2007

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first edition of Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our new Tuesday feature, Mobile Content and Culture. This weekly e-mail service will cover the most important mobile content news of the week, and will also …

Finnish handset vendor Nokia Corp. used its annual Nokia Connection event at telecom conference CommunicAsia in Singapore to beef up its mid-range offerings with three handsets, one destined for the …

HTC Corp. moved from original device manufacturer to original equipment manufacturer at Sprint Nextel Corp. this week with an HTC-branded smartphone at the high end of the price range for …

Hang on, sports fans. We’ve got a hum-dinger of a race here.NASCAR filed a $100 million countersuit against AT&T Inc. for alleged breach of contract and fraud over Richard Childress …

YouTube Inc. quietly launched a stripped-down, mobile version of its popular video-sharing site.The wireless offering, available at m.youtube.com, offers a small selection of streaming videos in a handful of categories …

Regional telecommunications provider NTELOS Inc. announced plans for an overhaul to its advertising efforts, news that coincides with the company’s hiring of new advertising firm The Johnson Group. NTELOS said …

Microsoft Corp. overhauled its MSN Mobile portal, adding services and simplifying the user interface.The software giant said the new site, mobile.msn.com, incorporates MSN services such as Hotmail, Live Messenger, Windows …

Mobile entertainment startup RemoTV announced a beta launch of a free application that allows cellphone users to access multimedia from their PCs.The Connecticut-based newcomer said mobile users can create channels …

Silverback Media plc, a marketing agency that operates on mobile and online platforms, announced it has entered into a preliminary agreement to acquire a majority interest in Atlas Telecom Mobile, …

Almost half of early adopters in the United States planning to replace their cellphones want Wi-Fi capability, according to a recent survey by In-Stat. The market research firm noted that …

A large percentage of young drivers in the United States say they both talk and send text messages on their cell phone while driving. A Zogby International poll found two-thirds …

The U.S. telecom industry appears to largely be treading water when it comes to fixed-mobile convergence-with much talk about the subject and a few tentative sallies in that direction, but …

It’s no secret that a stroll through the offerings on carrier decks is enough to give you carpal tunnel syndrome. A recent study of four U.S. wireless services providers by …

The Supreme Court delayed a decision on whether to review a lower court’s pro-state pre-emption ruling, inviting the views of the U.S. solicitor general who previously signaled disinterest in pursuing …

Network operators will earn more than $10 billion this year from selling self-branded handsets made by ODMs, according to ABI Research. That’s a nearly 25% jump from the prior year. …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-If there ever was a first shot fired in the battle toward a digital age, the music industry was likely the first to hear it. By the close …

The guys who founded Atlas Mobile are back with a community-based contest offering for mobile phones and PCs.Isaac Babbs, Andy Riedel and Ken Scott unveiled Tapatap Inc., a San Mateo, …

InfoSpace Inc. scored another carrier customer for its wireless Web service even as it continued to beat a retreat from the content space.The Seattle-area company expanded its relationship with Verizon …

A consumer group has raised conflict-of-interest and qualification issues regarding a proposed National Academy of Sciences panel spawned by a government-wireless industry research program to examine where additional research is …

Perhaps it is just as well that Allen Salmasi is still flying under the radar, given the tumult and upheaval that ensued when his last startup found it couldn’t repay …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Like a train caught in a labyrinth of uncharted tracks, the entertainment industry is hurtling across the DRM space with no clear direction or destination.So was the theme …

It’s hard not to root for the little guy in epic battles. Maybe it’s because we have been trained by Hollywood that the underdog is always the more virtuous combatant …

The story of Motorola Inc.’s Razr handset has morphed of late from legend to cautionary tale. Despite the device’s continuing, rampant sales, the company’s decision to radically discount the price …

Watching the competitive jockeying of the world’s largest handset brands has its pleasures-the neck-and-neck excitement of a horserace, the tragedies of thrown jockeys and doomed steeds and, naturally, the wagering, …