Monthly Archives: August, 2007

Dog Days of Summer?

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...

Favorite marketing words: Free to end user : Free SMS may drive mobile ads

Media companies and mainstream brands are moving delicately to use text messages as a way to snuggle up next to mobile users without incurring...

Ricochet sells Denver network, shutters San Diego operations

Newly formed Civitas Wireless Solutions L.L.C. acquired Ricochet Networks Inc.'s wireless network and operations for the greater Denver metropolitan area. Terms of the deal...

LimeLife wins People mobile business

People magazine has tapped LimeLife Inc. to deliver its content to mobile users.The periodical launched People Mobile, a downloadable application that delivers breaking celebrity...

Working Assets launches left-leaning Democracy Wireless MVNO

Working Assets launched its latest cause-oriented mobile virtual network operator, teaming with the left-leaning People For the American Way to launch Democracy Wireless.The MVNO...

Digital Chocolate launches new games for connected series

Publisher Digital Chocolate Inc. unveiled its latest mobile game offerings, introducing a series of titles that stress community themes and connected play.The San Mateo,...

Ntelos taps Alcatel-Lucent for Rev. A upgrade

Regional telecommunications provider Ntelos Holding Corp.'s reported a deal with Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade the company's wireless network with CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A equipment....

Nokia to embed Microsoft PlayReady on devices

Nokia Corp. said it will embed anti-piracy software from Microsoft Corp. on its Series 60 and Series 40 handsets. The world's largest mobile-phone manufacturer...

AT&T adds to European Wi-Fi presence

AT&T Inc. reported an agreement with Eurpean Wi-Fi provider The Cloud that adds more than 9,000 Wi-Fi locations available to its customers traveling in...

NetMotion to provide mobile VPN to Cox: Deal highlights new cable focus

Mobile software developer NetMotion Wireless is touting another customer win this week, unveiling a deal to deploy its mobile virtual private network with cable...

Monday, Aug. 6, 2007

Competitors nibble into Motorola’s lead during Q2: Razr peaks, Nokia surges, Sanyo’s Katana strong seller

There's good news for a beleaguered American handset giant named Motorola Inc.The company's Razr handset-beefed up on functionality and spun off in customized form...

Analyst Angle: Open Access Does Not Mean Open Season for Device Vendors

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...

700 MHz auction rules set Open access in, wholesale option out

THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION LAST WEEK approved 700 MHz rules to foster the creation of a nationwide public-safety/commercial broadband network and introduce new devices...

Amp’d Mobile content was only 1% of business: Bankrupt MVNO spent $3M on original content

Despite the widely recognized success of Amp'd Mobile Inc.'s large portfolio of original content, a source at the company has told RCR Wireless News...

Industry, analysts critique auction details: Rules unlikely to lure new players, but existing carriers will gobble up spectrum

WHILE THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND OTHERS CELEBRATED anticipated public-safety and wireless benefits of last week's 700 MHz auction rules decision, skeptics question whether...

Developers tepid on open-access realities

THE FCC'S RULES FOR NEXT YEAR'S auction of 700 MHz spectrum could change the game substantially for wireless content owners and application developers. Then...

DEATH OF AN MVNO: Amp’d Mobile goes dark, customers move to other carriers

Amp'd Mobile Inc. went dark last week, after filing for bankruptcy and being unable to raise sufficient funds to carry it through reorganization.The company...

Executive Interview: Steven Shindler

NII Holdings Inc., formerly Nextel International, has found success in Mexico and South America and recently passed the 4 million subscriber mark across four...

Inmarsat challenges TerreStar’s filing for launch delay

Inmarsat Global Ltd. has challenged TerreStar Networks Inc.'s request to delay for nearly a year its mobile satellite launch currently scheduled for November.TerreStar in...

Hedgehogging

hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environmentby poking your head over the top of the cube.While there is plenty of coverage on the...

Telecom wiretap protection remains elusive: Congress not expected to act on requests before recess

Congress appears unlikely to act before its August recess on a Bush administration request to shield mobile-phone operators and other telecom carriers from lawsuits...

Miami No. 1 in mobile coupons

Consumers in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla., market use mobile coupons at a higher rate than consumers in other U.S. markets, according to research by...

Touchscreens: Fall’s fashion trend: Post-Labor Day launches likely for U.S.

First, Balda AG and its partner, TPK Holdings, won Apple Inc.'s business for the touchscreen module for the latter's iPhone.Now Balda's shareholders are agitating...

VZW pushes into rural America with RCC buy

Verizon Wireless backed up its strong second-quarter customer numbers with solid financials and a new acquisition that will make the nation's largest CDMA carrier...
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