Monthly Archives: September, 2007

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...

NTP sets its sight on carriers: Patent holder files suit against Big 4

NTP Inc. is at it again.The Virginia-based patent-holding company last week filed patent-infringement lawsuits against all four tier-one U.S. carriers, claiming the operators are...

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...

WeatherBug sees sunny skies on VZW deck

VERIZON WIRELESS IS SIMPLIFYING its weather offerings by dumping several content providers off its deck in favor of WeatherBug.The nation's second-largest carrier said WeatherBug...

Court OKs 3G device sales: Qualcomm wins stay of ITC ban

YOU CAN'T HAVE A HOLIDAY PARTY without a potent punch bowl for all comers.The news from last week: Some of the latest models of...

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...

Itsmy.com hears the music

Mobile social networking site itsmy.com added a music offering to its service, enabling users to personalize their pages with polyphonic ringtone-like tracks from more...

Schwarzenegger OKs cellphone ban for teen motorists

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) signed into law legislation banning teen drivers from using all electronic devices-including cellphones, pagers, personal digital assistants and laptop...

VZW snaps back at Marley family, reggae ringtones restored

Verizon Wireless put its Bob Marley content back online after a spokesman for the late reggae star's estate blasted the carrier publicly.Marley's family last...

GTP buys hundreds of towers from AT&T

Global Tower Partners acquired 549 communications towers from AT&T Inc., the company announced. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.The sale includes towers...

LG’s hot $50 clamshell gets upgrade at VZW

Verizon Wireless launched the LG VX8350, the heir apparent to the VX8300, the second-hottest selling handset in the United States, according to Strategy Analytics...

Verizon Wireless sues over 700 MHz open-access conditions

Verizon Wireless challenged in federal appeals court the Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz open-access rules, the opening salvo in what could evolve into a...

M2Z takes FCC to court

M2Z Networks Inc. made good on its threat to take the Federal Communications Commission to court, asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...

SF kills Wi-Fi plans

San Francisco has formally walked away from a deal to build a Wi-Fi network throughout the city. The effort was already largely considered dead...

Appeals court grants stay of ITC ban

Qualcomm Inc. can exhale now, and so can a number of its key customers. Holiday sales of imported 3G phones that had been banned...

Thrifty North American carriers frustrate Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent shares tumbled almost 9% after the company announced a revised financial outlook for the remainder of 2007, marking its third warning to investors...

Worst of the Week: The iZune and other losers

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...

Cellular shoe shopping: Mobile Shopper hits Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel Corp. launched a new mobile shopping service that allows users to compare and purchase real-world items using their cellphones. The Mobile Shopper...

Acquisition adds speech-rec to Gracenote’s song-ID service

Gracenote expanded on its offerings with the acquisition of interactive voice response technology from Musicphone Inc.The Emeryville, Calif.-based firm said the platform allows music...

Vantrix raises $12M in venture capital

Vantrix Corp., a provider of technology that delivers content to cellphones, announced it raised $12 million in venture money.The Manhattan-based company will use the...

Markey renews calls for FCC investigation into wiretapping

House telecom subcommittee Chairman Edward Markey (D-Mass.) repeated his call for the Federal Communications Commission to investigate widespread allegations of telecom privacy law violations...

FCC could re-examine ETFs

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin again suggested the agency may decide to address in a broader context the mobile phone industry practice of...
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