Monthly Archives: May, 2007

Sclavos steps down as VeriSign chief

Longtime VeriSign Inc. chief Stratton Sclavos stepped down as the company's internal investigation into stock-options grants comes to an end.The Mountain View, Calif., company...

DT invests in VoIP startup

The venture capital arm of German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom AG has joined Intel Corp. in investing in Jajah Inc., a two-year-old company offering...

WiMAX market big enough for large and small players

New research shows that the early entrants into the WiMAX market-firms like Alavarion, Aperto, Redline and Airspan-will be able to profit from their jump...

M2M market to use Wi-Fi, WiMAX, report says

Third-generation networks are expected to capture only 30 percent of the machine-to-machine communications market by 2012, predicts a new report from ABI Research."Municipal Wi-Fi...

Verizon Wireless sponsors Spielberg TV reality show

Verizon Wireless is one of two premiere sponsors behind a new TV show that overtly places brand names and products in budding filmmakers' creative...

Analyst Angle: Why market share doesn’t tell the whole story (But you knew that already)

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...

Wireless Hall of Fame: Jay Kitchen

In a city that prides itself on the blood sport of politics, good guys are supposed to come in last. Often they do. It's...

Mozilla’s Joey allows users to create their own mobile deck

Mozilla Corp. is looking to Joey to help untangle the wireless Web.The Mountain View, Calif.-based developer is toying with a service that allows users...

Text-to-vote efforts win big this season: Participation TV a $300M market in U.S., closer to $1B in U.K.

When Jordin Sparks was crowned the winner of the sixth season of "American Idol" last week, Edward "Bod" Boddington, chairman and founder of Telescope,...

Helio bets on dual slider : ‘Ocean’ by Pantech will see iterations

Helio sought to capture the hearts, minds and wallets of its target market-young, affluent, tech-savvy, Web-browsing and messaging enthusiasts-by designing a handset that would...

No easy answers in 700 MHz public-safety proposals

With public safety and Frontline Wireless L.L.C. unable to bridge differences over the critical element of control of a national first-responder/commercial broadband network, and...

Google’s wireless moves: Will search giant end up a manufacturer, MVNO, carrier or clearinghouse?

If you believe the talk on the street, Google Inc. is eyeing everything wireless from becoming a mobile virtual network operator to building Google-branded...

Alltel’s new owners have wireless experience

TPG, formerly Texas Pacific Group, was founded in 1992 and manages more than $30 billion in capital, spread across private equity, venture capital and...

More private companies likely amid consolidation

Harbinger Capital Partners is hoping to buy Openwave Systems Inc. at closeout prices. And as the Alltel Corp. deal demonstrates, Harbinger isn't the only...

Gaming nerds may drive innovation, but casual gamers drive market

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Casual gaming will become a first tier of entertainment thanks to innovative thinking by entrepreneurs and barriers lowered by technology, John Welch, president...

Harris, Kitchen inducted into 2007 Wireless Hall of Fame

RCR Wireless News has inducted Jay Kitchen and Arlene Harris into its Wireless Hall of Fame for 2007.Jay Kitchen led industry trade group Personal...

Mobile TV market feels growing pains: Challenges show progress of industry

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.-Who is watching mobile TV and video? Whoever holds the answer will find a lot of interest among mobile TV providers, broadcasters,...

Wireless reality

It's getting very noisy in the wireless industry. Carriers are practically shouting their wares on TV, radio, the Internet and in newspapers. Indeed, an...

DE rules shaky, but AWS results expected to stand: Court decision pertinent ahead of 700 MHz auction

PHILADELPHIA-A three-judge appellate panel hinted the Federal Communications Commission's small-business bidding rules could be on shaky legal ground, but seemed hesitant about throwing...

Wireless Hall of Fame: Arlene Harris

Arlene Harris has been connecting people to one another for a long time-ever since she was a child, helping connect calls for her family's...

Etc.

Talk about cold callingA British man has made the world's highest mobile phone call. Rod Baber summited Mount Everest May 21 and then placed...

Hedgehogging

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.From the "we can't make this up"...

IN THIS CASE, CONTEXT IS KING: Mobile social networks must narrow their scope to succeed

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.-Mobile social networking is "one of these servants in waiting . something that has a lot of potential, but hasn't been fully...

Bank not banking on mobile to change customer behavior: Younger demographic expected to be biggest draw

As banks begin to explore offering services via mobile devices, they have a number of vendors and services to choose from as they decide...

Private matters: PE pays $27.5B for Alltel assets

Private equity has made its biggest wireless deal yet with the $27.5 billion agreement for ownership of Alltel Corp., the fifth-largest U.S. carrier and...
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