Monthly Archives: July, 2007

Cockroaches, Lemmings and Pioneers

Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We've gathered a group...

VZW overhauls pricing plans

Verizon Wireless restructured its pricing plans, adding a half-dozen new "premium" plans for data-hungry consumers.The plan restructuring now provides for three levels of options...

Commerce Committee prods DoC, OMB on AWS spectrum relocation progress

House Commerce Committee leaders wrote the heads of the Department of Commerce and the Office of Management and Budget requesting by the end of...

Canada’s BCE goes to consortium for $48.5B

Madison Dearborn Partners L.L.C. is among a group of investors engineering the $48.5 billion purchase of BCE Inc., Canada's biggest phone company, in the...

MediaFLO puts on its game face

It hasn't taken long for mobile broadcast TV provider MediaFLO USA Inc. to scoop up exclusive premieres since its March launch. Last Friday the...

Activation issues aside, AT&T Mobility pleased with iPhone response

AT&T Mobility saw a few bumps in activations with the massive demand for the Apple Inc. iPhone, but analysts estimated that eager customers snapped...

Local.com boasts of new search patent

Shares of Local.com shot skyward after the online search company said it received a patent for ad-supported mobile search.The Irvine, Calif.-based outfit said the...

Sprint Nextel sells Mobitex network

Sprint Nextel Corp. announced it sold its Mobitex subsidiary, Velocita Wireless L.P., to United Wireless Holdings Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Velocita...

GTP sold for $1.4B

Global Tower Partners, which boasts 2,500 wireless communications towers and more than 4,600 rooftop sites, has been sold for $1.4 billion.GTP owner The Blackstone...

AT&T to buy Dobson for $2.8B

AT&T Inc. said it will acquire regional carrier Dobson Communications Corp. for about $2.8 billion.Dobson serves more than 60 rural and suburban markets in...

Analyst Angle: The IMS effect on network bandwidth

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...
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