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...
The Federal Communication Commission's auction of 1,099 wireless licenses in the 700 MHz band headed into an early weekend break having garnered more than $3.7 billion in potential winning bids. The auction, which had a fifth round of bidding postponed until Monday, has drawn...
AT&T Mobility quietly overhauled its data plans this week, whittling its messaging and data bundles and launching a handful of new offerings, according to research firm Current Analysis Inc.The carrier dropped more than a half-dozen offerings including PDA Global, Smartphone Connect and BlackBerry/PDA Personal...
Parent companies of the nation's top cellular carriers saw their chances improve for gaining immunity from dozens of suits alleging they violated privacy laws by participating with a Bush administration warrantless wiretap program secretly begun after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and publicly...
The New York Times launched a service that delivers news, features and columns to mobile phones via text message.The free service allows users to send a text to the short code 698698 (NYTNYT)with one of dozens of keywords -- the word "Latest" will result...
Sprint Nextel Corp. is hoping to leverage its alliance with the NFL by launching a host of Super Bowl-related offerings.The buffeted carrier created a wireless Web site hawking ringtones, screen savers and video clips related to the big game, and launched a video channel...
Palm Inc. will close all but one of its retail stores over the next five weeks, in keeping with its effort to cut costs and focus on its next-generation smartphone platform, according to the company.Palm has eight branded stores in California and 26 "stores...
The third round of the Federal Communication Commission's ongoing 700 MHz spectrum auction ended this morning with potential winning bids topping the $3 billion mark. The latest round included 1,030 new bids and pushed the total winning bids up more than 15% to $3.2...
LG Electronics Inc. shipped 23.7 million handsets in the fourth quarter, up nearly 40% year-on-year, based on its expanded feature phone offerings, the company said.LG's handset revenue for the year-end quarter grew to about $3 billion, 12% above the year-ago quarter. For 2007, operating...
Broadcom Corp. scored a number of legal victories in patent litigation with rival Qualcomm Inc. last year but also, like its rival, managed to execute effectively on its business model. The company reported Thursday that fourth-quarter net revenue reached $1 billion, up 8% from...
The second round of the Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz auction brought 1,122 new bids with total potential winning bids jumping nearly 15% to nearly $2.8 billion.
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The heaviest investment continues on the package of regional C-Block licenses...
Nokia Corp. today displayed the results of a well-oiled, money-making machine with 34% and 44% jumps in revenue and profit, respectively, for the fourth quarter compared to the year-ago quarter.
Handset volumes reached 133.5 million units in the fourth quarter, up 27% year-on-year, enough...
On the heels of AT&T Mobility's record-breaking quarter, Sprint Nextel Corp. is showing a trio of senior executives the front door. Many in the industry expected new CEO Dan Hesse to come in swinging and he has - by all measures.Friday will be the...
YouTube is bringing its entire catalog of video clips to mobile.The Google Inc. subsidiary expanded its mobile Web site, allowing users with 3G phones to access tens of millions of streaming videos on their handsets. The new service also enables YouTube members to...
The long-anticipated 700 MHz auction kicked off today, attracting 1,849 bids totaling more than $2.4 billion during the first round.
The Federal Communications Commission, which will hold a second round of bidding today, is keeping the identities of bidders secret during the auction to...
New wireless subscribers came to AT&T Mobility in record droves during the fourth quarter; the carrier added 2.7 million net new customers to the rolls -- an all-time record high among U.S. wireless carriers. The growth was well ahead of even the most optimistic...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWirelessNews.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Google Inc. scored yet another carrier partner, securing a deal to deliver its services to NTT DoCoMo Inc. subscribers.Japan's No. 1 wireless carrier said it will offer Google services including search, Gmail, YouTube and Picasa to its 46 million i-mode subscribers. The search offering...
A "focus on execution" has allowed Qualcomm Inc. to continue performing well, even while searching for a resolution to its stand-off with Nokia Corp. and defending its business model in patent disputes, the company announced.The San Diego-based chip and intellectual property-licensing firm posted $2.44...
Texas Instruments Inc. reported increases in revenue and earnings for the fourth quarter and gave an upbeat view of the current quarter. Analysts and investors are monitoring earnings forecasts for signs of an economic slowdown and Wall Street rewarded TI's positive projections by sending...
On the eve of the 700 MHz auction, the economy suddenly appears to have become a major factor for bidders.Even before the bidding begins, Frontline Wireless L.L.C. -- an ambitious startup that had its sights set on the national commercial-public safety D Block --...
The second-most populated country in the world is woefully un-covered when it comes to broadband Internet, but India's government has mandated that 20 million broadband lines be in service by 2010. Companies are scrambling to meet the deadline.Thus, Soma Networks Inc. announced it partnered...
Motorola Inc. remains in the doldrums as its handset division -- formerly the engine of the company's revenue and earnings -- posted a huge loss in the fourth quarter of 2007. The company forecast more pain for the ongoing first quarter.Motorola's recovery in the...
Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate iPCS Inc. said it added about 7,800 net subscribers during a fourth quarter, a number "below our previous expectation," according to the carrier.The company saw a monthly churn rate of 2.7% and ended December with 629,900 customers on its network....
