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VZW+Alltel: Short-term slowdown for network vendors, not much tower risk

Verizon Wireless' proposed acquisition of Alltel Communications L.L.C. could wound infrastructure vendors in the short term due to the carriers' network overlaps and a potential pullback on immediate buildout plans, but overall the merger shouldn't cause too much concern for suppliers.An acquisition "typically ends...

FCC to revisit tower lighting after conservation legal win

The Federal Communications Commission is revisiting the controversial licensing of thousands of towers in the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of a successful legal challenge by conservation groups concerned about the safety of migratory birds. But there is little initial indication that a federal...

RIM to deliver Bold-ness as Apple aims to invade enterprise: New BlackBerry features Wi-Fi, HSDPA, GPS

Research In Motion Ltd. said today that its first 3G handset, dubbed the "Bold," is coming "soon" - likely in the heat of what looks to be a long hot summer in the device space. The timing of today's announcement fairly screams with competitive...

Forecasts vary for handset volume growth: Latest predictions tend to be conservative

Add another voice to the growing chorus of conservative growth forecasts for global handset sales this year. IMS Research last week forecast less than 6% growth, near the low-end of recent estimates by various parties and in contrast to the 10% growth forecast by...

Analysts watch chip sales, European 3G market

When Texas Instruments Inc. lowered its revenue guidance last week for the quarter about to end, citing weakness in 3G sales to a large customer, analysts were quick to speculate on forecasts for global handset sales this year. That's because Nokia Corp. is TI's...

All Eyes on Moto’s CEO: Brown set to give ‘fireside chat’ today

Greg Brown, CEO of Motorola Inc. since Jan. 1, was set to participate today in a "fireside chat Q&A session" at Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in Dana Point, Calif. The session will be Web cast live beginning about 11 a.m. Pacific time.Presumably, the Q&A...

FCC must assess environmental impact of towers

A divided appeals court struck down a Federal Communications Commission's decision in which the agency rejected the contention it illegally licensed 6,000 towers in the Gulf Coast by failing to first assess the potential impact on migratory birds. "We vacate...

FCC must assess environmental impact of towers

A divided federal appeals court today struck down a Federal Communications Commission's ruling in which the agency rejected the contention that it illegally licensed 6,000 towers in the Gulf Coast without first assessing the potential impact on migratory birds."We vacate the order because the...

The phones of Spain: ‘User experience’ gains, plus Apple’s invisible hand

Mobile phone design efforts over the past two years appear to have taken the handset as far as it will go, for now, if the handsets coming out of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, are any indication.The forefront of innovation today is...

Moto’s CEO will lead handset business: Icahn files for four board seats in upcoming election

Change is coming swiftly at Motorola Inc., fueling further speculation on the company's direction. CEO Greg Brown apparently told employees Friday in an internal memo that he personally will take charge of the company's ailing handset business. Brown's internal memo, reported first by...

What’s to become of Motorola?: Speculation runs rampant on upshot of surprise news

AS WORD SANK IN that Motorola Inc. is "exploring the structural and strategic realignment" of its business - including the possible creation of a standalone company for its devices business - attention has turned to the company's strategy, its actual value and potential outcomes.Strategically,...

What’s to become of Motorola?: Speculation runs rampant on upshot of surprise news

As word sank in that Motorola Inc. is "exploring the structural and strategic realignment" of its business - including the possible creation of a standalone company for its devices business - attention has turned to the company's strategy, its actual value and potential outcomes.Strategically,...

Motorola: stand-alone device biz possible

Motorola Inc.'s CEO Greg Brown today said the company is exploring options to accelerate the recovery of its mobile devices business, including the possible creation of a standalone devices business.Rumors circulated among market analysts earlier this week that Motorola might consider selling off its...

Nokia delivers strong financials, gains share: Healthy outlook eases some concerns of macro-economic cooling

Nokia Corp. today displayed the results of a well-oiled, money-making machine with 34% and 44% jumps in revenue and profit, respectively, for the fourth quarter compared to the year-ago quarter. Handset volumes reached 133.5 million units in the fourth quarter, up 27% year-on-year, enough...

Samsung, Sony Ericsson post solid results: Vendors’ earnings, volumes set stage for this week

The first two handset vendors to report fourth-quarter and full 2007 earnings last week both forecast 10% growth for their sector in 2008, on top of healthy unit volume growth last year. That seemed to reassure industry analysts that macro-economic trends now capturing headlines...

Moto’s CES phones play music, movies: But no post-Razr platform evident, yet

Those looking for Motorola Inc. to unleash a post-Razr platform to fuel the company's turnaround are still searching at the Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas. The company itself had raised expectations by promoting its launch event prior to the show and...

Great expectations: Glimpsing the new year

PREDICTIONS ARE SO LAST YEAR.Instead, let's talk "expectations" - a term that seems to promise a more realistic look ahead at the new year. And there are questions worth asking that dog the conventional wisdom.To keep it tangible, consider issues related to mobile handsets...

Palm toils on turnaround: Two new devices echo past, presage future

Palm Inc. almost looks like two companies these days, depending on which way the light strikes.Palm is focused on keeping the productivity-based Treo line from slipping into irrelevance, while it experiments with form factors and features for a future in the consumer market.This past/future...

Palm CEO: ‘We’re working on it’: Colligan promises ‘breakthrough’ products

Palm Inc.'s fiscal second-quarter results and its outlook for the next quarter, announced yesterday, took its stock down nearly 10%, to the lowest point in four years. The smartphone company reported a net loss of $9.6 million on modest revenue. The company's revenue reached...

Person of the Year: Steve Jobs

That sucking sound you hear is the wireless industry on the mat, gasping for air.Enter the dragon, Steve Jobs, RCR Wireless News' Person of the Year.In the United States alone, in six months, Apple Inc. sold more than 1.4 million iPhones, which rapidly gained...

Qualcomm loses ruling in legal battle with Nokia

Both Nokia Corp.'s and Qualcomm Inc.'s stocks were down a few percent each on news that the United States International Trade Commission had rebuffed Qualcomm on its complaint that Nokia infringed on three Qualcomm patents regarding GSM technology.The two parties are in arbitration, under...

Promises of more device choices: Details likely after 700 MHz auction

VERIZON WIRELESS' DECLARATION LAST WEEK that "any application, any device" will run on its network next year was clearly an overstatement, though executives acknowledged later that itsCDMA network allows only CDMA-based devices. The juxtaposition of overstatement and subsequent qualification in a way reflected many...

Verizon grabs ‘high ground’ with promise of greater device choice: Final impact still unclear

Verizon Wireless' declaration this morning that "any application, any device" will run on its network next year is clearly an overstatement-Verizon's CDMA network allows only CDMA-based devices, in use by 60% of subscribers in the United States market, but only 20% of the global...

Android floats in space: gPhone a no-show, handsets not due til late ’08

Google Inc. drew considerable media attention last week with an idea and 33 influential friends.Missing was its long-rumored gPhone, whose actual fate remains a closely guarded secret. Instead, Google announced a consortium of 34 companies-the Open Handset Alliance (OHA)-and a common goal of producing...