Monthly Archives: May, 2008

Class action accuses Sprint Nextel of unauthorized content charges: Lawsuit similar to one filed against Alltel earlier this year

A new class-action lawsuit accuses Sprint Nextel Corp. of charging subscribers for mobile content not authorized by subscribers.The lawsuit, virtually identical to one filed...

Enterprise market high on mobility

Mobility continues to be a top investment priority for enterprises, according to a new survey by Aberdeen.The survey found that businesses increased their planned...

Credo targets ‘green’ market with headset, charger, case

Credo Mobile unveiled two new accessory products and a new charger that the company said are environmentally friendly.The Iqua Solar Bluetooth headset is a...

IPCS objects to Sprint Nextel-Clearwire WiMAX plans: Affiliate’s lawsuit claims breach of agreement

Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate iPCS Inc. filed a lawsuit against Sprint Nextel in relation to the recent partnership between the industry's No. 3 carrier...

Leap rolls dice on Las Vegas launch

Leap Wireless International Inc. said it will launch its Cricket service in Las Vegas tomorrow using the advanced wireless services spectrum it won during...

Analyst Angle: Clearwire attracts billions from strange bedfellows

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...

As mobile TV adoption grows, marketers slow to follow

AT&T announced on May 4 that it would begin providing a mobile TV ser­vice to subscribers in the US. The new service, provided by...

Is Your Car the Ultimate ‘Mobile Computer’?

Microsoft wants to turn your car into a Windows machine (please, no "crash" jokes) with in-dash infotainment and diagnostic systems.

Can Wireless Technologies Rescue U.S. Hospitals?

(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The number of US hospitals has decreased by 20 percent in the last 30 years, from...

Nationwide WiMAX: Who Benefits?

Who benefits the most from the recently announced Sprint ( S ) / Clearwire ( CLWR ) deal? It may not be who you...

Developers look for happy medium for mobile Web

Traditional Web sites are often lost in translation on mobile phones. So developers are hoping to bridge the disconnect between wireless phones and the...

DT-Sprint Nextel combo would face uphill climb

ON MANY LEVELS, politics alone appear to weigh heavily against the government approving a merger that would propel German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG...

2nd time’s a charm?: Sprint Nextel, Clearwire re-merge WiMAX business, bring new investments to operations

WHAT'S THAT SAYING? Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me?After their previous union was aborted last year, Sprint Nextel...

Ad-supported TV moves to mobile: Why didn’t I think of that?

A new star is rising in mobile television and it's all premised on the fact that people don't want to pay for video on...

Apple’s New Deal?: Vodafone, America Movil take a bite

Apple Inc.'s foray into the global handset industry is a work-in-progress, judging by last week's events, just as its initial, domestic rollout was marked...

Executive Interview: Robert Dawson

When people think of domestic iDEN carriers, the most common name mentioned is Sprint Nextel Corp., which serves more than 13 million customers on...

Venting the rage: Shareholders rake Moto execs at annual meeting

Armed only with more promises to revive the badly flagging company, Motorola Inc.'s CEO Greg Brown and fellow board members took a verbal beating...

Etc.

Inspired messagesThe Pope will send inspirational text messages to mobile phones during Catholic World Youth day this summer in Australia, according to a report...

LTE’s IPR picture? Clear as mud: Many players have yet to step forward

Imagine that a group of disparate warriors needs to cross a field laden with land mines. If they can agree on an approach that...

Redesigned with you in mind

Big news: RCR Wireless News has redesigned its daily e-mail newsletter beginning today. The new and improved e-mail will still continue to bring you...

Sacred-cow skittishness

If nothing else, the legacy of FCC Chairman Kevin Martin will be one in which aggressive advocacy of public-safety policy reigned to the point...

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

If we didn't live in a capitalist society, we'd be all for using Sprint Nextel's iDEN network for public safety. Just look at the...

Messaging revenues to top $212B by 2013

Mobile messaging revenues are expected to grow to $212 billion by 2013, according to new predictions from ABI Research.The growth will be driven by...

WiMAX to snag 47M subscribers by 2013

A new report from Juniper Research predicts WiMAX growth will begin to take off in the period between 2009 and 2011, growing to more...
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