ISuppli Corp has concluded-without performing a physical teardown-that Apple Inc.'s iPhone can generate 50 percent gross margins, based on a preliminary estimate of the device's bill of materials (BoM).The market upshot? Such a large margin ensures healthy profits per device for Apple and Cingular...
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 wrong...
Verizon Wireless announced it purchased a spectrum license from Alpine-Monterey F Inc. for $4.5 million. The carrier said the license covers 426,000 potential subscribers in the Salinas-Monterey area of central California.Verizon Wireless said it bought the license to add capacity to its network and...
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. posted big gains in handset volumes, revenue and income for the fourth quarter of last year and the whole of 2006, a feat that may be sending a seasonal chill up executive spines at Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and...
Nortel Networks Ltd. announced a wide-ranging agreement with software giant Microsoft Corp. to cash in on the potential for unified communications, which the company said would "break down barriers between voice, e-mail, instant messaging, multimedia conferencing and other forms of communication.""Nortel Global Services provide...
Regional carrier and Sprint Nextel Corp. CDMA affiliate Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. announced it scored 11,909 net retail customer additions in the fourth quarter and 30,528 net retail customers for the year. The fourth-quarter numbers represent a 82.8 percent increase compared with the net adds...
Openwave Systems Inc. said it has yet to reach a settlement in its proxy contest with Harbinger Capital Partners.The mobile software developer said Monday it extended a board seat to James Zucco, one of two director nominees proposed by dissident Harbinger, the company's second-largest...
Verizon Wireless won a preliminary injunction against a Texas wireless reseller that it claims reneged on its agreement to be an exclusive Verizon Wireless dealer. Meanwhile, the dealer claims that Verizon Wireless lured it away from a successful relationship with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. while...
Mobile content company Nellymoser Inc. tapped Susanne Bowen to replace founder John Puterbaugh as CEO.Bowen most recently served as CEO of Webhire Inc., a Boston-based talent-management software firm, and has held senior executive positions with Workscape, Entex Information Services and JWP Information Services. Puterbaugh...
WASHINGTON-A stay has been lifted in the mobile phone industry's challenge to a Kentucky wireless tax. A federal court has blocked the tax from being enforced.Industry's suit and the tax itself have been on hold since December 2005 when the U.S. District Court in...
Amp'd Mobile Inc. is taking to the hardwood with content from the NBA, CSTV Networks and basketball magazines "Dime" and "Bounce."The mobile virtual network operator said it will deliver a live video stream of NBA TV including live broadcasts of NBA games and daily...
The Bush administration's top telecommunications policy advisor said a report will be released early this year detailing the federal government's use of spectrum, information largely kept out of the public's eye even at a time when public and private entities are clamoring for a...
Mobile marketing startup Millenial Media emerged from stealth mode with $6.3 million in its wallet.Bessemer Venture Partners, Columbia Capital and Acta Wireless participated in the first round of funding for Millenial Media, which was founded by former Verizon Wireless executive Paul Palmieri. The company...
Wireless subscribers still covet broad network coverage-and will switch carriers to get it, according to a new survey of mobile users by comScore Networks. About 27 percent of survey respondents who had switched to a new carrier cited "better coverage" as their primary reason...
Cellphone association CTIA announced it hired Jay Driscoll as its new director of government affairs. Driscoll previously worked as the legislative director for the Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance."With his experience, background and demeanor, Jay will quickly become a valuable asset at CTIA," said...
IceBreaker Inc. is hoping to lure would-be lovers with an anonymous matchmaking application for cellphones.The company launched "Crush or Flush," a downloadable offering that allows users to create profiles, browse images of other members and chat with mutual crushes. The application is free-IceBreaker said...
Online retailer InPhonic Inc. and US Airways have partnered in a new Dividend Miles Wireless program that will allow US Airways Dividend Miles members to earn thousands of miles through their wireless purchases.The new program will point members to an online store operated by...
A tight embrace might keep a customer from wandering elsewhere, which helps explain Sprint Nextel Corp.'s official release of two dual-mode, CDMA/iDEN phones designed to please iDEN customers who are bedeviling the beleaguered carrier by taking their business elsewhere.Branded as PowerSource phones, both are...
Online movie rental giant Netflix Inc. announced plans to roll out a new feature that will allow subscribers to stream movies and television series to their personal computers. The company eventually plans to expand the service to support any Internet-capable device, including mobile phones.Netflix...
Sprint Nextel Corp. announced a new senior vice president of strategy as the company tries to turn around and its recent poor performance.Jack Dziak, who has worked for MCI Communications and Accenture, and was most recently senior vice president of services and distribution for...
Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" is far and away the television program that consumers are most interested in watching on mobile telephones. During the second quarter of 2006, the Comedy Central show was the most popular show for mobile video customers, followed by ABC's...
LAS VEGAS-The only thing holding up the explosion of the mobile phone content and advertising business continues to be the lack of interested viewers, panelists bemoaned at the second annual NATPE Mobile conference here.Under 10%Currently, 20 percent of all mobile users have video-enabled cellphones,...
The global mobile gambling market shows promise despite recent legislation in the United States against Internet gambling, according to new numbers from Juniper Research. The firm predicts the global market for all forms of mobile gambling, including casinos, lotteries and sports betting, will grow...
After a brief delay, New Wave Mobile Inc. has closed on its acquisition of WagerPhone Inc., which provides a customizable platform for lotteries that offers new and alternative distribution channels. The deal, which was expected to close Dec. 19, was delayed due to minor...
