Monthly Archives: August, 2008
AT&T launches voice for U-Verse
In San Antonio test market, customers can get voice, wireless, broadband and television services. AT&T is testing out its new U-Verse voice services by...
China Showcases TD-SCDMA at Olympics
Don’t expect your 3G phone to work at the 2008 Olympics Games , running August 8-24, 2008 in Beijing .
Touch Screen Nanos on the Way?
My colleague Olga Kharif quite succinctly walks you through in this blog all the reasons why its unlikely Apple in the next month or...
Apple’s Jobs says oops on MobileMe launch
The CEO acknowledges problems with the debut of MobileMe, and says the company has much more to learn about delivering Internet services.
GPS Device Makers Still Own The Road–For Now
Technology buffs have been quick to predict the death of personal navigation devices--those clunky little boxes in cars that call out driving directions in...
Delta to Offer Wireless Internet on Domestic Flights
Delta Air Lines announced today that it will begin offering wireless broadband Internet service on domestic flights as early as next month. Delta appears...
Playboy Names Ex-Maxim Editor to Head Up Digital Ops
Jimmy Jellinek to direct magazine's online, mobile content.
The OEM service strategy
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their...
Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Redline, Aruba, ERF 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...
REVIEW: Don’t blame Sprint Nextel for slow mobile music adoption
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point...
Unlimited calling dribbles into no-contract crowd
Just like Ronald Reagan claimed with his trickle-down economic plan, wireless customers are beginning to see unlimited offerings filter down to cheaper price points...
FCC OKs Verizon Wireless purchase of Rural Cellular
The Federal Communications Commissions gave the green light to Verizon Wireless' $2.67 billion purchase of Rural Cellular Corp., with the transaction and a separate...
Jha sets 90 days for review and action at Motorola: New handset CEO expects products on his watch to launch in a year
Sanjay Jha, the newly minted co-CEO of Motorola Inc. and designated turnaround artist for its handset division, told an audience of analysts and media...
MobiTV reaches 4 million mobile video subscribers
Mobile TV provider MobiTV said it now counts 4 million subscribers to its mobile video programming service. That's an increase from 3 million customers...
AT&T, VZW battle over international data offerings
Just in time for the 2008 Olympics set to kick off in China later this week the nation's two largest carriers expanded their international...
VZW quietly rolls out Rev. A PTT service : Pair of phones target business users
Verizon Wireless has re-placed itself in the push-to-talk arena. As promised earlier this year, Verizon Wireless has released two new PTT phones, running on...
VIDEO: Olympics to provide vast opportunity for mobile content
Welcome to our weekly RCR Wireless Newscast. This week it's all about the Olympics, which are set to...
Moto raids Qualcomm for handset leadership: Sanja Jha to lead firm’s handset biz
Sanjay Jha, formerly COO at Qualcomm Inc., will lead efforts at Motorola Inc. to turn around the beleaguered company's handset division, the companies said...
Linux group adds more members, embedded handsets hit markets
The LiMo Foundation announced nine new members today and said that more handsets with its operating system are launching in North America and Japan....
Centennial looks to 3G deployments, higher ARPU users
Centennial Communications Corp. put out results for its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year that ended May 31, with a consolidated annual revenue exceeding $1 billion.Consolidated...
Commscope Q2 results get boost from Andrew buy
CommScope Inc. released second-quarter results, reporting revenue of $1.09 billion, net income of $40.2 million and strong international sales. CommScope said sales more than...
Sprint Nextel dinged $73M for ETF policy: California court decision seen as harbinger for other ETF cases
A California Superior Court judge ordered Sprint Nextel Corp. to pay $73 million after finding its early termination fee policy violated California law.Alameda County...
Analyst Angle: Be mindful of the legal restrictions on mobile ads: Cellphone advertising may be the next frontier, but proceed with caution
For years, mobile advertising has been touted as the next frontier. Its day may finally have arrived. Recent reports suggest that almost 60 million...