Yearly Archives: 2007

Iraq tops mobile search terms in 2007

It appears wireless Web surfers are more interested in accessing news and mobile content than finding the nearest pizza parlor.AOL last week unveiled the...

Linux camps fight to lure developers: LiPS Forum issues specs, focuses on telephony

Separate mobile Linux efforts have been cited by competitors as likely to lead to fragmentation.That's an ongoing debate, to be sure. But one Linux...

GPS tracking set to boom in Western Europe

Wireless tracking of vehicles and people will generate about $4.9 billion in revenues in Western Europe by 2012, according to a new report from...

Google, Philips, Microsoft, Moto tee up for fresh round of white-spaces testing

The debate whether to unleash a potentially huge amount of vacant broadcast spectrum-called white spaces-for Wi-Fi and other low-power wireless applications has reached a...

RINGING IN SUCCESS: Ringback tone market continues expansion, ringback ads on deck

As ringtone revenues descend and full-track mobile music services spin their tires, ringback tones are quietly gaining steam. But they may not be quiet...

Person of the Year: Steve Jobs

That sucking sound you hear is the wireless industry on the mat, gasping for air.Enter the dragon, Steve Jobs, RCR Wireless News' Person of...

Femtocell profits a waiting game

A new report from ABI Research says carriers need to keep long-term considerations in mind when formulating their femtocell strategies, because femtocell solutions probably...

Closer to free: Nokia, Universal Music launch new music proposition

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-There's always a first shot at everything; first to the moon, first to summit Mount Everest, first to end homelessness. It may...

Leap’s jump hampered by wider economic woes: Carrier to introduce more prepaid options

Leap Wireless International Inc. added fewer than 40,000 net new subscribers during the third quarter and its churn rate soared, while the flat-rate carrier's...

Nokia World

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Nokia Corp.'s strategy hasn't wavered much in the past few years and the message for 2008 is essentially more of the same....

Clearwire’s stock surges on acquisition report

Clearwire Corp.'s stock jumped nearly 12% in early afternoon trading based on speculation that the company is on the verge of announcing it will...

Google optimizes Picasa photo service for iPhone

Google Inc. just keeps making things better for Apple Inc. iPhone users who want their Google fix. The search juggernaut has launched a new...

Telus Mobility not one of T-Mobile USA’s faves: U.S. carriers sues Canadian operator over use of calling promotion

T-Mobile USA Inc. is suing Canadian operator Telus Mobility over the northern neighbor's use of a familiar promotion: my Faves. T-Mobile USA introduced its...

Alltel brings mobile shopping to Blackberry

Alltel Corp. introduced a free mobile shopping service for Research In Motion Ltd. Blackberry users through a partnership with mobile commerce provider Digby. The...

Zumobi launches tiles for smartphones

Zumobi launched a beta version of its widget-based Web-browsing application.The offering, which can be downloaded free here, uses a matrix of up to 36...

Alcatel-Lucent powering Italian DVB-SH trial

Alcatel-Lucent has partnered with mobile operator 3 Italia and Italian public broadcaster RAI for a mobile TV trial based on the DVB-SH standard. The...

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...

Wireless carriers question proposal to cap USF

More than a dozen small- and medium-sized cellphone carriers raised concerns with key Senate lawmakers about a federal-state panel's recommendation on federal subsidies. The...

Worst of the Week: Predictions for 2007, the scorecard

Hello!And welcome to a special edition of our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. As 2007 draws to a close, I'm going to see...

Palm cuts undisclosed number of jobs: Treo maker slimming down after series of missteps

Palm Inc., which employs about 1,250 people, yesterday made job cuts of undisclosed magnitude, the company said."Palm is working to sharpen its focus and...

Qualcomm loses ruling in legal battle with Nokia

Both Nokia Corp.'s and Qualcomm Inc.'s stocks were down a few percent each on news that the United States International Trade Commission had rebuffed...

Digital Chocolate commits to free gaming: Publisher to supply 5 games through Greystripe

Digital Chocolate Inc. is the latest mobile-game maker to distribute its games for free.The publisher said it will make five of its games available...

Sprint Nextel to link to MySpace Mobile

Sprint Nextel Corp. announced a deal with Fox Interactive Media that will give the carrier's subscribers free access to MySpace Mobile from the carrier's...

Evite expands mobile services

Evite launched a free application that allows users to plan last-minute get-togethers from their phones or PCs.Party planners can send invitations simultaneously with QuickVite...

Sprint Nextel on track for WiMAX launch by year-end: Carrier still mulling Xohm financing options

Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to turn on three WiMAX test markets within the next two weeks, meeting its self-imposed deadline to roll out the...
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