Yearly Archives: 2006

Sprint Nextel continues to raise ire of iPCS

SCHAUMBERG, Ill.-Sprint Nextel Corp. CDMA affiliate iPCS Inc. is protesting new rates that the larger carrier is charging for back-office services, and has filed...

Napster goes Euro with O2 deal

LOS ANGELES-Napster's mobile offering will make its European debut later this month.The digital music service said O2 Ireland will offer Napster's catalog of 3...

NeoMedia CEO bids farewell

FORT MYERS, Fla.-Shares of NeoMedia Technologies Inc. continued to slide after the company's President and Chief Executive Officer Charles Jensen stepped down.Jensen, 63, joined...

Qualcomm says ITC ruling won’t have ‘disruptive effect’

WASHINGTON-The United States International Trade Commission has ruled that Qualcomm Inc. has infringed on one of three patents held by rival Broadcom Corp., upholding...

Trimble to acquire @Road for $500M

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Shares of @Road Inc. jumped after Trimble Navigation Ltd. said it will acquire its fellow California-based mobile resource management developer for nearly $500...

DigitalBridge closes on new financing, new acquisitions

ASHBURN, Va.-WiMAX provider DigitalBridge Communications Corp. announced new financing, news that coincided with the company's acquisition of two regional providers of wireless cable and...

Telephia teams with Roundbox for video monitoring

SAN FRANCISCO-Telephia is teaming with place-shifting software developer Roundbox Inc. to deploy on-device measurement technology for wireless video and other mobile broadcast applications.The companies...

Study: High content pricing stifling adoption

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Steep prices are keeping U.S. mobile consumers from buying wireless entertainment offerings, according to a study from IDC.The market research group found that...

Congress passes pre-texting ban

WASHINGTON-Congress before adjourning for the year passed legislation criminalizing the use of fraudulent means-such as impersonating wireless and wireline telecom subscribers-to obtain their phone...

Disney, Apple working in wireless?

BURBANK, Calif.-The Walt Disney Co. appears ready and willing to work with Apple Computer Inc. across a number of media devices, if a recently...

Qualcomm intros BREW Locate Signature Solution

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. is joining the white-hot location-based services (LBS) bandwagon with a new assisted-GPS offering.The chipmaker is targeting carriers with its new BREW...

Metalink launches second-generation .11n chipset into expanding market

YAKUM, Israel-Silicon developer Metalink Ltd. unveiled its updated draft-compliant 802.11n dual-band chipset for wireless home entertainment networks.The company said its WLANPlus chip features Multiple-Input,...

Analyst Angle: What I want from my wireless Santa

Editor's Note: Welcome our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot...

Monday, Dec. 11, 2006

Pay-per-call hopes to lessen online marketing fraud

Mobile marketers are looking to avoid the "pay-per-click" problems that continue to plague online advertising. And many of them are hoping simple phone calls...

Sprint Nextel expects churn to improve by second-half ’07

Sprint Nextel Corp. expects to see substantial improvement in its churn performance in the second half of next year, and the focus on its...

The gift of mobile

'Tis the season for gifting and Christmas lists a mile long. But what to do if someone's list includes a Tetris download for their...

Qualcomm adds to IPR stable with Airgo buy

First OFDMA and now MIMO. Qualcomm Inc.'s acquisition of Airgo Networks and its Multiple-Input, Multiple-Out technology, as well as the company's previous purchase of...

Music services still dance around wireless play

This was supposed to be the year of the music phone, but as the holiday season approaches the home stretch, on-the-go music lovers are...

Etc.

Mobile production service provider Mobile Streams said it signed an exclusive worldwide mobile content deal with the famous Mexican wrestler El Hijo Del Santo....

Verizon Wireless, Alltel and T-Mobile lauded by CR

Verizon Wireless earned another round of kudos from Consumer Reports' annual survey of wireless carriers, but Alltel Corp. outpaced other carriers in two new...

Sanyo M1 at Sprint Nextel: top-line model has rivals

Sanyo Corp. has put its best foot forward at Sprint Nextel Corp. with a top-of-its-line multimedia phone, the M1, at a crucial time for...

Mobile TV channel heats up: Modeo loses president; MediaFLO touts progress

Crown Castle International Corp.'s plan to launch its Modeo mobile TV networks in major U.S. markets took an apparent blow as Modeo's President Michael...

Hedgehogging

There's always something happening in the wireless industry that makes the RCR Wireless News editorial staff stop working on our stories to comment, clap...

Nortel’s WiMAX solution scores contracts across globe

Nortel Networks Ltd. landed a mobile WiMAX network supply deal in Taiwan, a trial in Japan, and a chip contract in Israel. The company-which launched...
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