Sprint Nextel Corp. wrapped up its trial of Qualcomm Inc.'s MediaFLO service last month, and has decided not to use the MediaFLO network to offer mobile TV services-at least for the time being.A Sprint Nextel spokeswoman said the carrier might reconsider its decision in...
Wireless e-mail company Visto Corp. announced it raised another $35 million in venture-capital funding, this time scoring money from Altitude Capital Partners L.L.C. The news means that Visto has now raised close to $300 million in VC financing over the course of its nine-year...
Canadian telecom company Rogers Communications Inc. boosted its wireless ARPU more than 6 percent year-over-year and posted its lowest churn rate ever: 1.24 percent.Rogers added 189,300 net new postpaid subscribers, plus 55,200 prepaid users. The carrier's churn rate was down from 1.57 percent in...
Apple Inc. has requested more time to respond to Cisco System's lawsuit over the iPhone name, according to Cisco.The new deadline for an agreement is Feb. 21. The previous deadline was last night.The announcement follows what had been cozy rhetoric from both sides that...
Having doubled the money it sets aside for legal issues-from $100 million last year to $200 million for the year ahead-Qualcomm Inc. announced that it will hire Carol Lam, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California.Lam will serve as a senior...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier Standard & Poor's Ratings Services revised its outlook on SunCom Wireless Holdings to positive from negative after it reached an agreement with bondholders to...
T-Mobile USA Inc.'s chief marketing officer, Mike Butler, has resigned.A spokesman for the wireless carrier said Butler was in route to the T-Mobile USA-sponsored NBA All Star Game in Las Vegas and could not be reached immediately for comment. The spokesman declined to discuss...
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) wants to examine alternative emergency warning systems-including those based on wireless technology-in the aftermath of the Feb. 2 tornado that killed 20 people. The Florida Division of Emergency Management will study the issue and report back...
Bell Mobility announced it will offer full-length, pay-per-view movies for video-capable mobile phones. The service, Mobile Movies, streams movies directly to the user's handset over Bell's wireless high-speed network.The movie software application, which is available for download, allows the user to browse movie information,...
Mino Wireless, a voice-over-IP mobile and wireless communications provider, announced that it has received $7 million in funding from the venture-capital firm Canaan Partners. Mino Wireless said its technology enables international calling from mobile phones via the device's existing Internet connection.Mino takes the budding...
Dobson Communications Corp. reported solid quarterly results for the final period of 2006, growing its subscriber base and increasing its average revenue per user. Dobson ended the year with an ARPU of $49.92-an increase of $3.82 year-over-year. The data portion of Dobson's ARPU also...
Tween-focused mobile virtual network operator Kajeet Inc. has begun selling phones and service via its Web site, with coverage maps that appear to match up with the Sprint Nextel Corp. network. The MVNO is offering three handsets, all of them flip-phones: the 225 from...
BARCELONA, Spain-Adding to the somewhat surreal nature of this year's 3GSM World Congress was the presence of Sprint Nextel Corp.'s CTO Barry West, who headlined a panel discussion on WiMAX technology. (Nothing against West or Sprint Nextel, but the only wireless technology the carrier...
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...
Due to the infinite wisdom of a Congress that, rather than tackle the United States' real energy issues, decided to futz about the margins with ideas the consistency of overcooked noodles, daylight savings time will come early this year. Officially, that's known as the...
Alltel Corp. has settled a patent suit with Los Angeles-based Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing L.P., and agreed to pay an unspecified sum for a license on patents that Katz owns related to interactive voice applications. The nonexclusive license "covers services offered by Alltel...
Late winter is always a good time to slim down, it seems. Nokia Corp., which employs some 68,000 people worldwide, announced it will cut 700 jobs, about one percent of its workforce. The cuts-or, in Nokia-speak, "adjustment needs"-will fall mostly on the vendor's enterprise...
Cellphone users are increasingly overwhelmed with the assortment of advanced features and functions on their phones, so much so that they rarely make use of services beyond simply placing a call, according to a new study by the CMO Council's Forum to Advance the...
More details emerged about Clearwire Corp.'s planned initial public offering, with the company's most recent Securities and Exchange Commission filings showing an offering of 20 million shares for an anticipated price of between $23 and $25 per share. The numbers suggest a $460 million...
The debate over net neutrality has moved full force into the wireless space.A new paper by Columbia University law professor Timothy Wu claims mobile-phone carriers' iron-clad control of networks is retarding innovation and hurting consumers. "The wireless industry, over the last decade, has succeeded...
Verizon Wireless has added two new phone models, one a dual-hinge flip phone from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and another a rebranded Pantech handset from Nokia Corp. The Samsung SCH-u740, which retails online for $150 (with two-year contract) is positioned for young adults as...
BARCELONA, Spain-The show is in Europe, but Wednesday afternoon's keynote address at 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, was all about emerging markets in Africa, Asia and South America.While handset penetration nears-and perhaps surpasses-100 percent in more advanced markets, carriers, content providers and phone...
Cartoon Network New Media fans have another reason to smile this Valentine's Day. The network has announced the development of CallToons, a new mobile application that allows cellphone users to select their favorite Cartoon Network or Adult Swim character to essentially replace the general...
Nokia Corp. has cancelled its plans with Intel Corp. to develop HSDPA modules for laptops, a spokesperson for the Finnish vendor said.Back in September, Nokia's cellular HSDPA module was heralded as a better solution than alternatives such as Wi-Fi or WiMAX and was said...
