Monthly Archives: August, 2007

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

AT&T Mobility rebate case moves forward

A federal court in California ruled a class-action suit accusing Cingular Wireless L.L.C.-now AT&T Mobility-of false and misleading advertising can go forward.The complaint, brought...

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...

Short-form may be long-tail for mobile video

It appears the case has been made for mobile TV. The big question now is, what do on-the-go users want to watch? Once a...

MetroPCS posts robust Q2 results, shares down

MetroPCS Communications Inc. reported a quarter of strong growth following its debut on the public market, as the company's net income jumped and it...

Telus earnings suffer from Amp’d shutdown

Canadian telecom provider Telus Corp. reported Q2revenues were up 4% year-over-year due to growth in wireless and data, but that its earnings for the...

Openwave writes off Musiwave, loses CFO

Shares of Openwave Systems Inc. jumped after the mobile software developer reported mixed quarterly results and shuffled its front office.The Redwood City, Calif.-based outfit...

The Week in Review

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

Google, others suffer setback as FCC nixes ‘white space’ devices

High-tech giants seeking a new avenue for wireless Internet access suffered at least a temporary setback as a result of government tests that found...

RCR Wireless News Podcasts: Mark Howell, co-COO, Brightpoint

"There are so many channels of distribution in the U.S. market," said Mark Howell, Co-COO Brightpoint Inc., President Americas, the world's largest independent distributor...

IPCS posts wider loss, subscriber gains

Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate iPCS Inc. reported a wider net loss for the second quarter of 2007, although its net additions nearly doubled year-over-year...

Q2 results: EA, Glu receive mixed reception from Wall Street

Shares of Electronic Arts Inc. surged while Glu Mobile Inc.'s stock tumbled after both companies issued quarterly earnings reports.EA, which continues to dominate the...

Numerex launches into space with Orbit acquisition

Numerex Corp., a wireless network and machine-to-machine services provider, announced it acquired Orbit One Communications Inc. in a deal worth up to $10.5 million...

Sprint Nextel pulls out of SpectrumCo JV

Sprint Nextel Corp. is pulling out of the joint venture it formed with four cable companies to participate in the Advanced Wireless Services spectrum...

Nortel exceeds expectations, loses another exec

Nortel Networks Ltd. reported $2.56 billion in revenue during the second quarter of 2007, marking a $37 million loss and an 8% decrease from...

Worst of the Week: CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet and other great MVNOs

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...

Nokia posts strong Q2, but U.S. handset business still lags

Nokia Corp. reported strong financial and market share numbers for the second quarter, notching a two-point gain in global market share to hold 38%...

Qwest’s wireless revenues dip, customer loss slows

Qwest Communications International Inc. reported another quarter of positive growth, with profits of $246 million that more than doubled compared with the second quarter...

Views mixed on FCC’s 700 MHz rules

While the Federal Communications Commission touts anticipated public-safety and wireless benefits of its 700 MHz rulemaking decision, others are skeptical about whether the ruling...

Samsung reportedly hires marketing exec for international sales

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. hired a new marketing executive to further its international sales and marketing efforts, according to Dow Jones Newswires and other...

CBS selects mobile ad vendors

CBS Mobile's determined focus on advertising of late has culminated in deals with four mobile advertising-enabling companies: AdMob, Millennial Media, Rhythm NewMedia and Third...
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