Monthly Archives: September, 2008

CTIA I.T. ’08 Party List, and complete coverage of the show

SAN FRANCISCO -- Welcome to our complete coverage of the CTIA I.T. '08 show here. RCR Wireless News will be covering the event in...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Alvarion and Ericsson

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...

Openness creeps across wireless networks

Following a lot of bad publicity in the wake of AT&T Mobility's exclusive contract for Apple Inc.'s iPhone and 700 MHz auction rules that...

McCain’s telecom agenda: Maverick McCain looks to past to sculpt future policy

Editor's Note: Following the Republican National Convention, RCR Wireless News Bureau Chief Jeffrey Silva looked at the McCain camp's tech and telecom initiatives. Last...

Martin outlines plan for D-Block re-auction : Plan includes contingencies for 58 regional licenses as well as for a nationwide license

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin unveiled a new plan to auction valuable airwaves to foster interoperable public-safety communications around the country, a proposal...

VIDEO: Conventions boost in-building business: ADC big winner from election coverage

RCR Wireless News reporter Gary Salazar spoke with ADC, which both the Republican and Democratic Parties hired to...

Alltel intros additional tiered pricing bundles for data services: Carrier expands number of options from two to five

Alltel Communications L.L.C. announced a tiered approach to its data pricing, with options starting at $10 per month for unlimited mobile Web access.The carrier...

Yahoo wins AT&T Mobility search placement: Internet giant replaces InfoSpace as vendor

Yahoo Inc. will serve as AT&T Mobility's on-deck search vendor, and will aggregate both Internet information as well as listings from the carrier's content...

Analyst Angle: Mobile social networking’s brave new world

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...

Sprint Nextel set to roll out WiMAX: U.S. adoption rate remains to be seen

As Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. gear up for an initial market launch of its mobile WiMAX network this month, the duo is...

FCC moves forward on backup power rules: Stage set for lawsuit over wireless network requirements

As several tropical storms threatened various sections of the nation, the Federal Communications Commission took action to prompt Bush administration and court review of...

Nokia’s cryptic warning:: Weaker consumer confidence, sequential share drop

Nokia Corp. gave somewhat vague mid-quarter guidance last Friday that sent its stock tumbling more than 9% to a new 52-week low. The Finnish...

Incentives key to mobile ads, ABI finds

Advertisers looking to reach consumers through their phones should offer a little something in the process, according to new figures from ABI Research.A recent...

The (new) American handset market: Fall brings debut launches, large displays, hot competition

American consumers may well be treated to "a moveable feast" this fall. Unlike the sketches of 1920s Paris by Ernest Hemingway by the same...

Churn: the five-letter word: Keeping customers a challenge for no-contract carriers

Losing customers is something that makes carriers' toes curl and stomachs churn; it's what you call "bad for business." Traditionally the industry's top-tier carriers...

AirCell flying high with airline Internet service

A decision to show up in Washington, D.C., nearly two years ago is starting to pay off for AirCell Inc. as it attempts to...

It’s budget time in the enterprise: But will mobility initiatives survive scrutiny?

Businesses are watching their bottom lines amid uncertain economic conditions and may reign in their spending to mobilize their workers, several analysts who monitor...

T-Mobile USA offers up first HSDPA handset

T-Mobile USA Inc. launched its first HSDPA-enabled phone, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication's TM506. The carrier said the new handset will support its 3G network,...

Carriers, retailers woo developers as they court customers

The carrier deck is still the most valuable real estate in mobile content, but the future of downloadable wireless goodies may just lie in...

Testing times for T-Mobile

There's nothing easy about being smallest national mobile-phone carrier. Competing day to day for customers against AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless and Sprint Next Corp....

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Horvath Towers

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: Spectrum smarts

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...

VZW strong in J.D. Power call quality survey

Verizon Wireless landed on top of another J.D. Power and Associates study. The research firm released its 2008 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study -...

Cablevision begins Wi-Fi deployments

Cablevision Systems Corp. said it completed the first phase of its Optimum Wi-Fi deployment. The company's Optimum online high-speed Internet customers in areas of...
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