Palm Inc. posted a solid quarter, showing gains in its Treo smartphone sales, and its stock rose slightly on the news to $18.01 per share. However, the company declined to comment on rumors of a potential merger or sale that, according to some media...
T-Mobile USA Inc. has confirmed that its recently announced rate increase on pay-per-use text messages will be regarded as a material change to the terms and conditions of its subscribers' contracts, hence allowing them to cancel service without incurring early termination fees."Customers may terminate...
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 and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. CellularBangladesh: Motorola Inc. said it won a four-year, full-operations...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors CIBC World Markets lowered its estimates on Motorola Inc. after the company significantly lowered guidance for the first quarter. For...
Amp'd Mobile, looking to ramp up subscribers and bring in revenue from advertising, has placed its $35 million advertising account into review.A company spokeswoman said the marketer's ad agency Taxi, which launched the brand, will not participate in the review. She declined further comment....
Openwave Systems Inc. is up for sale.The Redwood City, Calif.-based developer announced the resignation of CEO David Peterschmidt and said it retained Merrill Lynch as a financial advisor to explore strategic alternatives including a sale. Peterschmidt was replaced by Robert Vrij, who formerly served...
CTIA announced that Research In Motion Ltd.'s Mike Lazaridis will replace Motorola's Ed Zander as one of the kickoff keynoters at the association's trade show next week. Lazaridis, RIM's president and co-CEO, will join executives from AT&T Inc. and Microsoft Corp. during the keynote...
Glu Mobile Inc. raised $84 million with an initial public offering priced near the top of its range.The San Mateo, Calif.-based wireless game maker offered 7.3 million common shares at $11.50 compared with a $10 to $12 per-share forecast range. The stock gained 4...
Kyocera Wireless Corp. and regional wireless operator Cellular South are set to test near field communications technology in May with consumers in Memphis and Jackson, Miss., to see if consumers take to the application and how the technology works in the real world. Participants...
Verizon Wireless is making new moves toward customer friendliness with an expanded "test drive" period of 30 days, during which customers can opt to leave the carrier and essentially have Verizon Wireless foot their usage bill-so long as they port their number elsewhere. Typically,...
The wireless industry cheered the Federal Communications Commission's decision to classify wireless broadband as an information service, while Commissioner Michael Copps said the agency needs to delve further into the policy implications of Internet-enabled wireless devices and in particular to examine whether the ...
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 at RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...
Mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc. announced it will begin selling Motorola Inc.'s Q smartphone starting next month. And the device has the Amp'd approach to wireless entertainment written all over it-the Amp'd Q marks the first time a U.S. wireless provider will...
Motorola Inc. said its ailing mobile-phone business is faring worse than the company had expected, and as a result the world's No. 2 handset vendor will post a loss for the first quarter. In order to reverse the situation, Motorola's Ed Zander announced an...
Wireless network-management company InnerWireless Inc. announced it will merge with PanGo Networks Inc., which offers various location-services technologies. The companies explained that the move will create the industry's "only fully integrated wireless and location-services company.""Through this merger, InnerWireless now has the technology, solutions and...
Sprint Nextel Corp. is hoping to push its new location-based offerings by adding them to some of its high-end data plans.The carrier added a host of GPS-enabled navigation services to its Power Vision Ultimate Pack and Business Pack, both of which are offered at...
Carriers are falling flat in their efforts to become a kind of wireless iTunes, according to new figures from M:Metrics.Less than 1 percent of all U.S. mobile users downloaded songs from a carrier's digital music store, the market research firm reported, while 2.9 percent...
T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will begin offering its myFaves service to its Sidekick 3 users through an over-the-air software update. Once loaded, the update will allow Sidekick 3 customers to add the carrier's myFaves offering to their service plan.T-Mobile USA's myFaves service allows...
The procession of handset announcements coinciding with next week's CTIA Wireless 2007 conference is underway, and Motorola Inc. just threw a new phone at T-Mobile USA Inc.The handset is known officially as the Moto Rizr z3, and features a sliding-style form factor.The Rizr z3...
Motorola Inc. announced it will use technology from Red Bend Software in its phones in order to remotely update the software in the devices. Red Bend's software will be available in "select" Motorola phones starting later this year."Great software is just as important as...
Genband Inc. announced it has entered a definitive agreement to purchase Tekelec Inc.'s Switching Solutions Group division in a transaction that is expected to close in April."The combination of the two companies creates an enviable gateway and applications production portfolio and enables Genband to...
Tween-focused mobile virtual network operator kajeet Inc. has officially announced its retail launch, with its service and handsets to be available in Best Buy and Limited Too stores.Kajeet already had begun sales through its Web site, but not in retail locations. As of May...
It appears T-Mobile USA Inc. has held out long enough. The No. 4 carrier has fallen in line with its three larger rivals and announced that it too will increase text-messaging rates from 10 cents to 15 cents per message, beginning June 1.As revenues...
Nokia Corp. sold more than half the 71 million smartphones purchased last year and Motorola Inc. followed, with less than 9 percent of the market, according to a new study by ABI Research. Nokia racked up sales of 40 million smartphones out of the...
