Monthly Archives: December, 2006

More than just a pretty face, femtocells add to coverage options

There's a fair amount of chatter in the wireless industry about a developing technology that promises to add capacity to cellular networks wherever needed....

LG puts executive suites on ‘shuffle’; Parent and telecom unit get new CEOs

Trying to please everyone is a good gambit when launching a handset business with global ambitions. Somewhere along the way, however, one has to...

Hedgehogging

As 2006 draws to a close and we take stock of all the changes that have happened in the wireless industry, we can't help...

Brightpoint picks up CellStar assets: U.S., Latin American operations bought for $88M

Brightpoint Inc. will shell out $88 million in cash to purchase a major piece of crippled competitor CellStar Corp.The Plainfield, Ind.-based logistics and distribution...

Carriers offer different messages on texting

The four national wireless carriers might be in near lock-step when it comes to voice plans, but each take distinctly different tacks when putting...

A wireless world

I'm at home right now, and I'm looking out the window and it's snowing like crazy.RCR Wireless News is based in Denver, so we...

Online retailers dangle handset bait, deliver high-ARPU subscribers

Wirefly, the online retailer, is offering mobile handsets at prices that defy gravity.Tis the season, apparently, for free or low-cost offers on the market's...

Of Swiss cheese and pot shots

So it was that FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell last Monday delivered his lyrical oratory about why he would continue to forbear from deliberations of...

FCC floats public-safety proposal

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission proposed to create a nationwide broadband wireless network at 700 MHz for first responders, but the public-safety community said the...

Northern Exposure: Number portability to hit Canada in March

Canadian consumers soon will have the flexibility granted to American wireless customers late in 2003: the ability to take a phone number with them...

Moto buys Tut for video distribution

Motorola Inc. is spending $39 million to expand its IPTV video processing and distribution capabilities with the purchase of Tut Systems Inc.The move gives...

Opera, Samsung team for Web browsing

Opera Software ASA continued to gain momentum with a deal to embed its wireless browser on handsets from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.The developer said...

Cingular meets UMTS/HSDPA goals

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it has made good on its goal to have UMTS/HSDPA mobile broadband coverage in mostof the top 100 U.S. markets...

Worst of the Week: Predictions for 2007

Hello!And welcome to a special edition of our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. As 2006 draws to a close and we take stock...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier Lehman Brothers raised its...

HP acquires Bitfone for mobile enterprise push

Hewlett-Packard Co. announced it will purchase Bitfone Corp. in a move the company said is part of its plan to grow its mobile enterprise...

Obopay lands at Helio

Following the launch of the service on Amp'd Mobile Inc., mobile payment company Obopay announced it scored a second deal that will see MVNO...

Ericsson looks to IP in $1.9B Reback buy

Infrastructure giant Ericsson announced it will acquire technology vendor Redback Networks Inc. for $1.9 billion. Ericsson's stock remained relatively unchanged after the news at...

Glu eyes $92M IPO

Wireless publisher Glu Mobile Inc. hopes to raise as much as $92 million with a long-awaited initial public offering, according to documents filed with...

Palm investors indifferent on earnings

Palm Inc.'s stock remained relatively unchanged after the Treo maker reported revenues of $392.9 million in its second quarter, results due in large part...

Damages doubled in Visto win against Seven

Visto Corp. claimed victory against rival mobile e-mail service provider Seven Networks Inc. after a U.S. District Court doubled the damages from an earlier...

It’s Saturday Night Live at Cingular

It may not be live from New York, but thanks to a new partnership among Cingular Wireless, NBC Universal and Broadway Video Entertainment, subscribers...

Strigl promoted at Verizon

NEW YORK-Verizon Wireless President and CEO Denny Strigl will take over a newly created position as president and COO of the wireless operator's parent...

PixSense gains $5.4M to aid content management app

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-PixSense is jumping on the user-generated mobile content bandwagon after snaring $5.4 million in Series A funding.ATA Ventures and Innovacom led the...
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