Verizon Wireless is the top service provider in customer care, according to a new study from J.D. Power and Associates. The nation's largest provider scored 753 points in the semi-annual survey. T-Mobile USA Inc. followed a close second, only one point behind at 752....
Millicom International Cellular S.A. is deploying Comverse's Voice HUB product in its TIGO-branded wireless networks in Bolivia and Honduras. The Comverse product includes a service that forwards voice messages as multimedia messages or e-mails. Other features of the Voice HUB product...
The RCR Wireless Stock Index was mixed this week with losers slightly outnumbering gainers. Fixed cellular company Telular Corporation (WRLS) lead the gainers list for the week posting a 41% gain after reporting strong quarterly results. Topping the biggest losers list for the...
Microchip to buy Silicon StorageFrom: Wall Street JournalNEW YORK-- Silicon Storage Technology Inc. agreed to be acquired by Microchip Technology Inc. for about $284 million, ending an earlier buyout deal of the flash-memory maker. The Microchip deal--set to close in the second...
The realization that IT departments are going to have to support a wide range of devices as mobility spreads across the enterprise has led a couple of companies to try to find innovative ways to manage those devices, especially as business users bring their...
The Federal Communications Commission's proposed budget of $352.5 million for fiscal year 2011 includes funding to help it implement a National Broadband Plan and a proposal to extend indefinitely the authority of the FCC to auction spectrum licenses.The $352.5 million budget proposal calls for...
With the wireless industry increasingly focused on the deployment of advanced wireless data services, network management capabilities are becoming an integral part of network deployments. Spectrum constraints combined with consumer demand require almost mandatory management solutions in order to keep both the network and...
Verizon Wireless launched its VZ Navigator 5.0 GPS navigation service, which is now integrated with Facebook. The navigation and search service, which sells for $10 a month or $3 per day on certain devices, is powered by TeleCommunication Systems. "Beginning today on select devices,...
Samsung Electronics Co. returned to profit in the fourth quarter as demand for flat screen televisions and mobile phones helped push sales to a record high, underlining Samsung's rise to the top tier of global technology companies.Associated Press
Brightpoint Inc. chose RedPrarie Corp. to provide Warehouse Management System and Transportation Management System solutions to enhance productivity in its supply chain operations. The solutions are expected to be implemented this year in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.In an effort to...
The world's biggest mobile phone maker, Nokia Corp., on Thursday said strong sales of smartphones and lower costs helped profits rise 65% in the fourth quarter despite a drop in total revenue.Associated Press
The Challenge Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd markets business machines manufactured by Konica Minolta Business Technologies Inc, in the United Kingdom, through a direct sales force and a network of independent dealerships. The company maintains over 56,000 multi-functional printing devices, in situ at...
After a strong previous week, the RCR Wireless Stock Index took a hit along with the rest of the market this week with losers leading gainers by a 5 to 1 margin. Some of the larger gainers last week were on the...
ExteNet closes on $128.4 million in financingFrom: RCR Wireless NewsDistributed antenna solution provider ExteNet Systems Inc. has raised $128.4 million in equity funding in a deal that moves SBA Communications Corp.'s DAS assets to Lisle, Ill.-based ExteNet. The funding round includes the SBA...
The Federal Communications Commission asked the nation's major telecommunications firms and Google Inc. to explain to the agency the industry's often unpopular practice of charging consumers to end their cellphone service early, a penalty known as an early-termination fee.The agency sent a set of...
Motorola said that China buyers of its Android-driven smartphones can opt for local search engine Baidu instead of Google, the Internet giant behind the mobile software platform.AFP
Verizon Communications Inc. posted rocky fourth quarter 2009 results that were impacted by one-time charges related to job cuts and an increasing dependency on its wireless operations.Verizon announced a 10% increase in revenues during the quarter driven solely by its mobile division, which posted...
Ericsson – Magnus Mandersson has been appointed head of business unit global services and Rima Qureshi has been appointed head of business unit CDMA mobile systems. Both Mandersson and Qureshi will be part of the group management team. BelAir Networks – Greg Williams has...
If 2009 is remembered as the year the mobile application space matured, 2010 is shaping up as the year technology had evolved to actually measure what people were doing on their mobile devices.The importance of measuring the usage of mobile consumers is becoming increasingly...
Palm Inc.'s and Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating systems lost ground on independent mobile aggregator Myxer's Web site in 2009, giving up a combined 24% of the smartphone traffic on the site to Research in Motion Ltd., Android and Apple Inc.'s iPhone OSes.Myxer, which...
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Google Inc. dropped Friday as investors reacted to fourth-quarter financial results that gave some cause for concern about the Internet search giant's growth prospects. The shares were down 4% to $560 in early trading. The stock has doubled...
The Women's Wireless Leadership Forum (WWLF) has organized a membership drive with Crown Castle, to be held as a webinar on Jan 29, 2010 for Crown's female employees. There will be a membership drive event at each of the following Crown offices...
Verizon Wireless said it has chosen Spirent Communications to provide testing solutions for certification of devices that will operate on its 4G LTE network. Spirent will provide hardware, test simulators, system simulators and software for test automation, said the companies. Spirent is the...
