Sometimes when you're in the thick of things in this industry, it's difficult to remember the big picture, so today I want to go to the top of the summit and look down.The technologies under construction today, whether it's WIMAX, LTE, UMB or something...
Editor's Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR Wireless News staff considers events in the wider business world and how they could affect the wireless industry.--The direct...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In the coming weeks...
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--Poland: Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said it won a UMTS/HSPA...
Wireless users will soon have yet another way to access the popular MySpace.com social networking site: an ad-supported mobile Web site from Fox Interactive Media.The announcement coincides with the launch of several other ad-supported mobile Fox sites, including IGM, FoxSports.com, AskMen and movie review...
AT&T Mobility temporarily suspended the use of its new parental control feature due to potential issues around access to 911.The carrier introduced its Smart Limits feature earlier this month. The service allows parents to set usage limits on their child's minutes and services, as...
Following its distribution and financing deal with Brightstar Corp., online retailer InPhonic Inc. announced Andy Zeinfeld will step into the CEO position, replacing the company's current CEO and founder David Steinberg.Steinberg will continue as InPhonic's chairman, and will assist the company with "strategy and...
The groups behind the Ultra Mobile Broadband technology for wireless communications-which is often referred to as a 4G technology-announced that the specifications for the air interface have been published, and that UMB is now poised to become an official standard. The move is notable...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Current Analysis' Avi Greengart, Jupiter Research's...
The phrase "pop up" typically elicits a collective response of tempered rage-being synonymous with computer spam and otherwise uninvited interruptions-but VH1 Mobile is hoping to take a more positive tact with its new "Pop Up Video To Go" service.The service, which launched last Monday...
Mobile banking service provider Clairmail Inc. is partnering with digital infrastructure provider VeriSign Inc. to offer financial institutions multiple options for mobile banking as a managed service.The two companies made the announcement today, but said they have been working together for months and have...
THE WIRELESS INDUSTRY INCREASINGLY FINDS ITSELF on the defensive on policy fronts across the board, a situation with the potential to disrupt the deregulatory framework and the fundamental business model prevalent during the sector's phenomenal success the past three decades.A confluence of forces appears...
Like Al Pacino in "Scent of a Woman," the mobile advertising space is just gettin' warmed up. And so is the sniping.Nokia Corp. cranked up the already-deafening buzz last week, agreeing to acquire Boston-based mobile marketing firm Enpocket for an undisclosed sum. One of...
VERIZON WIRELESS AND VODAFONE GROUP PLC will move toward a common network technology path for their respective networks and specifically mentioned the use of LTE technology without a formal commitment to that choice, according to remarks by company executives last week.Arun Sarin, CEO of...
THREE OF THE LARGEST REGIONAL wireless carriers are in the process of being acquired by national operators, as the nationals push further into rural and suburban markets and seek to expand their coverage and continue their growth in the face of high penetration rates.T-Mobile...
All that cash being poured into voice-activated search is beginning to look like a good bet.A recent study from Usable Products Co. indicates speechrecognition technology finally may have become user-friendly. The New York-based market research firm tested four mobile search offerings-three text-based services and...
Alan Bergstein has been named publisher and editorial director of RCR Wireless News. Bergstein, who was previously president-publisher of IDG's Bio-IT World, is set to join RCR Wireless News Oct. 1.Bergstein is a senior media executive with more than 25 years of successful experience...
Leap Wireless International Inc. sent a stinging rebuke to MetroPCS Communications Inc. in response to its merger proposal, but most analysts believe the public sparring is simply a precursor to an almost inevitable merger.Both companies, which compete in the flat-rate, unlimited space and have...
"It's official" is the phrase that introduces news from Apple Inc. when months of Apple-fueled media frenzy reach fruition with actual announcements.Last week, the top operators in the United Kingdom (O2), Germany (T-Mobile) and France (Orange) said they will sell the iPhone at roughly...
A friend in need is a friend indeed. This mantra seems to ring remarkably true at Alcatel-Lucent, evident by its wide reach and the position it finds itself in the telecom industry.The telecom equipment maker fused a breadth of French and American experience together...
Declare yourself a voterCricket Communications Inc. said it has signed up as a presenting sponsor of the Declare Yourself nonpartisan, youth-voter initiative, which encourages 18-year-olds to register and vote in the 2008 elections. Cricket will work with the organization to create mobile and online...
Like most things that taste good but that are not good for you (think Dairy Queen Blizzard) the industry's taste for mergers and acquisitions is getting out of hand, leaving a bad taste for many.Over the past several weeks, a number of once-prominent regional...
These are tenuous times for T-Mobile USA.Having spent $4.2 billion for 120 licenses in last year's advanced wireless services auction and seeing its German sister company ready to live with the iPhone, you can understand why T-Mobile USA might be getting a little antsy...
