Monthly Archives: August, 2007

Financial ratings wrap-up: Clearwire, Leap, Research In Motion 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 --McAdams Wright Ragen initiated...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Juma, Telegent, Aztek 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...

Gemalto, NXP target SIM card-based NFC products

Gemalto unveiled a collaboration with NXP Semiconductors to develop SIM products for existing payment and public transportation systems.The companies hope to define standards for...

Verizon Wireless joins forces with MTV, Real for iTunes competitor

Verizon Wireless is teaming with MTV Networks and RealNetworks Inc. to take on Apple Inc.'s iTunes service.MTV is shuttering its Urge music download service...

Vcast gets full-length Letterman, Ferguson broadcasts

CBS Mobile is pushing ahead full steam this month, announcing another deal with Verizon Wireless to put full-length episodes of its late-night programming on...

Alltel launches LBS app

Alltel Corp. is launching a service that provides a variety of location-based information, including the locations of gas stations, restaurants and hotels as well...

Medio acquires Suhari for off-deck mobile advertising

Medio Systems Inc. announced it acquired rival mobile ad firm Suhari L.L.C. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."Medio has a track record of...

Infineon picks up LSI mobile unit for $450M

Infineon Technologies AG will purchase LSI Corp.'s mobile products unit for $450 million in cash, the companies announced.LSI merged with Agere Systems in April...

Sprint Nextel hikes text fee again, ETF remains in effect

Sprint Nextel Corp. is upping its casual text messaging rate by five cents as of Oct. 1, from 15 cents per message to 20...

Letter to the editor: Open access is solution to fragmentation

Tracy,I saw your article on RCRNews.com (Mobile Content & Culture Aug. 14) and wanted to offer a different point of view. I founded one...

Letter to the editor: MMS article inaccurate

Dear Editor,It is with great interest that we read the article, "The MMS disconnect," (RCR Wireless News, Aug. 13). Sybase 365 believes that the...

Margins Check: MTV, Madden, Lonelygirl15 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...

Lack of MMS short codes shortchanges users

The sun was setting and my 4-year-old was getting restless when the outfield scoreboard at Coors Field provided a welcome diversion.Take a photo with...

The wild, wild west is on its way out

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...

REVIEW: Citi Mobile is full-fledged banking on the go

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...

AT&T faces class action over Cingular acquisition

The 9th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals gave the go-ahead to a class action consumer suit claiming Cingular Wireless service deteriorated after the mobile...

Sun gets synchronized with Synchronica

Sun Microsystems has tapped Synchronica plc to provide synchronization and device-management software.Sun will license components of Synchronica's mobile gateway for wireless synchronization of contacts,...

Alltel to offer voicemail-to-SMS service

Alltel Wireless plans to begin offering voicemail-to-SMS messaging from SpinVox to its 12 million customers, according to a new agreement between the two companies.Subscribers...

700 MHz: Bidding to start Jan. 16

The Federal Communications Commission set Jan. 16 for the start of the 700 MHz auction, and asked for public comment on competitive bidding procedures...

Credit crunch impacting flat-rate carriers’ stock

Flat-rate wireless carriers serving the sub-prime sector have seen their stocks plunge in recent weeks, reflecting fears about sub-prime customers who could affect the...

Leap, VZW, Qwest intro new gadgets

Leap Wireless International Inc., Verizon Wireless and Qwest Communications International Inc. are on deck this week with new phones. The announcements come as several...

WFI to owe $30M-$40M

An exhaustive internal review of Wireless Facilities Inc.'s stock option-granting and pricing practices from 1998 to 2005 concluded that the company will owe between...

I-play to support Nokia’s delayed N-Gage effort

I-play said it will support Nokia Corp.'s N-Gage gaming platform with a portfolio of casual titles.The U.K.-based publisher will begin to offer N-Gage games...

Analyst Angle: More than Language Barriers: A Look at the Hispanic Mobile Consumer

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...

Femtocell market to spur bundle offerings

Femtocells could become a catalyst for growth of triple-play service revenues in developed countries, said a new report from research firm In-Stat.Mobile triple play...
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