The Open Mobile Video Coalition said it will launch mobile DTV services across 63 stations in 22 markets, covering 35% of U.S. television markets.The group of U.S. broadcasters plans to provide live, local and national over-the-air digital TV services from affiliates of ABC, CBS,...
Aircell L.L.C. CEO Jack Blumenstein looks into the future of in-flight Internet services and sees an aircraft devoid of television monitors or screens on the back of seats. Blumenstein envisions travelers watching movies, playing games or surfing the Web by connecting their own personal...
Verizon Wireless' CTO said this week the carrier hopes to have LTE up and running in some markets by the end of next year, a high-speed boost to the carrier's previous, already accelerated plans to begin rolling out Long Term Evolution technology by 2010"We...
The backup-power court battle could be about to flame out. But regardless of what happens with litigation on the issue, the Federal Communications Commission plans to revisit how wireless companies deploy backup power at cell sites.The wireless industry said it supports the Federal Communications...
The Federal Communications Commission will avoid a direct confrontation with the Bush administration over the backup-power rule, informing a federal appeals court it will not override the Office of Management and Budget's rejection of reporting requirements associated with the cell-site regulation. At the same...
Despite widespread trouble on the municipal Wi-Fi front in other cities across the nation, a suburb east of Cleveland, Ohio, is giving the effort a shot.Radiant Networks and Proxim Wireless have teamed up to provide residents in Solon with free Wi-Fi access within their...
The Bush administration rejected the Federal Communications Commission's backup-power reporting requirements, possibly increasing chances that controversial regulations opposed by the mobile-phone industry will be struck down by a federal appeals court.The Office of Management and Budget said the FCC ran afoul of the Paperwork...
THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S DELAY in ruling on backup power reporting requirements mandated by the Federal Communications Commission could suggest it sees merit in mobile phone industry arguments that compliance obligations imposed on carriers and accompanying costs are far greater than what telecom regulators projected....
While it will be months before President-elect Barack Obama gets his administration in place and begins to roll out policy priorities, the selection of individuals focusing on high-tech agencies and their issues in the transition period suggests industry giants Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility...
The ever-evolving nature of the wireless market has its eyes set on so-called 4G technologies. These are expected to be higher-capacity networks based on Internet Protocol standards that will support wireless broadband speeds of up to 100 megabits per second. While there is no...
Big-box retailer Circuit City said last week it will close 155 of its stores, including 143 locations that house a Verizon Wireless store-within-a-store location. ; circuit city; verizon; Big-box retailer Circuit City said last week it will close...
It seems all the pieces are in place for traditional television broadcasters to tap the perennially hyped mobile video space. Well, all the pieces except the business models, anyway.An association representing more than 800 U.S. TV stations this week will announce successful broadcast trials...
We expect our purchases to work as promised - and work right away. When it doesn't happen, it's frustrating and disappointing at best, and potentially a customer-losing experience at it's worst.Apple's 3G iPhone was a product that I was enthusiastically looking forward to for...
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the third quarter.
This list comprises the amounts that were invested into wireless companies, as well as the companies that led the investment.
RCR Wireless News collects venture-financing deals in the wireless...
The cell-phone and tower industries urged the Bush administration to reject backup-power reporting requirements, arguing the Federal Communications Commission grossly underestimated time, operational and financial burdens placed on wireless providers.Indeed, wireless providers argue information collection guidelines associated with the eight-hour cell site backup-power mandate...
The companies listed below represent the largest independent national and regional tower companies in the United States for the second quarter of 2008.
American Tower and Crown Castle continue to dominate the U.S. tower industry.
American Tower remains the largest tower company in the country,...
The mobile phone industry's push for an antenna-siting shot clock is being booed by cities and citizens, continuing a fierce debate dating back to the telecom act of 1996 and that continues to play out unevenly in the courts to this day.Industry association CTIA...
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 RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - The wireless industry is crowded with associations so it's imperative for those looking to succeed to find their niche.It appears PCIA has. PCIA, which was once a powerhouse for industry lobbying, has reinvented itself as the "Wireless Infrastructure Association," focused on...
BY DAN MEYERHOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Despite thunderstorms on Wall Street, as well as outside the convention itself, participants at the PCIA's 2008 Wireless Infrastructure Show last week in Hollywood, Fla., were forecasting sunny skies for the market segment. While exuberance from the tower company...
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Despite thunderstorms on Wall Street, as well as outside the convention itself, participants at the PCIA's 2008 Wireless Infrastructure Show this week in Hollywood, Fla., were forecasting sunny skies for the market segment. While exuberance from the tower company executives would...
Californian telecom provider SureWest Communications is slowly but surely moving further away from the wireless business. Today, the firm announced it sold 50 of its wireless communications towers to Global Tower Partners.Though the purchase is still pending, SureWest expects the final price to be...
CHICAGO - Two companies have succeeded in utilizing pre-WiMAX technology to build successful businesses that target different customers in the United States. TowerStream and DigitalBridge Communications have carved out their own markets by being fixed pre-WiMAX service providers. TowerStream has targeted the enterprise sector...
ReVerb Networks, a smart antenna and network optimization company, introduced its VirtualRAN family of products at WiMAX World this week.The products address the demand for cost-effective capacity solutions for WiMAX, LTE and UMTS/HSPA networks, said the company."The perfect storm is brewing in the advanced...
