Monthly Archives: December, 2007

AT&T Mobility agrees to settlement worth up to $76M

AT&T Mobility could pay up to $76 million in back taxes and legal fees as part of a tax settlement with Missouri cities that...

Leap expands in Southeast through $30M acquisition: Carrier to release Q3 results tomorrow

Leap Wireless International Inc. said that it plans to acquire Hargray Communications Group Inc.'s wireless operations for $30 million, expanding Leap's Cricket service into...

Verizon Wireless on board to distribute Cartoon Network-branded games

Cartoon Network has inked a partnership with Smashing Ideas to develop and distribute a variety of Cartoon Network-branded mobile games, animated screensavers and wallpapers....

Financial ratings wrap-up: Palm, Texas Instruments, Syniverse and more

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors --RBC...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: E-Band, Liberty Towers, Music Intelligence and more

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included...

Comverse, 9 Squared ring up ringbacks

Comverse Inc. said it is teaming with Jamba to power an off-deck ringback tone service for T-Mobile Germany.The carrier will employ Comverse's Fun Broker,...

Carriers taken to task over texting policies

Public-interest and consumer groups asked the Federal Communications Commission to forbid mobile-phone operators from discriminatory interference with text messaging."For many people, texting has replaced...

TryPhone offers virtual cellphone tours

Mobile Complete launched an application that gives Web surfers the opportunity to try out various handsets before buying them. The interactive, consumer-focused Web program,...

Survey: 13.6% of American homes have only cellphones: Cord-cutters more likely to be smokers, binge drinkers

The federal government estimates that one of every eight American homes uses only mobile phones for communications.The data comes from the National Health Interview...

Kenwood gives MPHT boost with mobile TV receiver

First comes the technology, then come the devices. Just eight months after Mobile-Pedestrian-Handheld Technology was announced to enable local broadcasters to deliver digital signals...

Apple raises purchase limit on iPhone to 5

For Apple Inc., it's all about control and making money. Factor that into your reading of the tea leaves on the news that Apple...

FCC’s small-business bidding rule comes under fire: MetroPCS plans to bid in 700 MHz auction

The Federal Communications Commission's relaxation of the small-business bidding rule for the commercial-public safety D-Block license in the upcoming 700 MHz auction has come...

Sprint Nextel, rebanding partners propose quicker relocation process

Sprint Nextel Corp. and broadcast groups told federal regulators that 2 GHz relocation challenges associated with the 800 MHz rebanding effort can be resolved...

Virgin Mobile USA uses Telespree for over-the-air handset management

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. said it deployed a product from Telespree Communications that automates the mobile virtual network operator's handset programming process via over-the-air...

Margins Check: ‘South Park,’ TiVo, SanDisk and more

Editor's Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR...

Phone sales dominate Nokia’s ‘Comes with Music’ strategy

The worldwide mobile music market will ring up $11 billion in annual revenues by 2011, according to a study released last week by the...

REVIEW: Free mobile Web site outbids downloadable eBay Mobile app

Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we'll review...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Nokia Siemens, Motorola, Ericsson and more

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

Mobile commerce: Coupons, 2D codes and purchases. Oh my!

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...

Smith Micro to buy PCTEL’s mobile division for $59.7M

Smith Micro Software Inc. announced it will acquire PCTEL's Mobility Solutions Group for $59.7 million, the company announced. PCTEL's mobile division offers a range...

MetroPCS signs up Alcatel-Lucent for new markets

MetroPCS Communications Inc. inked a three-and-a-half year contract extension with Alcatel-Lucent, which covers the buildout of the flat-rate carrier's AWS spectrum holdings in seven...

CompUSA, alternative handset channel, vaporizes

CompUSA, a leading consumer electronics retailer and purveyor of unlocked mobile phones, is going out of business, the company announced. The announcement did not...

Samsung Katalyst for T-Mobile’s home Wi-Fi

T-Mobile USA Inc. continues to expand its lineup of handsets serving the carrier's HotSpot @ Home service, with the new Katalyst from Samsung Electronics...

Microsoft opens ad space on MSN Mobile

Microsoft Corp. has jumped into the mobile advertising fray. MSN Mobile customers in the United States will begin seeing banner and text advertisements as...

Analyst Angle: Kids on the go: Why digital natives make me nervous

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...
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