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...
The president passed and Qualcomm Inc. is heading to court. A 60-day window closed yesterday for a presidential veto of the U.S. International Trade Commission's June 7 ban on the importation of new 3G handsets containing Qualcomm Inc.'s chips. Now, the company will...
U.S. Cellular Corp. reported $971.6 million in total revenues for the second quarter, a nearly 15% increase compared with the $846.1 million the carrier posted during the same quarter last year. Net income nearly tripled from $50 million last year, a return of 57...
Fresh off the heels of a major deal with Sprint-Nextel Corp. to collaborate on the construction and operation a nationwide mobile WiMAX network, Clearwire Corp. reported a $70.2 million loss in the second quarter, due primarily to its continued investment in the construction and...
Alvarion Ltd. and Hitachi Communication Technologies Ltd. have partnered to develop a mobile WiMAX network in Japan using spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band. Israel-based Alvarion said it will develop base stations and the mobile management technology needed to seamlessly handoff between base stations...
Verizon Wireless promoted Anthony Melone to senior vice president and CTO. The former VP of the carrier's network operations will now head the team that supports the technology, architecture, planning, design and operation of Verizon Wireless' nationwide network. Melone will also be responsible for...
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--Indonesia: PT Indosat awarded a contract to L.M. Ericsson to...
Alltel Corp. added to its video portfolio with a two-tiered service that offers access to more than 200 on-demand video clips from network television shows.The operator introduced a $4-a-month application that includes content from NBC News, NBC Entertainment, FOXsports.com, Discovery Mobile and several MTV...
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.--German-based wireless...
In case you hadn't heard, Google is going mobile. The Wall Street Journal last week trumpeted the Internet giant's efforts to build handsets in a page-one story that quickly echoed throughout the blogosphere and the trade press. London's Telegraph stoked the rumor mill a...
Media companies and mainstream brands are moving delicately to use text messages as a way to snuggle up next to mobile users without incurring their wrath. And they're hoping to pick up the tab.SMS marketing campaigns have a long-and decidedly mixed-track record. European marketers...
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...
Newly formed Civitas Wireless Solutions L.L.C. acquired Ricochet Networks Inc.'s wireless network and operations for the greater Denver metropolitan area. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. It was also announced that Ricochet has ceased operations of its San Diego network and will no...
People magazine has tapped LimeLife Inc. to deliver its content to mobile users.The periodical launched People Mobile, a downloadable application that delivers breaking celebrity news, photo galleries, a puzzle game and a style blog. The application is available on carrier decks for $4 per...
Working Assets launched its latest cause-oriented mobile virtual network operator, teaming with the left-leaning People For the American Way to launch Democracy Wireless.The MVNO provides service through Sprint Nextel Corp.'s network and is marketed as an alternative to "other cellphone providers that contribute to...
Publisher Digital Chocolate Inc. unveiled its latest mobile game offerings, introducing a series of titles that stress community themes and connected play.The San Mateo, Calif.-based developer launched the first five games available in the DChoc Caf
Regional telecommunications provider Ntelos Holding Corp.'s reported a deal with Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade the company's wireless network with CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A equipment. The deal is valued at $88.2 million and includes Ntelos' network in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and North Carolina."We...
Nokia Corp. said it will embed anti-piracy software from Microsoft Corp. on its Series 60 and Series 40 handsets. The world's largest mobile-phone manufacturer said it will include Microsoft's DRM solution, dubbed PlayReady, on both Symbian-enabled devices and feature phones beginning next year. The...
AT&T Inc. reported an agreement with Eurpean Wi-Fi provider The Cloud that adds more than 9,000 Wi-Fi locations available to its customers traveling in the United Kingdom, Germany and Scandinavian countries.Following the deal, AT&T's worldwide Wi-Fi service now comprises more than 57,000 hot spots...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday 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 Jupiter Research's Julie Ask, iGR's Iain...
Mobile software developer NetMotion Wireless is touting another customer win this week, unveiling a deal to deploy its mobile virtual private network with cable behemoth Cox Communications.The nation's third-largest cable operator said 3,500 field service technicians are using the technology, which is designed to...
There's good news for a beleaguered American handset giant named Motorola Inc.The company's Razr handset-beefed up on functionality and spun off in customized form in myriad colors for all four of the top-tier network operators-represented two of the top five bestselling handsets last quarter...
Consumers in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla., market use mobile coupons at a higher rate than consumers in other U.S. markets, according to research by mobile coupon company Cellfire.Markets in Northern California and Texas made up the majority of the remaining top 10 markets for...
Congress appears unlikely to act before its August recess on a Bush administration request to shield mobile-phone operators and other telecom carriers from lawsuits stemming from participation with the National Security Agency's terrorist surveillance program.The program-believed to have secretly begun under a broad executive...
