Monthly Archives: July, 2008

Can iPhone infiltrate Japan’s mobile tribes?

Kentaro Tohyama is proud of his new iPhone. He stood overnight in line to get it when the device became available in Japan for...

SK Telecom says no interest in control of Sprint Nextel

Countering media speculation and a sagging stock price, South Korea's SK Telecom said it was not interested in purchasing ailing U.S. carriers Sprint Nextel...

Bringing the cap back?: Rural providers petition to reinstate spectrum cap

An association of rural wireless providers petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to re-impose a spectrum cap in light of the growing market presence of...

Nokia confident on handset volumes this year: Strong support at T-Mobile USA bolsters growth in U.S.

Nokia Corp.'s stock shot up more than 8% today after it projected an upside to its 10% growth forecast for the handset industry this...

Zumobi goes after BlackBerry crowd

Zumobi launched a version of its free, widget-based content application for users of Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry devices and expanded its content offerings.A...

EU cracks down on rogue mobile content sites

The crackdown on mobile in Europe continued this week as the European Union said it will continue to investigate hundreds of content storefronts for...

FCC sets Aug. 1 vote on VZW/RCC deal

The Federal Communications Commission said it plans an Aug. 1 vote on Verizon Wireless' proposed $2.67 billion purchase of Rural Cellular Corp., a controversial...

Worst of the Week: This column is not funny

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...

IPhone Developer: Apple’s Secrecy, Slowness Makes Things Difficult

The iPhone 3G/2.0 launch suffered many problems, from activation issues through availability to a buggy OS . And although there were few customer problems...

Welcome to the newly re-architected RCRWireless.com!

If you're one of the 140,000 regulars who visit us every month, then you're hopefully noticing a new look and organization to the site....

Ovum says voice market booms in Asia Pacific

Telecommunication analyst group Ovum predicts that the voice market will grow from 2.2 billion connections at the end of 2008 to 3.8 billion by...

The Five Best iPhone 3G Accessories We’ve Seen (So Far)

We've barely had our mitts on the iPhone 3G for a week and what's old is new again. The bad news? Aside from the...

Aircell picks LTE to deliver in-flight mobile broadband

Airline communications provider Aircell has chosen Long Term Evolution as its standard to give passengers in-flight access to 4G wireless services.

Reports: SK Telecom looking at Sprint Nextel

According to media reports, Korean telecom giant SK Telecom may again be looking at purchasing beleagured carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. According to reports, SK...

Apple owns up to MobileMe snafu with 30-day credit

Apple Inc. apologized for stumbling out of the gate last week with MobileMe, an auto-synching service for iPhone and iPod touch users.MobileMe is a...

Network interference issues could decide XM-Sirius deal

Perhaps lost - but apparently not forgotten in the Federal Communications Commission's extended consideration of the proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc....

Instinct marketing goes viral

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is pushing its recently launched Instinct handset with a viral video campaign on Break.comThe three-episode series features behind-the-scenes tours of...

Acquisition game: Player X picks up Gaelco Moviles

Mobile media company Player X said it pocketed Spain's Gaelco Moviles, a mobile games publisher, for an undisclosed amount of cash.The move marks the...

Cricket launches AWS-equipped Razr V3s

Leap Communications International Inc. subsidiary Cricket Communications Inc. added another version of Motorola Inc.'s venerable Razr handset to its lineup with the V3s that...

MediaFLO makes room for X Games

ESPN and MediaFLO USA Inc. launched a dedicated channel to bring X Games coverage to mobile users.EXPN, as the offering is dubbed, will deliver...

Private equity chases Huawei’s chance to grow: Domestic Chinese vendor offers smart money a foot in the door

Private equity's avid interest in Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.'s handset business is based on Huawei's opportunities for significant growth and as a means to...

Start-up pushes for mobile banking among poor in Latin America

Wireless banking also poised for growth in U.S.. Mobile banking isn't as popular in the U.S. as banks had hoped, although new smart phones...

AT&T Mobility, Nokia accused of selling used phone in class action

The top U.S. wireless provider and the world's leading handset maker have been named defendants in a class action lawsuit alleging a used cellphone...

Financial ratings wrap-up: AT&T, Verizon, Syniverse 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--Standard & Poor's withdrew its...

Virgin Mobile USA treads a quirky path to success

Virgin Mobile USA (VM) definitely walks to its own, very hip drumbeat.
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