November 2007

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 of visionaries and veterans in the …

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 review a new wireless application or …

EarthLink Inc. late Friday announced it is considering “strategic alternatives” for its municipal Wi-Fi operations, language typically used to signify that a business is up for sale. Indeed, the company …

T-Mobile USA Inc. suspended sales of its Sidekick Slide on Friday after manufacturer Motorola Inc. informed the carrier that some of the devices power off when the sliding door on …

AT&T Inc. said that it agreed to acquire Ingenio, an advertising technology firm whose pay-per-call technology will be integrated into the company’s directory services and local search advertising portfolio.Ingenio’s product …

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. announced a new reading gadget-dubbed Kindle-that will allow users to download books, magazines and other publications via Sprint Nextel Corp.’s network. The innovative offering requires no …

Dropping vowels from the name of a wireless handset, apparently, may never die. Same with dropping names. AT&T Mobility said that the SLM (hmm . as in “Slim”?) would be …

Most people would assume cellphones get in the way of learning. David Droga is betting they can help. The creative big and founder of the start-up Droga5, who previously launched …

LOS ANGELES-The mobile phone ain’t what it used to be, even a few short months ago. With hopes of a big boom dashed and a lot of the euphoria evaporated, …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly 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. …

Flash memory will continue to dominate in mobile phones during the next few years, despite inroads being made by new hard disk drive (HDD) solutions in handheld devices, according to …

Publishers are trying to strike a delicate balance in these early days of the mobile Web: How do you offer enough eye candy to a make a site compelling without …

Performing artists are increasingly looking to mobile to prop up flagging recorded music revenues. And record labels are increasingly being left out of the loop. Digital offerings such as ringtones …

The iPhone story went global this month with launches in the United Kingdom and Germany and word that Apple Inc. is exploring a partnership in China. France’s Orange is set …

We love pizza Finally, an application that Americans will embrace. The Associated Press reports that Louisville-based Papa John’s International Inc. is offering a text-message ordering option at its 2,700 restaurants. …

Motricity Inc. sees more than just a mobile search engine in InfoSpace’s mobile business. It sees a kind of wrecking ball.The Durham, N.C.-based mobile content company is putting the finishing …

While the increasing convergence of communications and entertainment on wireless Internet platforms is creating new business opportunities for value-chain stakeholders, it also is raising novel policy issues for mobile-phone operators.It …

Every responsible municipality has money-specifically getting the best value for taxpayers’ money-on its mind, but security is equally important.When it comes to communications networks, this is where Northrop Grumman earns …

Time was, particularly in the not-too-distant aftermath of 9/11, when just about anything associated with New York City’s then-mayor Rudy Giuliani and then-police commissioner Bernard Kerik instantly assumed the aura …

Following the failure of its U.S. mobile virtual network operator business, the Walt Disney Co. is now turning its attention to the east with plans to launch an MVNO service …

China Mobile Ltd. subsidiary Jiangsu Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. picked Texas-based Kodiak Networks to supply push-to-talk technology for deployment in the coastal Jiangsu Province.Kodiak said it has been in trials …

Amdocs Ltd. last week expanded its offering for off-deck content providers as it launched a new business unit designed deliver advertising, commerce and entertainment products across platforms.The St. Louis-based firm …

Sprint Nextel Corp. remains committed to its WiMAX plans and continues to move forward with its soft launch of services in Chicago, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. ,later this year, according …

Revenues from mobile games will grow to nearly $10 billion by 2009, driven by the increasing popularity of casual gaming and the larger variety of gaming-friendly handsets, according to a …