Yearly Archives: 2008

REVIEW: Watching ‘Pirates’ on your cellphone? Neato

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...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Ericsson, Alvarion 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...

WiMAX is this decade’s PCS

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...

DVB-H anointed in Europe: U.S. players choose competing standard MediaFLO

The European Commission has formally adopted Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld (DVB-H) technology as the standard for mobile television throughout the European Union's 27 member...

Microsoft to embed Flash Lite in Windows Mobile: Deal a coup for Adobe’s continued push into mobile space

Microsoft Corp. said it will embed Adobe Systmes Inc.'s Flash Lite on Windows Mobile devices alongside its own streaming video technology.The software giant licensed...

Class action claims Sprint Nextel violated RICO law: Lawsuit centered on carrier’s picture mail service

A class action lawsuit filed against Sprint Nextel Corp. claims the struggling No. 3 mobile-phone operator violated federal anti-racketeering laws by failing to adequately...

700 MHz auction goes to 14 rounds per day: Move could speed auction end

The Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz auction took on a more heated feel today as the agency increased the number of rounds per day...

Hesse goes to bat in new Sprint Nextel ad: Carrier’s new commercials focus on Simply Everything

Sprint Nextel is bringing out its big guns in an attempt to reinvigorate its reputation, which has taken a beating over the past year....

Handango rings up distribution deal with Carphone Warehouse

Mobile content vendor Handango Inc. announced it landed a major distribution deal with The Carphone Warehouse, the largest independent mobile-phone dealer in Europe.Calling the...

Analyst Angle: With SDK, iPhone is Jobs’ ‘next great thing’

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...

TRUST US : MMA, MEF guides aim to gain viewer’s trust

The explosive success networks are having with text voting on TV shows comes with a level of responsibility that they and others in the...

What’s next for Sprint Nextel?: With plenty of issues on its plate, No. 3 carrier has work cut out

SPRINT NEXTEL CORP. JUST CAN'T get itself out of the spotlight. And if any of the tier-one carriers needs a time out right now,...

A touch of Glimmer at Alltel: Carrier lands LG’s latest touchscreen device

If you add up a number of factors, the new LG Glimmer at Alltel Corp. makes a lot of sense for the two companies....

RSS: Made simple for mobile: Once the choice of smartphone users, mobile RSS feeds now target mainstream users

ONCE THE DOMAIN OF EARLY ADOPTERS on high-tech smartphones, mobile RSS is quietly moving into the mainstream.RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, first came to...

As auction wanes, public safety weighs its options: Former NTIA Chief says it’s OK that D-Block bidding languishes, other disagree

As the 700 MHz auction winds to a close - apparently without a winning bidder for the commercial/public-safety license or a clear roadmap for...

GOING GREEN : And what that may mean to telecom

When "going green" sometimes means having large polluters pay for lavish advertisements focused on how much they care about the earth, it helps to...

Etc.

A blizzard of impressionsAccuWeather.com said its mobile Web site experienced a record-breaking February, with more than 32.7 million page impressions. The previous record was...

Carriers push E-911 lawsuit in court despite winning deadline extension

Wireless carriers have turned up the heat on the Federal Communications Commission, arguing in a lawsuit that new enhanced 911 location accuracy guidelines grossly...

4G numbers could jump to 90M by 2013, ABI says

Fourth-generation subscribers, including LTE and WiMAX users, could exceed 90 million in 2013 if a number of milestones are met, according to a report...

Infonetics report focuses on WiMAX growth

The WiMAX market is expected to grow to $7.7 billion by 2011, predicts research firm Infonetics Research in a new WiMAX and Mesh Network...

T-Mobile USA, Leap ready to roll out AWS markets

Almost 18 months after the advanced wireless services spectrum auction wrapped, carriers are on the verge of commercially launching networks and devices that make...

NextWave inks deal with Alcatel-Lucent: Contract to provide NextWave with WiMAX TV solution

NextWave Wireless Inc. tapped Alcatel-Lucent to develop WiMAX broadcast solutions that the company plans to integrate with its recently announced MXtv technology.NextWave plans to...

Virgin Mobile USA’s stock plunges : Quarterly loss digs into full-year gains, but posts records profit

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. stock dropped more than 53% from its closing price after it reported a $14.7 million loss in the fourth quarter....

There will be blunders . and bluster

The juxtaposition of the Spitzer sex scandal and the debate over whether telecom companies should have retroactive immunity for participating in the Bush administration's...
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