Monthly Archives: February, 2008

3G buildout to reach 350 markets by 2009, AT&T Mobility promises

AT&T Mobility said it will step up its 3G buildout, expanding its high-speed mobile service to more than 80 additional cities this year.The nation's...

WSJ unveils on-device app

The Wall Street Journal Digital Network launched an on-device portal allowing users to access online content from Microsoft Corp.-based Windows Mobile-enabled devices.The downloadable application,...

Financial ratings wrap-up: AT&T, Ericsson, Sierra Wireless and more

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services...

Slow and low: Auction 73 bidding continues to crawl: E Block may not reach reserve price

Apparently it wasn't a Super Bowl hangover. Bidding in the Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction continued to slow today as bidders placed...

FCC OKs AT&T buy of Aloha, Democrats dismayed about process

The Federal Communications Commission approved AT&T Mobility's $2.5 billion purchase of Aloha Partners L.P.'s 700 MHz properties, triggering an angry dissent from a Democratic...

Bush proposes spectrum fees on ATC networks

The Bush administration proposed imposing spectrum fees on the cellular element of hybrid mobile satellite service networks as part of s $3.1 trillion budget...

Just because it’s mainstream, it doesn’t mean it’s boring: An agency perspective on the US mobile marketing industry

Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We've gathered a group...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Alcatel-Lucent and Airspan

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...

Where was wireless at the Super Bowl?

Alexis de Tocqueville might have saved himself a lot of travel if he could have watched a few Super Bowl broadcasts. It's no secret...

Individual C-Block licenses push past package price: FCC’s Web glitch postpones final round

The 700 MHz spectrum auction took another unexpected turn today as bidding on individual C-Block licenses usurped the previous high bid for a package...

Moto’s CEO will lead handset business: Icahn files for four board seats in upcoming election

Change is coming swiftly at Motorola Inc., fueling further speculation on the company's direction. CEO Greg Brown apparently told employees Friday in an...

Shareholders frown on Virgin Mobile USA’s continued losses

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. reported that it added 210,000 customers in the final quarter of 2007; however the MVNO will be taking on a...

Analyst Angle: Convergence, Aristotle and Kant: Garmin as a mobile-phone vendor

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...

$18 billion and counting: 700 MHz auction a success for FCC, open access; not so for public safety

It's still seemingly early in the game, but bidding in the Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz auction is materializing into a good news-bad news...

What’s to become of Motorola?: Speculation runs rampant on upshot of surprise news

AS WORD SANK IN that Motorola Inc. is "exploring the structural and strategic realignment" of its business - including the possible creation of a...

Equipment vendors ready for 700 MHz orders

THE DUST SURE TO BE LEFT in the wake of the 700 MHz auction is far from settled - with the final outcomes still...

Devices at 700 MHz: wait-and-see attitude: Spectrum winners’ strategy and service decisions come first

WHAT TYPES OF DEVICES might ride on the 700 MHz frequency licenses now up for bid in the United States?The question is as open...

S.E., Nokia set to battle in D-2-C space: Line-ups appear stacked, though carrier competition remains

Nokia Corp. and Sony Ericsson are gearing up for what looks to be an epic battle on the mobile content playground. But the complicated...

Forecast calls for … iPhone ‘killers’: Vendor-specific challenges also loom as smartphone space heats up

The landscape of the wireless industry is in flux as you read this story, with product launches, pre-announcements and hype flying by like so...

Industry: FCC doesn’t have authority to mandate backup power at cell sites

The mobile-phone industry told a U.S. appeals court the Federal Communications Commission exceeded its statutory powers in mandating the eight-hour backup power rule for...

The BlackJack II: Anatomy of a refreshed handset

If you spend any time speaking with national carriers or multinational device vendors, you know that they exist only to meet consumer demand. It's...

Service providers to challenge new E911 guidelines

The Federal Communications Commission is coming under increasing pressure from the wireless industry to put on hold new enhanced 911 location accuracy guidelines, with...

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Don't drop your cellphone in the water THQ Wireless Inc. said it signed a worldwide agreement with Playboy Enterprises to be the exclusive developer...

eBay for billionaires

I'm not sure what it is about auctions that causes me to lose all sense of time and space, but the ongoing 700 MHz...
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