Yearly Archives: 2008

Appeals court questions FCC’s authority on backup power rule

The Federal Communications Commission could be forced to back off the backup power rule. Two members of a three-judge panel of the U.S....

FTC on watch against wireless ripoffs: Cellphone providers warned to keep it honest, or else

A Federal Trade Commission commissioner warned cellphone content providers they need to do a better job of disclosing the costs consumers incur when clicking...

Senators argue against reverse auctions for universal service

A bipartisan group of senators urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to abandon a plan to use reverse auctions to award universal service...

Verizon Wireless adds Samsung’s Glyde, with touchscreen, to its quiver

Taking aim at rival AT&T Mobility and its iPhone subscriber magnet, Verizon Wireless today said it would bring Samsung's Glyde -- a touch navigation...

Is Apple changing its iPhone business model?: Latest carrier deal pushes iPhone into Latin America

America Movil said yesterday it cut a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone throughout Latin America, including enormous markets such as Brazil...

Best Buy, Carphone Warehouse team in $2.14B Euro expansion

Best Buy Co. Inc. is stepping up its European cellphone business to the tune of $2.14 billion.The big-box U.S. retailer said it will acquire...

Worst of the Week: Odds and ends

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...

Survey: Wireless retail experience getting worse: T-Mobile USA tops latest J.D. Power rankings

As customers walk away from wireless retail stores, they are less satisfied with the experience, largely because of a lack of product information and...

T-Mobile USA tops 30M mark: Most metrics flat year-over-year, data revenues growing

T-Mobile USA Inc. pushed past the 30 million subscriber mark during the first three months of the year, adding 981,000 net customers and ending...

TELUS Reports First Quarter Results

TELUS Corporation today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2008, including revenue of $2.35 billion, a 6.6 per cent increase from a...

TRAI seeks views on MVNOs

The country is gearing up for the entry of Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) services with telecom regulator TRAI releasing a consultation paper on...

With Microsoft mum, analysts mull next moves for Live Search

Without the influx of Web traffic that Microsoft bet would quickly follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker is facing a long slog if...

VZW sued by parents whose teen was sexually assaulted: Charges similar to ones filed in MySpace lawsuit

Could the wireless industry have new legal exposure as a result of the caustic combination of Web-enabled phones, the Internet and sexual predators?A lawsuit...

Digital Hollywood pins hope on open access

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Like all things wireless these days, most of this week's more poignant exchanges at Digital Hollywood have been anchored around the...

Google nuzzles closer to Sprint Nextel

It seems Google Inc. has no plans to be a silent partner in the forthcoming Sprint Nextel Corp./Clearwire Corp. business.The Internet giant said it...

PlayPhone acquires Pitch Entertainment

Direct-to-consumer content vendor PlayPhone Inc. is expanding its footprint by merging with London's Pitch Entertainment Group.Pitch Entertainment delivers off-deck content, social networking applications and...

Vodafone bites the Apple

Vodafone Group plc said it will roll out Apple Inc.'s iPhone later this year in 10 markets, after its CEO Arun Sarin disparaged the...

Rural Cellular claims Alltel sabotaged divestiture deal

Rural Cellular Corp. sued Alltel Corp. in federal court, accusing the Arkansas-based cellphone operator of undermining a $48 million wireless deal between the two...

DONE DEAL: Sprint Nextel, Clearwire re-merge WiMAX business, bring new investments into operations

Following a rash of rumors earlier this week, and an aborted attempt last year, Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. said they were going...

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By Paul Berger The Washington Post has been streaming live video to its Web site since 2001. In that time it has...

RFMD Unveils 2.4 GHz ISM Band Transceiver

(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) RF Micro Devices (RFMD), a provider in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency systems...

Video: Today’s wireless customers open to more options

RCR Wireless News Editor Tracy Ford interviews research firm Compete Inc.'s Adam Guy on open access, third-party applications and consumer choice in this RCR...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Sprint Nextel, Nortel Networks, SBA Communications and more

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier--Lehman Brothers lowered its estimates...

By the Numbers: Venture capital deals for first-quarter 2008

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the first quarter. This list comprises the amounts that were invested...

Qwest moves wireless biz to VZW: Qwest Wireless to disappear

Qwest Communications International Inc. is jumping wireless ship from its current mobile virtual network operator relationship with Sprint Nextel Corp. to reselling Verizon Wireless...
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