Motorola Inc. will split into two publicly traded companies, if it has its way, the company said today. Under the plan announced this morning, shareholders will receive shares of both companies -- one focused solely on mobile devices, the other on home broadband and...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors--RBC Capital Markets lowered its price target on Palm to $5 from $6 after the company reported a slight revenue miss on...
A federal appeals court blocked the Federal Communications Commission's new enhanced 911 location accuracy rule from going into effect, possibly setting the stage for the court to overturn the agency's 2007 decision.The Rural Cellular Association and T-Mobile USA Inc. challenged on substantive and procedural...
A class-action suit filed against Verizon Wireless and third-party content providers in California federal court alleges the No. 2 mobile-phone operator enticed subscribers to engage in illegal gambling. The suit centers on 99-cent charges levied on wireless consumers who played contests associated with popular...
The turbulence continued for Motricity Inc. as COO Steve Elfman said he will move to Sprint Nextel Corp.Elfman had overseen InfoSpace Inc.'s mobile business unit and was named COO in the wake of Motricity's acquisition of the Seattle-area company. He will assume the new...
Nortel Networks Corp. inked a five-year deal to deliver infrastructure kit for U.S. Cellular's CDMA network.U.S. Cellular said it will purchase Nortel's CDMA switching, base stations and software under terms of the deal, using the technology to deliver voice service as well as Web...
CEOs tend to come and go accompanied by headlines of some sort, at least in the American press. Not so for the second-tier executives of multinational corporations, particularly those at Korean conglomerates such as Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and LG Electronics Co. Ltd., who...
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.--Microsoft bought closely...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' 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 look...
The mobile TV market will probably be a big topic in the coming weeks following news that EchoStar plunked down $711 million for 168 E-Block licenses in the recently completed 700 MHz auction. EchoStar is still under a gag order and can't speak to...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' 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 and...
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--Greece: L.M. Ericsson said it upgraded and expanded the GSM/CDMA...
Google Inc., a major force in prying open the 700 MHz band for third-party applications and devices, could also become the pivotal deal-maker in the equally controversial and politicized debate over whether federal regulators should make vacant TV channels -- white spaces -- available...
Activist investor Carl Icahn announced, through a fiery press release, that he is suing Motorola Inc. in order to obtain documents outlining the handset maker's business strategy, financial performance and use of the company's aircraft by Moto executives "for personal reasons," according to Icahn."Motorola...
Nickelodeon/MTVN's Kids and Family group is launching three mobile Web sites designed for wireless and personal video devices, one for each of its target demographics.Nickelodeon Mobile (wap.nick.com) will feature content aimed toward young children, with The N (wap.the-n.com) angling for tweens and teens and...
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' Peter Jarich, NPD Group's...
Virgin Mobile USA Inc. is to unroll a set of new pricing plans that streamlines some of its pay-as-you-go offerings and enhances features included in monthly plans.The move comes less than two weeks after the company's stock was hammered for failing to meet Wall...
Vantage Communications, a company providing hosted unified communications, has announced that the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) has chosen its Vantage IP Service (VIP) as a finalist for the 23rd annual CODiE Awards, in the "Best Communications Solution"
SEPANG, Malaysia (AP) -- McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen were penalized five grid places Saturday for impeding other drivers and rival Ferrari took pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix.
A federal appeals court gave few signals how it will rule on Sprint Nextel Corp.'s challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's 800 MHz rebanding ruling last year, leaving uncertainty over whether the No. 3 carrier will face sanctions for failing to meet an...
If the incumbent smartphone vendors give you the blues, all you have to do is wait a week for Velocity Mobile.This new smartphone vendor will launch at CTIA 2008 and seems certain to draw the curious. In such a brutally competitive market, some of...
