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--Czech Republic: Telefonica O2 Czech Republic said it is upgrading...
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...
Few would argue the premise that, in the post-iPhone handset world, the user experience matters most. Observers at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, this week have noted the emphasis of substance over style, and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications executives emphasized that mantra...
BARCELONA, Spain -- The Android has landed, so to speak.A number of chip companies showed off demonstrations of Google Inc.'s Android cellphone software today at the Mobile World Congress trade show here. Google and the Open Handset Alliance released Android's software development kit (SDK),...
The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is home turf to Nokia Corp. and it used the platform today to reiterate its pursuit of the converged space by unveiling the N96, a 16 gigabyte refresh to its popular N95. Despite its 40% global market share...
Paramount Pictures Corp. has created a new unit dedicated exclusively to mobile content. Paramount Mobile Entertainment, which will operate under the umbrella of the studio's digital division, will develop mobile content and alternative distribution models for the studio, the company said.Some networks and studios...
CellCast Technologies said its wireless emergency alert solution will be deployed throughout Missouri, beginning with the sheriff's department in Camden County. "Knowing about the impending danger is one thing, but then also having the correct information about what to do in your specific area...
Consolidation appears to still be an unavoidable result for many in the world of network infrastructure. Motorola Inc. and Nortel Networks Corp. are reportedly in talks to merge their wireless infrastructure businesses, according to the Wall Street Journal. Both companies refused to comment.Lucent Technologies...
The Federal Communication Commission's Auction 73 picked up this morning where it left off on Friday with new bids continuing to slowly shrink and new potential winning bid amounts adding smaller amounts to the auction's total purse.Click here for complete 700 MHz auction coverage....
Microsoft Corp. kick-started its effort to grab a piece of the hot, youth-oriented messaging and social networking market by acquiring Danger Inc., the software driver behind the popular Sidekick devices at T-Mobile USA Inc. The purchase price was not disclosed. Microsoft's stock declined nearly...
The Federal Communications Commission approved T-Mobile USA Inc.'s $2.4 billion purchase of SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc., enabling the No. 4 national cellular carrier to bolster coverage in the Southeast and the Caribbean.SunCom, of Berwyn, Pa., has a presence in the Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia, Puerto...
The opening day of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, was all about mobile advertising.Nokia Corp. made the biggest splash with its Media Network, an alliance of more than 70 publishers and operators including Sprint Nextel Corp., Discovery, Hearst and Reuters. The company...
Starbucks Corp. is trading its T-Mobile USA Inc. HotSpot service for AT&T Inc.'s Wi-Fi network in more than 7,000 company-owned coffee outlets. Companies said Wi-Fi services from AT&T will be rolled-out to U.S. Starbucks locations beginning this spring on a market-by-market basis.While the municipal...
BARCELONA, Spain - In a room too crowded to let in all the press, LG Electronics Co. displayed three new handsets with nice form factors, but little pricing or operator information.The KF700 is a multimedia handset with three input methods: a 3-inch touchscreen, a...
BARCELONA, Spain - Mobility's impact on the world was the theme for both L.M. Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks at press conferences here today before tomorrow's official opening of the Mobile World Congress.One estimate has more than 66,000 people attending the show, formerly called...
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...
The Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz auction headed into its third weekend on a slow, but steady pace. Some, or all - we won't know until the auction is over due to the FCC's blind-bidding rules - of the 199 bidders left in the...
Brightpoint Inc. racked up enviable revenues and profits in the fourth quarter and all of 2007 and gave optimistic projections for the current year in its earnings report. But Wall Street had expected substantially higher earnings-per-share, sending the handset distribution firm's stock down more...
EarthLink Inc. has officially shut down all operations related to its municipal Wi-Fi projects that hit the skids last summer. Making good on earlier promises, the company is looking for potential buyers after writing down a $20.7 million charge on discontinued operations related to...
Verizon Wireless said its users will get exclusive access to an entire "mobile album" from hip-hop producer Timbaland.Timbaland, a five-time Grammy nominee, will be the first subject of Verizon Wireless' Mobile Producer in Residence program. The program will begin production next month with a...
The Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz auction began its first day of six rounds-per-day bidding pretty much the way it left the previous five rounds-per-day of bidding: A dwindling number of new bids focused on the A, B and C Block that are adding...
Canadian operator Telus Mobility said it will become the first North American operator to offer Zi Corp.'s mobile search service.The service, dubbed Qix, is designed to allow wireless uses "to access the full range of features on their device simply and intuitively," the carrier...
Alcatel-Lucent reported a loss of $3.74 billion during the fourth quarter, bringing its total loss to $5.1 billion for 2007. The company's stock was down less than 4% to $6.02 on the news, however it has suffered a steady decline since it reached a...
Two groups sued the Bush administration in an attempt to gain access to public records on questioning and searches of cellphone directories, laptop computer files and other property of travelers at U.S. borders. The Asian Law Caucus and Electronic Frontier Foundation named the...
