Monthly Archives: June, 2007

Broadcom to buy GPS firm for handset location

Broadcom Corp. plans to acquire GPS know-how, products and software by purchasing Global Locate Inc., a privately held firm that currently supplies GPS solutions...

InfoSpace wins VZW biz, offloads content operations

InfoSpace Inc. scored another carrier customer for its wireless Web service even as it continued to beat a retreat from the content space.The Seattle-area...

Sony Pictures takes ‘anime’ channel mobile

Japanese anime fans in Canada and Australia can now access Animax Mobile, a new mobile TV channel, to watch programming that is currently available...

The Week in Review

Welcome to our new Friday feature, Week in Review. Every Friday, RCR Wireless News will run through the major events of the past week,...

Digital Chocolate gets seat on LG phones

LG Electronics Co. Ltd. said it plans to pre-load games from Digital Chocolate Inc. on "multiple" new handsets in the United States beginning this...

High-end in the USA: Sony Ericsson’s HSDPA-capable, 5-megapixel K850

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications launched a half-dozen new handsets and a slew of accessories in Berlin yesterday, with one handset-a candybar Cybershot, model K850-destined...

Frontline proposal gains steam; FCC to issue 700 MHz rules in July

The Federal Communications Commission appears to have gained sufficient political cover to move forward with plan to auction a national 700 MHz license designed...

MTV dance show jumps from wireless to TV

Another video project will move from the phone to the television this weekend as MTV airs the urban hip-hop show "Dances From Tha Hood."The...

Monday, June 18, 2007

Special-access pricing review set for September

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said the agency will consider revising special-access pricing rules by early September, a development that could lead to...

Sprint Nextel exploring WiMAX options

Sprint Nextel Corp. is determined to push WiMAX into existence and then ubiquity, and the company may explore a range of financial and strategic...

CellAntenna petitions FCC to allow jamming equipment

CellAntenna Corp. asked the Federal Communications Commission to permit first responders to use jamming equipment to prevent terrorists from using cellphones to detonate bombs...

Digital Hollywood panelists: Mobile TV still in early stages

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-It's not the cash cow most in the wireless industry hope it will be, but mobile television is already producing some steady...

GSM Association shortens show names, juggles personnel

The GSM Association said it is re-branding two of its trade shows by removing references to 3GSM.The 3GSM World Congress Asia is becoming Mobile...

Clearwire moves closer to triple-play with satellite deals

Clearwire Corp. announced agreements with satellite television providers DirecTV Group Inc. and EchoStar Communications Corp. that expand Clearwire's distribution channels, and also could open...

Worst of the Week: The Confederate States of Qualcomm

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

Hummer phone? Why not

If you're a manly man and you've stubbed out your cigar long enough to buy a manly vehicle, you may well settle on the...

Tapatap rises from Atlas Mobile ashes

The guys who founded Atlas Mobile are back with a community-based contest offering for mobile phones and PCs.Isaac Babbs, Andy Riedel and Ken Scott...

Another former FCC chief joins Frontline

Frontline Wireless is hoping to add some more lobbying muscle with the addition of former Federal Communications Commission chief Mark Fowler. The Greensboro, N.C.-based...

Sony Ericsson goes with Gracenote for mobile music

Sony Ericsson has tapped Gracenote to power a sideloading-enabled mobile music platform.The new platform includes features such as search and discovery, song identification and...

Court gives ITC two weeks to justify Qualcomm ban

Federal courts have given federal regulators until June 27 to justify a ban on new models of 3G phones powered by Qualcomm Inc.'s chips,...

DRM challenges continue to plague entertainment industry

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Like a train caught in a labyrinth of tracks, each with unknown destinations, the entertainment industry is hurtling across the DRM space...

Kerry lays out 700 MHz position

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) said the Federal Communications Commission should write 700 MHz rules that foster innovative wireless broadband services and improved first-responder communications.Kerry,...

Novarra wins Vodafone contract in U.K.

Vodafone U.K. has tapped Novarra to transcode Internet content for mobile phones.Novarra will provide a hosted service that automatically transforms Web content to fit...

$15M in VC funding goes to Aylus

Mobile multimedia technology company Aylus Networks Inc. said it snared $15 million in a second round of fundraising from existing investors Matrix Partners and...
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