Yearly Archives: 2007

Business users show their value

The average revenue per user among business users is 24% higher than among personal users, yet when it comes to mobile data services the...

Portable GPS to generate nearly $12B in Western Europe by 2012

Portable navigation solutions and software solutions for multi-user devices are expected to generate $11.8 billion in revenues in Western Europe by 2012, according to...

Wi-Fi networks not just for business

Wi-Fi hot spots are not longer the domain of business travelers, as more traffic at sites is coming from personal use, noted a recent...

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...

Boost subscribers access ULocate’s LBS application

ULocate Communications Inc. bagged another customer for its WHERE application.The Boston-based developer said Sprint Nextel Corp. sub-brand Boost Mobile subscribers now have access to...

Churn stymies iPCS’ growth

Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate iPCS Inc.'s customer additions for the third quarter decreased compared to previous quarters, while the company's churn rate increased. The...

Alcatel-Lucent shows off WiMAX handoff in Dominican Republic

Alcatel-Lucent and Dominican Republic-based operator Onemax announced that they've completed the world's first mobile handoffs on a commercial WiMAX 802.16e-2005 network in the 3.5...

Openwave narrows loss, stock sinks

Shares of Openwave Systems Inc. continued to dissolve after the company posted quarterly revenue of $63 million, down 24% from the same period last...

AT&T Mobility pushes back MediaFLO launch

AT&T Mobility has delayed its launch of MediaFLO USA Inc.'s broadcast mobile TV service to early 2008. More than eight months after committing to...

Moto wins back some respect in Q3: Razr2 shipments near the million mark

Motorola Inc. saw its net earnings fall by 94% for the third quarter-but Wall Street appeared to buy Chairman and CEO Ed Zander's message...

Opera links desktop, cellphone browsers

Opera Software ASA released a new feature that enables Opera browser users to access their bookmarks, speed dial and personal bar feature from any...

Helio continues drag on EarthLink results

EarthLink Inc. posted a third-quarter loss driven by restructuring costs and its investment in mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C., but promised that it...

Worst of the Week: Show? What show?

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...

Survey: Wireless retail experience a turnoff for consumers

Wireless customers aren't pleased with their retail sales experience, and their opinion of it has gotten steadily worse since 2006, according to the most...

AT&T consolidates $3.4B media-buying account

AT&T has consolidated it estimated $3.4 billion media account with WPP Group's Mediaedge:cia, according to executives familiar with the review.Omnicom Group's OMD, along with...

Wrap It Up!

Wow. Three days, a few hundred miles of walking, too much alcohol and too few good meals. Or in other words, a typical CTIA...

Mobile TV prospects remain clouded

A party of five representing TV and cable networks and a diverse sampling of distribution providers failed to collectively define mobile television as it...

You’ve got ‘presence’ : Panel debates the roles of operators, third-parties

The buzzword du jour: presence. "Presence" is getting a lot of play, from the focus of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's opening keynote address...

Merging personalities: RIM, Facebook tag-team keynote

So this is what they mean by "One show, two personalities."Wednesday's keynote coupled the buttoned-down executive style of Research In Motion Ltd. with the...

Thumbplay inks content pact to be on AOL assets

Thumbplay said it signed an exclusive deal for ringtones and other mobile content across the AOL network. AOL is integrating Thumbplay's content through AOL...

FiveMinutes with… Gretchen Griswold

RCR Wireless News met with PacketVideo's VP of Marketing Gretchen Griswold for five minutes on the show floor to see where the multimedia software...

HTC: The ‘Little Engine That Could’: Innovation from questioning assumptions

John Wang momentarily wears a distant look on his face. How to convey a sense of the process at HTC Corp.'s MAGIC Labs that...

Music goes D2C: Groove to offer short code for $2 download

Groove Mobile is going directly to consumers with a new track from indie hip-hop artist Aceyalone. Users can send a message to a short...

Big players have big plans for WiMAX

Consider WiMAX a bit schizophrenic. The technology is taking two divergent paths as different countries and different companies explore how best to put it...

Analyst Angle: The mobile browser needs a companion

Editor's Note: Welcome to a special CTIA I.T. Show Daily edition of our weekly online feature, Analyst Angle. Every Monday at www.RCRNews.com you can...
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