Monthly Archives: October, 2007

T-Mobile USA touting simplicity of new HTC ‘Shadow’

Simplicity is the name of the new game-finally, ease-of-use issues are at the forefront of carriers' device offerings. T-Mobile USA Inc. weighed in today...

Following VZW, AT&T Mobility targets seniors with new calling plan

AT&T Mobility launched a service offering tailored to seniors, following a similar recent move by Verizon Wireless. The new AT&T Senior Nation 200 plan...

Ericsson re-ups for AT&T Mobility prepaid service

L.M. Ericsson has extended its deal with AT&T Mobility to provide the No. 1 carrier real-time charging services for its GoPhone wireless pre-paid service...

Verizon Wireless nets 1.6M new customers

Verizon Wireless reported another strong quarter of results, although the company saw small increases in its consistently low churn rates. The carrier added...

Analyst Angle: Is $99 The New $49 This Holiday Season?

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...

Monday, Oct. 29, 2007

AT&T pushes back TV rollout

AT&T MOBILITY HAS DELAYED its launch of MediaFLO USA Inc.'s broadcast mobile TV service to early 2008. More than eight months after committing to...

CTIA takes up 700 MHz challenge: Industry association moves in after VZW withdraws appeal

LITIGATION SURROUNDING RULES for auction-bound 700 MHz wireless licenses took an unexpected turn last week.Verizon Wireless filed to withdraw its appeal of the Federal...

AT&T adds 2M customers on strength of iPhone

AT&T INC. ROLLED THROUGH the quarter with 2 million net customer additions, and most of them (1.2 million) were coveted retail postpaid customers-up more...

Billing, revenue leaks plague off-deck space: Content providers look to new models to get around issues

SAN FRANCISCO-Direct-to-consumer is going directly, well, nowhere.Approaching mobile users directly has long been seen as the path to riches for outfits too small-or too...

Labor report criticizes Verizon: Telecom company defends treatment of unions

Organized labor stepped up its criticism of Verizon Communications Inc., accusing the telecom giant in a new report of violating labor laws by interfering...

M2M companies ask for spectrum etiquette as more unlicensed devices come to market: Consumer electronics industry, others, fear policy will stifle innovation

The wireless broadband industry is fighting to prevent sharing conditions in unlicensed spectrum, but utilities, railroads and others insist such safeguards are necessary to...

Wiretap bill winds through Senate panels: Possible vote this week on House version

Parent companies of the two largest mobile-phone carriers continue to face an uphill battle to gain congressional immunity from the proliferation of privacy lawsuits...

Etc.

Handset art Virgin Mobile USA and LG Electronics announced six specially commissioned handpanted Aloha handsets that will be auctioned off to support youth homeless...

The next level

SAN FRANCISCO-Two things are certain in the wireless industry: Everyone in the ecosystem wants to take content consumption to the next level, but no...

Green: the color of controversy

What a paradox that Apple Inc.'s iPhone has become at once the gold standard for wireless devices and, according to critics, plaintiffs' lawyers and...

HTC’s Touch helps Sprint Nextel in marathon: Touchscreen, UI, Touchscreen, UI, fortunes

Simplicity. Invisible technology that brings consumers emotional satisfaction.A fun user interface that enables the work/play overlap.A company not from Cupertino, Calif., but from another...

Day 3 keynote:WiMAX requires collective effort: Ailing carrier’s evangelism designed to attract partners

SAN FRANCISCO-Sprint Nextel Corp. understands that its technology choice for a mobile broadband world will require heavy lifting, measured in the billions of dollars,...

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

One of the funniest press releases to come out of last week's CTIA I.T. & Entertainment event was from Alcatel-Lucent. "Alcatel-Lucent launches presence on...

Business users show their value

The average revenue per user among business users is 24% higher than among personal users, yet when it comes to mobile data services the...

Portable GPS to generate nearly $12B in Western Europe by 2012

Portable navigation solutions and software solutions for multi-user devices are expected to generate $11.8 billion in revenues in Western Europe by 2012, according to...

Wi-Fi networks not just for business

Wi-Fi hot spots are not longer the domain of business travelers, as more traffic at sites is coming from personal use, noted a recent...

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...

Boost subscribers access ULocate’s LBS application

ULocate Communications Inc. bagged another customer for its WHERE application.The Boston-based developer said Sprint Nextel Corp. sub-brand Boost Mobile subscribers now have access to...

Churn stymies iPCS’ growth

Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate iPCS Inc.'s customer additions for the third quarter decreased compared to previous quarters, while the company's churn rate increased. The...
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