2008

It looks like Google is about to hop onto an iPhone advertising revolution. Adweek reports that Google will soon debut an iPhone-specific advertising network and has been showcasing these iPhone advertisements in private meetings with ad agencies.

CHICAGO — A World War II-era air traffic network that often forces planes to take longer, zigzagging routes is costing U.S. airlines billions of dollars in wasted fuel while an upgrade to a satellite-based system has languished in the planning …

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.—BlackArrow: Cisco Systems, Comcast Interactive Capital, Intel Capital, Mayfield Fund and Polaris Venture Partners invested …

Now that the big banking behemoths have been humbled by breathtaking credit losses, plain-vanilla banking is back in fashion.

In a move that sets a new and potentially major precedent in the text messaging services market, content and messaging companies are going to have to cough up some dough if they want to deliver their goodies to Verizon Wireless …

France-based Wavecom SA has called Gemalto NV’s hostile take-over offer “inadequate” and not in the best interest of the company, its shareholders and employees.Wavecom’s board of directors issued its stance Thursday after meeting to discuss Gemalto’s unsolicited offer that was …

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 …

An investor advisory firm has chosen Sprint Nextel executives as the most overpaid in corporate America, with top managers awarded pay valued at nearly $74 million last year while the company struggled.

Sue Spradley has been on the job as head of North America for Nokia Siemens Networks since July 2007. Spradley has 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, including in services, operations, sales, product line management and customer service, …

The following list ranks U.S. wireless industry CEOs by total compensation for the 2007 fiscal year. The ranking includes executives at public U.S. companies listed on the RCR Wireless News Stock Watch. Salary and total compensation figures were derived from …

Editor’s note: RCR Wireless News has teamed with Yankee Group to conduct a series of market surveys of RCR Wireless News subscribers to gauge their thoughts on various technology issues. RCR Wireless News will publish the exclusive results from our …

Looking for a tale of star-crossed lovers who just couldn’t make it work? Don’t run for your copy of Shakespeare. Try the dealmaking scene in China.

In what appears to be a potentially far-reaching case, Broadcom Corp. has asked a U.S. District Court to render a declaratory judgment that rival Qualcomm Inc.’s patent licensing practices amount to patent misuse. Further, Broadcom contended that Qualcomm’s practices in …

Nuance Communications Inc. announced a deal to provide mobile speech and predictive text capabilities “across a broad range” of devices from Nokia Corp.The world’s largest handset maker will license Nuance’s technology and partner with the Burlington, Mass.-based firm to offer …

Research In Motion Ltd. said today that its new touchscreen effort – the Storm – is due at Verizon Wireless “later this fall,” pricing to be announced.The price of the device is, of course, the most critical bit of information …

Mozilla’s new Geode technology, a Firefox add-on, will allow a Web surfer’s location to be tracked and monitored. Geode’s geolocation abilities include accessing automatic local search results and news.

Travelers lugging laptop computers worry about losing them, with good reason. The hardware is worth hundreds or thousands, and lost or stolen data could be priceless.

It appears that moribund municipal Wi-Fi company Metro-Fi will not be able to sell its largest installation, in Portland, Ore.

The carrier announced Tuesday that it will work with Wi-Fi vendor Aircell to put a filter on the Internet when passengers use American’s new Wi-Fi service.

CDMA may not be making much news these days, but the technology is far from dead.A recent report from ABI Research says while overshadowed by hype surrounding UMTS/HSPA and the migration to LTE, CDMA operators continue to upgrade their networks …

Like the song in a YouTube video? Now you can “click to buy” it on iTunes or Amazon.

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier–Credit Suisse First Boston lowered its estimates and price target on AT&T on mixed news coming from the company. The new …

Vindigo appears to have turned out the lights, but the closure of the Japanese-owned firm may have more to do with cultural differences than the fact that mobile content is a tumultuous space.A pioneer in the early days of mobile …

The cheap, voice-centric, clamshell handset still rules the American marketplace, as Motorola Inc.’s Razr V3 remains the top-selling handset in the country, according to recent data from NPD Group. Yet smartphones claim three of the top five slots, with Apple …