Monthly Archives: July, 2008
Moto makes profit, hangs onto No. 3 ranking: Handset spin-off will wait more than one year
Motorola Inc. managed to both pleasantly surprise the market today and disappoint industry observers who are looking further down the road.The company posted a...
Wireless History Foundation scores more support, announces details of Oct. 13 dinner
It's a big year for wireless. As cellular communications celebrates its 25th anniversary with a lavish celebration planned for this October, more wireless luminaries...
Qwest starts pimping VZW: Regional carrier steering new customers to new partner
The question was popped earlier this year and now Qwest Communications International Inc. has sealed the deal. The company has sown all its wild...
Worst of the Week: All hail Google
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...
T-Mobile USA to give parents more control
Thanks to a new T-Mobile USA Inc. offering, parents can give their children a different type of allowance each month, and it's not the...
Open mic
Time was when the bloody white- spaces spat was nice and neat, with mostly high-tech giants seeking more spectrum for Wi-Fi pitted against television...
Nokia cuts phone prices across portfolio: sources
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia (NOK1V.HE: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ), the world's top cellphone maker, cut prices of many of...
Top 5 things to know about SMS advertising
If you want a marketing platform that offers reach, ease of entry, targeting and interactivity,
ZON Multimedia Signs MVNO Contract with Vodafone Portugal
LISBON -(Dow Jones)- Portuguese telecommunications company ZON Multimedia said Thursday its cable television unit signed a five-year contract with the Portuguese unit of the...
By the Numbers: Top Mobile Infrastructure Vendors
The companies listed below represent the seven largest global infrastructure vendors as of the first quarter of 2008.
Rankings were provided by research firm Dell'Oro...
Court Overturns Injunction In Nokia-InterDigital Dispute
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned a district judge's preliminary injunction ordering arbitration in a patent dispute between InterDigital...
Top Four Mobile Games Developers Consolidate Lead
The world's top four games publishers are taking an ever bigger share of the market for mobile games, according to the latest report from...
Garmin: Nuvifone is MIA until next year
Garmin Ltd. reported rosy jumps in sales in its various sectors - automotive, outdoor, aviation, marine - but its earnings and outlook disappointed analysts,...
Danger adds customization to Sidekick: Device is first since Microsoft acquisition
T-Mobile USA Inc.'s new Sidekick device is the first to launch since Microsoft Corp. bought the software company at the heart of the Danger...
Handset help: Nuance looks to embed customer care assistance into handsets
Nuance Communications Inc. is targeting carriers - and plenty of others - with a mobile application designed to cut the cost of customer-care calls.Mobile...
Sprint Nextel’s femtocell to go nationwide
Sprint Nextel Corp. will expand its femtocell offering nationwide in the coming weeks, the company said today.The carrier's Airave - essentially a small network...
Wireless revenues pop at EA, but not enough to please investors
Electronic Arts Inc. continued to grow its mobile revenues even as it disappointed investors with a $95 million quarterly loss.The publishing giant's wireless business...
Profit Up but Sales Down at Embarq
The landline telephone company Embarq posted higher second-quarter profit on Tuesday on lower operating expenses, even though revenue fell as access lines were lost....
Firms look to tame the wireless wild for enterprise
How much do we really know about our phones or - even more complex - our smartphones? We know they turn on, make calls...
Financial ratings wrap-up: Verizon, Palm, Qualcomm 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--RBC Capital Markets lowered its...
How to configure and deploy the iPhone 3G for business, part 1
If it's going to be used at work, IT needs to know what to do. One of biggest stories behind the release of the...
Mobile video phone sales set for strong growth
Mobile video phone sales reached nearly $99 million in 2007 and should experience strong growth during the next five years despite worries about profitability...
Teen growth in mobile slowing
Wireless penetration rates for teens are reaching saturation and growth in the segment is stagnating, according to a new report from research firm MultiMedia...
Carrier partnership good business for The Wireless Zone
Editor's Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retailers across the country to get a first-hand view of what's hot in...