Yearly Archives: 2007

Gobi chip offers high speeds, GPS

Qualcomm Inc.'s new Gobi chip marks the arrival of a technology long-discussed by the San Diego company, according to one analyst.The chip will offer...

MAKING MUSIC: Digital execs think cellphones will draw listeners into ‘immersive’ experience

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-The music industry is redefining itself amid significant changes, particularly with regards to the record labels' role in a world where recording artists...

Navigating the LBS space: Garmin ups TomTom’s bid for Tele Atlas

Like former Yankee Alex Rodriguez, Tele Atlas N.V. plans to cash in on the free-agent market.The Netherlands-based digital mapping company in July accepted a...

Monday, Nov. 5, 2007

Google OS to change game

Shifting business models make for strange bedfellows-and nowhere is that so clear as Google's potential linkup with Verizon Wireless, which is said to be...

Executive Interview: Mort Rosenthal

When Microsoft Corp.'s CEO Steve Ballmer publicly mentions someone's name as a respected veteran who will run a new company in partnership with his...

Brain lock

As always, something has me a little confused.What is it this time? Well, it's the phone locking issue that has everyone from tech geeks...

AT&T Mobility/Dobson, Alltel deals get gov’t blessing: But reservations underscore problems complying with E-911, universal service

Two wireless deals cleared major hurdles last week, but not before strings were attached by government antitrust and regulatory officials.The Justice Department said AT&T...

Between a Rockefeller and a hard place

Just how do you position yourself before Congress, seeing that the influential Democratic senator who is co-sponsoring a wireless consumer protection bill is the...

Tower results show continued struggles

Crown Castle International Corp. reported growth in site rental revenues, although its losses widened year-over-year.The company's results included those of Global Signal Inc., which...

BlackBerry users satisfied: J.D. Power confirms business users like their smartphones

A new survey finds that U.S.-based users of Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry devices are the most satisfied with their handsets among smartphone users....

Fires burn up wireless lines: First responder networks prove their worth, commercial traffic jumps

AS WILDFIRES RAGED throughout southern California in recent weeks and hundreds of thousands were evacuated from their homes, wireless networks in the area saw...

Two paths to travel in mobile gaming space: Lesser-known publishers try ad-supported games

No wonder people can't agree on a cure for the mobile gaming industry. Some insiders don't even think it's sick.There's no question that the...

Etc.

Ticket to ride Siemens IT Solutions and Services said it will soon offer technology that allows bus and train tickets to be purchased via...

‘Passionate subset’ seeks unlocked phones: Numbers not moving despite iPhone furor, Nokia efforts

AT&T MOBILITY WILL TELL YOU that writers expounding on the issue of unlocked phones far outnumber consumers actually interested in buying them.Preliminary data shows...

Courts, Congress scrutinize carrier control

THE MOBILE-PHONE INDUSTRY'S BUSINESS MODEL continues to come under attack, with challenges to carrier control increasingly playing out in the courts, Congress and at...

Bringing combatants together: Industry associations provide united front

With the wireless sector the most competitive in the telecom industry, it is hard to imagine that company executives can simultaneously beat each other's...

Nokia’s direct-to-consumer efforts befuddled

Nokia Corp. is once again finding that the direct-to-consumer path is a treacherous one.The world's No. 1 handset maker postponed the launch of its...

VoIP provider denied short-code access: VZW, T-Mobile USA and Alltel nix text message application

Rebtel, a Voice over Internet Protocol firm that offers low-cost international calling on mobile phones, said Verizon Wireless, Alltel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc....

Mobile-game firms post disappointing results: Glu, EA and THQ predict continued struggles for Q4

The mobile gaming playground remains a tumultuous space, according to new earnings reports from three of the industry's biggest players. Shares of Glu Mobile...

IPhone gets new international service plan

AT&T Mobility announced a new international service plan for the Apple Inc. iPhone, an announcement that comes on the heels of efforts by software...

Verizon Wireless offers the Pearl, and new rate plans for BlackBerrys

Verizon Wireless is offering Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry Pearl online accompanied by a new pricing scheme for BlackBerry e-mail and Web access. Verizon...

Lawmaker calls for extensive conditions to VZW acquisition of RCC

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he has serious concerns with Verizon Wireless' $2.67 billion purchase of Rural Cellular Corp., telling Federal Communications Commission Chairman...

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...

Alltel details leadership shakeup

Alltel Corp. announced a management shuffle that will kick in after private-equity firms TPG Capital and GS Capital Partners complete their acquisition of the...
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