Monthly Archives: June, 2007

RCR Wireless News Open House

For the month of June, RCR Wireless News is offering FREE access to our exclusive online content, content that is usually only available to...

Aepona, Appium combine forces in service delivery platform

Aepona, a global provider of telecom software and services, plans to merge with Appium, which focuses on application servers and service creation environments, the...

Deadbeat customers, Verizon Wireless’ threats led to Amp’d bankruptcy

Amp'd Mobile Inc. blamed its rapid growth, back-office systems and collection problems as the reasons for its need to reorganize under Chapter 11 bankruptcy,...

Avaya goes private in $8.2B deal

Corporate infrastructure provider Avaya Inc. announced an $8.2 billion deal under which it will be bought out by two private-equity firms. The transaction is...

HTC touts new touchscreen phone

HTC Corp., the nimble, Taiwan-based smartphone maker that is a leading purveyor of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating system, announced in London its new...

Ericsson eyes billing with $417M LHS acquisition

Infrastructure giant L.M. Ericsson announced it will pay around $417 million for German billing company LHS AG, a move that could pit Ericsson directly...

AT&T’s advertising spend shrinks in Q1

Telecom giant AT&T Inc. was the nation's second-largest advertiser during the first quarter, according to TNS Media Intelligence, second only to multinational manufacturer Procter...

AT&T Mobility refreshes prepaid

AT&T Mobility has revamped its prepaid play with a new add-on package options for its GoPhone Pay As You Go customers.GoPhone users can now...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Nokia Siemens, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and more

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

Openwave rejects Harbinger, plans on stand-alone recuperation

Shares of Openwave Systems Inc. tumbled in after-hours trading after the company rejected a takeover bid by Harbinger Capital Partners.Harbinger, which is already Openwave's...

Palm secures $325M injection from private equity

Long-running speculation that Palm Inc. has been a takeover target may abate now that the company has received a $325 million infusion of private...

Ericsson rolls out CNN promotion effort

L.M. Ericsson's courtship of Turner Broadcasting System International continues to roll on; CNN International, of which Turner is the parent, plans to air six,...

InfoSpace nets search deal with U.K.’s Virgin

Virgin Mobile in the United Kingdom said it as has tapped InfoSpace Inc. to provide a suite of mobile search and Internet services.InfoSpace said...

Google’s Checkout hits WAP

Google Inc. is jumping onto the crowded m-commerce field with a wireless version of its Checkout service.Google Checkout, which launched a year ago, is...

Flextronics bulks up with $3.6 billion Solectron acquisition

Singapore-based Flextronics International Ltd. said it would acquire Solectron Corp., of Milpitas, Calif., for $3.6 billion in cash and stock to create an even...

Best Buy expanding mobile plans

Best Buy Co. Inc. has expanded its mobile retail experiment, bringing on additional wireless-only retail locations beyond the initial test market in New York...

Analyst Angle: The True Cost of Family Rate Plans

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...

LEMONADE: A cool, refreshing drink for push e-mail providers : Technology expected to speed delivery for low-cost providers

As the days get longer and the mercury rises, a handful of mobile e-mail developers are reaching for the LEMONADE. Shorthand for the License...

May infrastructure awards

The following infrastructure contracts were announced in May:

MVNO struggles continue: Amp’d files for bankruptcy protection: Company will continue operations

Mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection over the weekend, claiming its back-end systems have been unable to keep up...

Monday, June 4, 2007

Panel outlines technologies for spectrum-sharing test bed

The Bush administration, seeking to make more efficient use of the nation's dwindling supply of airwaves, took another step toward creating a test bed...

Federal health lawsuits remanded back to states

WASHINGTON-A federal judicial panel conditionally remanded a brain-cancer lawsuit and class-action headset lawsuit against mobile-phone companies to courts in Florida and Pennsylvania respectively. U.S....

Executive Interview: John Smelzer

Stalwarts in media are increasingly bullish on driving their audience's eyes and ears to just about every channel imaginable. But just as these powerhouses...

RIM’s Curve launches at AT&T Mobility : Carrier continues branding transition

It's official: Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry Curve is available at AT&T Mobility. Price is $200, with two-year contract and mail-in rebate. The quad-band...
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