Yearly Archives: 2008

FCC’s McDowell on board for wireless USF cap

Federal Communications Commission member Robert McDowell said he supports imposing an interim cap on high-cost universal service funds primarily benefitting wireless carriers serving rural...

GenBand wins Leap business

Leap Wireless International Inc. said it is deploying GenBand Inc.'s G9 Converged Media Gateway to deliver enhanced voice quality and IP services on its...

TI unveils power management controls based on ATCA standard

Texas Instruments Inc. said it is offering a single-chip, dual-slot hot swap manager for Advanced Mezzanine Cards to address power management in wireless networks,...

CinemaNow, uVuMobile to meld films with cellphones

Digital entertainment firm CinemaNow Inc. is teaming with uVuMobile to allow consumers to use their phones to order full-length films for viewing on other...

Anonymous SMS tips program launched

Mobile transaction provider mBlox is partnering with Anderson Software L.L.C. to allow citizens to send anonymous tips via text message.The companies unveiled TipSoft SMS,...

An early look at AT&T Mobility’s MediaFLO mobile TV service: REVIEW: $15-a-month offering needs more content

AT&T Mobility's MediaFLO-based mobile TV service has not yet officially launched; after a couple of false starts, the carrier appears set to launch the...

Mobile data can change the game

Memo to all you network operators: the race to zero is heating up.That's the takeaway from a recent (but little-noticed) survey of 2,000 mobile...

Margins Check: Yahoo, Microsoft and cellphones in ‘Grand Theft Auto 4’

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...

Rogers Issues Statement on the Apple iPhone

Ted Rogers, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rogers Communications Inc. today issued the following statement: We're thrilled to announce that we have a...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Nokia Siemens, Airspan and Fortress

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...

D-Block report sheds new light on players’ plans: Cyren Call planned MVNO over 700 MHz spectrum

Public Spectrum Safety Trust Corp. Chairman Harlin McEwen appears to have distanced himself from a key element in a new Federal Communications Commission inspector...

Greystripe touts movie marketing results

Ad-supported game distributor Greystripe said its recent marketing campaign for the New Line Cinema film "The Golden Compass," which ran on Greystripe's mobile ad...

Nokia flashes three handsets, possibly destined for U.S. users

Nokia Corp. today said three new, quad-band handsets would reach market in the third quarter, but said nothing about possible deals with GSM carriers...

RadioShack financial struggles continue: Prepaid wireless sales shine a light

Shares of RadioShack Corp. plunged after the retailer blamed a disappointing quarter on slowing Sprint Nextel Corp. sales.The Texas-based chain reported a first-quarter net...

Analyst Angle: Barry West, Founding Fathers and the (WiMAX) revolution

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...

VZW improves metrics, adds 1.5 million new customers: Carrier sees increase in data revenues

Verizon Wireless reported a strong first quarter with a net gain of 1.5 million wireless customers and a nearly 49% increase in data revenues....

Video conference: Wireless Best Practices Education Project, May 21

On 21 May 2008 a video conference is taking place at five locations (Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco) to provide...

Marketers Anxiously Await Chance to Add Apps to iPhone

While Apple's iPod has a myriad of marketers hoping to glean some consumer cred via tie-ins with its heralded music players, the iPhone so...

MMA attempts to unite mobile Web: Nonprofit unveils global guidelines for advertisers, marketing campaigns

The Mobile Marketing Association is working to make sure the world, indeed, is flat.The Denver-based nonprofit last week released its first set of global...

Axbey named CEO of Rave

Rave Wireless, which provides safety applications for mobile, appointed Tom Axbey CEO.Axbey joins the company from Micromuse, where he was senior vice president and...

People like bottomless services

When it comes to wireless plans, it's all about the buffet, J.D. Power and Associates concluded in its semi-annual survey of wireless customers' level...

Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.

Looks like it's getting pretty safe to say the MVNO bubble has just about burst, or is at least losing air at an alarming...

Mobile brand values soaring

The mobile service provider category has become the fastest-growing category in terms of brand value growth - increasing by 35% from last year -...

Once ‘fast followers’ are now handset growth leaders: LG, Samsung post gains in roiled market

The once-monolithic handset market is becoming a lot more interesting.As growth slows in developed markets, players with strong presence in emerging markets may see...

Supreme distinction, outcome

The U.S. Supreme Court without comment declined to review a Tenth Circuit ruling that said the trustee of bankrupt Magnacom Wireless L.L.C. is not...
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