Yearly Archives: 2006

Mobile Action pushing sideloading

In an era of over-the-air full-track mobile music offerings and streaming audio services, Fitzwilliam Yang is all about sideloading. The brand manager for Mobile...

Aloha joins mobile-TV game via Hiwire

WASHINGTON-Hiwire, a newly minted subsidiary of Aloha Partners L.P., is planning to join competitors MediaFlo and Modeo L.L.C. in offering mobile TV using dedicated...

Fox, Toyota test ad-supported content space

Mobile video continues to make headlines as a sexy, next-generation offering for wireless users. But content providers are beginning to look to the venerable...

Comverse likely to restate earnings

NEW YORK-Shares of Comverse Technology Inc. sank after the company said it would miss a deadline for filing its annual report and probably be...

XO unveils Nextlink fixed-wireless broadband service

What do Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, Tampa, Fla., and Washington, D.C., have in common? They are the initial market launches for XO...

Cingular upbeat on low churn, struggling on ARPU

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. kicked off 2006 with a strong first quarter that exceeded analysts' expectations, including driving its churn rate down to a company-record...

Consumer wireless satisfaction improving according to J.D. Power

Wireless customers are more satisfied with their cellular service this year than last, according to the latest subscriber survey by J.D. Power and Associates....

Telcordia looks to expand beyond legacy offerings

MIAMI-As part of its ongoing strategy to move beyond its legacy heritage in providing operation support systems solutions, Telcordia Technologies Inc. announced two partnerships...

Pleasant surprise

Covering the wireless industry for the past several years as a reporter has left me a bit jaded when it comes to interacting with...

Amdocs to acquire Qpass for $275M

Software developer and billing platform provider Amdocs Ltd. plans to enter the digital transaction space with a $275 million buyout of Seattle-based Qpass Inc....

Motorola reportedly in talks to buy Siemens’ Com subsidiary

A German newspaper reported last week that Motorola Inc. is looking into buying Siemens A.G.'s money-losing telecom equipment unit, Com. The Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung reported...

GigaBeam making strides with wireless in-building solution

GigaBeam Corp. keeps racking up sales for its for wireless in-building infrastructure product, WiFiber, which the company says is being used by Telkonet Inc.'s...

VeriSign’s content biz continues to struggle

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-VeriSign Inc.'s direct-to-consumer mobile content business continues to erode. The company reported $77 million in revenues from its Jamba and Jamster businesses...

Difficult to find profit in U.S. wireless porn

There's no question that wireless users are searching for porn on their mobile phones. But in the United States, at least, it seems nobody...

Alltel joins Virgin Mobile, Sprint Nextel in offering inner-circle program

Alltel Corp. launched a new service offering that allows customers to select up to 10 phone numbers-wireless, landline, home or office-that they can call...

Big 3 handset vendors captured 60 percent of revenues in 2005

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. last year captured more than 60 percent of the $117 billion in worldwide...

CSI sells fixed wireless biz to Telular

CALGARY, Alberta—CSI Wireless, which designs and manufactures products using wireless and Global Positioning System technology, has agreed to sell its fixed wireless telephone business...

CTIA dismisses intercarrier compensation reform plan

WASHINGTON—CTIA dismissed plans to reform the way carriers pay each other to carry traffic because the plan was basically wireline centric, said Paul Garnett,...

Blackstone Group to pick off DT shares

BONN, Germany—Blackstone Group, a private investment group, has agreed to buy about 4.5 percent of Deutsche Telekom AG’s outstanding shares, the German-based operator announced....

BenQ 1Q down on handset sales

MUNICH, Germany—Taiwanese handset maker BenQ Corp. reported disappointing first-quarter results, including handset shipments of 7 million units, a 39.6-percent drop from the 11.1 million...

Former Motorola exec in line for top USTR post

WASHINGTON-Former Motorola Inc. executive Susan Schwab is in line to become the nation's top trade negotiator. President Bush last week said he intends to...

Correction

Ntelos Holdings Corp. was incorrectly labeled a Sprint Nextel Corp. CDMA affiliate on page 23 of the March 27 issue of RCR Wireless News....

MetroPCS launches service in Detroit, roaming option for customers

MetroPCS Communications Inc. launched wireless service last week in Detroit, offering flat rate plans with unlimited local and domestic long distance without a contract....

Top handset vendors notch victories in robust market

Big just got bigger. The strategic trade-off between profits and market share stood out in stark relief. And the global market for mobile handsets...

Low phone sales dog RadioShack

NEW YORK-Slow mobile-phone sales continue to plague RadioShack Corp. as the company reported an 85-percent plunge in first-quarter profits. The consumer electronics retailer said...
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