Monthly Archives: August, 2007

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...

VZW, UMG could see lawsuit over reggae ringtones

The family of late reggae star Bob Marley said they will sue Verizon Wireless and Universal Music Group in response to an exclusive ringtone...

Telcogames acquires Viva La Mobile

Mobile-game publisher Telcogames acquired Australia's Viva La Mobile for an undisclosed sum.Viva La Mobile operates Redstar, a platform for multiplayer mobile gaming in use...

Backhaul for wireless to hit $23B by 2012

The cellular backhaul market is expected to reach $23 billion by 2012, according to a new ABI Research study. Backhaul currently accounts for about...

MediaFLO expands in Malaysia, Taiwan

Qualcomm Inc. reached a deal with Maxis Communications Berhad and ASTRO All Asia Networks plc to conduct a technical trial of the San Diego-based...

Worst of the Week: Don’t eat the iPhone with ketchup

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 this...

Qualcomm’s MediaFLO rearranges VP-level positions

Mobile TV vendor MediaFLO USA Inc. is in the midst of an executive shuffle. Dan Novak, who has long been the public face of...

Sony Ericsson revamping to attain status as top three vendor

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications this week eliminated one job in its North American operations-sidelining VP for Corporate Communications Cherie Gary-in an effort to realign...

Nokia offers four handsets to run Ovi services

Nokia Corp. unveiled four handsets along with its "Ovi" Internet-based content services in what appears to be an early example of how the Finnish...

EarthLink woes bring Wi-Fi, Helio into question

EarthLink Inc. has fired 900 employees and closed offices in Orlando, Fla.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Harrisburg, Pa.; and San Francisco. The company said it will...

Diebold builds mobile banking patent base

Diebold Inc., maker of self-service and security systems including automatic teller machines and electronic voting machines, said that it has been granted five U.S....

Nokia goes it alone with ‘Ovi’ line of services

Nokia Corp. outlined a surprisingly aggressive direct-to-consumer strategy comprising music, games, maps and social-networking offerings across both PCs and mobile phones.The manufacturer introduced Ovi-which...

AT&T to review $3.4B advertising strategy

AT&T Inc. is reviewing its advertising strategy, and has put its estimated $3.345 billion media-buying and -planning account up for grabs. The nation's No....

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Bluepulse, Movida, Telegent and more

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included...

Financial ratings wrap-up: AT&T, InterDigital, RealNetworks and more

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier --Standard & Poor's assigned...

Calif. law targets teen drivers by banning all mobile devices

The California Assembly overwhelming voted to take all wireless devices out of the hands of drivers under the age of 18, a measure that...

FAST, Rakuten announce mobile search joint venture in Japan

Enterprise search company Fast Search & Transfer and Rakuten, a Japan-based Internet service provider, announced they have formed a joint venture to develop and...

iGR: Smartphones on the upswing, RIM in the lead

A new survey focused on smartphone operating systems by iGR found that more than half of all respondents use a Research In Motion Ltd....

Motorola sues Aruba over patents

A pair of Motorola Inc. subsidiaries filed a lawsuit against Aruba Networks Inc. alleging patent infringement related to wireless local area network communication technologies....

Redback Wireless teams with NextLevel for MMS service

Redback Wireless Corp. said it entered a joint venture agreement with digital advertising agency NextLevel.com.NextLevel, which has designed more than 75 Internet sites for...

iLoop scores new CEO

Mobile software developer iLoop Mobile appointed former Volantis Systems chief Matthew Harris as president and CEO.A San Jose, Calif.-based startup, iLoop produces technology for...

Margins Check: TouTube ads, calling from a PlayStation, high-def Flash and more

Editor's Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the...

Behind iTunes, there’s a place for mobile music

Like a first-year student struggling with the violin, carriers have hit a lot of wrong notes with their music offerings.But that may finally be...

Google shows numbers on its muni Wi-Fi network

Google Inc. offered a glimpse into the operations of its free, municipal Wi-Fi effort, which the company launched earlier this year in its home...

REVIEW: MyxerTones cuts down barriers between cellphones and content

Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we'll...
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