September 2007

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 hot topics in the wireless industry. …

LAS VEGAS-Less than two months into a broadcast mobile TV service trial, HiWire L.L.C. has wrapped the first phase of its study and is now preparing to increase its scope …

TWO KEY SENATE MEMBERS last week unveiled a sweeping wireless consumer protection bill, setting the stage for a fierce battle between lawmakers and the mobile-phone industry that’s likely to play …

METROPCS COMMUNICATIONS INC. last week made public a proposal to merge with flat-rate rival Leap Wireless International Inc. in a move that could create a fifth carrier with a national …

Despite the Federal Communications Commission’s publicly stated desire to avoid anti-competitive behavior in the 700 MHz auction and its embrace of blind bidding as a safeguard against such activity, there …

In a typical reaction, analyst Iain Gillott of iGR good-naturedly called last week’s price cut on Apple Inc.’s iPhone the “iShaft.”Of course, that was before Apple quickly offered its fanboys …

It must be tough to give a daylong presentation to financial and industry analysts in New York when your take-aways essentially are “meet the new team,” “we can do it” …

An increasing number of parents around the country can sidestep the dreaded $400 cellphone bill boosted by their child’s texting mania, as more wireless companies begin to offer custom controls …

Carriers in the United Kingdom are hoping to get users to PayForIt with their phones.The operators launched a standardized payment scheme designed to provide a consistent user interface regardless of …

Proving who you are-wirelesslyIraqi students are using a mobile social network service to prove their identity, according to Mobixie. The company said students have used the service to get new …

It’s getting a little embarrassing. See, Apple is essentially trouncing the wireless industry with a long and growing list of new, user-friendly innovations. These innovations stretch from the hardware side …

The good news for the mobilephone industry is carriers, manufacturers, trade associations and standards bodies are nearly free of health litigation for the first time in years. The bad news …

With music and imaging an increasing aspect of mobile phones’ feature sets-the engines driving network operators’ ARPU growth-more than 50% of this year’s $32 billion in worldwide accessory revenue will …

Delly Tamer, founder and CEO of online retailer LetsTalk.com, doesn’t know if carriers’ increased interest in bundling accessories presents a rival channel to his own, growing business, but he’s pretty …

hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube. The drastic drop in the price of the iPhone got us hedgehogging …

Miles Flint, president of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, is stepping down Nov. 1 based on personal, family issues, sources said last week.The company said that the move was Flint’s decision, …

PLAYA VISTA, Calif.-A visit to the Electronic Arts Inc. campus in Playa Vista, Calif., is like walking into another land-a world where gaming trumps all, and the lap of luxury …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin told Congress there are no grounds for alarm over the growing trend of private equity acquisitions of telecom and media companies, including a major …

Two newly published stories could create more confusion rather than clarify controversies over whether cellphones pose risks to man and machine alike.Israeli scientists said radiofrequency radiation levels below those of …

The state and local public-safety interoperable communications market is expected to grow to $5.5 billion by 2012, according to government business analyst Input.That figure includes $3.4 billion from federal funding …

Regional wireless carrier Cellular South said it will roll out an m-commerce initiative early next year across all its markets following a successful three-month trial of mobile transaction technology.The carrier, …

Leap Wireless International Inc. announced that its CFO Amin Khalifa has “resigned from the company to pursue other interests,” and that Leap CEO and President Doug Hutcheson would assume his …

Welcome to our Friday feature, Week in Review. Every Friday, RCR Wireless News will run through the major events of the past week, outlining what happened and speculating on what …

Motorola Inc.’s new cellphone boss met Wall Street this morning, trying to be humble about the company’s recent performance but confident about its future. Stu Reed acknowledged the company’s missteps …