June 2010

Editor’s Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News’ May Special Edition, “Enabling the Mobile Revolution – Mobile Chips, Devices and Accessories.” The 80-page special edition is available …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Motorola Inc. has a long history in supplying equipment to the municipal service networks market, also known as muni Wi-Fi. The telecommunications equipment giant sees the latest …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Inmarsat plc recently launched its first mobile satellite handset, filling out its roster with a portable device designed to tap into its geostationary constellation of satellites. Frank …

Stop me if you have heard this one before: Apple Inc. is set to break free of its AT&T Mobility bonds and begin offering the iPhone through Verizon Wireless. Sounds …

Sequoia Capital led a $14 million series A funding round into Sencha, which makes Internet applications for mobile devices. Radar Partners also participated in the funding round. The company said …

Gemalto (GTO) is buying module maker Cinterion Wireless Modules GmbH for $198.7 million, adding to its machine-to-machine business strategy by bringing the world’s leading M2M module maker to the world’s …

Editor’s Note:Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.We are quickly approaching …

Alcatel Lucent (ALU) continued its strategy of connecting operators, enterprises and developers, buying ProgrammableWeb, a repository for more than 2,000 application programming interfaces, for an undisclosed sum.The acquisition will give …

Driven by an insatiable consumer demand for anything “i” related, and apparently overlooking some slight design flaws, Apple Inc. (AAPL) said it managed to sell more than 1.7 million iPhone …

LOS ANGELES — As more services collide on mobile networks, the business models that support the entire wireless ecosystem are being strained like never before.Services and business models are all …

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Nokia Siemens NetworksUnited States: With Mosaic Telecom, in conjunction with Airvana, to provide a standards-compliant 3G femtocell solution. Airvana is providing …

The US is pretty fond of its wireline pipes, but Israeli IP radio firm Siklu is trying to change the world’s mind, and the wireless game, when it comes to …

Foursquare, the smartphone app which lets one “check in” at various real-life locations, proceeding to use that information to spam ones mates via every social network under the sun, is …

We love companies with a sense of humor, and Finnish phone maker Nokia had us chuckling this morning with its amusing little dig at Apple and Steve Jobs’ arrogant statement …

AT&T put out a press release today touting its purported improvement of 3G coverage in New York City, home to most iPhone toting hipsters.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. updated the distribution plans for its Galaxy S smartphone platform with Verizon Wireless (VZ), T-Mobile USA Inc. (DT), Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) and U.S. Cellular Corp. …