Monthly Archives: March, 2008

Analyst Angle: Drunks, lampposts and the mobile industry: Reflections on talk-time as a measure of multimedia devices

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...

February infrastructure awards

The following contracts were announced in February:

Fight continues over white-spaces sharing : Broadcasters, hi-tech spar over test results

The war of words continues over government testing of wireless devices that could be allowed to operate in vacant broadcast spectrum, with claims about...

We want your CTIA Wireless 2008 News

RCR Wireless News is the exclusive publisher of the official CTIA print Show Daily.To get your show announcements included in the only print Official...

Wireless smut to generate mega-bucks, study finds

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...

Mobile Internet devices to top 90M in sales by 2012

A new category of consumer electronics device - the Mobile Internet Device - is expected to appeal to a wide variety of consumers, according...

Etc.

And if he hadn't won? Alltel gave 500 free bonus minutes to new customers and existing customers who added a line of service to...

All Eyes on Moto’s CEO: Brown set to give ‘fireside chat’ today

Greg Brown, CEO of Motorola Inc. since Jan. 1, was set to participate today in a "fireside chat Q&A session" at Morgan Stanley Technology...

Carriers go all in with unlimited pricing plans: Big 4 target $100 price point with new plans

After years of only minor price plan tweaks and occasional promotional offers, the nation's four largest carriers have ignited a new pricing war centered...

RadioShack revenue down on lower postpaid wireless sales

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...

T-Mobile USA launches Internet calling: $10-per-month plan part of No. 4 carrier’s wireline push

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

Content kings urged to share the wealth: Report encourages Hollywood to give content away in order to goose market

Hollywood content producers looking to cash in on mobile should take a cue from The Red Hot Chili Peppers and give it away -...

VZW/RCC deal bogs down in political morass: Lawmakers urge FCC to act fast on transaction

Verizon Wireless' $2.67 billion play for Rural Cellular Corp. has turned intensely political, with Republican and Democratic lawmakers urging the Federal Communications Commission to...

T-Mobile USA, Leap add customers: But Leap losses up 211% from last year

T-Mobile USA Inc. ended 2007 with 28.7 million customers after adding 951,000 customers and posting a net income of $383 million during the fourth...

State’s role in consumer protection bill pondered

HOUSE LAWMAKERS OFFERED A PREVIEW of the debate apt to escalate in coming months over efforts to write a wireless consumer protection bill, with...

HESSE’S HEADACHE: Sprint Nextel posts record Q4 loss, more tough times ahead

Sprint Nextel Corp.'s performance is likely to get worse before it gets better, the company told agitated investors last week.The company's stock plummeted to...

It’s good to be in the tower biz: In-building coverage, new uses of wireless and new spectrum point to healthy market

The wireless industry relies on towers like a lifeline. All those wireless calls, messaging exchanges and data downloads and uploads rely on a steadily...

FCC must assess environmental impact of towers

A divided appeals court struck down a Federal Communications Commission's decision in which the agency rejected the contention it illegally licensed 6,000 towers in...

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

So, Sprint Nextel posted a $29.5 billion loss for the fourth quarter of 2007. That would be a billion with a "b." (And you...

Content aggregators navigate through market turbulence

The field of mobile content aggregators has seen more casualties than a "Terminator" movie. For the few remaining players, though, there's still plenty of...

FEMA wants FCC to defer on mobile alert systems

The Federal Emergency Management Agency urged federal regulators to defer key decisions in efforts to establish a voluntary mobile-phone emergency alert system.FEMA, a unit...

REVIEW: Mobile gaming controller serviceable, but to what end?

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 review...

Gmystery

What is Google's game plan for wireless?The easy answer: I have no clue. But as we await the outcome of the FCC's 700 MHz...

Pryor consent

Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) may have opted himself out the wireless industry's good graces. I don't know whether Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin,...
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