Yearly Archives: 2006

Community-based apps are where it’s at

The buzz surrounding mobile TV and full-track downloads grows increasingly deafening as the industry heads into next month's CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment show...

Teletouch acquires Hawk Electronics

FORT WORTH, Texas-Teletouch Communications Inc. said it has acquired Progressive Concepts Inc., a Cingular Wireless L.L.C. master distributor, reseller and mobile virtual network operator...

Study: Business users have larger monthly bills

SAN FRANCISCO—Customers who use their mobile phone primarily for business calls rather than personal calls generate higher average monthly bills, according to a new...

Manufacturing to embrace wireless

DEDHAM, Mass.—Wireless technology may soon permeate the manufacturing sector, with the potential to grow to a more than $1 billion industry by 2010, according...

Correction

On page 14 of the Aug. 14 issue of RCR Wireless News, the LG Electronics Co. Ltd. CU500 handset was incorrectly labeled as being...

KONG!!!!!!!

"It’s on like Donkey Kong"—Steve Stiffler, American WeddingQuoting from the foul-mouthed poet Steve Stiffler might seem inappropriate in a wireless magazine, but that was...

AUCTION NEWS: Bidding remains robust in smaller licenses

WASHINGTON—Bidding remained active on the ninth day of the Federal Communication Commission’s advanced wireless services spectrum auction, as bidders continued to focus their attention...

EDGE comes into its own

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.—While the industry looks ahead to W-CDMA and HSDPA technologies, EDGE handsets will quietly deliver "near-acceptable" mobile broadband experiences across a wide...

Alltel agrees to pay $100,000 for not filing proper CPNI certification

WASHINGTON—Alltel Corp. agreed to "voluntarily contribute" $100,000 to the U.S. Treasury, but did not admit to violating a Federal Communications Commission rule requiring certification...

FaithMobile to make cell phones a ‘portable sanctuary’

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.-FaithMobile will team with Crisp Wireless to deliver faith-based content to wireless users beginning next month. A subsidiary of Good News Holdings,...

Orange OKs Access’ Linux platform to run on its network

SAN FRANCISCO-European carrier Orange plc said it approved the Access Linux Platform to run on its network, potentially giving much-needed support to Japanese firm...

Motorola preps iRadio with news broadcasts

TEMPE, Ariz.-Motorola Inc. said it has teamed up with Taldia Inc. to bring news programming to its iRadio digital music network. The deal calls...

Anheuser-Busch to make content for Internet, cell phones

By Jeremy Mullman and T.L. Stanley CHICAGO—Cue the clydesdales: Anheuser-Busch is getting into the content business.The country's largest brewer is launching its own in-house...

TracFone handsets target of illegal resellers

Resellers of inexpensive cellular phones risk being targeted as terrorists these days, since local and federal law enforcement officials are on the look-out for...

Sprint Nextel squeezes F&F plans

Sprint Nextel Corp. tweaked its Fair & Flexible price plans, leaving the dollar amounts the same on the basic voice plans but changing the...

Let the Wild Rumpus Begin

Controversial competing technologies. A spectrum auction that brings in billions of dollars. Am I flashing back to 1995?No, but a few noteworthy announcements in...

Pantech heads north with first branded handset

TORONTO-Pantech Group continued its march to establish a global brand identity by launching its first Pantech-branded handset-the PN-3200 for young consumers-in Canada. The handset...

Mitsui invests in Boingo, Brightstar

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Boingo Wireless Inc., a wholesale network aggregator and operator of Wi-Fi networks, raised $65 million in Series C funding from new and...

Philadelphia loses chief of Wi-Fi push to consulting firm linked to muni network

The woman who steered Philadelphia's municipal Wi-Fi project through city politics and battles with incumbent telcos is leaving her post as the city's communications...

700 MHz auction survives challenge

WASHINGTON-A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that could have potentially stalled the auction of 700 MHz spectrum, scheduled for 2008. A lawsuit by...

The $30,000 opportunity

Why is everybody in wireless chasing the youth demographic? To steal a line from bank robber Eddie Sutton, that's where the money is. Today's...

BCGI, VeriSign request filing extensions due to stock-options investigations

BOSTON-Shares of Boston Communications Group Inc. continued to slide after the company received a letter from Nasdaq indicating it was not in compliance with...

Sony Ericsson and the prepaid crowd

If, at first blush, associating the Sony Ericsson brand with prepaid handset offerings at Cingular Wireless L.L.C. seems like a mismatch, look at it...

BCGI postpones quarterly results

BOSTON-Shares of Boston Communications Group Inc. tumbled after the company said it will be unable to file its quarterly report pending an internal review...

Government turns to Infineon for RFID passports

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Infineon Technologies AG secured a multimillion-dollar order to supply the U.S. government with its RFID chips for electronic passports. The company touts...
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