A few of the recent events coming into play are going to force the Federal Communications Commission into a no-win situation regarding its inquiry into whether the wireless industry is competitive. At first blush, the inquiry into whether the wireless market is competitive,...
Verizon Communications Inc. still needs to lay off more employees from its wirelines business, despite the 8,000 layoffs the company is already planning this year.CFO John Killian said the company needs to continue to make job cuts in its business as it shifts ...
Sprint Nextel Corp. is targeting businesses with new pricing and a new business unit. The No. 3 carrier said it added unlimited wireless-to-wireless calling to its business customers in new Sprint Business Advantage programs, which the carrier said are simpler than its previous Business...
SAN DIEGO--A self-admitted “somewhat arrogant” vision to make San Diego the center of the telecom universe took shape in 1998 with the formation of the San Diego Telecom Council. Today, called CommNexus, the 100 or so member companies of the group are now aiming...
The telecommunications industry is in the midst of a massive upheaval in their attempts to satiate consumer thirst for all things wireless. This upheaval is most obvious at companies with sizeable holdings in both wireline and wireless operators, notably Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday 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....
ATLANTA--Louis Gump is a veteran in the mobile content space, having spearheaded The Weather Channel's wireless efforts since 2001. In July, he moved to CNN –the No. 1 mobile news destination -- to steer its mobile efforts. A visionary and all-around nice guy, Gump...
Editor's Note: Reporter Matt Kapko is reporting live from GigaOM's Mobilize show today in San Francisco, where Motorola Inc. introduced its first Android-based smartphone. Watch this space for live updates.T-Mobile USA Inc. will be the exclusive carrier to offer Motorola Inc.'s first foray into...
That didn’t take long. A day after AT&T Mobility threw its hat into the calling circle ring Sprint Nextel Corp. unveiled its unlimited off-network calling feature. Though, as has become expected from the nation’s No. 3 operator, there was a twist. Sprint Nextel’s Any...
SEATTLE--Since taking over as head of the Mobile Marketing Association in January, Mike Wehrs has juggled international expansion, carrier cooperation and the more boring, but essential work of fine-tuning the business processes needed to successfully run a trade association that counts more than 700...
“Marketing over the mobile channel has put some real swing in our outdoor dance program. Getting people to cha-cha-cha requires flexibility and fast action, all delivered through our text messaging program,” says Nan Keeton, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Lincoln Center...
Goals: With mobile social networking becoming the ‘next big thing', Trilibis was in the midst of developing two community-based applications. These applications needed to be compatible with multiple various mobile device platforms, a handful of carriers and hundreds of handsets.To test these applications, Trilibis...
Innovation Works, a business creation platform focused on establishing the next wave of Chinese high-technology companies founded by Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, has launched and will be funded by $115 million in venture capital. This announcement follows news of Dr. Lee's resignation as Google Vice...
KeyOn Communications Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: KEYO), one of the largest providers of wireless broadband, satellite video and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services in the United States, announced that the holders of the Company's subordinated secured notes due August 31, 2009 have elected to...
Black Sand Technologies, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company specializing in advanced power amplifier technology for wireless applications, announced that it has produced the world's first 3G CMOS RF Power Amplifier (PA). Black Sand's proprietary CMOS PA architecture offers a breakthrough in combined performance, cost,...
Greystripe, the mobile brand advertising network responsible for over 250 million ad-supported mobile app and game downloads, today announced it has secured $2 million in funding from GE/NBCU's Peacock Equity Fund, capping a $7.5 million Series C funding round. The previously announced $5.5 million...
Calix, the largest communications equipment supplier focused solely on access solutions for broadband service delivery, has announced that it has raised $100 million in financing and added three new members to its board of directors. This financing consists of $50 million in equity raised...
Innovation Works, a business creation platform focused on establishing the next wave of Chinese high-technology companies founded by Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, launches today. This announcement follows news of Dr. Lee’s resignation as Google Vice President and President of Google Greater China and introduces a...
The Federal Communications Commission's inquiry into the role communications technologies will play in developing a nationwide smart grid utilities network will take a close look at whether new spectrum is needed for developing smart- grid applications.The initiative could pit the utilities industry, which is...
WiMAX networks counted more than 3 million customers worldwide at the end of the second quarter, according to a report from ABI Research. The firm noted that the 4G technology’s two variations, 802.16d and 802.16e, posted a 74% growth rate during the quarter and...
Palm Inc.'s Pre has been a qualified success for both Palm and its exclusive launch partner Sprint Nextel Corp. (I say “qualified” because as the phone has sold in the hundreds of thousands and been lauded with glowing reviews, it has been overshadowed by...
Orange and T-Mobile are merging their UK operations to create the country's largest mobile phone operator, with 28.4 million customers or 37% of the market, leapfrogging rivals O2 and Vodafone.But the deal is expected to lead to significant job losses among the combined workforce...
Fresh off network wins with Clearwire Corp., Cox Communications Inc. and Leap Wireless International Inc., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is on its way to nearly double its staff in North America by the end of the year.The Chinese infrastructure company has had a...
Rajeev Suri has been named CEO of Nokia Siemens Networks. He will replace Simon Beresford-Wylie effective November 1. Suri currently runs the Services business of Nokia Siemens Networks.FLO TV has chosen Alice Kim to assume the newly created position of SVP of Strategy...
