Monthly Archives: March, 2007

AT&T goes to Supreme Court over federal pre-emption

AT&T Inc.'s Cingular Wireless asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a record $12 million fine levied by the California Public Utilities Commission against...

Qualcomm up on improved expectations, TI falters

In a routine update of its business outlook for the first quarter, Texas Instruments Inc. narrowed its expected revenue and earnings per share ranges....

Accenture eyes ‘digital world’ with Digiplug acquisition

Faith Inc. continued its retreat from Europe and North America, selling off Paris-based mobile content company Digiplug SAS to global technology consultant Accenture.Terms of...

Amobee and Exit team for ad-supported games

Amobee Media Systems is the latest startup on the ad-supported mobile game space, teaming with Exit Games to deliver marketing messages in titles running...

Miami gets fixed WiMAX with Towerstream rollout

Towerstream Corp. launched a fixed WiMAX network in Miami, to provide businesses there with broadband data services. The company's first point-of-presence is the Four...

Disney exec: Wireless to be part of multitasking future

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Social networking sites and user-generated content have taken the driver's seat in the world of digital media, Michael Stroud, CEO and co-founder of...

Dobson intros PTT to Alaskans

Dobson Communications Corp. has introduced push-to-talk service for customers in Alaska through its Cellular One retail brand.The company said it will be the first...

Clearwire stock falls sharply after IPO

Clearwire Corp.'s stock continued its substantial slide Monday, its third day of public trading. The widely anticipated initial public offering of Clearwire stock has...

SEC goes after former Nortel execs

Nortel Networks Ltd. just keeps taking the hits, this time from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC has filed civil fraud charges against...

It’s Popeye the mobile game, toot toot!

The animated character that made spinach a mystical elixir will continue battling his arch-rival Bluto on his lasting quest to win back his sweetie...

Buongiorno profits expand

Buongiorno S.p.A. reported a net profit of $16.2 million for 2006, more than doubling its bottom line from the previous year.The content aggregator said...

AT&T integrates Cingular with new ‘Experience Store’

AT&T Inc. is retooling the look and feel of its wireless retail stores to reflect a multi-faceted product offering, and introduced its first super-sized,...

Analyst Angle: Thoughts on Mobile TV

Editor's Note: Welcome to a special edition of our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. This week we're introducing four new contributors, Current Analysis' Avi Greengart,...

Third Screen snares Fox deal: Fox opts to self monitor advertising campaigns

Third Screen Media bagged yet another media customer, inking a deal with Fox to deliver ads to mobile phones.Fox News will be the first...

Music: place-shifting’s next frontier

While the wireless world and "Apple fanboys" wait breathlessly for the iPhone, Daren Tsui is hoping to turn mass-market phones already on the market...

Modeo gets OK to increase tower power

Broadcast mobile TV provider Modeo L.L.C. received a waiver from the Federal Communications Commission late last month that allows Modeo to increase the transmission...

Nokia dives into mobile ad waters: Targeted ad service launched in Europe, to hit U.S. this year

Nokia Corp. announced a new push into mobile advertising, moves that likely will put the mobile powerhouse into direct competition with the likes of...

Retail Snapshot: Cingular’s upscale Orlando customers are data savvy: And signing up to get the iPhone when it’s available

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

Samsung’s newest handset chief must shake, rattle and roll: Market conditions and company-specific factors pose challenges to No. 3 vendor

When a company wants to reinvigorate a business, heads often roll. A glance at the world's top handset vendors-bedeviled by the market's vagaries and...

Net brutality

One of the great debates of the day in official Washington is over Internet freedom, a notion that wireline, cable TV and, yes, wireless...

Nokia realigns U.S. efforts in attempt to better serve carriers

Nokia Corp. has created a new executive position-president of Nokia Inc., the vendor's North American arm-to lead its efforts in the United States, where...

Carriers claim intermodal porting issues remain: Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile USA claim 30 percent of ports fail

The mobile phone industry is pressing the Federal Communications Commission to force Bell telephone companies to promptly process wireless number porting requests, with cellular...

Hedgehogging

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.What got the RCR Wireless News editorial...

RCC’s financials take Q4 hit

Rural Cellular Corp. posted mixed results as its losses widened, but it made major improvements in churn and customer gains.The Minnesota-based regional carrier reported...

Mobile VoIP faces hurdles in U.S.: Skype seeks access to mid-tier feature phones

When Skype, the PC-based Voice over Internet Protocol provider, petitioned the Federal Communications Commission last month to allow consumers to load third-party, IP-based software...
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