Editor's Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News' 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 summer movie...
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.WiMAX--Libya: Alcatel-Lucent said it won a contract from Libya Telecom...
DVDVideoSoft, an independent software vendor, announces the bulk update of its free video editing software. This site also provides a free video converter and multimedia software guides and tutorials.
Now that mobile TV and other video services are being rolled out widely, advocates of mobile advertising are renewing their pitch -- that cell phones could be a highly effective medium, allowing marketers to reach consumers anytime, anywhere, on a device they love.
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...
T-Mobile USA Inc. officially launched its first 3G network in New York City, the company announced. The nation's No. 4 carrier said the UMTS/HSDPA network uses the advanced wireless services spectrum it acquired during the 2006 auction for $4.2 billion.The carrier has been...
Leap Wireless International Inc. will be launching its Cricket unlimited wireless services across areas of Texas bordering the Rio Grande and the Gulf of Mexico beginning tomorrow. The service will be available in the cities of Beaumont, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Laredo and McAllen covering...
Nortel Networks Corp. said today that it would charge "about" a 1% royalty rate* to handset vendors licensing Nortel's Long Term Evolution patents.(Yes, that asterisk is intentional. See below or Nortel's statement.) The infrastructure vendor said its motive was "to provide increased transparency and...
Regional wireless provider Cellular South said it is teaming with fellow Mississippian BancorpSouth Inc. to expand its m-banking offerings.The Web-based application allows BancorpSouth customers to view account balances and history, transfer funds and pay bills from a Cellular South phone. The service is powered...
The Associated Press is targeting iPhone users with a new multimedia portal for wireless devices.The Mobile News Network, which is optimized for Apple Inc.'s device, but is accessible with other phones, culls content from more than 100 newspapers including The Miami Herald, the San...
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 NPD Group's Ross Rubin, Enderle Group's...
GPS devices are among the hottest gadgets on the market, enticing both legitimate customers and a growing number of thieves who see gold in the navigation tools.
A federal appeals court affirmed the Federal Communications Commission's decision to eliminate interference to various public-safety radio systems, an action requiring Sprint Nextel Corp. to vacate 800 MHz frequencies by June 26 even if first responders have not relocated to other spectrum in that...
A divided Federal Communications Commission voted to impose an interim cap on high-cost universal service fund payments to competitive eligible telecommunications carriers, a blow to some smaller mobile-phone carriers that rely on subsidies to bring competitive services to underserved rural areas of the country."This...
Novatel Wireless Inc. yesterday reported a dip in revenue and less than half the profits it earned in the year-ago quarter. The company gave a dim forecast for the current quarter.Stock in the San Diego-based maker of 3G PC cards and embedded modems sank...
T-Mobile USA Inc. plans to officially launch its 3G network starting next week. The launch comes about two years after the nation's No. 4 carrier paid $4.2 billion for advanced wireless services (AWS) spectrum in the Federal Communications Commission's Auction 66, spectrum the carrier...
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit and senior unsecured ratings on Sprint Nextel Corp. to BB from BBB- and removed the company's ratings from CreditWatch with negative implications. The downgrade moves Sprint Nextel out of the investment-grade category and into junk...
Nortel Networks offered a mixed bag with its first-quarter financial report. The company's net loss widened, but revenues were up and it said it is still on track to meet its 2008 targets.Nortel's stock initially surged on the report, but shares were trading down...
America is the proverbial "melting pot," a nation of immigrants and their neighborhoods. With greater than 80% wireless penetration, everyone needs a mobile phone. Add the complexity of the shifting landscape from voice to advanced data services and you have a business proposition for...
LAS VEGAS -- The past 12 months have been a tumultuous time for rural carriers and even more so for the Rural Cellular Association. The trade association has brought in a new executive director with a different view on RCA's mission; has seen large...
T-Mobile International and Nokia Corp. announced a "collaboration agreement" to package the German carrier's web'n'walk mobile Internet service with Nokia's Ovi offering.Nokia said it will develop customized devices that combine a dedicated suite of T-Mobile services with Ovi, Nokia's direct-to-consumer portal comprising mobile music,...
Sprint Nextel Corp. and MobileAccess have been chosen to deploy in-building wireless technology at the M Resort, Spa and Casino during the Las Vegas resort's construction phase.Sprint Nextel will deliver a communications system for M Resort that will allow integrated access to wireless voice...
