Yearly Archives: 2006

Parental and corporate control

The wireless industry has a way of hitting on all cylinders at the same time. Last week at CTIA Wireless 2006 in Las Vegas,...

Patently outraged

James Balsillie, chairman and chief executive officer of Research in Motion Ltd., cut right to the chase. You'd expect no-nonsense talk from a fellow...

Competitive Zafirovski drives to take Nortel back up ladder

LAS VEGAS-When asked during an interview with RCR Wireless News what drew him to take the top job at Nortel Networks, CEO Mike Zafirovski...

Chuck D going mobile

LAS VEGAS-When it comes to mobile, at least, Chuck D believes the hype.The driving force behind the iconic hip-hop group Public Enemy is going...

SMS.ac joins race to offer user-generated mobile content

LAS VEGAS-SMS.ac Inc. is joining the stampede toward user-generated mobile content.The San Diego-based messaging company unveiled its Content Monitor software offering designed to allow...

Operators, content makers need new revenue shares

LAS VEGAS-Wireless operators will need to establish new business models to address the growing market of off-deck content. And they'll likely have to take...

3G hype will give way to faster speeds in ’07

LAS VEGAS-The wireless industry has seen some major changes in the past few months, from Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s launch of the world's first HSDPA...

Samsung flexes its handset muscles

LAS VEGAS-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. added to its broad portfolio of devices for both consumer and enterprise markets with the introduction of a bevy...

Mobile content firms aim for sweet spot

LAS VEGAS-Mforma Group Inc. is the latest mobile-game publisher to get a makeover, dropping its name in an effort to become more consumer-friendly.The San...

CTIA keynote serves smorgasbord of speakers

LAS VEGAS-In this town, people refer to a large, varied repast-such as that offered in CTIA Wireless 2006's opening-day keynote session-as a buffet. As...

South Korean officials question Qualcomm, partners

Qualcomm Inc. said officials from the Korean Fair Trade Commission visited its offices in Korea, as well as the offices of its chip customers...

3 Scandinavia climbing on HSDPA bandwagon

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—L.M. Ericsson says it won a contract to boost mobile operator 3 Scandinavia’s wireless broadband offering by upgrading its W-CDMA network with HSDPA...

Aperto adds to WiMAX war chest

MILPITAS, Calif.—Aperto Networks says it raised $26 million in its latest round of financing, bringing the base-station maker’s total funding to date to $120...

Telzuit signs heart-information transmission deal with Cingular

ORLANDO, Fla.—Telzuit Medical Technologies Inc. today signed an agreement with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. that will allow Telzuit’s heart-monitoring Bio-Patch PDA to transfer data over...

Initial Sprint Nextel cable venture markets materializing

RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp. has hinted that the first fruits of its joint venture with several cable companies will launch in seven markets later...

Clearwire to sell VoIP service

  Clearwire Corp. is introducing a voice over Internet protocol service today that will allow subscribers to make voice calls via Clearwire's pre-WiMAX wireless...

PayPal charges into m-commerce

LAS VEGAS-PayPal Inc. officially went mobile, launching a service that allows users to make purchases and send or receive funds  via wireless phones. Wireless...

Telecom reform bill passes House panel

WASHINGTON-The House telecommunications subcommittee last week passed its version of telecom reform by a vote of 27-4, leaving out amendments on network neutrality, universal...

Senate bill may raise number of high-tech visas

WASHINGTON-The Senate is working to pass sweeping immigration reform legislation that would increased high-tech visa limits aggressively lobbied for by the powerful telecom and...

FCC briefs part of court record

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's decision to back the wireless industry in health litigation against mobile-phone companies has become a flashpoint in six brain-cancer lawsuits...

Bird, tower battle continues at FCC, appeals court

WASHINGTON-The American Bird Conservancy and the Forest Conservation Council urged a federal appeals court to order the Federal Communications Commission to take action to...

Ericsson: Vendor consolidation good for wireless ecosystem

LAS VEGAS-No big-time mergers for L.M. Ericsson, said the company's chief executive, Carl-Henric Svanberg, during a press conference Thursday.As Svanberg laid out Ericsson's technology...

Sprint Nextel to slow down MVNO adds on network

LAS VEGAS-Sprint Nextel Corp. doesn't expect to add many new mobile virtual network operators to its network and plans to take time to digest...

Interoperability gains ground as Voice over Wi-Fi plods toward acceptance

LAS VEGAS-As Voice over Internet Protocol calling over Wi-Fi networks picks up speed, interoperability issues between voice and Wi-Fi platforms, networks and applications are...

Verizon Wireless snaps up rural Missouri operator

BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless said it purchased Mid-Missouri Cellular, a small TDMA/CDMA operator in central Missouri. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.The deal...
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