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....
The identities of likely 700 MHz bidders continue to emerge little by little as the Federal Communications Commission gears up to release a complete list of applicants in advance of the auction's Jan. 24 start date.Clearwire Corp. became the latest company to the show...
Better late than never.Handsets that didn't arrive by "Black Friday" or "Cyber Monday"-the ultimate days for in-store and online shopping, respectively-may still make an impression on harried shoppers.Nokia Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. announced that Nokia's 6263 will be available online, adding a seventh...
Wireless patent licensor InterDigital Inc. said it won confirmation from a federal judge that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. owes it $134 million in royalties for sales of GSM and GPRS/EDGE devices between 2003 and 2005.InterDigital's stock climbed more than 20% to $20.47 by midday.Samsung...
A San Francisco-based startup is hoping to cater to on-the-go cellphone users who, um, need to go.Yojo Mobile unveiled MizPee, a wireless Internet-based application that provides information on public bathrooms in 16 U.S. cities. Users can enter addresses or intersections to access directions to...
Padmasree Warrior has been named Cisco Inc.'s CTO just a day after her departure from Motorola Inc.Cisco, based in San Jose, Calif., is one of the world's biggest networking companies. Warrior, who had been Motorola's chief technology officer since 2003, was one of the...
If some early returns from Land Rover and 20th Century Fox are to be believed, Apple Inc.'s iPhone will raise the stakes for marketers that go mobile.To be sure, the iPhone, with more than 1 million sold since its launch and working only on...
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Adomo: Menlo Ventures and Storm Ventures led a $15 million round of financing into Adomo Inc., which provides enterprise...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier --Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it assigned it's A rating to AT&T Inc.'s proposed $2 billion of global notes due 2008 and $1...
LG Electronics Co. Ltd. said it has consolidated its $350 million global brand-and-product account at Publicis Groupe's Bartle Bogle Hegarty following a review.London-based Bartle Bogle, which had emerged from the pack as the expected winner more than a week ago, will create a unified...
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands-Nokia Corp. blew the lid off what it sees as the future of mobile connectivity this morning at Nokia World. President and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo and Executive VP and GM of Multimedia Anssi Vanjoki took the stage to deliver a one-two punch on...
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands- Nokia Corp. and Universal Music Group International shook up the music industry this morning at Nokia World.Imagine a service-"Comes with Music"-that gives Nokia device owners instant access to two million tracks for free. Well, nothing comes free in life, but the price...
A German court has given T-Mobile the go-ahead to lock its German iPhones and require purchasers to buy a two-year contract, nixing a court challenge from rival Vodafone Group plc, according to media reports.In a public relations gesture, T-Mobile said it would unlock the...
The House Commerce Committee launched an investigation into Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin's management of the agency. "Procedural breakdowns at the agency tasked with overseeing communications laws for our entire nation jeopardize the public interest it is bound to serve," said House Commerce...
One feather, two caps. Verizon Wireless' CEO Lowell McAdam told BusinessWeek, in a story published today, that the carrier would join Google Inc.'s open-source effort known as Android.The move gives Verizon Wireless an additional PR boost in its well-publicized pursuit of all things "open,"...
The departure of Padmasree Warrior, Motorola Inc.'s CTO, effective yesterday, came on the heels of CEO Ed Zander's recent announcement that he will leave his CEO post at month's end-and caps a year in which the executive faces at Motorola have blurred. The year...
Cox Communications Inc. said it will bid on wireless licenses when the 700 MHz auction kicks off Jan. 24, but two other cable TV giants in a wireless joint venture with Cox and others indicated they would sit this one out. "I can confirm...
AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless have agreed to swap wireless assets as part of previously announced acquisitions: Verizon Wireless' pending acquisition of Rural Cellular Corp. and AT&T Mobility recently approved purchase of Dobson Communications Corp.The swap calls for AT&T Mobility to pick up some...
Wireless carriers and mobile marketers are very much in the dark about how to approach consumers on their phones, but Facebook's Beacon has helped light the way. The way not to go, that is.The oh-so-cool social-networking site managed to enrage thousand of its members...
AT&T Mobility said it will acquire the remaining stake in regional carrier Edge Wireless L.LC. through an affiliate. AT&T Mobility has held a minority stake in Edge since it was formed in 2000, and now has entered into an agreement with Edge Wireless Holding...
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.--ABC News announced...
In its annual rating of wireless service, Consumer Reports christened Verizon Wireless and Alltel Corp. its top picks-and largely panned service from Sprint Nextel Corp.Based on nearly 48,000 responses from Consumer Reports' online subscribers, the magazine ranked the five largest wireless carriers' performance in...
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 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--India: Idea Cellular has chosen L.M. Ericsson to supply a...
