April 2008

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 seems to have sparked a rallying …

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 a new wireless application or service …

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 …

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

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 an Ovum/RHK study, which found that …

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 that gives smartphone users “an unlimited …

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 Platform-A’s sales force as well as …

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 wireless standard. Alcatel-Lucent, L.M. Ericsson, NEC …

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 hot topics in the wireless industry. …

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 create an IPTV that can scale …

Cisco is opening up two pieces of its branch office gear to application developers in an effort to reduce the amount of equipment businesses have to place and manage in …

MobiTV Inc. has spent the past 18 months developing new technologies that will speed up the time between channel changes to less than a second and optimize cellular network backhaul …

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

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 anti-competitive behavior in the mobile phone …

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, the company and investor Carl Icahn …

With so many smart people in the wireless industry, how can there be so many problems with mobile content?At CTIA Wireless 2008, I had the privilege of moderating a panel …

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 storms of 2005, because – despite …

To hear Cyriac Roeding tell it, CBS Mobile started in 2005 as a “department of one.” Just two suitcases and three boxes in tow, Roeding left his home in Europe …

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 the theme of unwanted intrusion is …

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 bidders shell out billions to build …

You might be surprised at how much mutual strategy a carrier and handset vendor can pack into a single device. Consider the Z750a by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications for AT&T …

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 WiMAX Counts Quarterly Report.“Even with an …

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 into space Monday, setting the stage …