April 2008

An appellate court in Illinois has confirmed a lower court’s decision that would force Sprint Nextel Corp. to divest its Nextel operations in the territory of PCS affiliate iPCS Inc. …

AT&T Mobility has seen the signs — or at least, followed the voice prompts — and launched a branded GPS navigation service for consumers. Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp. …

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 assigned its A rating to AT&T‘s …

Spring has arrived, Opening Day is in the rear-view, and once again we found ourselves at the annual hyperbolic chamber that is CTIA’s Big Show. So in an effort to …

Perhaps no other player has invested as much in the speech-recognition market as Nuance Communications Inc. The Burlington, Mass.-based company has spent more than $1 billion in the past two …

Daniel Moloney is executive VP of Motorola Inc. and president of the company’s Home & Networks Mobility business, which provides digital video set-tops and infrastructure, cable modems and consumer gateways, …

Arun Bhikshesvaran is VP of Strategy and CTO for Ericsson North America. He has been with Ericsson since 1995 and has more than 15 years experience in the wireless communications …

Jim Orr is a principal network architect in the wireless market development group at Fujitsu Network Communications. Q: It seems the infrastructure market has experienced some turbulence over the past …

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 …

A new, pro-market advocacy group has formed to focus on business, technological and social aspects of mobile communications.The Mobile Future Coalition debuted yesterday at CTIA Wireless 2008. “American consumers have …

Not sure if it’s the desert air or some form of dementia brought on by a lack of food and a surplus of drink, but this year’s CTIA Wireless makes …

If you can get Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint Nextel Corp., to extoll the virtues of your jointly developed handset during the opening day’s keynote address, you’re well-positioned to make …

Mobile gaming continues to languish, plagued by a lack of innovation, overpriced titles and the constraints of tiny screens and 12-key pads. But game makers are hoping that Apple Inc.’s …

Well, April Fool’s Day came and went without much notice during the CTIA Wireless 2008 show. I find this disheartening; the CTIA show presents the perfect venue for companies both …

Perry LaForge is the founder, executive director and chairman of the CDMA Development Group (CDG). The CDG is a trade association comprised of more than 120 of the world’s leading …

Patricia Russo is chief executive officer of Alcatel-Lucent. Before helping to spearhead Alcatel’s tie-up with Lucent, Russo was chairman and CEO of Lucent. She helped launch Lucent in 1996. Q: …

Change has never been easy for the cell-phone industry. And it’s perfectly understandable. With the kind of wild success and wealth creation during its first three decades, cellular chieftains who …

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 of visionaries and veterans in the …

Like a series of dominos, several of the largest regional carriers fell to consolidation pressures within the past year. The announcements came within a few months of one another: AT&T …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to a special CTIA Show Daily edition of our weekly online feature, Analyst Angle. Every Monday at www.RCRWirelessNews.com you can find columns from the industry’s leading analysts, …

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 …

One academic says stop the debate already. He argues a wireless Carterfone rule is long overdue. “This [FCC] reticence to act has generated regulatory uncertainty and has frustrated numerous business …

Remember the “soccer mom”? First, she was avidly courted as a voter, later as a consumer. If you believe the handset marketers — admittedly, a leap of faith — the …

Forget the careful process of considering business cases, IT policies and other nit-picky consideration. Apple Inc.’s iPhone is the new must-have device — even though the buzz du jour is …

Marco Boerries is the executive VP of Yahoo Inc.’s Connected Life Division, which encompasses the company’s mobile, digital home, PC client and broadband teams around the world, including Yahoo Go …