February 2008

Once-beleaguered RadioShack Corp. – which sells wireless devices and services for AT&T Mobility and Sprint Nextel Corp., as well as a handful of prepaid providers – saw its stock soar …

Mobile and fixed-line network company Tellabs Inc. has tapped Robert Pullen to step in as CEO.Pullen will replace Krish Prabhu, who announced his resignation in November following a plunge in …

Action slowed further as the Federal Communications Commission’s 700 MHz spectrum auction staggered toward the $20 billion mark.Round 114 drew only 26 new bids across the A, B and E …

Raise your hand if you were shocked by those reports of big layoffs at Motricity.Yeah, me neither. Sadly.The heavily funded Durham, N.C.-based mobile content company is said to be slashing …

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

Editor’s Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR Wireless News staff considers events in …

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 and vendor. The value of the …

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

The number of new bids per round has dropped to around 30 in the Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing 700 MHz spectrum auction, showing declining interest from a handful of the …

The New York Times Co. announced the beta launch of an application designed to help move content between computers and mobile phones.ShifD updates information to users’ accounts using any Web …

Don’t get too excited. That’s the basic message from Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. – yes, one thing they can agree on – which have famously been jousting to defend …

LinkedIn unveiled a Web-based mobile application that allows mobile members to search user profiles, research mutual contacts and receive updates about connections. LinkedIn is an online networking site designed for …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. …

Video chat services will help fuel mobile adult content revenues as the worldwide market for the steamy stuff reaches $1.5 billion by 2012, according to new figures from Juniper Research.Interactive …

A small collection of E-Block licenses continued to generate interest among the few remaining active bidders in the Federal Communications Commission’s 700 MHz spectrum auction. Over the past several days, …

Alltel Wireless unveiled a location-based roaming feature that allows subscribers to use GPS applications outside their home network area.The move allows subscribers to use location-based applications in more than 45 …

Motorola Inc. has named a new chief financial officer from outside the company. Paul Liska, a former Sears, Roebuck and Co. CFO, will take over March 1 for Tom Meredith, …

The number of new bids in the Federal Communication Commission’s ongoing 700 MHz spectrum auction held steady at around 50 during each of this morning’s rounds, showing continued interest in …

Make room for one more on the dance floor. U.S. Cellular joined the army of national carriers that this week opened the floodgates on minutes by introducing unlimited calling plans …

Local search provider go2 Media launched a mobile Web site centered on Sunday’s Academy Awards.The site, http://oscars.go2.com, targets 18- to 34-year-old consumers with photos and art from nominated films, mobile …

Mobile entertainment firm Thumbplay Inc. will bulk up its content portfolio thanks to a new pact with Sony BMG Music Entertainment.The New York-based, direct-to-consumer aggregator said it will add 7,000 …

A deep chasm emerged at a meeting of state regulators over whether federal preemption should be expanded in a new national wireless policy framework that would encompass consumer safeguards and …

T-Mobile USA Inc. announced a $10-a-month unlimited calling plan for its growing fixed-line effort.The operator launched Talk Forever Home Phone, an Internet service with unlimited local and domestic long distance …

Research In Motion Ltd. said today that its subscriber growth will be stronger than previously forecast for its fiscal quarter ending March 1. But the BlackBerry maker did not raise …

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 this column is a chance for …