Mobile video startup mywaves has seen traffic increase more than fourfold over the past three months, the startup said, with viewers tuning in for an average of 20 minutes per visit.The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based outfit hopes to become a kind of mobile YouTube, allowing users...
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...
Following up on its July announcement, AT&T Mobility this morning said it would bring Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry 8820 to market at $300 with a two-year contract. The carrier said that the Wi-Fi-enabled device could roam on 10,000 hotspots in the United States-for...
Apple Inc. continued its weeklong roll through Europe today as Deutsche Telekom AG's wireless subsidiary T-Mobile in Germany announced that the iPhone will launch Nov. 9 at $566. The companies offered no word on monthly service costs, or on the length of an expected...
Nokia Siemens Networks is finalizing plans to sell its development center in Herentals, Belgium to Devoteam Group. Both companies expect the deal to be signed by the end of the month.As part of the deal, Nokia Siemens Networks will transfer all development activities in...
MetroPCS Communications Inc. rolled out service in the Los Angeles market today, pitching its flat-rate, unlimited plans to Angelinos.Roger Linquist, chairman and CEO of MetroPCS, said that the company's initial network coverage includes 11 million potential customers. Metro said it has 400 L.A.-area authorized...
Annual consumer spending on mobile broadcast TV services is expected to surpass $6.6 billion worldwide by 2012, according to a new report from Jupiter Research.The service is expected to be in the hands of more than 120 million users in at least 40 countries...
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 placed its ratings on SunCom Wireless on CreditWatch with positive implications. The move follows T-Mobile USA's definitive agreement to...
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--CloudShield: Tektronix Inc. participated in a $15 million investment into CloudShield Technologies Inc, an IP services provider. CloudShield said...
Nokia Corp. announced with little fanfare the impending launch of its E51 smartphone at BT, an operator in the United Kingdom and rival to O2 UK. But the Finnish company's timing spoke volumes. Nokia touted the E51's no-nonsense e-mail solutions in an apparent attempt...
Verizon Wireless said today that in the 12 months since it launched the LG Chocolate in the United States it has sold more than 3.4 million units-an obvious comparison to the one million units-per-quarter performance of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, which sells at rival carrier...
Cellular One customers will now be able to entertain callers with more exciting sounds than the traditional ring.The No. 11 carrier, Dobson Communications Corp., which is behind the Cellular One brand, signed a pair of deals with L.M. Ericsson for AnswerTunes, a ringback tones...
The nation's top consumer groups threw their weight behind new legislation to set federal standards for contracts, early termination fees, billing, disclosure and other mobile-phone industry practices that have sparked controversy and lawsuits in recent years. "Most wireless carriers advertise a price significantly lower...
Americans are more responsive to text ads than their European counterparts, according to new figures from M:Metrics.But that trend isn't likely to last.The Seattle-based market research firm found that Spanish consumers reported the most SMS come-ons, with 75% of mobile users saying they had...
Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc., held forth from London this morning to orchestrate consumer frenzy over the iPhone's arrival in the United Kingdom, the first in as many as three European markets to announce this week.One can only imagine the spectacle of a...
Cisco Systems Inc. has agreed to purchase wireless spectrum analysis and management company Cognio Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cognio's spectrum technology "enhances performance, reliability and security of wireless networks by detecting, classifying, locating and mitigating sources of radio frequency interference,"...
M2Z Networks Inc. said it reached a wholesale wireless broadband pact with rural telephone companies, a business relationship that depends on the startup winning a legal challenge against the Federal Communications Commission or winning a license after rules are set for the 2155 MHz-2175...
Google Inc. brought AdSense to mobile, allowing publishers with mobile-friendly Web sites to accept ads on their Web pages.AdSense places links on relevant Web pages, paying owners of the sites every time a user clicks on the link. A news site could include ads...
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.--Vodafone announced...
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...
So this is what they mean when they talk about "the mobile search wars."Google last week in a long-awaited move took its AdWords mobile, placing paid links on search results accessed by wireless devices. The Internet behemoth told its hundreds of thousands of AdWords...
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--Sweden: L.M. Ericsson said it upgraded 3 Scandinavia's HSPA network...
Shares of InfoSpace Inc. soared for the first time in months after the company said it will sell its online directory business to Idearc Inc. for $225 million in cash.The buffeted company said the tax-efficient deal will help it capitalize on net operating losses...
