Monthly Archives: July, 2008

Analyst Angle: Mobile content providers beware, the iPhone is a Trojan iHorse

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...

Wireless firm says news must go mobile

SAN FRANCISCO - The thud of the morning newspaper landing on the front porch may one day be replaced with the beep of download...

The FCC Approves the XM-Sirius Merger

The satellite radio pioneers have the green light to unite, but pressure from rivals and declining car sales threatens to turn satellite radio into...

FCC poised to punish Comcast over Web blocking

A majority of members of the Federal Communications Commission have cast votes in favor of punishing Comcast Corp. for blocking subscribers' Internet traffic, an...

Critics assail Sprint Nextel-Clearwire WiMAX alliance: Competitors cite spectrum holdings, roaming issues

SPRINT NEXTEL CORP. AND CLEARWIRE CORP.'S CAMPAIGN to win government approval of a their national WiMAX plan is drawing static from AT&T Inc. and...

M2M entrants are welcomed to the jungle: Diversified companies will swell the ranks of competitors

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

Samsung handset performance: mixed bag

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. solidified its position as the world's No. 2 handset vendor in the second quarter, with less than half the volume...

SkyTerra, MSV score financing, hint at tie-up with Inmarsat

SkyTerra Communications Inc. and Mobile Satellite Ventures L.P. announced Harbinger Capital Partners Funds agreed to provide $500 million of debt financing to fund the...

Sprint Nextel drags on RadioShack

RadioShack Corp. reported a 6.9% increase in sales, driven by revenues from digital-to-analog TV converter boxes, GPS device sales, video gaming sales, prepaid wireless...

Public safety eases stance on E-911: Changes in PSAP community cited

Public-safety groups, which last year successively persuaded federal regulators to adopt a strict enhanced 911 location accuracy standard over the objections of wireless providers,...

Cellphoners to dial into latest Stephen King yarn

Stephen King fans can check out the author's latest work on their phones through a deal between Marvel Entertainment, CBS Mobile and Simon &...

Investors high on Qualcomm despite tepid outlook: Qcom-Nokia deal a boost, but chip sector bodes ill for handsets

Nearly lost in the generally positive hubbub over an agreement between Qualcomm Inc. and Nokia Corp., was the former's actual earnings in fiscal third...

M2M growth inevitable, by push and pull : Tough times may slow uptake, despite efficiency promise

Today, at least two companies have incorporated an innovation for M2M that first was aimed at the handset market: FOTA, or, firmware-over-the-air. Make...

Competitive playground

Verizon Wireless is smart to quickly agree to sell off wireless properties in 85 markets where it overlaps with Alltel Communications L.L.C. assets in...

AT&T Introduces Global GPS Service for Phones

AT&T's new service, AT&T Navigator Global Edition, uses data connections to download maps, so an international data-roaming plan is strongly recommended in conjunction with...

New documents could prolong probe into Martin’s management

The Federal Communications Commission delivered to House Commerce Committee investigators at least 40 boxes of documents as part of a probe of agency activities...

Sprint Nextel sells 3,300 towers for $670M

Sprint Nextel Corp. sold its 3,300 towers to TowerCo L.L.C. for $670 million, a move that provides the carrier with some cash and relieves...

MetroPCS tops J.D. Power ranking of prepaid offerings

Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc. topped the rankings in the latest customer-satisfaction study of prepaid users from J.D. Power and Associates.The Dallas-based carrier...

AdMob targets iPhone

AdMob launched an iPhone-specific "advertising marketplace" to deliver marketing campaigns through the high-profile device.The San Mateo, Calif.-based startup announced deals with advertisers including Ford...

Worst of the Week: Open up to openness

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

Nextwave sells AWS spectrum for $150.1M, T-Mobile USA is the big buyer

Nextwave Wireless Inc. sold nearly two-thirds of its advanced wireless services spectrum for $150.1 million. The spectrum went to four different buyers. The largest...

Mobile M2M market set for 24% CAGR growth, says analyst

The mobile machine-to-machine (M2M) communications annual market is set to grow from less than $16 billion in 2008 to over $57 billion in 2014,...

Qualcomm stock soars on Nokia settlement: 15-year agreement includes next-gen technologies

Given the broad scope of an agreement between Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. announced last night, it's apparent that negotiators have been quietly hard...

VZW could give up 15% of Alltel customers through proposed merger: Divestitures could include 85 markets in 18 states

Verizon Wireless, positioning itself to regain the top spot in the mobile-phone industry, agreed to initial divestiture requirements by the Department of Justice and...
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