Monthly Archives: January, 2007

Monday, Jan. 15, 2007

Device pricing akin to buying airline tickets: Strategy nearly impossible for

It's easy to see the carriers' logic in dropping the online price of handsets in the holiday season: fire sales attract consumers in droves....

Headsets, EV-DO cards sell well

Editor's Note: In this new monthly feature, RCR Wireless News will talk to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of...

RATTLING THE CAGE: Handset vendors aim to satisfy carriers, but also explore alternative channels

Shiny gadgets, big and small, drive the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. In that sense, the show levels the playing field for a...

Mobile TV moves forward: Verizon Wireless debuts channel lineup, Modeo turns on New York City trial

The nascent mobile TV market received a jolt last week as Verizon Wireless released more details of its forthcoming Vcast Mobile TV service, while...

Sprint Nextel considers flat-rate pricing like Leap, MetroPCS in some cities

Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to target the growing prepaid/sub-prime wireless market by launching an unlimited local calling service through its Boost Mobile L.L.C. sub-brand,...

iCANDY: iPhone looks tempting, but users have to wait until June to see if it satisfies

IN A GAHAN WILSON CARTOON several presidential campaigns ago, an alien steps from a flying saucer and a crowd of humans surge forward. At...

iDEN losses take down Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel Corp.'s loss of postpaid iDEN customers accelerated during the fourth quarter, and investors jumped ship late last week after the company announced...

Mobile video banking on potential

THE COUNTLESS PLAYERS lumbering around on the user-generated mobile video playground aren't just looking for consumers. They're also hoping to find a viable business...

Consumers express interest in wireless home monitoring

A survey released last week further highlighted the growing field of Americans who would like to wirelessly monitor their home from afar. Z-Wave Alliance...

Kerry, Sununu push unlicensed white space: Lawmakers criticize Bush administration, FCC for lack of progress on broadband

Lawmakers staked claim to pet telecom issues, with bipartisan support emerging out of the gate for legislation forcing the Federal Communications Commission to exploit...

FCC could fine Sprint Nextel, others for failing to meet E-911 mandate

The Federal Communications Commission rejected the mobile-phone industry's petition for regulatory relief from an already one-year-old deadline for meeting enhanced 911 handset-based location requirements,...

Retail experience tug-of-war

There used to be essentially two types of places to buy wireless: directly from the carrier store, or through an indirect retailer. But as...

Music player-enabled handsets surge in 2006

The music and entertainment business will be glad to hear that 23.5 million mobile- phone subscribers-one in 10 customers-in the United States now have...

Amp’d milestone: 100,000 subs: CEO asks other MVNOs to release statistics

Amp'd Mobile Inc. continues to tout its success in the mobile virtual network operator space, gaining more than 70,000 customers in the fourth quarter...

Big 3?

As a self-proclaimed impartial observer of the wireless industry-I criticize all companies equally-I have to say I have been getting little pleasure out of...

Live free or die

And Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin thought he had only Democrats like House Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) to worry about. ...

Hedgehogging

What did the RCR Wireless News staff spend the week hedgehogging about? The iPhone, MediaFLO TV and TVs in general Evidently the only thing...

Yahoo aims to pass Google in growing mobile search space

Internet behemoths and pure-play startups are hastily inking deals and positioning themselves for a long, hard slog on the mobile search battlefield.Yahoo Inc. continued...

Ringback tones continue modest growth: But operators see more potential for big payback

Full-track, over-the-air downloads have yet to gain any serious traction, and ringtones are so 2006. But when it comes to mobile music applications, U.S....

XE inks handset, distribution deals

Mobile virtual network operator XE Mobile has worked out a distribution deal with Office Depot stores, aiming to land college-age customers as they shop...

Inmarsat: FCC should not reward ICO ‘manipulation’

Inmarsat Global Ltd. is fighting a request by New ICO Satellite Services G.P. for another deadline extension on its planned launch of a 2...

Warner Music snags two new distribution deals

Warner Music Group struck its second mobile deal in as many days, announcing an agreement to distribute videos through MobiTV Inc. The music company...

Etc.

Sprint Nextel service to track school busesA Global Positioning System service offered by Sprint Nextel Corp. will allow school districts to track the locations...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier Credit Suisse First Boston...
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