WIRELESS IS EXPECTED to be the heart of the newly merged AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp., bundling multiple services with cellular and allowing advertisers to reach multiple media platforms through one company. And that wireless heart will be the nation's largest carrier, Cingular Wireless...
WASHINGTON-Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said he would cooperate with Congress if it pursues legislation to increase the supply of public-safety spectrum. Chertoff acknowledged federal, state and local first responders must not only be able to talk with one other during emergencies but also...
As New Year beginnings go, this one has an especially odd, mixed feel.President Ford's funeral-beginning stately in the District of Columbia and ending solemnly in Grand Rapids, Mich., was sad and touching. The gathering of Republicans and Democrats to honor Ford is probably as...
Amp'd Mobile Inc. is racking up deals to offer its unique content and user interface abroad, and reap the benefits of revenue sharing without the effort and expense of expanding its mobile virtual network operator business. Two international partnerships are slated to go live...
Cellphones are everywhere! They rule! Indeed, the new James Bond remake, Casino Royale, (seen over the holidays) should have listed the cellphone as a character because the storyline revolved around the phone with at least three major plot points center on the mobile device....
WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers are renewing their fight for relief from new regulations and taxes levied by cities and states, while manufacturers find themselves caught in the crosshairs of a dispute headed for Capitol Hill between the mobile-phone industry and public-safety community over the latter's efforts...
Sprint Nextel Corp. was the first U.S. carrier on the mobile music dance floor in October 2005, launching a full-track, dual-download service for its music-loving subscribers.For now, though, Verizon Wireless is the belle of the ball. And Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s new service may prove...
In the hard light of early January, the shape of the year unfolding ahead remains somewhat amorphous. What to watch for in the handset space, the wireless industry's most tangible interface with consumers? An informal survey of leading analysts, not surprisingly, takes a multifaceted...
CLEARWIRE CORP. COULD EMERGE a dark-horse winner of AT&T Inc.'s $86 billion acquisition of BellSouth Corp., with Craig McCaw's wireless broadband firm getting the chance it sought to buy additional 2.5 GHz spectrum from the telecom giant at a time when Clearwire is pursuing...
IN THE BLEAK WORLD of digital rights management, wireless service providers may actually serve as a beacon out of the darkness.But don't count on it.Anti-piracy software may be nearing a crossroads. A handful of record labels are beginning to experiment with DRM-free music, releasing...
It's not a phenomenon unique to any of the major wireless carriers, but the forum that concert sponsorship and promotion has entered is now as evolved as the technology it relies on for delivery.When carriers began sponsoring live concerts as early as 2001, it...
Conventional wisdom says, and consumers certainly seem to think, that family wireless plans offered by cellular carriers are a great deal. In exchange for tying other family members into one service plan at the standard $10 per month, consumers can cut down on their...
GOLDEN, Colo.-RCR Wireless News is pleased to announce it has hired Matt Kapko as a reporter. Kapko is stationed out of Crain Communications Inc.'s Los Angeles offices and will tackle the increasingly busy intersection of the wireless industry and Hollywood. Kapko has worked as...
The major U.S. carriers are rushing to cash in on the mobile marketing craze by selling ad space on their WAP decks. But consumers aren't thrilled about using the third screen as a billboard.Sprint Nextel Corp. was the first tier-one operator to jump into...
The keypad on the mobile handset is due for an extreme makeover. Like the television program, fashion-that age-old tyrant-and the need to update it is one fundamental driver of change. After all, the current paradigm for input technologies-think wireline, touch-tone phone-is already decades old....
As the wireless industry rings in 2007 at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, we'll likely see some hot new looks from the nation's top wireless players.
You might also notice RCR Wireless News got a new look for the new year....
Pump up the mobile motivationPeople who made a get-fit new year's resolution this year can find motivation to stick with their goals on their cellphones. PumpOne, a company that provides visual personal training programs for handheld devices like iPods, is offering a service called...
Colors, materials and finishes-aka CMF-have returned to center stage as a conveyor of value, product differentiator and sales clincher. Focused efforts to use CMF to give a handset legs in the market began with face plates nearly a decade ago. And though CMF's role...
MTV Networks' Mika Salmi will oversee a new executive team charged with directing the company's digital efforts across platforms.The Viacom subsidiary said the group will "provide strategic guidance to the company's portfolio of multiplatform brands" as well as sharing best practices regarding operations, technology...
Six months after unveiling plans to build a WiMAX network in the United States, Sprint Nextel Corp. announced Nokia Corp. will be a key infrastructure and device provider for that upgrade.Other than naming it a "major supplier" to Sprint Nextel's WiMAX efforts, the agreement...
The USB Implementers Forum has announced the completion of the Micro-USB specification, a new and improved technology expected to replace many of the Mini-series plugs and receivers currently used in mobile phones and other wireless devices. The specification was developed with the shrinking and...
WASHINGTON-The new, Democrat-led Congress got off to a fast start, with lawmakers introducing wireless and Internet tax moratorium bills, a universal service measure aimed at protecting rural states, and legislation to speed up federal funding for 911 upgrades.Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jim DeMint...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier RW Baird discontinued coverage on BellSouth Corp. after the company completed its merger with AT&T Corp.Handset and infrastructure vendorsRBC Capital Markets raised its price...
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. Cellular Japan: L.M. Ericsson and Softbank Mobile Corp. signed...
