Monthly Archives: May, 2008

Rural Cellular claims Alltel sabotaged divestiture deal

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...

DONE DEAL: Sprint Nextel, Clearwire re-merge WiMAX business, bring new investments into operations

Following a rash of rumors earlier this week, and an aborted attempt last year, Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. said they were going...

RFMD Unveils 2.4 GHz ISM Band Transceiver

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

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By Paul Berger The Washington Post has been streaming live video to its Web site since 2001. In that time it has...

Video: Today’s wireless customers open to more options

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...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Sprint Nextel, Nortel Networks, SBA Communications and more

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...

Qwest moves wireless biz to VZW: Qwest Wireless to disappear

Qwest Communications International Inc. is jumping wireless ship from its current mobile virtual network operator relationship with Sprint Nextel Corp. to reselling Verizon Wireless...

By the Numbers: Venture capital deals for first-quarter 2008

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...

NetMotion updates VPN product

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...

MetroPCS sees growth in revenue, income

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

Verizon Wireless: Google’s open-access complaint is ‘sour grapes’

Verizon Wireless is downplaying a Google Inc. effort to have the Federal Communications Commission extract an explicit commitment from the No. 2 cellular carrier...

Greenlight Wireless now Skweezer

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...

Sprint Nextel, Nokia courts Java developers

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...

Sprint Nextel faces class-action from employees: Complaint says company stock was bad pension investment

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,...

Virgin Mobile USA’s outlook dims expectations

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

ROK purchases Jalipo Media

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...

Shareholders shellac Moto’s CEO, board

Contrary to the popular maxim, no news is not good news - at least at Motorola Inc.Armed only with more promises to revive the...

The trouble with text messaging

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...

REVIEW: Melodeo’s Mobilcast worth tuning in to

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...

Margins Check: Summer movies, DVDs through iTunes, and more

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...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola, Nokia Siemens and more

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...

New Versions of Free Video Editing Software, Video Converters Available at DVDVideoSoft

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

ROK in Jalipo takeover

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

Mobile Advertising: Still Waiting for a Medium

Now that mobile TV and other video services are being rolled out widely, advocates of mobile advertising are renewing their pitch -- that cell...

A bright future for ad-funded mobile entertainment

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...
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