May 2008

Rural Cellular Corp. sued Alltel Corp. in federal court, accusing the Arkansas-based cellphone operator of undermining a $48 million wireless deal between the two companies.RCC last year completed its purchase …

Following a rash of rumors earlier this week, and an aborted attempt last year, Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. said they were going to again combine their WiMAX operations …

(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) RF Micro Devices (RFMD), a provider in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency systems and solutions introduced the ML2726 ISM band transceiver.

By Paul Berger The Washington Post has been streaming live video to its Web site since 2001. In that time it has covered shuttle launches, senate hearings and major news …

RCR Wireless News Editor Tracy Ford interviews research firm Compete Inc.’s Adam Guy on open access, third-party applications and consumer choice in this RCR Wireless News Webcast. Guy is general …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier–Lehman Brothers lowered its estimates on Virgin Mobile USA to 39 …

Qwest Communications International Inc. is jumping wireless ship from its current mobile virtual network operator relationship with Sprint Nextel Corp. to reselling Verizon Wireless services. The move, expected to begin …

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the first quarter. This list comprises the amounts that were invested into wireless companies, as well …

NetMotion Wireless is bolstering the Internet voice and streaming video elements of its flagship virtual private network (VPN) offering.The Seattle-based developer this week will release version 8.0 of Mobility XE, …

Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc. reported a 23% jump in total revenue and an 11% rise in income, while average revenue per user and net subscriber additions declined slightly. …

Verizon Wireless is downplaying a Google Inc. effort to have the Federal Communications Commission extract an explicit commitment from the No. 2 cellular carrier that it will adhere to open-access …

Greenlight Wireless has finally adopted the name of its flagship product.The Irvine, Calif.-based developer rebranded as Skweezer Inc., taking the name of its popular Web-to-mobile transcoding technology. The startup also …

Sprint Nextel Corp. is hoping to spur creation of innovative applications with a new Java platform, a resurrected developer program and an upgraded toolkit.The carrier used the opening day of …

While rumors swirl about a German telecom giant’s interest in acquiring Sprint Nextel Corp. to become the largest-mobile phone carrier in the United States, the No. 3 U.S. cellular operator …

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. reported that in the first quarter its service revenue was down, net income and net customer adds were down drastically, churn was up and average revenue …

ROK Entertainment Group Inc. is expanding its Internet video offerings with the acquisition of Jalipo Media Limited., a fellow U.K.-based outfit.ROK, which delivers streaming and on-demand video to 2.5G and …

Contrary to the popular maxim, no news is not good news – at least at Motorola Inc.Armed only with more promises to revive the badly flagging company, CEO Greg Brown …

For this I got the unlimited text-messaging plan for our family?My 12-year-old daughter showed me an MMS she got the other day from one of her friends. It starts off …

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 …

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 …

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 …

DVDVideoSoft, an independent software vendor, announces the bulk update of its free video editing software. This site also provides a free video converter and multimedia software guides and tutorials.

ROK Entertainment Group Inc, which develops entertainment products for mobile phone, has acquired Jalipo Ltd.

Now that mobile TV and other video services are being rolled out widely, advocates of mobile advertising are renewing their pitch — that cell phones could be a highly effective …

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 …