Monthly Archives: September, 2007

Who’s left?: T-Mobile buys SunCom in latest rural roll-up

THREE OF THE LARGEST REGIONAL wireless carriers are in the process of being acquired by national operators, as the nationals push further into rural...

TALK TO ME: Voice solutions integrated into wireless search models

All that cash being poured into voice-activated search is beginning to look like a good bet.A recent study from Usable Products Co. indicates speechrecognition...

Bergstein new publisher for RCR Wireless News

Alan Bergstein has been named publisher and editorial director of RCR Wireless News. Bergstein, who was previously president-publisher of IDG's Bio-IT World, is set...

MetroPCS, Leap volley over merger value: Leap’s Hutcheson takes digs at Metro’s operations

Leap Wireless International Inc. sent a stinging rebuke to MetroPCS Communications Inc. in response to its merger proposal, but most analysts believe the public...

Steve Jobs’ European vacation: An American in London, Berlin and Paris

"It's official" is the phrase that introduces news from Apple Inc. when months of Apple-fueled media frenzy reach fruition with actual announcements.Last week, the...

Alcatel-Lucent moves to ‘Can you see me now?’world

A friend in need is a friend indeed. This mantra seems to ring remarkably true at Alcatel-Lucent, evident by its wide reach and the...

Etc.

Declare yourself a voterCricket Communications Inc. said it has signed up as a presenting sponsor of the Declare Yourself nonpartisan, youth-voter initiative, which encourages...

Gastronomic challenges

Like most things that taste good but that are not good for you (think Dairy Queen Blizzard) the industry's taste for mergers and acquisitions...

T time

These are tenuous times for T-Mobile USA.Having spent $4.2 billion for 120 licenses in last year's advanced wireless services auction and seeing its German...

Nokia’s step-by-step approach: First U.S.-specific design effort goes to AT&T

If you've been reading the tea leaves for signs of Nokia Corp.'s resurgence in the United States, a more tangible sign could be sitting...

Apple, Visa, RIM: The changing faces in the MVNO space

The next big thing in mobile virtual network operators may not look much like the MVNOs that have been launching-and sometimes crashing-in the past...

Telecom carriers continue tussle over traffic-pumping charges

MetroPCS Communications Inc. urged the Federal Communications Commission to address alleged efforts to run up local termination fees levied by incumbent and competitive wireline...

Nokia, and rivals, drive new memory standard: Goal: more capacity, speed with less power for converged world

Nokia Corp., two handset rivals and semiconductor companies active in the memory space are pursuing an open standard dubbed universal flash storage that could...

IEEE, some wireless vendors against House patent reform try: They want change, but assert bill favors infringers over inventors

Patent reform is often billed as a battle between high-tech and pharmaceutical heavyweights, but in reality sharp divisions exist such that Motorola Inc., Qualcomm...

Sprint Nextel ramps up in-home coverage: Femtocell solution to sell for $50 plus monthly fee

Wireless carriers should be expected to speak highly of their networks-it's arguably their greatest asset alongside spectrum holdings-but the No. 3 and No. 4...

Ringtone business model under attack from startups: Companies stepping in with less expensive or free options

Record labels and carriers are looking for creative ways to keep the lucrative ringtone party alive. But a handful of startups have taken a...

Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.

AT&T Mobility announced earlier this month that it has expanded its W-CDMA/HSDPA service to McAllen, Texas (population: just over 125,000). That's great news for...

Visual voicemail gets legs: iPhone introduction spurs carriers to update services

The Apple Inc. iPhone was expected to cause a shift in the industry on services, and its visual voicemail component may very well be...

Telsima racks up $100M WiMAX deals

WiMAX equipment providerTelsima Corp. announced two tier-one operator deals in the fastgrowing Indian market, reflecting a WiMAX opportunity in emerging markets that has often...

Solis taps sun power for wireless devices

Solis Energy recently launched a line of products specifically targeting power needs within the wireless space, from providing power for wireless security cameras to...

The Week in Review

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

SK Telecom takes the reins as Helio nets $270M: EarthLink bows out

Mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C. has received a fresh commitment of funds from South Korean co-parent SK Telecom, to the tune of $270...

GCI scoops up Alaska Wireless

Telecom vendor GCI announced it acquired four-year-old Alaska Wireless Communications L.L.C. for an undisclosed sum.Alaska Wireless, a GSM cellular provider that launched in 2003...

With sparse details, iPhone lands in France

Like any European vacation, by the time you reach your third historic capital, you're running out of steam. At least the kind of steam...

Nokia intros ‘Conversations’ for SMS

Nokia Corp. introduced a beta version of a downloadable application that groups text conversations by contact.Conversations, as the offering is dubbed, enables threaded SMS...
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