Yearly Archives: 2008

Novatel gyrates on profit warning

Novatel Wireless Inc., maker of embedded laptop modems, warned this week that it would miss its first-quarter profit forecast.The company cut its first-quarter earnings...

LG surpasses forecast for handset shipments: Strength in U.S., emerging markets cited

LG Electronics Co. Ltd. shipped 24.4 million handsets in the first quarter, above analysts' estimates of 23 million to 24 million units.Handset sales reached...

Parot’s PARTY features NFC, too!

The Parrot PARTY Black Edition claims to be the first commercially available Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled speaker system . The NFC technology will...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Motorola and Novatel

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors--RBC Capital...

New legislation targets wireless taxes

Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Chris Cannon (R-Utah) introduced a bill to impose a five-year freeze on new discriminatory state and local wireless taxes."The...

AdLink announces new ATCA blade

AdLink Technology Inc., which makes test-and-measurement solutions for telecommunication equipment manufacturers, introduced a new ATCA blade using Intel Corp.'s 5100 chipset.The new CPU blade...

Mowser set to expire: Founder: 80% of site’s traffic was porn-related

One year after launching Mowser, Russell Beattie has pulled the plug on his transcoding business.Beattie, a former mobile developer for Yahoo Inc., had hoped...

Regulators pressured on text message rights

Public-interest groups reiterated their call for federal regulators to protect text messaging rights, framing the issue with far-reaching implication for free speech, disability access...

Lawmakers reconsider in wake of 700 MHz auction: Some call for D-Block conditions to be removed

While the Federal Communications Commission's failure to attract a bidder for a national commercial-public safety spectrum license dominated a House telecom subcommittee hearing today,...

Crush or Flush offered to advertisers

Crush or Flush members can now give advertisers a thumbs-up or thumbs-down -- just like they do with each other.IceBreaker Inc's mobile social networking...

Big 2 continue price plan tweaks: AT&T Mobility goes after small biz, VZW after texters

The wireless industry's two heavyweights continued to tweak their service plans with both AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless offering up new packages targeted at...

Margins Check: The world’s biggest air carrier, Blockbuster’s potential, and more

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...

Pricing plans for simply everything

What's with all the new pricing plans? Are carriers moving toward customization in lieu of simplicity?The introduction of unlimited plans a few months ago...

REVIEW: ESPN MVP scores

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...

Nokia Taps Into NFC for Latest Phone

Today Nokia announced the 6212 Classic, a bar-style phone that incorporates near-field communications technology for mobile payment services.

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Ericsson, Aptilo and Nokia Siemens Networks

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...

Telephone Carriers Made $36 Billion Selling Broadband Services on Redback Routers in 2007

Redback Networks, an Ericsson company (NASDAQ:ERIC) that makes video-centric routers for 75+ percent of the world's largest triple-play networks, today announced the results of...

VZW gooses data offerings: Unlimited surfing, hosted e-mail on tap

Verizon Wireless is hoping to spur uptake of the wireless Web with a new, all-you-can-surf plan for smartphone users.The carrier introduced a $30-per-month plan...

Verizon Wireless to use AOL platform for online, mobile

Verizon Wireless has tapped AOL L.L.C.'s Platform-A as a "major advertising provider" of its online and mobile Internet destinations.The operator said it will use...

Industry giants agree on LTE IPR : Qualcomm notably absent from list

The market for LTE technology took another step forward today as seven infrastructure heavyweights announced a framework for licensing the rights to the next-generation...

Analyst Angle: At AT&T, a richer retail experience comes to the Surface

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...

NAB: Sun scales down video streaming

LAS VEGAS--Sun Microsystems today announced an expansion of its Streaming System video portfolio, adding small to mid-scale streaming of television and IP-based video to...

Cisco opens ISR routers to software developers

Cisco is opening up two pieces of its branch office gear to application developers in an effort to reduce the amount of equipment businesses...
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