Monthly Archives: April, 2008

Pricing plans for simply everything

What's with all the new pricing plans? Are carriers moving toward customization in lieu of simplicity?The introduction of unlimited plans a few months ago...

REVIEW: ESPN MVP scores

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...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Ericsson, Aptilo and Nokia Siemens Networks

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...

Nokia Taps Into NFC for Latest Phone

Today Nokia announced the 6212 Classic, a bar-style phone that incorporates near-field communications technology for mobile payment services.

Telephone Carriers Made $36 Billion Selling Broadband Services on Redback Routers in 2007

Redback Networks, an Ericsson company (NASDAQ:ERIC) that makes video-centric routers for 75+ percent of the world's largest triple-play networks, today announced the results of...

VZW gooses data offerings: Unlimited surfing, hosted e-mail on tap

Verizon Wireless is hoping to spur uptake of the wireless Web with a new, all-you-can-surf plan for smartphone users.The carrier introduced a $30-per-month plan...

Verizon Wireless to use AOL platform for online, mobile

Verizon Wireless has tapped AOL L.L.C.'s Platform-A as a "major advertising provider" of its online and mobile Internet destinations.The operator said it will use...

Industry giants agree on LTE IPR : Qualcomm notably absent from list

The market for LTE technology took another step forward today as seven infrastructure heavyweights announced a framework for licensing the rights to the next-generation...

Analyst Angle: At AT&T, a richer retail experience comes to the Surface

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...

NAB: Sun scales down video streaming

LAS VEGAS--Sun Microsystems today announced an expansion of its Streaming System video portfolio, adding small to mid-scale streaming of television and IP-based video to...

Cisco opens ISR routers to software developers

Cisco is opening up two pieces of its branch office gear to application developers in an effort to reduce the amount of equipment businesses...

Changing the channel in less than a second: MobiTV touts technology advances

MobiTV Inc. has spent the past 18 months developing new technologies that will speed up the time between channel changes to less than a...

Nonprofits find profits in mobile

Attendees heard plenty at the recent CTIA Wireless 2008 event about all the sexy things in the mobile space including music, video and, of...

CRACK DOWN: Proposed bill would give FTC some mobile authority

SENS. BYRON DORGAN (D-N.D.) and Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) introduced a bill to give the Federal Trade Commission authority to crack down on fraudulent and...

Moto and Icahn: truce!: Zander era over, company names new chairman

MOTOROLA INC. MADE two major moves last week to put its house in order as it works to revive its flagging mobile device business.First,...

Content crossroads

With so many smart people in the wireless industry, how can there be so many problems with mobile content?At CTIA Wireless 2008, I...

Heckuva job redux

One hesitates returning to the blame-game that engulfed and sullied the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and other sinister...

Passing the baton at CBS Mobile: Roeding leaves, first hire Sellinger to steer biz

To hear Cyriac Roeding tell it, CBS Mobile started in 2005 as a "department of one." Just two suitcases and three boxes in tow,...

‘Mysterious Stranger’ still hogs the blogs: Incumbents brandish handsets and hints

OK, Mark Twain's "mysterious stranger" was actually Satan's nephew, and we're certainly not deriding the devilish Steve Jobs or his wonderful company - but...

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

Our favorite country to the North, Canada, is going to have its own spectrum auction next month. We can't wait! Will Google play? Will...

Sony Ericsson Z750a lands at AT&T Mobility: HSDPA and fashion at the $50 sweet spot

You might be surprised at how much mutual strategy a carrier and handset vendor can pack into a single device. Consider the Z750a by...

WiMAX market up 20%, has yet to reach tipping point

The global Broadband Wireless Access/WiMAX subscriber base reached nearly 1.8 million during the fourth quarter, according to figures from research firm Maravedis in its...

To the moon!: ICO launching mobile video hopes into space

ICO Global Communications Holdings' half billion-dollar gamble leaves the launching pad this week.The Reston, Va.-based firm is slated to launch its $500 million satellite...
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