Monthly Archives: September, 2007

Google mobilizes AdSense

Google Inc. brought AdSense to mobile, allowing publishers with mobile-friendly Web sites to accept ads on their Web pages.AdSense places links on relevant Web...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Ericsson, Alvarion, Nokia Siemens and more

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

Margin Check: Vodafone music, Skype worms, Comcast hogs 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...

REVIEW: Karaoke-style ringtone promotion fun, easy to use

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...

The bloody mess of mobile search

So this is what they mean when they talk about "the mobile search wars."Google last week in a long-awaited move took its AdWords mobile,...

Alternative mobile advertising opportunities: Relevancy and fun

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...

InfoSpace’s stock skyrockets on online directory sale

Shares of InfoSpace Inc. soared for the first time in months after the company said it will sell its online directory business to Idearc...

Sanyo offloads cellphone sales and distribution biz: Handset manufacturing business remains up for grabs

Amid rumors of suitors for its handset manufacturing business, Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. has sold its mobile-phone sales and distribution unit in a deal...

Analyst Angle: The Talking and Texting Power of Teens

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...

HiWire’s Aloha expands 700 MHz spectrum portfolio

Aloha Partners L.P., the parent company of broadcast mobile TV outlet HiWire L.L.C., entered into an agreement to purchase 32 lower 700 MHz licenses...

Sprint Nextel unveils femtocell for consumers: Carrier plans nationwide availability by next year

Sprint Nextel Corp. announced it has begun selling a compact, consumer-targeted femtocell base station that will work with any Sprint Nextel CDMA phone, an...

Leap nixes MetroPCS’ merger offer

Leap Wireless International Inc. rejected a merger proposal from MetroPCS Communications Inc., saying that the offer fails to fully account for Leap's growth prospects,...

Nokia pockets Enpocket

Nokia Corp. continued its quest to be all things wireless, agreeing to acquire Boston-based mobile marketing firm Enpocket. Terms of the deal were not...

T-Mobile USA to buy SunCom for $2.4B

T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will acquire regional operator SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. for about $2.4 billion in cash and assumed debt. SunCom's GSM/GPRS/EDGE...

20 deals total $234M in August, Rutberg notes

Twenty new financing deals with 20 private companies were announced in August, according to Rutberg & Co., valued at $234 million.The bulk of the...

Teen+phone = true love, but parents cite fears

ACE*COMM surveyed teens and parents on their cellphone uses. Based on responses from 1,000 U.S. and 1,000 U.K./German teens in 2005-2006, the firm found:●...

Online retailer sees success with circles, frustration with music

Editor's Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what's hot...

Broadcasters, tech companies duel over white spaces: Debate rages over interference, universal broadband, public-safety opportunities

Broadcasters-having invested hundreds of millions of dollars transitioning to digital technology and now bracing for a government ruling on whether to allow Wi-Fi service...

Etc.

Ringtone of the year awardedRap artist T-Pain's "I'm n luv (wit a stripper)" nabbed Broadcast Music Inc.'s Urban Ringtone Award at this year's Urban...

Late night with Kevin Martin

At this point, it's shamefully laughable. It's past the confusion, frustration and anger endured by journalists, lobbyists, lawyers or anybody else who ever ventured...

Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment

It's been fun following the story/non-story about Apple's possible interest in participating in the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction. Sure, Apple, like Google, which...

Publishers divided over free games: Hands-On pushes new model, draws ire from competitors

Ad-subsidized mobile games are a sure-fire catalyst for an industry sorely in need of a kick in the pants.Either that, or they're the quickest...

Gathering storm

"I think I feel a change in the winds," said Mr. Gibbs to Captain Jack Sparrow.Ditto for the wireless industry.Wireless carriers and their lobbying...

Motorola snubbing Qualcomm on 3G?: Analyst sees shift away from declared embrace, Moto closer to TI

Motorola Inc. is shifting its long-term, 3G-chip business away from Qualcomm Inc. in favor of Texas Instruments Inc., leading one analyst last week to...

Wrangling a few $$ from ‘ringles’

In another move indicative of the music industry's increasing frailty, two of its largest players are trying some new twists: Sony BMG Music Entertainment...
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