Monthly Archives: May, 2008

In India, Location Based Search Kicks Off

Earlier this month, India surpassed US as the second largest mobile market (by subscriber count) in the world.

Mobile WiMax Goes Urban

Sprint and Samsung have declared mobile WiMax to be ready for launch in Baltimore and Washington D.C. later this year. The two firms said...

Cell Phones and VoIP Calls Easy to Hack

A security conference held this week brought up information from studies that indicate it's really easy to hack into other people's phone calls.

Is an iPhone Air Hybrid in the Works?

Apple ( AAPL )-related rumors always add spice to your day. As we all anticipate the 3G iPhone's release any day now, we are...

Cops, Courts Turn to GPS

Electronic monitoring is getting more sophisticated in crime-fighting and tracking criminals.

MetroFi Pulls Out of Municipal Wireless Game

Municipal wireless service provider MetroFi has announced that the company is seeking a sale of its networks as it considers getting out of the...

Motorola’s strategy and technology chief quits

Latest executive to depart the struggling cell phone maker since Icahn gained board seats is Rich Nottenburg, who will "return to the New York...

FEMA under pressure for failing to deliver emergency alert system

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, whose self-declared lack of legal authority in managing aspects of a new emergency alert regime that has created friction...

PHOTOGUIDE: Mobile movie tie-ins: Studios find success with wireless

Hollywood is in full summer swing as studios begin releasing their blockbuster titles in theaters around the country. With that come some of the...

MVNOs winnow: Try not to wake the bear

THE GROUND CONTINUED TO SHIFT in the tumultuous mobile virtual network operator space this month as one player announced plans to call it quits,...

Timing the D Block

THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION'S ATTEMPT TO REVAMP the 700 MHz D Block could be shaped as much by substance as by timing, with Democrats...

Verizon Wireless backs LiMo: Decision sets up potential battle of platforms

GOOGLE INC.'S OPEN HANDSET ALLIANCE has attracted plenty of attention in the hot mobile Linux space, but the LiMo Foundation is assembling an impressive...

Etc.

Going green 211(me), a company that allows users to create personalized virtual business cards with digital photos, messages and links, said it is donating...

Devices, real and promised, set to launch in second half of ’08

Forces swirling throughout the wireless industry are clearly shaping handset offerings expected to reach U.S. consumers in the second half of this year. While...

RFMD to focus on ‘front end’

RF Micro Devices Inc. said that based on a fiscal fourth-quarter loss, it would cut $75 million in research-and-development costs and 350 jobs -...

User-generated video to generate $1.19B in revenues by 2012

User-generated video content has proved more popular than expected, with significant growth in China, according to a new report from In-Stat.Higher-quality content and increasing...

Mobile digital commerce to post $1.9B in revenues by 2012

The mobile digital commerce services market reached $1.1 billion last year and is expected to grow to $1.9 billion in 2012, according to a...

Worldwide wireless growth to be driven by emerging markets

The United States is expected to add more than 65 million mobile subscribers to the worldwide subscriber base between 2007 and 2012, according to...

Apple rolls around the globe : New business model likely in rapid expansion

Apple Inc. appeared poised to enter the second phase of its foray into the mobile industry, judging by events last week. Apple's Web site...

FCC to revisit tower lighting after conservation legal win

The Federal Communications Commission is revisiting the controversial licensing of thousands of towers in the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of a successful legal...

Celluphone exec says data no longer a four-letter word

Editor's Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what's hot...

Putting the mobile pieces together: EchoStar’s holdings could add up to wireless winner

As Echostar Corp. improves its financial performance - the company netted $5.7 million during the last quarter compared to a net loss of $18.5...

Report: RIM to release answer to iPhone : Palm could be wounded in crossfire

News on the high-end smartphone front continues to come in hot and heavy, with Apple Inc. expanding its iPhone market, Research In Motion Ltd....

Class action nets group of top wireless carriers for texting, other charges

Another day, another class-action wireless consumer lawsuit. This one is big, though, naming six mobile-phone carriers and a top mobile virtual network operator as...
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