Monthly Archives: June, 2008

Class action targets T-Mobile USA’s texting service

A new class-action lawsuit alleges T-Mobile USA Inc. forces subscribers to use text message-enabled handsets and then charges them for unsolicited content, business practices...

Brightstar jumps on accessories boom

Brightstar Corp., which has successfully played the handset distribution game, has decided to pursue the accessories market by establishing a standalone company - Brightstar...

Alcatel-Lucent picks up Motive

Alcatel-Lucent said it will spend $67.8 million to pick up Motive Inc., an Austin, Texas-based developer of service management software for telecoms.The French behemoth...

Survey: Venture capitalists to show mobile some love

Venture capitalists expect to pour money into mobile and online entertainment over the next two years, according to new figures from KPMG.The auditing giant...

Sony Ericsson’s ‘me too’ moment: 8 megapixels in Q4

With the lucrative fourth quarter just around the corner (almost), Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications has joined the chorus of vendors reminding the world that...

REVIEW: Viigo simplifies mobile RSS

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point...

The true value of ‘mobile’ content

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Alvarion, Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks

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...

Mobile Search Has Promise, Pitfalls

Will the Google of mobile search arise?

Apple, others license Klausner voicemail patents

Klausner Technology said on Monday that Apple, eBay and AT&T have agreed to license its "visual voicemail" technology and settled a lawsuit against them.

Microsoft unveils first OS for portable navigation devices

Adds Web-friendly features to GPS handhelds. Microsoft Corp. today introduced its first embedded operating system for portable devices that use GPS (global positioning system)...

Yahoo says mobile search service reaches 600 million

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Internet media firm Yahoo Inc said on Tuesday that its mobile search service will be offered by six more telecom companies...

Police use texting for crime tips

Anonymous crime tips, long a staple of police investigations, are increasingly coming in by text message.

AT&T Discusses 3G iPhone Upgrade Policy

Current iPhone users are automatically eligible to buy the 3G iPhone, but potential new users might have to prove they are worthy.

Phone makers bullish on 2nd half despite weak economy

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - South Korean cellphone makers and Swedish-Japanese rival Sony Ericsson forecast robust handset sales, defying worries that a slowing U.S. economy and...

Retail Snapshot: Independent retailer sees trends toward ‘capped-rate’ plans

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...

Skype’s latest puts focus on watching who you call

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Web communications leader Skype begins public testing on Wednesday of a new version of its software for making free or low-cost...

Runcom to Present the First WiMAX-TV Set Top Box at WiMAX Forum

Runcom Technologies Ltd , disclosed today at the WiMAX Forum Global Congress 2008, the first Internet TV Set Top Box (STB).

Velocita nabs SkyTel’s paging service for $7.5M

Bell Industries Inc. has finally gotten SkyTel off its plate. Velocita Wireless L.L.C. bought the division for $7.5 million, paying $3 million in closing,...

LG hides Bluetooth headset inside phone

Verizon Wireless unveiled what it said is the first mobile phone with a built-in detachable Bluetooth headset.The Decoy, from LG Electronics Co. Ltd., features...

Cox papers go mobile

Cox Newspapers has tapped Quattro Wireless to power 19 new wireless Web sites.The subsidiary of Atlanta's Cox Enterprises Inc. launched mobile destinations for newspapers...

VIDEO: RCR Wireless Newscast for Monday, June 16, 2008

The FCC held a hearing last week on how to regulate early termination fees, which are charges wireless...

iPhone on the cheap: Apple seizes the day to pursue content revenue

APPLE INC. IS THE NAME and, now, sheer volume is the game.Before the "wow" factor for his much-hyped handset fades or is eclipsed by...

AT&T Mobility turns up heat on competition: 3G iPhone pricing set to impact all carriers

While Apple Inc.'s 3G iPhone includes a number of new technologies to excite tech-savvy phone users, it's the device's price and enterprise focus that...

Interoperability concerns plague mobile ad space: Third Screen Media singled out for not cooperating

NEW YORK - Turns out all those "open vs. closed" debates aren't limited just to mobile networks and software platforms. Wireless advertising is joining...
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