Monthly Archives: August, 2008

Roaming concerns remain center of VZW/Alltel dissent

A handful of rural operators again raised concerns over future roaming capabilities in filing a petition to deny Verizon Wireless' attempt to acquire the...

Zed, Nappy Boy to ring together

Mobile content behemoth Zed announced an exclusive deal to distribute ringtones from the digital-only record label Nappy Boy Digital.Nappy Boy, which was founded by...

Boeing aligns with AT&T in $400M deal

The Boeing Company selected AT&T Inc. as its primary telecommunications provider, in a 5-year contract, valued at $400 million. The nation's largest wireless carrier...

Apisphere snaps up Navit for LBS

Apisphere Inc. plans to acquire San Francisco-based Navit Innovations, a location-based technologies vendor. With the acquisition, Apisphere, a provider of location-awareness services for mobile...

Sanjay Jha’s sense of urgency: New Moto leader gets challenge, dollars, advice

The initial question on many minds when news broke last week that Sanjay Jha, COO at Qualcomm Inc., would help lead Motorola Inc. out...

REVIEW: SkyMail efficiently documents activities, but administration a bit trickier

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...

Mobile video surprise

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

Bringing Banking to the Poor – With Mobile Phones

Hurdles remain for wider use of mobile banking. Mobile carriers must have broad enough coverage to connect urban and rural users, as many remittances...

Even Koreans turn off mobile TV

Despite billions invested in turning mobile phones into pocket TV sets, the public continues to find it all a giant yawn. A study by...

Momentum Continues to Build for Mobile Device Management

Penetration of all mobile device management (MDM) technologies in handsets is growing strongly globally, claims a new report from Ovum.

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Andrew, Motorola, NetMotion and more

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...

How to Make Money off Free iPhone Games

Can developing free software for mobile phones be a business? It can if you're Illusion Labs, a fledgling company in the Swedish port city...

Obama to announce VP choice using text messaging

Barack Obama is using text messaging to keep his supporters informed of his choice of a running mate.The Democratic presidential candidate's campaign is sending...

PCS Mail scheduled for deletion at Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel Corp. is quietly pulling the plug on its PCS Mail service.A longtime service that never seemed to find an audience, PCS Mail...

Verizon, unions reach an agreement

NEW YORK - Verizon and the unions that represent 65,000 of its workers reached a new tentative three-year contract agreement Sunday that protects union...

MetroPCS picks LTE for 4G; Leap remains mum

MetroPCS Communications Inc. plans to hitch its 4G plans to Long Term Evolution technology. Following in the footsteps of other CDMA carriers, MetroPCS said...

U.S. handset sales healthy in Q2, Moto still in No. 1 position

Three things you need to know about the handset market in the United States last quarter, courtesy of Strategy Analytics: 1) Overall unit sales...

Analyst Angle: Ads, ads everywhere, yet not the one I seek

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...

VIDEO: Sprint Nextel planning ‘strategic resolution’ of iDEN business: Rumors swirl around iDEN’s fate

Welcome to the RCR Wireless Newscast. We take a closer look at Sprint and what the carrier might...

Moto exec exodus continues

Even as Motorola Inc. makes some key new hires, such as co-CEO Sanjay Jha, other executives continue to exit.Chief Information Officer Patty Morrison left...

Rural carriers wince at FCC’s universal service plans

A group of rural and small wireless providers asked the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider its decision to impose an interim cap on high-cost...

FunMobile agrees to $1M settlement over charges for mobile content

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced a $1 million settlement with a Hong Kong wireless content firm in connection with a state probe...

Internet players’ move to mobile is new frontier for all

Google Inc.'s Internet dominance has grown in recent years as the competition - well, what passes for competition - continues to plod along. But...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Amobee, Eye-Fi and Paymo

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

Worst of the Week: I signed what?

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...
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