new …

Starting July 1, expect to see lots of drivers in California and Washington talking hands-free on their mobile phones. Or else being handed a ticket by a cop if they …

Advocates of unlicensed broadband devices may have won a small but significant victory at the Federal Communications Commission.

Bank of America said it has topped the 1 million mark for its unique active mobile banking customers after one year of service.The company introduced its mobile banking service nationwide …

Panasonic announced its Link to Cell KX-TH1211 accessory is now available at retail outlets.The product connects a Bluetooth-enabled cellular phone to home-based cordless handsets and allows users to initiate and …

The Federal Communications Commission appears poised to begin crafting federal guidelines on early termination fees, with Chairman Kevin Martin offering a blueprint on how a national regime might look.At the …

To resurrect its profile – and profits – in the United States, Nokia Corp. has pledged to make inroads with each of the major carriers. At Verizon Wireless, enter “The …

Apple’s unveiling of its 3G iPhone this week came as little surprise to any industry observer or, for that matter, any person who happened to contact any form of media …

GoTV Networks Inc., a company that has found a considerable amount of success building a multi-platform network of video channels for mobile and online, has partnered with talent agency, CESD, …

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – A panel of five mobile entertainment CEOs took the stage this week at OnHollywood 2008 to make the case for their varying business models and address what …

A major overhaul of MySpace, to make its debut on Wednesday, could greatly alter the social-networking market.

An expanded trial of mobile ticketing – this time using NFC enabled mobile phones – has been announced by a railway operator in the German federal state of Hesse. The …

Editor’s note: RCR Wireless News has teamed up with Yankee Group to conduct a series of market surveys of RCR Wireless News’ subscribers to gauge their thoughts on various technology …

The most ambitious use of technology to combat traffic congestion debuts next month along one of the nation’s most clogged arteries and could become a model duplicated throughout the USA.

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available. —Beeco: RTI International and …