Monthly Archives: April, 2007

Alltel, JumpTap unveil dedicated search key

Alltel Corp. announced it is offering a phone with a dedicated search key, an offering powered by mobile search company JumpTap. The dedicated key,...

Sprint Nextel’s Forsee paying close attention to iPhone buzz

CLEVELAND-The world is in the midst of a "mobility revolution" that is leading telecom companies to make huge investments in networks that will enable...

March infrastructure awards

The following infrastructure contracts were announced in March.

Google tests speech-recognition service

Google Inc. is showcasing its speech-recognition technology with a voice search service that delivers local business listings to fixed-line and mobile users.The offering, which...

FCC’s Martin shows renewed interest in E911

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin plans to tackle the location-based E911 arena with new rules for testing the service, as well as a...

XO to launch in Seattle

XO Communications launched wireless broadband service today in Seattle, bringing the number of major metropolitan areas it covers to 11. XO said it will...

Qualcomm wins against Upaid

Patent, lawsuit and Qualcomm Inc. seem to a close knit clan as of late-the company is notorious for closely protecting its patents, a practice...

KDDI primed for U.S. wireless launch

Japanese wireless carrier KDDI Inc.'s American operation has moved closer to launching a mobile virtual network operator in the United States, targeting Japanese speakers...

Sprint Nextel gives up on Networx Universal

Sprint Nextel Corp. will not protest a mammoth telecom contract awarded by General Services Administration, choosing instead to set its sights on the upcoming...

NextWave acquires IPWireless in $100M deal

NextWave Wireless Inc. announced it will purchase TD-CDMA supplier IPWireless Inc. for $25 million in cash and $75 million in stock. The ultimate purchase...

BMI says ringtone market to tone down

The U.S. ringtone market will dip 8 percent this year as the novelty fades and users learn to create their own mobile music clips,...

Analyst Angle: Tweens, Teens and Other Assorted Nightmares

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

Hawkins to industry: Think bigger

Trip Hawkins is at it again.The CEO of Digital Chocolate is proselytizing, pushing what he calls "Mobile Games 2.0"-an effort to create next-generation titles...

Retail Snapshot: MyCircle big pull for Alltel’s hometown store: Some add-on features becoming standard

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...

Qualcomm-Nokia licensing clash tumbles toward deadline: Vendors try last-minute legal, P.R. strikes

With their patent cross-licensing agreement scheduled to end today, Qualcomm Inc. and Nokia Corp. each fired last-ditch legal salvos last week in hopes of...

Frontline public-safety plan draws cheers, jeers

Federal Communications Commission member Robert McDowell cast doubt on Frontline Wireless L.L.C.'s public-safety broadband plan, which picked up backing from consumer, utility and public-interest...

CellFish raises $10M, Oasys thinks sale

The turbulent world of mobile content was highlighted once again last week as one well-known firm filled its coffers and another continued to fight...

Music label’s DRM-free status could alter carrier subscription biz

EMI Group has become the first major music label to offer digital music tracks without anti-piracy software. The move has some claiming digital rights...

Mobile TV viewers may get another channel: Harris, LG technology allows broadcasters to target portable devices

Another technology designed to get people to watch TV beyond the living room is getting ready for its close-up. Mobile-Pedestrian-Handheld technology, or MPH, is...

Hedgehogging

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.If you want to be inspired about...

Big ads for small packages : NBCU plans to sell blurbs against mobile video in May upfronts

NBC Universal plans to start selling ads for its mobile video programming when the upfront season kicks off in May. That's the latest piece...

Heroes and villains

With the intractable Iraqi war having become so divisive after four years and ironically so devastatingly disruptive to the once-overarching homeland security framework for...

Solving the mobile search puzzle

Google and Yahoo have done a bang-up job optimizing search tools on the wired Internet, and the companies are moving aggressively into the mobile...

Nokia Siemens Networks launches with lowered growth expectations

The new joint venture known as Nokia Siemens Networks officially began operations April 1, but it didn't want to fool anyone: growth in the...

Devices shine light on world events

Sure, cellphones have drastically changed the way people communicate, but what of the other powers mobile devices bring to the table?In this round-the-clock information...
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