Text Messaging

The New Jersey legislature passed and sent to Gov. Jon Corzine (D) a bill to bolster the state’s existing ban on cellphones while driving, and to also outlaw text messaging behind the wheel. “An increasing number of car accidents, especially …

AT&T Mobility has joined rivals Verizon Wireless Sprint Nextel Corp. and trend-starter T-Mobile USA Inc. in offering an unlimited messaging option for family plans. AT&T Mobility’s unlimited family messaging plan allows all lines on a family plan to send and …

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama’s campaign said it launched a new text messaging initiative to expand its grassroots network and organize volunteers for events. “This campaign is about the people across the country who are taking organizing into their own …

U.S. mobile users rang up $215 million in off-deck premium SMS downloads in the first quarter, according to new figures from Telephia.The San Francisco-based market research firm found that premium SMS activity accounted for more than $273 million in revenues, …

A Virginian jury ruled in favor of TeleCommunication Systems Inc. in the company’s patent-infringement battle with Sybase Inc., awarding TCS a one-time payment of $12.1 million for past royalties. Sybase said it would appeal the verdict.The issue stems from TCS’ …

Google Inc. expanded its mobile features, allowing users to access its Calendar offering from wireless phones.The Internet behemoth said mobile users can visit www.calendar.google.com to view upcoming events including date, time and description, and can access both past and upcoming …

Mobile banking company Clairmail Inc. made public its first deal with a bank last week, announcing that California-based Bank of Stockton will use the company’s platform. Clairmail’s system relies on text messaging to make mobile banking transactions available to the …

Third Screen Media Inc. finally found a well-heeled suitor, agreeing to be acquired by Time Warner’s AOL Internet division for an undisclosed sum. The question now is, who’s next?Third Screen was snapped up for a rumored $80 million and will …

The U.S. wireless data market generated more than $5 billion in revenue during the first quarter of 2007, according to Chetan Sharma Consulting, and data may make up as much as 20% of carriers’ service revenues by the end of …

The mobile banking space continued to heat up as three financial institutions rolled out services for on-the-go customers.Wells Fargo & Company is targeting business customers with CEO Mobile, which delivers key treasury reports through a secure wireless Internet connection. The …

Third Screen Media finally found a well-heeled suitor.The Boston-based mobile advertising startup was acquired by Time Warner Inc.’s AOL Internet division for an undisclosed sum. Third Screen will operate as a subsidiary of AOL’s Advertising.com business, which the Internet giant …

T-Mobile USA Inc. posted a solid first quarter, bringing in 980,000 net new subscribers and outperforming analyst’ expectations, largely on the strength of its prepaid customer growth. According to RBC Capital Markets analyst Jonathan Atkin, the fourth-largest carrier and Verizon …

Washington is about to join New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, California and the District of Columbia in banning the use of hand-held cellphones while driving, but enforcement and compliance challenges raise questions about the effectiveness of existing laws and the …

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 RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about …

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 RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever …

As has become commonplace between the nation’s two largest wireless providers, AT&T Inc. has followed its smaller rival Verizon Wireless in unveiling unlimited text messaging plans for its wireless service. The AT&T offer, dubbed Messaging Unlimited, provides customers with unlimited …

With wireless carriers expected to begin announcing first quarter results this week, accounting-challenged U.S. Cellular Corp. reported much-delayed fourth quarter results as well as limited first quarter results.The carrier said it added 86,000 net subscribers during the final three months …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Compete’s Miro …

Verizon Wireless has stepped into the unlimited messaging arena by including bottomless messaging in a new tier of individual and family plans. The individual plans are $20 more expensive per month than Verizon’s regular plans, and the carrier tacks on …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Compete’s Miro …

The market for mobile marketing and advertising is expected to be worth $3 billion by the end of the year and top $19 billion by 2011, surpassing text messaging as a source of mobile marketing spending, according to a report …

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.You gotta love Nokia. Here is a company that is handily the largest cellphone maker in the world, yet it still has the …

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 RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about …

The nation’s 236 million mobile subscribers rang up an impressive $4.8 billion in mobile data purchases last year, using their phones to do everything from sending text messages to watching “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” according to figures released …

Money was the root of all interest at the recent CTIA Wireless conference, with various announcements from companies that want to play in the mobile payments and banking space, and a great deal of buzz about the potential opportunities for …