Monthly Archives: November, 2007

Freedom of choice: Google’s plans open door for innovation, confusion

Like Daryl Hannah in "Blade Runner," Google Inc. last week showcased an attention-grabbing Android. But while the Internet giant garnered headlines and wowed fanboys...

Android floats in space: gPhone a no-show, handsets not due til late ’08

Google Inc. drew considerable media attention last week with an idea and 33 influential friends.Missing was its long-rumored gPhone, whose actual fate remains a...

Writers’ strike impact creeps onto third screen: Late night content hardest hit, mainstream shows expected to follow

One week into a walkout, and plenty in the entertainment business are already feeling the pinch. Late night TV writers are being warned they'll...

Nokia scores big win for Ovi: Handset makers gaining ground in direct-to-consumer space

It appears Nokia Corp. has learned a few lessons from its doomed Club Nokia mobile content business. But that doesn't mean the direct-to-consumer waters...

Navigation and handsets to drive GPS chipsets

The GPS chipset market during the next few years will be driven by integration into mobile devices like personal navigation devices and cellular phones,...

Video phone sales to take off by 2010

Mobile video phone sales will nearly double by 2010, from $58 billion in 2006 to $125 billion in 2010, according to market research firm...

Prepaid boosts T-Mobile USA in Q3: Regional players post mixed results

T-Mobile USA Inc. added 857,000 net subscribers to its network during the third quarter, numbers boosted by the carrier's prepaid offering. The carrier had...

USF reform nears showdown: FCC Democrats, carriers, states set to oppose plans

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is said to be pushing universal service fund changes that would reduce government subsidies for mobile phone carriers...

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"Danny Bonaduce: Life Coach," jokes CBS Mobile CBS Mobile has tapped Danny Bonaduce for a new mobile video series that will air on major...

Retail Snapshot: Mobile music, data services hot sellers at RadioShack

Editor's Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what's hot...

Prepaid pines for affection: Carriers increasing incentives

With substantial growth expected to come from the prepaid wireless market, national carriers are beginning to pay more attention to the one-time red-headed stepchild...

Kneuer to leave NTIA

The Bush administration's top telecom advisor John Kneuer is stepping down later this month, ending a rocky tenure characterized by the Democratic-led Congress' intense...

Wall Street punishes Leap for earnings restatements

Leap Wireless International Inc.'s stock took a major hit this morning. The flat-rate wireless carrier, which until recently had been courted by MetroPCS Communications...

Clearwire posts increased loss on market expansion

Wireless broadband service provider Clearwire Corp.'s losses widened substantially during the third quarter, with higher revenues more than offset by a $159 million charge...

Private equity to buy InPhonic for $50M through bankruptcy: Versa Capital Management will also provide additional $25M in financing

Shares of InPhonic Inc. continued their free-fall as the online wireless retailer filed for Chapter 11 protection and said it will sell "substantially all"...

Qualcomm shows gains in quarter, but outlook worries

Qualcomm Inc.'s earnings in the fiscal fourth quarter and full year showed year-on-year improvements, but a modest outlook for the fiscal first quarter sent...

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

The best part of Google's "Android" announcement last week? Why, the name of course. How awesome is it that a giant company like Google...

CinemaElectric adds ads to videos: Mobile-video firm signs deal with YouTube, Google for AdSense program

CinemaElectric Inc. is quickly finding its groove in the mobile video space. With more than half of its content produced in-house, the company has...

Pakistan’s supreme cellphone jammer

Embattled Pakistani President-General-Censor-in-Chief Pervez Musharraf has his hands full these days with all those loud, disagreeable lawyers and that headstrong, trouble-making female politician. Kind...

What’s so great about open access?

So let me start out with a caveat: I only understand open access from the "regular person" point of view. I'm not an engineer...

Roaming rules continue to rile industry: FCC decision applauded by rural carriers, derided by large players

The Federal Communications Commission's revised roaming rules may have exacerbated an already divisive industry issue, with warring carriers challenging new guidelines and feuding over...

Antennas: Where the rubber meets the road: Handset market demands low-cost volumes, sophisticated innovation

You've undoubtedly noticed, with pleasure, that the telescoping, whip antenna of yore has long ago disappeared inside the increasingly sleek device you slip into...

FCC set to rule on MSS’ terrestrial plans: Decision could bolster sagging sector

Federal regulators appear poised to take actions that could enable Globalstar Inc. to integrate terrestrial wireless facilities in most of its mobile satellite service...

Clearwire, Sprint Nextel call off WiMAX partnership: Sprint Nextel ‘remains fully committed’ to Xohm rollout

With the launch of WiMAX trial markets just weeks away, Sprint Nextel Corp. says it is re-examining its WiMAX business plans and has abandoned...

Prepay powers T-Mobile USA’s Q3 growth: No. 4 national carrier rounds up 857,000 net adds

T-Mobile USA Inc. added 857,000 net subscribers to its network during the third quarter, numbers primarily driven by the carrier's prepaid offering. The carrier...
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