Yearly Archives: 2008

Wells Fargo first into corporate m-banking

A recent compendium of bank technology case studies from financial research and advisory firm Celent, asked the question, "What would it look like for...

Mobile banking: Poised to cash in

She has been on your TV set for about a year now. If you grew up in the 1970s, the girl in the commercial...

700 MHz trial balloon

Telecom policymakers and special-interest groups are fond of talking about ubiquity, making sure communications -- wireless, wireline, Internet and video -- are within reach...

Remember voice? : Start-up tackles quality on most-used feature

Flashback to CTIA 2006: As former Nokia Corp. CEO Jorma Ollila gave his farewell address to the industry two years ago this spring, he...

Mobile TV space looks for growth in 2008

Mobile television is all over the place, yet going nowhere fast all at the same time. Consumer choice for TV and video on their...

The Q&A: Blake Krikorian

Blake Krikorian is CEO of Sling Media, purveyor of the SlingBox, which allows users to stream content from their home television to either a...

Public safety now part of most commercial wireless conversations

A profound -- but predictably understandable -- policy shift has been evolving since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and horrific hurricanes four years later....

Hesse touts mobile freedom

Sprint Nextel Corp. said nothing substantial about its WiMAX plans yesterday and instead fell back on a new touchscreen device as the biggest news...

Martin to oppose open-access regs

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said he opposes Skype Ltd.'s petition to impose open access throughout the cellphone industry, prompting cheers from cellular...

Branson rocks!: He’s sending a Noah’s Ark into outer space

The "old hippie" is headin' to Mars. Or, perhaps more accurately, Richard Branson - fearless leader of the ubiquitous Virgin brand - is hatching...

Handsets rain on Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel released a slew of gadget-related news in conjunction with the CTIA Wireless show, an effort that included a Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd....

Towerstream brings fixed WiMAX to Texas

Towerstream announced today that it launched fixed WiMAX service for businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area. "The Dallas-Fort Worth metro market is a...

Court favors iPCS in Nextel scuffle

An appellate court in Illinois has confirmed a lower court's decision that would force Sprint Nextel Corp. to divest its Nextel operations in the...

AT&T fixes in on branded LBS service

AT&T Mobility has seen the signs -- or at least, followed the voice prompts -- and launched a branded GPS navigation service for consumers....

Financial ratings wrap-up: AT&T, Motorola, RIM 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--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services...

Top 10 requests for the CTIA show

Spring has arrived, Opening Day is in the rear-view, and once again we found ourselves at the annual hyperbolic chamber that is CTIA's Big...

The Q&A: Marco Boerries

Marco Boerries is the executive VP of Yahoo Inc.'s Connected Life Division, which encompasses the company's mobile, digital home, PC client and broadband teams...

AT&T Mobility offers iPhone to enterprise

Forget the careful process of considering business cases, IT policies and other nit-picky consideration.Apple Inc.'s iPhone is the new must-have device -- even though...

Enterprise devices: The next big thing awaits the next iconic customer

Remember the "soccer mom"? First, she was avidly courted as a voter, later as a consumer.If you believe the handset marketers -- admittedly, a...

Frieden to FCC: Just do it

One academic says stop the debate already. He argues a wireless Carterfone rule is long overdue."This reticence to act has generated regulatory uncertainty...

Margins Check: YouTube’s tools, recession scares 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...

Analyst Angle: Anticipating the birth of the super smartphone or ‘Global’

Editor's Note: Welcome to a special CTIA Show Daily edition of our weekly online feature, Analyst Angle. Every Monday at www.RCRWirelessNews.com you can find...

Small carriers: ‘Keep running so they can’t catch you’

Like a series of dominos, several of the largest regional carriers fell to consolidation pressures within the past year. The announcements came within a...

Standards, content falling into place for mobile TV

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...

Open access: Paradigm shift or an open question

Change has never been easy for the cell-phone industry. And it's perfectly understandable. With the kind of wild success and wealth creation during its...
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