Monthly Archives: October, 2007

Alcatel-Lucent shows off WiMAX handoff in Dominican Republic

Alcatel-Lucent and Dominican Republic-based operator Onemax announced that they've completed the world's first mobile handoffs on a commercial WiMAX 802.16e-2005 network in the 3.5...

Openwave narrows loss, stock sinks

Shares of Openwave Systems Inc. continued to dissolve after the company posted quarterly revenue of $63 million, down 24% from the same period last...

AT&T Mobility pushes back MediaFLO launch

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...

Moto wins back some respect in Q3: Razr2 shipments near the million mark

Motorola Inc. saw its net earnings fall by 94% for the third quarter-but Wall Street appeared to buy Chairman and CEO Ed Zander's message...

Opera links desktop, cellphone browsers

Opera Software ASA released a new feature that enables Opera browser users to access their bookmarks, speed dial and personal bar feature from any...

Helio continues drag on EarthLink results

EarthLink Inc. posted a third-quarter loss driven by restructuring costs and its investment in mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C., but promised that it...

Worst of the Week: Show? What show?

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...

Survey: Wireless retail experience a turnoff for consumers

Wireless customers aren't pleased with their retail sales experience, and their opinion of it has gotten steadily worse since 2006, according to the most...

AT&T consolidates $3.4B media-buying account

AT&T has consolidated it estimated $3.4 billion media account with WPP Group's Mediaedge:cia, according to executives familiar with the review.Omnicom Group's OMD, along with...

Wrap It Up!

Wow. Three days, a few hundred miles of walking, too much alcohol and too few good meals. Or in other words, a typical CTIA...

Mobile TV prospects remain clouded

A party of five representing TV and cable networks and a diverse sampling of distribution providers failed to collectively define mobile television as it...

You’ve got ‘presence’ : Panel debates the roles of operators, third-parties

The buzzword du jour: presence. "Presence" is getting a lot of play, from the focus of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's opening keynote address...

Merging personalities: RIM, Facebook tag-team keynote

So this is what they mean by "One show, two personalities."Wednesday's keynote coupled the buttoned-down executive style of Research In Motion Ltd. with the...

Thumbplay inks content pact to be on AOL assets

Thumbplay said it signed an exclusive deal for ringtones and other mobile content across the AOL network. AOL is integrating Thumbplay's content through AOL...

FiveMinutes with… Gretchen Griswold

RCR Wireless News met with PacketVideo's VP of Marketing Gretchen Griswold for five minutes on the show floor to see where the multimedia software...

HTC: The ‘Little Engine That Could’: Innovation from questioning assumptions

John Wang momentarily wears a distant look on his face. How to convey a sense of the process at HTC Corp.'s MAGIC Labs that...

Music goes D2C: Groove to offer short code for $2 download

Groove Mobile is going directly to consumers with a new track from indie hip-hop artist Aceyalone. Users can send a message to a short...

Big players have big plans for WiMAX

Consider WiMAX a bit schizophrenic. The technology is taking two divergent paths as different countries and different companies explore how best to put it...

Analyst Angle: The mobile browser needs a companion

Editor's Note: Welcome to a special CTIA I.T. Show Daily edition of our weekly online feature, Analyst Angle. Every Monday at www.RCRNews.com you can...

S.F. Wi-Fi plans lost in a fog: Muni Wi-Fi model under pressure as players re-evaluate

After more than two years, a plan to blanket San Francisco with seamless wireless Internet access at no cost to consumers is back where...

Virgin Mobile USA intros content-sharing program

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. is offering its subscribers the chance to create their own wallpapers and ringtones-and reap the benefits if someone else downloads...

Carriers continue struggles with music models

Apple Inc.'s iTunes dominates the digital music dance floor. But following Apple's lead may not be a wise move for mobile music services.An astounding...

Mobile and music not yet in synch: Opportunity there, but players have yet to find groove

With ringtone revenues in decline and full-track downloads struggling to find an audience, carriers and third-party vendors are working furiously to breathe life into...

They plan to build them, but will they come?

The grandiose vision of ubiquitous WiMAX connectivity for everything under the sun is intoxicating, at least to Sprint Nextel Corp. and its partners.And when...

WiMAX expected to supercharge wireless applications

WiMAX could be the technology that fuels the fusion of all sorts of mobile applications, integrating video, location-based services and a host of other...
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