2008

New numbers from comScore show that 6.5 million Americans watched mobile video in August. AT&T, which is the exclusive carrier for the iPhone, was tops among providers, with 4.4 percent of subscribers accessing programmed or on-demand mobile video.

The economic downturn is already dragging down the online-marketing space, but pure-play mobile ad companies swear they’re not worried about its affect on the wireless Web.Nielsen Online last month reported a 6% overall decline in “image-based” online ad spending in …

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.—Access 360 Media: Mission Ventures led a $8 million round of Series B funding into …

The companies listed below represent the largest independent national and regional tower companies in the United States for the second quarter of 2008. American Tower and Crown Castle continue to dominate the U.S. tower industry. American Tower remains the largest …

Cellular modem sales could exceed $22 billion by 2013, according to a new report from ABI Research.The firm noted Sprint Nextel Corp. recently lowered its mobile broadband prices for using cellphones as modems but left the price of using PC …

The Department of Justice approved Verizon Wireless’ $28 billion purchase of Alltel Communications L.L.C., subject to required divestitures of wireless assets in 100 markets encompassing 22 states.“The divestitures required are necessary to protect wireless customers and are among the most …

AT&T Mobility, computer-maker Lenovo and infrastructure vendor L.M. Ericsson announced a teaming to knock off $150 from the price of 3G-capable laptops, with an eye toward enticing customers to mobile broadband.The new offer encompasses three Lenovo ThinkPad SL notebooks and …

Alcatel-Lucent posted another loss in the third quarter as new leadership vowed to return the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker to profitability.The French-U.S. company reported a net loss of $51 million, a 43% decrease from the $445 million the company …

Sprint Nextel Corp. is targeting parents of trick-or-treaters by halving the price of its GPS-based child-locating service.Sprint Family Locator, which allows parents to view the location of their children from a Web-enabled phone or computer, will be available for $5 …

Motorola Inc. lost $397 million on $7.5 billion in revenue across all its businesses in the third quarter and said today it would delay its plan to spinoff its handset division until sometime after 2009.And in a move to cut …

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 …

The following is market share information for the top five largest mobile-phone manufacturers for the third quarter of 2008. The figures were compiled by research firm IDC. Nokia Corp. retained its No. 1 position, while Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. scored …

Some of the new applications loaded to the Android Market since it opened on Monday don’t work very well, crash the phone, aren’t particularly elegant and in one case, uses commands written in Chinese.

Today’s consumers expect more from their marketing messaging. The CEO of Aegis Media North America gives her advice on how to deliver the goods, both strategically and creatively.

There are several reasons why consumers may not take to slotMusic albums. For instance, you can’t plug the cards into the most popular digital music players around, Apple’s iPods. Nor can you fit them into most car and home stereos …

The fund is leading an $8 million round for MobiMate, an company that makes an app called WorldMate. It helps frequent travelers by keeping track of delayed flights, guiding them to hotels and suggesting restaurants.

The definition of insanity – at least in popular culture – is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result. By this definition, many business people and IT departments apparently are a few bytes short of a full …

Job seekers struggling to land gigs during the economic downturn are going to wish they had iPhone programming skills.

The Communications Workers of America has sued AT&T Mobility and other subsidiaries of the telecom giant over what it calls corporate shell games to avoid providing benefits to employees. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in San Antonio, …

All John Famiglietti needs is access to a computer to manage a fleet of 44 rigs that are equipped to clean up hazardous materials in the country’s largest city. Famiglietti, head of environmental operations of WRS Environmental Services, can be …

Brand-switching appears to have tripped up Qwest Communications International Inc. – the carrier lost 45,000 of its 800,000 wireless customers in the third quarter and blamed the deficit on its recent migration to Verizon Wireless.Qwest in July dropped its mobile …

AT&T Mobility subscribers are seeking $88 million in damages in a privacy lawsuit against the No. 1 wireless provider.The lawsuit, filed by 44 wireless subscribers in Oklahoma federal court, alleges that between 2001 and 2005 a private investigative agency obtained …

Billion-dollar lawsuits still raise some eyebrows, but not at Qualcomm Inc. this week. Gabriel Technologies Corp. said Monday it had filed suit against the San Diego-based chip and IP-licensing company in federal court in San Diego alleging patent infringement and …

Billion-dollar lawsuits still raise some eyebrows, but not at Qualcomm Inc. this week. Gabriel Technologies Corp. said Monday it had filed suit against the San Diego-based chip and IP-licensing company in federal court in San Diego alleging patent infringement and …