Monthly Archives: September, 2006

Sage acquires Corum Mobile for mobile CRM

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--Sage Software acquired Corum Mobile, a division of Corum Corp., to solidify Sage's offering of Corum's mobile customer record management services, Sage announced....

HP scandal nudges policy makers to jump back on phone-records bandwagon

WASHINGTON--The recent scandal at Hewlett-Packard Co.--where executives collected the phone records of board members to ascertain who had been speaking with the news media--is...

Carriers highlight enterprise advantages of 3G upgrades

LOS ANGELES--Wireless carriers toasted their high-speed mobile broadband networks with a number of 3G-related announcements during last week's CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment event....

Carriers remain cautious on impact of mobile TV

LOS ANGELES--Skepticism about the potential of mobile television is rampant within the wireless industry, according to a recent survey of executives conducted by Mercer...

Mobile vision: Payment, context issues must be addressed before TV hops to smallest screen

Mobile TV has captured the industry's imagination. Wireless users can already watch music videos, check out sports clips and--with the right hardware--view full-length Hollywood...

RealNetworks ponies up $350M for WiderThan

RealNetworks Inc. is buying itself a bigger space on the wireless entertainment playground with a $350 million acquisition of South Korean-based developer WiderThan Co....

Law firm intends to be tower-industry friendly

Sure, it's fun to crack jokes about snazzy-suit-wearing lawyers, but the reality is that eventually everyone comes to appreciate a competent attorney, and the...

FCC outlines timeline for use of white space in TV bands

WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission hopes to adopt rules next month to start it down a path that will allow unlicensed devices to operate in...

MySpace teams with UIEvolution for UI

Social-networking Internet site MySpace.com tapped mobile software developer UIEvolution to provide a user interface for its wireless offering.The news marks a big win for...

CTIA asks FCC to delay comment deadline for 700 MHz changes since AWS auction is still on

WASHINGTON--Wireless industry trade association CTIA asked the Federal Communications Commission to delay the comment cycle for its re-examination of the service and licensing rules...

Carriers cooperate to push next-gen standards

Seven of the wireless industry's leading carriers last week made it clear that they intend to drive the bus instead of just being passengers...

Changes to guard-band manager rules could include cellular use

WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission may scrap the band-manager concept as a way to manage spectrum as it examines what to do with the 700...

Hedgehogging

Here's what got the edit staff fired up this week: Did you see RCR Reporter Colin Gibbs' story about Sprint Nextel selling ad space...

Vendors still finding their legs

Most of the new generation of mobile virtual network operators are less than six months into their operations, but that hasn't prevented a recent...

PayPal’s ‘Text 2 Buy’ up and running in the U.K.

LONDON—PayPal Inc. expanded its "Text 2 Buy" program with an offering that allows users in the United Kingdom to purchase magazine subscriptions and consumer...

Cingular to sell another Pantech phone

Pantech Wireless Inc., the U.S.-based subsidiary of Korean mobile-phone manufacturer Pantech Group, launched a new camera phone that is being offered via Cingular Wireless...

CTIA announces new officers

LOS ANGELES--CTIA announced that the head of SunCom Wireless Holdings, Michael Kalogris, was elected as the trade group's new chairman. Kalogris takes over the...

U.S. Cellular expands Aeris’ deal to add 1x, texting, MicroBurst

LOS ANGELES--Aeris, which provides machine-to-machine services, said it expanded its strategic agreement with U.S. Cellular Corp. The expanded agreement calls for Aeris to use...

MVNOs, Paris keep day 3 keynote lively

LOS ANGELES--The CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show's final keynote of the week featured "old guy socks," "rollover minute" double-entendres and a visit by...

Handango says In Hand service aids repeat apps purchases

LOS ANGELES--Mobile content and applications company Handango said it has experienced a significant increase in the number of repeat buyers of smart-phone applications through...

Enterprise spending on I.T. rising

LOS ANGELES--Money is flowing again and major corporations often respond to sales pitches when choosing mobile technologies--great news for the wireless industry, according to...

Launchpad platform from Bango helps content, ad firms work together

LOS ANGELES--Bango hopes to leverage its position in the off-deck content market space by connecting mobile marketers and publishers. The U.K.-based firm unveiled Ad-LaunchPad,...

U.K. wireless users most likely to use their cell phone as a music player

SEATTLE--The United Kingdom is on the cutting edge of mobile music, with 3 percent of British wireless consumers using their mobile phones as a...

Billing procedures in spotlight in court, California

WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission and major mobile-phone carriers asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider last month's decision vacating agency truth-in-billing...

Like Ricky Bobby says: Content is for doers, not thinkers

LOS ANGELES--In the heart of the world's entertainment capital, Paul Reddick told content providers it was time to show him the money.The vice president...
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