2008

Another regional player is set for extinction. Earlier this month, AT&T Mobility announced plans to acquire Centennial Communications Corp. for $2.8 billion. The deal is expected to add approximately 1.1 million customers to AT&T Mobility’s customer base. The deal, if …

The Federal Communications Commission released details of its approval of Verizon Wireless’ acquisition of Alltel Communications L.L.C., including the five additional markets that need to be divested. The ball is now in Verizon Wireless’ court to close on the deal …

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 and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.WiMAX–Thailand: Redline Communications said it has …

Attention to the “user experience” has become a fervid mantra since the iPhone reached market last year and in one recent case, a specialty firm has been involved in assisting a large client to bridge a gap for an even …

House Commerce Committee leaders offered Federal Communications Commission Kevin Martin one last chance to be interviewed before releasing a final report on its investigation of agency management practices.The panel publicized its renewed request to interview Martin, a somewhat unusual step …

Qualcomm Inc. has released a software development kit for its BREW Mobile Platform, enabling developers to “bridge the gap” between writing for mobile applications and the Web, the company said today. The SDK includes enhanced support for native applications and …

Verizon Wireless has partnered with FunMobility to provide a new video service for customers. Under the agreement, users can access “America’s Best Mobile Flix” (aFLIX), a video sharing and mobile social network site for $5 per month. The application allows …

QUALCOMM INC. PUBLICLY SAID that it was giving up on developing its Ultra Mobile Broadband evolution for CDMA, leaving the technology’s upgrade path up in the air. During an analyst meeting last week, the company said it was ending research …

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 hot topics in the wireless industry. When Apple launched the iPhone a little over a year …

NOKIA CORP. DELIVERED A SOBER WARNING Friday that a “rapid change” in consumer spending over past weeks led the handset giant to cut its estimates for mobile device volumes in the fourth quarter and for 2009.Nokia, with about 40% global …

NORTEL NETWORKS CORP. FACES AN UPHILL CLIMB following a third quarter where the company reported losses of $3.4 billion and said it would cut thousands of jobs and say goodbye to a number of high-ranking executives.Analysts said tough times are …

The technology collaboration may be a boon for Flash developers as it will expand the potential audience to millions of smartphones, set-top boxes, and other Internet-connected devices.

Qualcomm has licensed Skyhook Wireless's Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS), a method of combining massive professional wardriving databases with geographical latitude and longitude.

“Virtual” mobile carrier Virgin Mobile USA (VM) will cut 10% of its staff, or about 45 people in New Jersey and California, the company announced today.

Consumers have embraced Bluetooth-enabled mono headsets for mobile phones, but getting them to accept stereo Bluetooth headsets is another story.A new study from IMS Research predicts sales of mono Bluetooth headsets will increase by 10 to 20 million per year …

The Federal Communications Commission gave final clearance to Verizon Wireless’ $4.7 billion purchase of a nationwide collection of regional licenses at the 700 MHz auction earlier this year, refusing Google Inc.’s request to impose a stronger open-access condition and revising …

With its enterprise tracking solutions being marketed by Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp., Gearworks Inc. is now developing a platform for one the fastest growing fields in the country – home health care.The Minnesota-based company is set to launch …

The controversy turns on an objective contrary to the inherent purpose of wireless communications, cleanly getting a radio signal from point A to point B. So you might wonder why a religious war continues to rage over stopping a radio …

It sits in the desert as a shimmering star, an example of state-of-the-art technology. From its retractable roof to its grass field that can roll out of the steel and concrete structure, University of Phoenix Stadium was also built with …

The troubled economic environment is not stunting the mobile satellite services market, according to a new survey and forecast from research and consulting firm NSR.“The next ten years will rival the heydays of the late 1990s for the MSS industry …

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.—Convergin: Pitango Venture Capital invested $10 million into Convergin, which provides telecom service mediation and …

Major fundraisers who previously were highly influential in the wireless space have assumed key roles on the Obama-Biden transition team, a move that comes amid efforts by the Democratic president-elect to limit the clout of lobbyists in putting a new …

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 this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs …

Microsoft Corp. is close to launching a new Windows Mobile browser that the company’s development team touts as an experience that will resemble surfing the Internet on a desktop, according to a blog post on the company’s Web site.The move …