Monthly Archives: November, 2007

The Rudy and Bernie Show

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...

Flash dominant in handheld devices

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

Emerging markets to drive mobile game use

Revenues from mobile games will grow to nearly $10 billion by 2009, driven by the increasing popularity of casual gaming and the larger variety...

Sprint Nextel stands behind WiMAX plans

Sprint Nextel Corp. remains committed to its WiMAX plans and continues to move forward with its soft launch of services in Chicago, Baltimore and...

Amdocs strengthens off-portal offering: Move attempts to bolster struggling segment

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...

Push-to-talk services target Chinese businesses: Kodiak snares contract for industrial region

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...

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

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...

FCC to enforce 50% hearing-aid mandate beginning next year: iPhone gains controversial exemption

While mobile-phone carriers and manufacturers face a key hearing-aid compatibility deadline in early 2008, Apple's Inc. wildly popular iPhone will get a pass on...

Online liability concerns prompt wireless industry to act: CTIA, carriers throw support behind MySpace in sexual-assault case

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...

Virgin Mobile USA stock down on economic worries

Investors sent Virgin Mobile USA Inc.'s stock plunging this morning despite decent quarterly numbers, based on worries about the impact of an increasing competitive...

FCC approves AT&T Mobility/Dobson deal

The Federal Communications Commission approved AT&T's Mobility's $2.8 billion purchase of Dobson Communications Corp., embracing less stringent divestiture requirements than those imposed by Justice...

Buongiorno expects growth, savings from iTouch deal

Buongiorno S.p.A. forecasts it will bring in revenues of $462 million to $476.5 million for the year, as well as also predicting continued growth...

FCC to allow wholesaling of D block spectrum: Decision seen as victory for Frontline

The Federal Communications Commission relaxed the small-business bidding rule for the national commercial/public-safety license up for grabs in the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction....

700 MHz band to be used for broadband worldwide

The United States teamed with neighboring countries to get the 700 MHz band identified for wireless broadband services in the Americas and major...

Motorola invests in social-networking

Motorola Inc. said its venture capital arm, Motorola Ventures, would invest in Tilefile Ltd., which has developed a social-media platform. Terms were...

Garmin drops Tele Atlas bid, extends Navteq contract

Shares of Garmin Ltd. surged after the manufacturer of personal navigation devices withdrew its $3.3 billion takeover bid for digital mapping company Tele Atlas...

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...

Bango unveils button to link computers, cellphones

Bango unveiled a link that allows users to send online content to their mobile phones.The Bango Button was created for blogs and social networking...

Microsoft buys Musiwave for $46M

Openwave Systems Inc. finally found a buyer for Musiwave, selling the mobile music business to Microsoft Corp. Microsoft will spend $46 million in cash...

Pocket cuts unlimited local calling rate to $25

San Antonio-based carrier Pocket Communications introduced a pair of new rate plans, including one that starts at $25 per month, in an attempt to...

Worst of the Week: An m-commerce sellout

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 this...

LTE gains steam: Nokia, LG, Alcatel-Lucent tests set stage for commercial deployments

Over the past week, a wide breadth of telecom companies have completed Long Term Evolution tests.Nokia Corp. announced results last week from the first...

J.D. Power lauds Sony Ericsson

J.D. Power announced Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' handsets scored highest in overall customer satisfaction among U.S. and Canadian consumers in the consumer research firm's...

Investors bullish on MetroPCS’ Q3

MetroPCS Communications Inc. beat Wall Street's earnings expectations in spite of weak customer numbers, and the company's stock soared nearly 13% in early afternoon...

Qualcomm scoops up Firethorn for mobile banking

The mobile banking space got even hotter as Qualcomm Inc. said it will shell out $210 million in cash for Firethorn Holdings L.L.C.Firethorn's technology...
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