Yearly Archives: 2008

NetMotion updates VPN product

NetMotion Wireless is bolstering the Internet voice and streaming video elements of its flagship virtual private network (VPN) offering.The Seattle-based developer this week will...

MetroPCS sees growth in revenue, income

Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc. reported a 23% jump in total revenue and an 11% rise in income, while average revenue per user...

Verizon Wireless: Google’s open-access complaint is ‘sour grapes’

Verizon Wireless is downplaying a Google Inc. effort to have the Federal Communications Commission extract an explicit commitment from the No. 2 cellular carrier...

Greenlight Wireless now Skweezer

Greenlight Wireless has finally adopted the name of its flagship product.The Irvine, Calif.-based developer rebranded as Skweezer Inc., taking the name of its popular...

Sprint Nextel, Nokia courts Java developers

Sprint Nextel Corp. is hoping to spur creation of innovative applications with a new Java platform, a resurrected developer program and an upgraded toolkit.The...

Sprint Nextel faces class-action from employees: Complaint says company stock was bad pension investment

While rumors swirl about a German telecom giant's interest in acquiring Sprint Nextel Corp. to become the largest-mobile phone carrier in the United States,...

Virgin Mobile USA’s outlook dims expectations

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. reported that in the first quarter its service revenue was down, net income and net customer adds were down drastically,...

ROK purchases Jalipo Media

ROK Entertainment Group Inc. is expanding its Internet video offerings with the acquisition of Jalipo Media Limited., a fellow U.K.-based outfit.ROK, which delivers streaming...

Shareholders shellac Moto’s CEO, board

Contrary to the popular maxim, no news is not good news - at least at Motorola Inc.Armed only with more promises to revive the...

The trouble with text messaging

For this I got the unlimited text-messaging plan for our family?My 12-year-old daughter showed me an MMS she got the other day from one...

REVIEW: Melodeo’s Mobilcast worth tuning in to

Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we'll review...

Margins Check: Summer movies, DVDs through iTunes, and more

Editor's Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR...

Mobile Advertising: Still Waiting for a Medium

Now that mobile TV and other video services are being rolled out widely, advocates of mobile advertising are renewing their pitch -- that cell...

ROK in Jalipo takeover

ROK Entertainment Group Inc, which develops entertainment products for mobile phone, has acquired Jalipo Ltd.

New Versions of Free Video Editing Software, Video Converters Available at DVDVideoSoft

DVDVideoSoft, an independent software vendor, announces the bulk update of its free video editing software. This site also provides a free video converter and...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola, Nokia Siemens and more

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

A bright future for ad-funded mobile entertainment

Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We've gathered a group...

T-Mobile USA goes 3G in NYC

T-Mobile USA Inc. officially launched its first 3G network in New York City, the company announced. The nation's No. 4 carrier said the...

Leap expands Texas presence

Leap Wireless International Inc. will be launching its Cricket unlimited wireless services across areas of Texas bordering the Rio Grande and the Gulf of...

Nortel stakes IPR claims to LTE: Campfire sing-along over LTE patents appears unlikely

Nortel Networks Corp. said today that it would charge "about" a 1% royalty rate* to handset vendors licensing Nortel's Long Term Evolution patents.(Yes, that...

Cellular South expands m-banking service

Regional wireless provider Cellular South said it is teaming with fellow Mississippian BancorpSouth Inc. to expand its m-banking offerings.The Web-based application allows BancorpSouth customers...

AP targets iPhone users with news portal

The Associated Press is targeting iPhone users with a new multimedia portal for wireless devices.The Mobile News Network, which is optimized for Apple Inc.'s...

GPS devices favored by drivers, thieves alike

GPS devices are among the hottest gadgets on the market, enticing both legitimate customers and a growing number of thieves who see gold in...

Analyst Angle: Is Huawei telecom’s Barack Obama?

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the...

Adspend to top $7.6B by 2013

Total annual spending for advertisements on mobile devices will exceed $1 billion this year and could increase to about $7.6 billion by 2013, according...
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