Monthly Archives: February, 2008

Sun sets on analog requirements: Carriers can begin shutting down antiquated networks this week

CARRIERS NATIONWIDE CAN NOW legally bid adieu to the legacy analog networks that the Federal Communications Commission required them to keep online through Feb....

The phones of Spain: ‘User experience’ gains, plus Apple’s invisible hand

Mobile phone design efforts over the past two years appear to have taken the handset as far as it will go, for now, if...

Google, Yahoo score customer wins: Google snares Nokia, Yahoo steals T-Mobile

Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. each announced impressive wins at Mobile World Congress 2008 last week, but it was Yahoo's news that raised eyebrows...

Vodafone looks to ramp up mobile Internet services: Carrier grabs Microsoft’s mobility leader Knook

Pieter Knook, the leader of Microsoft Corp.'s mobile business and an 18-year company veteran, has jumped ship to Vodafone Group plc.Knook will lead the...

Industry Outlook 2008: In-Car Entertainment: Infotainment on the move: The future of in-vehicle consumer infotainment

While not everyone can ride the Google Shuttle to work and enjoy a free Wi-Fi connection, in-vehicle Internet access for all is not far...

Alcatel-Lucent, NEC partner for LTE

BARCELONA, Spain - With the LTE market just starting to develop, Alcatel-Lucent and NEC Corp. believe combining their resources early on will help them...

4G potential set to challenge infrastructure vendors: LTE, WiMAX and Chinese competitors could shape market in 2008

BARCELONA, Spain - The world's largest network providers are jockeying for position in the race to build out fourth-generation networks in an increasingly uneasy...

Mobile entertainment to top $64B by 2012

The worldwide mobile entertainment market will grow from about $20 billion last year to more than $64 billion by 2012, driven by music, games...

Auction activity slows: Bids slog past $19.4B

THE 700 MHZ AUCTION, continuing to crawl toward an end likely punctuated by a disappointing D Block failure, will not remain totally within the...

DukeNet to acquire 115 towers from Vangard

DukeNet Communication Services L.L.C., which is owned by Duke Energy Corp., said it signed a definitive agreement to acquire 115 wireless towers from Vangard...

Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.

It's odd that at a show where PhDs, MBAs and so many smart people from the telecom space stroll the pavilions, Robert Redford can...

Mobile entertainment industry stunted by poor sales reporting

Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail newsletter, Mobile Content and Culture....

Surely these can’t be growing pains

As I listened to some of the world's largest wireless infrastructure providers talk about their business plans last week at the Mobile World Congress...

The unbearable transparency of anonymity

Proponents of blind bidding claim the nearly $20 billion in pledges for 700 MHz licenses as well as the possible addition of a few...

WRITERS STRIKE OVER: Sides compromise on new media fees, including mobile

Clear the set. It's back to business as usual in Hollywood.Members of the Writers Guild of America last week voted overwhelmingly to end the...

Industry Outlook 2008: Smartphones: Smartphones will reshape the mobile Web in 2008

Smartphones will come of age as the primary venue for mobile Internet content in the U.S. this year. The proliferation of these devices will...

Industry Outlook 2008: Video: Mobile video and television growing pains

Mobile television and clip-based video content clearly represent an emerging opportunity for mobile network operators, traditional production houses, online portals and community sites like...

Industry Outlook 2008: Mobile Search: Mobile search rife with potential waiting to be found

What is mobile search? A search for "mobile search" on Merriam-Webster's online dictionary returns only paid search terms. I will refrain from comment. Wikipedia...

3G uptake to drive new base station deployments

The pace of 3G uptake will directly impact the demand for base stations during the next several years, according to a new study from...

Industry Outlook 2008: Location-based services: Consumers (still) want location-based services

In 2008, the wireless industry appears poised to continue its move to a model where access is open to qualifying third-party developers and handset...

Industry Outlook 2008: Social Networking: My mobile social networking wish list for 2008

Don't be fooled by the flow of VC funding or the fact that Google Inc. and MySpace are in on it. The truth is,...

Industry Outlook 2008: Security: Mobile security more than a solution looking for a problem

Mobile security has been a topic of discussion for many years. Skeptics have always said "mobile security is a solution looking for a problem."...

700 MHz auction drags on

Bidders in the Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction continued their squabble over just under 100 licenses that appear to remain in play....

MediaFLO continues to wait for AT&T Mobility debut

AT&T Mobility subscribers are still waiting for the carrier to launch MediaFLO USA Inc.'s broadcast television service, and sources say the wait could be...
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