Yearly Archives: 2007

Sluggish network sales weigh on Ericsson

L.M. Ericsson warned yesterday that third-quarter sales would total about $6.8 billion, with operating profit of $875 million, sending its shares down almost one-third....

Nokia unveils touchscreen UI: Message to Apple: Watch your back

Nokia Corp. will answer the iPhone's splashy user interface with advancements in its own Series 60 UI that runs its smartphone offerings, the Finnish...

AT&T Mobility chases VZW, eases ETF and contract-changing policies: Move comes ahead of Senate hearing on consumer-protection bill

AT&T Mobility has stepped up its customer-friendly policies, following changes by Verizon Wireless and just ahead of a federal hearing on wireless consumer protection....

REVIEW: Yahoo Go for Mobile goes simply, easily

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

The text-to-vote cliffhanger

Text-to-vote campaigns are changing TV viewing habits dramatically, and TV programming is pushing the popularity of text campaigns.And so it was that I watched...

Margins Check: Gaming acquisitions, online premiers and more

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

Preaching to the Converted: Building Mobile Awareness

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...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Alvarion, Nortel, Alcatel-Lucent 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...

Nokia resumes CDMA efforts

Nokia Corp. will offer a new CDMA handset in North America this fall, though details about possible carrier deals and pricing were not given....

Struggling Motorola restructures ad agency relationships

PHOENIX-With rival Nokia Corp. moving aggressively to build its worldwide lead through marketing, and the iPhone rattling the handset marketplace, struggling Motorola Inc. has...

Motricity acquires InfoSpace’s mobile division for $135M: Deal signals InfoSpace’s exit from wireless biz

Shares of InfoSpace Inc. shot skyward after the company said it will sell its mobile services division to Motricity for $135 million in cash.Motricity...

Verizon Wireless banks on Firethorn: Deal signals carrier’s preference for mobile banking partner

Verizon Wireless is betting on Firethorn Holdings L.L.C. for its mobile banking service, and the two companies said they will work with financial institutions...

Sprint Nextel produces its own video content: Carrier opens Chicago studio to supply short clips

Sprint Nextel Corp. is producing its own made-for-mobile video content.The carrier launched the Sprint Exclusive Entertainment (SEE) network, an in-house effort set to deliver...

VZW lands Zeppelin: Carrier snares mobile rights to rock band’s content

Verizon Wireless landed the exclusive rights to distribute Led Zeppelin's songs over-the-air, with ringtones, ringback tones, alert tones and wallpapers available immediately and full-song...

Monday, Oct. 15, 2007

AT&T Mobility digs deep for spectrum: Carrier writes $2.5B check for Aloha’s 700 MHz portfolio

AT&T Mobility left nothing to chance in its quest for 700 MHz spectrum. The nation's No. 1 carrier agreed last week to shell out...

MediaFLO alone on top in mobile broadcast TV

The domestic broadcast mobile TV space has gone from three potential providers to one in less than three months.AT&T Mobility's announcement last week to...

New low for Sprint Nextel: Carrier loses CEO, 337,000 customers

SPRINT NEXTEL CORP.'S OPERATIONAL STRUGGLES sunk to new lows last week as the nation's No. 3 carrier had its CEO step down and the...

Public-safety starts task list to get 700 MHz spectrum

WHILE THE 700 MHZ OPEN-ACCESS COURT BATTLE ESCALATES into a brawl among major stakeholders eyeing the upcoming auction, the public-safety community is methodically laying...

Bidding to simplify mobile Web: DotMobi rakes in more than $850,000 during first online auction

Want one of those ".mobi" suffixes for your wireless Web site? Get out your checkbook.The company behind the mobile-only top-level domain closed its first...

What’s in a name?: Verizon Wireless introduces opt-out policy to share calling records

Verizon Wireless is requiring customers to opt out of allowing the carrier to share their customer proprietary network information (CPNI), a new policy that...

MVNO model not dead, just adapting: Players in beleaguered space sharpening aim

With the content-centered, postpaid mobile virtual network operator market in decline, analysts have already begun talking about the next evolution of the MVNO model....

Back to the Bay: CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2007 set to kick off in San Francisco

After a one-year hiatus when the show visited Los Angeles, the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment event is back in the city by the...

Multimedia not limited to developed markets, chipmaker contends

Multimedia capabilities in phones are not just in demand in mature markets, but are also sought after in developing markets, according to Raj Talluri,...

The best show on mobile TV

The mobile TV market in the United States sure has been interesting to watch.Three years ago, it was DVB-H vs. MediaFLO. Nokia was backing...
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