It is a new era for the Federal Emergency Management Administration as it streamlines communications for emergencies and its day-to-day operations.The federal agency, which was widely criticized for its response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Hurricane Ike in 2008, has new contracts with...
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. We...
But just how effective is search? New research from Penn State University suggests that people click on both paid and organic search links much less frequently than most marketers think: searchers only clicked on paid search ads--even when they were supplemented by organic links--about...
American Tower Corp. ( AMT ) said Thursday that it swung to a fourth-quarter net profit of $85.8 million, or 21 cents a share, from a loss of $5.5 million, or a penny a share, a year earlier. The operator of broadcast and wireless...
Always-online Internet junkies might seem to be the most likely users to lead the charge in adopting the mobile Web, but a recent ComScore study has found that assumption is not necessarily the case.How often you are connected to the Web via a computer...
The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia is eyeing entering the laptop business, its Chief Executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said in an interview to Finnish national broadcaster YLE on Wednesday.
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the fourth 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...
Mobile advertising revenues in the United States are expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 81.2%, from $160 million in 2008 to $3.1 billion in 2013, according to a new study from The Kelsey Group.Concurrently, mobile local search advertising will grow...
Despite the disastrous ramifications the global economic crisis has had on other business sectors, a new report from research firm IDC predicts the global mobile industry will remain relatively unscathed - and could even benefit.The wireless industry has become the dominant driver of the...
In what an OMD spokesperson called a "policy change," mobile content publishers are now required to get third-party verification for mobile display ad campaigns.
Verizon Wireless said it filed a lawsuit today against Feature Films for Families Inc. to stop the company from calling Verizon Wireless customers and employees to promote the movie "The Velveteen Rabbit."In the lawsuit, Verizon Wireless alleges that the Utah-based telemarketing company illegally used...
The most highly visible executive from Yahoo Inc.'s mobile side has called it quits.Marco Boerries, who had overseen the company's Connected Life division for four years, is stepping down "for personal reasons," a Yahoo representative confirmed via e-mail. According to BoomTown, Boerries sent a...
A new class-action lawsuit accuses Verizon Wireless of misrepresenting to New York consumers the intended target of a "metropolitan commuter transportation district" tax charged to subscribers by the No. 1 wireless provider."Defendant stated in its monthly bills to consumers, as well as in other...
AT&T Mobility said it now has a measure in place that allows parents to cap their children's mobile Internet usage. The carrier announced an additional feature for its AT&T Smart Limits for Wireless offer that it said will give parents the ability to set...
Mired in restructuring due to bankruptcy, Nortel Networks Corp. has cut additional workforce and made changes to its employee compensation programs.The beleaguered infrastructure company announced today that it is cutting 3,200 jobs and will discontinue giving bonuses in efforts to maximize stakeholder value and...
In an exclusive interview with RCR Wireless News, Sprint Nextel Corp. CEO Dan Hesse discusses pricing plans, unlimited service options, iDEN network capacity, the forthcoming Palm Pre, planned job cuts and network outsourcing.
RCR: Can you provide some information on what's going on with Sprint...
When in past years Symbian Ltd. nervously eyed the nascent promise of mobile Linux, Symbian evangelists noted sharply that the rival, open-source platform would require considerable sweat equity or costly out-sourcing to ready it for market.That claim turned out to be true to an...
The looming copyright battle centered on Apple Inc.'s iPhone may seem obscure, but the outcome could have wide-ranging implications for U.S. mobile users and the developers who target them. It's also a fight Apple should walk away from.The Electronic Frontier Foundation is urging the...
The Federal Communications Commission is unlikely to take major actions on key wireless policies anytime in the near future, as the agency awaits a new Obama-appointed chairman and as acting head Michael Copps remains laser-focused on ensuring a smooth re-set digital TV transition, even...
What a strange paradoxical digital world this is, with its seemingly endless supply of free content gushing through broadband pipes amid the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. How can this be? Is there such a thing as a free lunch after all,...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carriers--FBR Research upgraded Sprint Nextel to outperform from market perform and maintained its $4 price target, reflecting an improved risk/reward trade-off in the near term....
Hold on to your seats for a wild ride this year.That's the prognosis from many who say that inventory buildups in handsets and accessories and weak consumer demand continue to limit visibility into the retail wireless market's future. Accessories may get a near-term boost...
