Monthly Archives: June, 2008

Mobile marketing lacks simplicity needed to take off

NEW YORK - Here's something you probably haven't heard before: this is not the year of mobile advertising. And next year may not be...

Motorola’s Tricky Reality

Motorola Inc. and its mobile-devices division have amicably agreed to separate. But working out the financial details may be tough.

DoCoMo Confirms Bangladesh Investment

Japan's DoCoMo has finally confirmed that it is buying a 30 percent stake in TM International (Bangladesh) Limited (TMIB), a mobile phone operator based...

Tiny text messages can pack a wallop

Are marketing and transactional text messages right for e-retailers? They're being used by a handful of merchants and garnering success as consumers are growing...

Mozilla Girds for Mobile Browser Warfare

When Mozilla releases its Firefox 3 browser update June 17, it hopes to set the first-ever Guinness world record for number of Internet software...

T-Mobile to sell 3G iPhone from 1 euro in Germany

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom AG's (DTEGn.DE: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) T-Mobile will sell Apple Inc's (AAPL.O: Quote ,...

Analyst Angle: Apple’s possible iPhone miss

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...

Telstra’s media ambitions pay off

TELSTRA'S bid to turn itself into a media company is paying dividends, according to BigPond chief Justin Milne, who yesterday told the Cannes Advertising...

Hell to pay

An emerging subplot in the escalating early termination fee controversy is the harsh criticism that's surfacing in federal lawsuits over the impact on consumer...

Teens ignore cellphone driving restrictions, study finds: Yet 31 states have considered some form of cellphone driving legislation

Teens love cellphones every bit as much as the mobile-phone industry embraces this critical demographic. And teens - being teens - can resist and...

Motorola Intros Car-Centric Bluetooth Headset Ahead of New Hands-Free Laws

Starting July 1, expect to see lots of drivers in California and Washington talking hands-free on their mobile phones. Or else being handed a...

GE Healthcare gives white space broadband a boost

Advocates of unlicensed broadband devices may have won a small but significant victory at the Federal Communications Commission.

Bank of America counts 1 million mobile bankers

Bank of America said it has topped the 1 million mark for its unique active mobile banking customers after one year of service.The company...

Panasonic’s Link to Cell connects cordless phones to cellphones through Bluetooth

Panasonic announced its Link to Cell KX-TH1211 accessory is now available at retail outlets.The product connects a Bluetooth-enabled cellular phone to home-based cordless handsets...

Martin wades into ETF debate: The burning question: Federal or state oversight?

The Federal Communications Commission appears poised to begin crafting federal guidelines on early termination fees, with Chairman Kevin Martin offering a blueprint on how...

Nokia beefs Verizon Wireless position with ‘The Dark Knight’

To resurrect its profile - and profits - in the United States, Nokia Corp. has pledged to make inroads with each of the major...

Sour Apple

Apple's unveiling of its 3G iPhone this week came as little surprise to any industry observer or, for that matter, any person who happened...

GoTV aligns with talent agency

GoTV Networks Inc., a company that has found a considerable amount of success building a multi-platform network of video channels for mobile and online,...

Mobile entertainment market remains work in progress: Panel discusses issues of scale, pricing

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - A panel of five mobile entertainment CEOs took the stage this week at OnHollywood 2008 to make the case for their...

New face for MySpace as site upgrades

A major overhaul of MySpace, to make its debut on Wednesday, could greatly alter the social-networking market.

German Railway Testing NFC Enabled Mobile Tickets

An expanded trial of mobile ticketing - this time using NFC enabled mobile phones - has been announced by a railway operator in the...

Understanding the demand for deep packet inspection

Editor's note: RCR Wireless News has teamed up with Yankee Group to conduct a series of market surveys of RCR Wireless News' subscribers to...

GPS will help drivers go more with traffic flow

The most ambitious use of technology to combat traffic congestion debuts next month along one of the nation's most clogged arteries and could become...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Beeco, Roamware and Yap

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included...
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