The wireless industry’s No. 5 carrier U.S. Cellular Corp. added 20,000 customers during the fourth quarter of 2008, which was less than half the 44,000 subscribers the carrier managed to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">U.S. Cellular posts modest growth: Impairment charge hampers net income >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Microsoft lands Vodafone biz for biz: Firms target mobile enterprise >
Vodafone Group plc, Europe’s largest network operator, and Microsoft Corp. have teamed up to offer the operator’s enterprise customers a unified communications and collaboration solution for mobile and fixed data.Vodafone …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">MetroPCS posts record customer growth in Q4, tops 5M customer mark >
MetroPCS Communications Inc. said it added a company record 520,000 net customers during the fourth quarter of 2008, and ended the year with 5.4 million customers on its network. MetroPCS’ …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T, Verizon Wireless crux of FEMA’s telecom reform >
It is a new era for the Federal Emergency Management Administration as it streamlines communications for emergencies and its day-to-day operations.The federal agency, which was widely criticized for its response …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Canadian tweets won’t be cheap: Bell to charge 15 cents per >
Canadians who use Twitter are fuming at Bell Canada for bringing the messaging service to mobile phones, but attaching a steep price tag to it.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: Sprint Nextel and price war mongering >
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 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Search spending expected to rise, but what about the clicks? >by dconlinby dconlin
But just how effective is search? New research from Penn State University suggests that people click on both paid and organic search links much less frequently than most marketers think: …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">American Tower swings to $85.8 million profit >by rcrwirelessby rcrwireless
American Tower Corp. ( AMT ) said Thursday that it swung to a fourth-quarter net profit of $85.8 million, or 21 cents a share, from a loss of $5.5 million, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">‘Light’ PC Web users are more likely to surf mobile: ComScore: Consumers are on the move so marketers should adjust buys >
Always-online Internet junkies might seem to be the most likely users to lead the charge in adopting the mobile Web, but a recent ComScore study has found that assumption is …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Nokia considering entering laptop industry >by rcrwirelessby rcrwireless
The world’s top mobile phone maker Nokia is eyeing entering the laptop business, its Chief Executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said in an interview to Finnish national broadcaster YLE on Wednesday.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">OMD: Mobile ad publishers must third-party verify >
In what an OMD spokesperson called a “policy change,” mobile content publishers are now required to get third-party verification for mobile display ad campaigns.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">The state of the industry is strong, despite this year’s travails, reports IDC: Wireless network infrastructure, mobile devices, M2M to be affected by downturn >
Despite the disastrous ramifications the global economic crisis has had on other business sectors, a new report from research firm IDC predicts the global mobile industry will remain relatively unscathed …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Local mobile search ads to soar, Kelsey Group predicts >
Mobile advertising revenues in the United States are expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 81.2%, from $160 million in 2008 to $3.1 billion in 2013, according …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">By the Numbers: Venture capital deals for fourth quarter of 2008 >
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the fourth quarter. This list comprises the amounts that were invested into wireless companies, as well …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Verizon Wireless moves against ‘Velveteen Rabbit’ telemarketing calls >
Verizon Wireless said it filed a lawsuit today against Feature Films for Families Inc. to stop the company from calling Verizon Wireless customers and employees to promote the movie “The …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Yahoo confirms departure of Boerries, head of mobile operations >
The most highly visible executive from Yahoo Inc.’s mobile side has called it quits.Marco Boerries, who had overseen the company’s Connected Life division for four years, is stepping down “for …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Class action claims Verizon Wireless misrepresenting tax on New York bills >
A new class-action lawsuit accuses Verizon Wireless of misrepresenting to New York consumers the intended target of a “metropolitan commuter transportation district” tax charged to subscribers by the No. 1 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T Mobility expands parental control feature: Wireless provider’s ‘Smart Limits’ costs $5 per month >
AT&T Mobility said it now has a measure in place that allows parents to cap their children’s mobile Internet usage. The carrier announced an additional feature for its AT&T Smart …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Nortel cuts more staff, lowers compensation >
Mired in restructuring due to bankruptcy, Nortel Networks Corp. has cut additional workforce and made changes to its employee compensation programs.The beleaguered infrastructure company announced today that it is cutting …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Dan Hesse Q&A: Sprint Nextel focused on turnaround: CEO of nation’s No. 3 wireless provider outlines next steps for Boost, Palm Pre, job cuts >
In an exclusive interview with RCR Wireless News, Sprint Nextel Corp. CEO Dan Hesse discusses pricing plans, unlimited service options, iDEN network capacity, the forthcoming Palm Pre, planned job cuts …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Smoothing the path for mobile Linux >
When in past years Symbian Ltd. nervously eyed the nascent promise of mobile Linux, Symbian evangelists noted sharply that the rival, open-source platform would require considerable sweat equity or costly …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Apple should avoid copyright fight, allow users to escape the App Store jail >
The looming copyright battle centered on Apple Inc.’s iPhone may seem obscure, but the outcome could have wide-ranging implications for U.S. mobile users and the developers who target them. It’s …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Mobile apps for music: Look out iTunes? >by rcrwirelessby rcrwireless
Low-cost apps that let users download music and other extras to their cell phones could help lure cash-strapped music fans
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">As AWS-3 and D-Block auctions hang in limbo, Copps’ FCC aims to improve morale >
The Federal Communications Commission is unlikely to take major actions on key wireless policies anytime in the near future, as the agency awaits a new Obama-appointed chairman and as acting …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Metered nation >
What a strange paradoxical digital world this is, with its seemingly endless supply of free content gushing through broadband pipes amid the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. How …