2010

Investment firm Harbinger Capital Partners completed its $262.5 million acquisition of mobile satellite telecom provider SkyTerra Communications Inc. Taking into account outstanding debt and securities, the deal was valued at …

Editor’s Note:This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News’ March Special Edition, “The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content and Apps.” The 80-page special edition …

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past two weeks:Alcatel-LucentNorway: With the Norwegian National Rail Administration to deploy a high-speed network based on IP/MPLS technology to handle all business communications …

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.The variety of …

The next frontier in the evolution of communications technology is generally considered to be embedded mobile connectivity – the use of embedded cellular radio technology to seamlessly link devices ranging …

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.The spring CTIA …

Video Interview: Tim McCarthy, GPS Business Unit Director, Atheros

LAS VEGAS – As the official spring-time gathering of the wireless industry came to a close, RCR Wireless News met with the No. 1 and No. 2 WiMAX chipset manufacturers …

Lost amongst the hype of last week’s CTIA 2010 event in Las Vegas was a recommendation by the National Advertising Review Board that Sprint Nextel Corp. stop claiming in its …

AT&T Inc. will take a $1 billion non-cash accounting charge in the first quarter because of the health care overhaul and may cut benefits it offers to current and retired …

AT&T Inc. will take a $1 billion non-cash accounting charge in the first quarter because of the health care overhaul and may cut benefits it offers to current and retired …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …

SanDisk Corp. said it has begun shipping its 32 gigabyte SanDisk microSDHC card, which the company says is the highest-capacity removable memory card available for mobile phones. The company said …

***Cisco on global info flow*** Want to know how many all these bits and bytes are adding up to? Well, Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior reckons all the data moved over …

As carriers adjust to increased stress on the network from increased data usage, wireless vendors are introducing a variety of products and services designed to manage that increased traffic. Following …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday 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 …

LAS VEGAS–Qualcomm Inc. is focusing on creating new product categories as wireless connectivity becomes a key component of other consumer electronics devices, said Bill Davidson, senior VP of global marketing …

Sandisk show off their new 32GB Micro SD card, the first micro SD card of its size “on the planet,” compatible with any phone or mobile device. The card which …

RCR talks to IQMetrix about how the firm is using its software in conjunction with the Microsoft Surface hardware to make buying a phone a much more intuitive and enjoyable …

There was much made at this year’s CTIA about the problem of congested 3G network congestion and how to solve the issue moving forward. To this end, Marvell, a rather …

LG was showing off the Remarq mobile phone, its latest little lean, green eco machine at CTIA this week, made from predominantly recycled material. The device, being offered by Sprint, …

Jeff Mucci interviews Jeff Gordon, CTO of Syniverse Technologies

LAS VEGAS – For the final keynote at CTIA, a Hollywood juggernaut met on stage with his counterpart in social media and the government’s lead technologist to discuss innovations to …

LAS VEGAS – Verizon Wireless customers using some of Research in Motion Ltd.’s Blackberry devices are set for an application store explosion as the carrier said its set to unveil …

Jeff Mucci interview Evan Conway, Executive VP of Marketing at Handmark