Monthly Archives: May, 2007

Monday, May 21, 2007

Funambol updating open source e-mail service: Move adds broader support

Funambol plans to push ahead with its open source mobile e-mail strategy this week with an upgraded version of its white-label offering for carriers.The...

Ask.com joins searching party with GPS offering

Ask.com announced it will offer a GPS-enabled mobile search application, a move that puts the company in direct competition with the likes of Google...

GPS beats mobile TV for Europeans

European consumers are more interested in location-based services than they are in watching mobile TV, according to new figures from Canalys.The U.K.-based market research...

Hispanic adults have highest cellphone-only ownership

Young adults are leading the trend of cutting the wireline cord, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.More than...

Etc.

Carriers measure upA former Yahoo employee has created a new Web site, www.MeasuredUp.com, that is designed to provide a forum for cellular phone subscribers...

Sprint Nextel expands unlimited trial

Sprint Nextel Corp. has extended its unlimited voice and data trials to Minneapolis-St. Paul, Tampa, Fla., and Philadelphia, branching out from its initial market...

Despite buzz, network execs shy away on upfront news

New York City was overflowing with network executives, ad buyers and entertainment elite last week, all looking to grab a piece of the $65...

Retail Snapshot: Leap tries to shed no-frills image

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...

TerreStar snares more spectrum at 2 GHz

The Federal Communications Commission agreed to reserve a spectrum block for mobile satellite services provider TerreStar Networks Inc., one of a handful of firms...

Moto working to restore the ‘wow’: ‘What’s next’ is a sequel with a big screen: Razr II

In Hollywood, sequels sometimes do well at the box office. But the record is mixed, leading one to conclude that sequels are typically perceived...

Mobile marketing draws big players and deep pockets: Third Screen Media latest to be scooped up

Third Screen Media Inc. finally found a well-heeled suitor, agreeing to be acquired by Time Warner's AOL Internet division for an undisclosed sum. The...

Clairmail and Bank of Stockton check into text-message banking

Mobile banking company Clairmail Inc. made public its first deal with a bank last week, announcing that California-based Bank of Stockton will use the...

The word in voice recognition market is consolidation: Nuance picks off another competitor as rivals loom

Nuance Communications Inc. continued to thin the speech-recognition herd, snapping up VoiceSignal Technologies Inc. in a deal valued at nearly $300 million.The company said...

RealNetworks acquires Sony NetServices, Vodafone music partnership

RealNetworks Inc. expanded its mobile entertainment business with the $9 million acquisition of Sony NetServices.A joint venture between Sony DADC and Sony Europe, Sony...

NextWave sees widening losses on R&D, acquisitions

NextWave Wireless Inc., which has been on an acquisition bent this year as it aims to be a force in the wireless broadband industry,...

Frontline, Cyren Call in war of words over 700 MHz auction

Frontline Wireless L.L.C. rejected Cyren Call Communications Corp.'s view that first responders should join forces with a top cellphone carrier if federal regulators approve...

Hosting to go in-house for BREW: Alltel’s acquisition of Midwest forces move

Getting the blessing of regulators is just one of many hurdles carriers must clear when they acquire another carrier. Sometimes it's the little things...

‘Discontinuity,’ 3G growth may help chip startup

In what might be billed as "The Natural History of a Startup," tiny, San Diego-based Sequoia Communications is making the rounds, hoping to lure...

Industry questions data on towers’ impact on birds

Cellphone, tower, broadcasting and wireless broadband trade groups collectively told the Federal Communications Commission that scientific data on the relationship between antenna structures and...

New FCC USF proposal draws ire of wireless players

Mobile-phone carriers blasted a new Federal Communications Commission proposal to cap wireless universal service support in rural areas.The FCC plan, based on a recommendation...

Summer blockbusters

This summer is starting to look pretty good.First of all, "The Simpsons Movie" is coming out in July. That's reason enough to get excited....

Challenging the gospel

The Bush administration is not alone in questioning the accuracy and relevancy of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's broadband penetration rankings, a...

M2M market is low-churn, low-ARPU game: In U.S., carriers defer to MVNOs

Machine-to-machine communication is all about efficiency: collecting data from far-flung locations with less labor, less danger, lower power and in real-time. Thus one might...

Hedgehogging

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.Apparently Japan plans to set up an...
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