2008

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

The firm has high hopes for location-based mobile advertising in relation to its expanding network.

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 …

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

Americans

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.

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …