March 2007

Aircom International made a series of announcements this week.The company launched its ASSETShare product, which allows carriers to share network equipment. The company said the product addresses factors such as …

Streamezzo announced availability of its Karma product, which allows carriers to create and deploy rich media mobile services such as mobile TV and music portals.The product is an end-to-end turnkey …

InfoSpace Inc. announced its InfoSpace Find It! application for North American BlackBerry users.Users can download the GPS-based application for free onto a variety of BlackBerry devices. The application separates listings …

Developers agree that Flash Lite isn’t the best platform for delivering immersive, 3-D titles with eye-popping graphics and console-like gameplay.Which is why it may be perfect for mobile.Developers for years …

North American game developers are looking to Adobe Systems Inc. to help Lite-n the load.Flash Lite-essentially a stripped-down, mobile version of the company’s ubiquitous Flash Player for computers-has gained substantial …

Cingular plans to deploy its Video Share product in the first half of this year, in what will constitute its first deployed IMS-supported application. The deployment of the Internet Protocol …

If checking out the Internet on a PC can be called surfing, browsing the wireless Web is more akin to hunting snipe in a briar patch: it’s arduous, painful, and …

So you sell a jillion handsets into the next global hotspot. What’s next? The true believers at the 3GSM conference last month, for instance, said that rapid penetration of under-served, …

Able Planet Inc. said it has added its proprietary Linx Audio technology to its new Sound Clarity Headphones.The Sound Clarity Headphones are customized to accommodate personal sound preferences and hearing …

With mobile markets in India and China generating growth in numbers that few can get their mind around-but offering revenue and market share that many are fighting to get their …

The Stanley Works mobile deployment was the culmination of several years of work by both the company and its partner in the undertaking, Palm Inc. Palm approached the company about …

If the cellular phone continues to mimic the Internet, then social networking will be the next big application on wireless phones. In fact, a number of new media research firms …

Walk into just about any department or grocery store, and chances are that the automatic door swinging open comes from a company called Stanley Works-and it’s serviced using wireless technology. …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to a special CTIA Show Daily edition of our weekly online feature, Analyst Angle. Every Monday at www.RCRNews.com you can find columns from the industry’s leading analysts, …

LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it will install Google Inc.’s software for cellphones on “millions” of LG phones through a new partnership between the two companies. The agreement is the …

Sprint Nextel, the nation’s No. 3 telecom provider, has narrowed the contenders vying for its $1.2 billion advertising account to two, eliminating WPP Group’s Y&R, a spokesman for the company …

From its recent partnership with L.M. Ericsson to develop and deliver its suite of news and entertainment content to the handheld to a variety of other collaborative efforts that reflect …

Location-based services, like so many emerging technologies in the wireless space, for years have been on the cusp of widespread use among mobile-phone users. With more global positioning system-enabled handsets …

Andrew Corp. plans to launch this week its Invex3G Autonomous drive test product, which allows carriers to measure network performance and improve service by installing equipment on taxis, buses and …

Wilson Electronics released its Wilson Signalboost, a dual-band amplifier that works with all cellular and PCS carriers and has up to 3 watts of output power, which can increase the …

BlueAnt Wireless said it is launching four new products at CTIA Wireless 2007. The Australian-based firm is introducing an entry-level T8 micro Bluetooth headset and the advanced V12 LCD headset …

Gemalto plans to introduce two new products this week at CTIA Wireless 2007.The company said it will introduce its Smart Dongle product that allows subscriber to securely access mobile carrier …

In the healthcare industry, professionals are more likely to be mobile than not: roaming from patient to patient, office to operating room, clinic to hospital. Quick access to patient information …

Welcome to a special edition of our online column, Worst of the Week. Industry trade shows are especially nutty, so this column is a chance for us to rant and …