2006

Postpaid customers may take for granted their ability to outfit their phones with jazzy ring tones, flashy wallpaper and nifty games, but prepaid customers historically haven’t been offered those luxuries. …

WASHINGTON-Late Friday, the Federal Communications Commission announced it will examine ways to strengthen the protection of customer call records. The agency is seeking comment on five specific measures proposed by …

Mort Rosenthal sees a gaping whole in the wireless retail industry, and he’s hoping to fill it with IMO. An entrepreneur with a background in software distribution, Rosenthal founded IMO-short …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Regional wireless carrier and Sprint Nextel Corp. CDMA affiliate iPCS Inc. reported a net loss of $17.2 million, or $1.03 per share, although the operator’s churn rate was down …

MEXICO CITY-Leading wireless prepaid provider Tracfone Wireless Inc., which is a subsidiary of America Movil, said it gained 1 million new subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2005, bringing its …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration confirmed an agreement among military, high-tech and wireless firms on criteria for certifying new 5 GHz Wi-Fi devices capable of avoiding harmful interference to military radar. RCR …

BARCELONA, Spain-Nvidia Corp. said it plans to unveil a single chip solution that supports mobile TV, music and games. applications at the 3GSM show. The graphics processor technology company said …

WASHINGTON-Government officials should move quickly to ensure that telecommunications carriers can gain access to their sites and the necessary fuel and security to be able to restore communications service as …

WASHINGTON-Two powerful Senate Democrats asked executives of three telecom giants with major mobile-phone units to turn over information on their alleged participation in the Bush administration’s warrantless domestic surveillance program. …

President Bush’s 2007 budget released last week proposes a tax on un-auctioned spectrum licenses, which immediately caused an uproar in the telecom industry with news that Wi-Fi devices could be …

There are two interesting discussions in progress in the United States and abroad, each legitimate, timely and blindly interrelated. In the United States, the Bush administration, industry leaders, governors and …

Imagine this: a company’s chief financial officer uses his smart phone to download a game while waiting at an airport-but the game contains a virus that sends all the data …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee seemed cool to the idea that broadband-pipe owners should be able to require some bandwidth hogs-like Voice over Internet Protocol providers, Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.-to …

South Korea Motorola Inc. introduced a super-slim sliding-style phone in South Korea, dubbed the Z, which is the latest wafer-thin handset from the maker of the wildly popular Razr. However, …

PLANO, Texas-Alcatel Corp. picked Netrake’s nCite Security Gateway technology to support the launch of its Unlicensed Mobile Access-based wireless local area network solution. Netrake said its gateway gives UMA providers …

Andrew Andrew Corp. launched a compact tower-mounted amplifier for third-generation networks. The company said its OneBase Compact TMA product, at 1.5 liters, is the smallest and lightest tower-mounted amplifier available …

Motorola Motorola Inc. named Hamid Ahmadi its first chief architect, with responsibility for developing a unified architectural framework and leading strategic hardware and software architecture planning across all business units. …

LONDON-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. released a new high-end 3G device and also laid out its plans for wireless e-mail. The company apparently has decided to forgo choosing sides in …

READING, England-Software company Tao Group launched a mobile version of its intent multimedia software platform for handset vendors. Tao Group said the intent Mobile solution supports several different operating systems-including …

BARCELONA, Spain-As the 3GSM World Congress conference kicks off, music-related announcements from the industry are humming right along. Here are some of the highlights: Motorola Inc. announced a deal to …

LOS ANGELES-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced a new offering that brings music concerts to wireless devices via the company’s Cingular Video on-demand streaming video service. The carrier said it will create, …

DALLAS-More than a dozen major developers, publishers, handset manufacturers and technology companies are working to streamline the process for developing and delivering mobile games. Activision Inc., Digital Chocolate, Electronic Arts, …

Welcome to a new weekly feature at RCR Wireless News! Every week we will collect all the important equipment agreements across the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries, plus any others …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Carriers Prudential Equity Group lowered its price target and estimates …

EMERYVILLE, Ca.-MobiTV Inc. and NBC Olympics will offer daily highlights of the XX Olympic Winter Games from Feb. 10 through Feb. 26 on a dedicated channel on the MobiTV service. …