Hedgehogging

hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.
Verizon Wireless, which recently announced plans to acquire Rural Cellular, said it had acquired the assets of Ramcell in Kentucky and Oregon. The deal included Ramcell’s spectrum licenses covering 574,000 potential customers and 51 cell sites. No word if the deal also included the Ramcell name, which is the baddest-ass name in the wireless business. If Verizon Wireless were smart, it would take that name and scare the dickens out of AT&T Mobility, which by comparison is a wimpy name. I can just see the Verizon Wireless Can You Hear Me Know guy ripping off his shirt in the next commercial and screaming into the camera “AT&T, can you smell what the Ramcell is bringing! Can Ya!” That would be awesome.
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Once relevant rock band Pearl Jam complained last week that AT&T censored political comments band leader Eddie Vedder made about President Bush that were Web cast through AT&T’s Blue Room site. AT&T claims the editing was a mistake by a contractor, while Pearl Jam used the issue to get in on the always-popular-with-the-young-kids net -neutrality issue. Rock on!
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The news last week that Vodafone planned to keep its 45% interest in Verizon Wireless came as little surprise. The carrier has repeatedly said it was happy with its current arrangement-though its attempt to acquire AT&T Wireless Services Inc. seemed to say otherwise-despite clamoring from investors that it monetize its investment. Of course, word that Vodafone’s put option would only require Verizon Communications to acquire $10 billion worth of Vodafone’s $50 billion interest in Verizon Wireless might also have had something to do with it. Unless a deal is worth $50 billion, it’s not worth doing.
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An awesome poll conducted by Harris Interactive, and sponsored by voice-messaging provider Pinger, came out last week showing that nine out of 10 Americans feel that texting while driving is as dangerous as drinking and driving and that it should be banned. But, get this, 66% of those surveyed also admitted to reading text messages while driving and 57% said they send text messages while behind the wheel. While no one on the RCR Wireless News staff will admit to such behavior behind the wheel, we have been known to aimlessly walk into walls while texting.