Microsoft Corp. announced its first ad-syndication deal in the United States, touting a pact to deliver display ads on CNBC’s mobile Web site.The deal, which stems from last December’s online-advertising collaboration between the two companies, will see Microsoft serve as …
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Apple Inc. announced a recall of the power adaptor it shipped with its iPhone 3G throughout North America and elsewhere. The company said it will provide a free replacement.“Users with ultracompact power adapters should immediately stop using them until they …
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It’s become quite clear which technology the top four carriers have sided with in the next-generation debate between WiMAX and Long Term Evolution. Sprint Nextel Corp. is the lone supporter for WiMAX; Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility Inc. made public …
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The wireless industry seems to have weathered Wall Street’s troubles relatively well – at least, so far. In comments last week, executives from two of the nation’s largest wireless carriers said the ongoing economic turmoil in the financial-services industry has …
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Best Buy is surely hoping to give its digital-music business a boost with last week’s acquisition of Napster Inc. But what it might mean for mobile music is far from clear.The big-box retailer agreed to pay $121 million for the …
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CTIA announced the beginnings of an effort to implement 2D bar-code scanning via camera phones.; bar-code; cell phone; CTIA; Bullish on smartphone growth and confident of his company’s surging market share, Research In Motion Ltd.’s co-CEO Jim Balsillie devoted his …
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When Qualcomm Inc. talks, people listen. So when Qualcomm recently announced that its “Gobi” embedded connectivity module had been certified by AT&T Mobility for the latter’s network and that Hewlett-Packard Co. and Panasonic had signed on to include Gobi in …
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One species of middleware provider in the enterprise mobility space is essentially delivering mobile access to backend systems long established in the corporate world, from sales-force automation to customer relationship management. That scenario can be characterized as an early phase …
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Last week’s upheaval in the financial markets certainly will impact the wireless industry, but in what ways and to what extent remains to be seen. Smaller startups may have a more difficult time getting credit or finding backers, and larger …
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The big take-away for wireless and other telecom-tech sectors in the wake of the latest Wall Street meltdown might mistakenly be this: By hook or crook, get as big as you can and implicate as many consumers (and their financial …
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Think Google Inc. has the mobile search space all sewn up? Think again.ChaCha – heard of ’em? – claims to have delivered search results to 1 million users since its launch earlier this year, answering more than 27 million queries …
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Palm Inc.’s revenue for the first fiscal quarter just ended was flat and the company lost about $40 million, vastly beyond losses in the year-ago quarter. While Palm said it shipped 1 million smartphones in the last quarter, up nearly …
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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.—CommProve: TVM Capital and Endeavour led a $14 million round of funding into Ireland-based CommProve, …
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The value of Nortel Networks Corp.’s stock was cut in half after the company announced a restructuring, including plans to sell off its Metro Ethernet Networks business and “mitigate the risks” in its LTE, 4G effort. Market watchers took the …
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The firm has high hopes for location-based mobile advertising in relation to its expanding network.
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The show got off to a solid start with a well-attended keynote session, anchored by a discussion among the CEOs of Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and Sprint. ; CTIA; Yahoo Inc. once again took advantage of the trade-show spotlight, using CTIA …
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One of the fastest growing wireless chip and system companies, NextWave Wireless Inc.(San Diego, California), has received a commitment from Avenue Capital Management II, L.P. and Sola for $100 million of much needed new financing. A major restructuring will follow
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As if things didn’t look bleak enough, two retail groups are predicting that this holiday shopping season could be the most severe since the 1991 recession.
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It’s official. The plaintiffs’ bar smells blood.The mobile-phone industry suddenly finds itself under siege over rising text messaging prices; there are now five different class-action antitrust lawsuits against the nation’s largest wireless carriers over the issue. The growth followed Senate …
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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 …
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T-Mobile USA Inc. said it’s adding seven cities to its list of 3G markets in the next few weeks. And the industry’s No. 4 player said it plans to offer its UMTS/HSDPA-based service, which uses its recently acquired AWS spectrum, …
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Shares of Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. rose slightly after the company said it plans to sell its Converged Services business unit – which offers video, Internet and voice services to off-campus student housing and other locations – in a bid to …
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The BlackBerry Storm – the first touchscreen device from Research In Motion Ltd. – appears ready for landing at Verizon Wireless, which is both advertising the device and demurring from providing details.The device is called the BlackBerry Storm 9530 Smartphone …