Monthly Archives: September, 2008

ECONOMIC DOWNTURN: Carriers confident they can ride out economy

Editor's Note: This is one of a series of stories examining the current economic downturn and how it affects the wireless industry. For more...

NextWave nixes Wi-Fi business unit: GO Networks now gone

NextWave Wireless Inc. said it will discontinue the operations of its GO Networks unit, which developed wide area Wi-Fi network equipment.NextWave, which two weeks...

Sprint Nextel launches mobile WiMAX in Baltimore: Xohm service backed by pair of devices, several pricing options

Following years of hype, mobile WiMAX from a major provider is now available commercially in the United States. Sprint Nextel Corp. announced that its...

ECONOMIC DOWNTURN: Wall Street shakeup impacts D-Block debate: Established carriers seen as favored partners

Editor's Note: This is one of a series of stories examining the current economic downturn and how it affects the wireless industry. For more...

ECONOMIC DOWNTURN: VCs, mobile developers weathering financial storms . so far: First-round funding extremely tough to get

Editor's Note: This is one of a series of stories examining the current economic downturn and how it affects the wireless industry. For more...

First Android phone won’t push IT’s buttons

The Google-backed G1 lacks Exchange support and is tied to T-Mobile's networks. So its business uses likely will be limited -- for now, at...

Nokia’s CTO steps down for “personal reasons”

We thought he probably would've at least stuck around long enough to see the Tube get announced later this week , but Nokia CTO...

Mobile Banking Just One of Many Successes for a Small Bank With Big Ambitions

Dave McLeod listens to the concerns of BankPlus' employees and customers, and finds a cure for whatever ails them.

Yahoo revamps mobile group for profitability plan

Yahoo's group for mobile phones has new leadership--David Ko--and its work is the centerpiece of the Connected Life division's 2009 profitability plan.

A for effort: The unsubsidized cellphone model will find few takers

You've got to hand it to carriers for at least trying to come clean with consumers, though in some cases those efforts are a...

Unlocked iPhone 3G on sale in Hong Kong

Apple Inc. is putting on sale unlocked iPhone 3G in Hong Kong, allowing people to use it with any mobile phone carrier.

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RCR Wireless News is planning to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first cellular phone call in its Oct. 13 edition. As such, we...

Getting an ‘Eagle Eye’ film experience via mobile marketing: Effort follows movie’s plot With voice, text messages

In "Eagle Eye," the Dreamworks/Paramount Pictures thriller set for release this weekend, the lead characters are driven to extreme acts by a mysterious woman...

Thanks, but no thanks: Verizon Wireless purchase of Alltel sparks lawsuit

So it was, according to a new intriguing lawsuit, that Verizon Wireless was approached via e-mail by an Arkansas businessman in early February about...

RIM’s stock tumbles on product delays, increased costs: Downgrades fly amid increased competition from Apple, Google

Investors slammed BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. for the company's lowered outlook and product delays ahead of the critical fourth-quarter holiday shopping season,...

Nokia to unveil touch-screen phone Oct 2: sources

HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia will unveil its first touch-screen phone at a media and analyst event in London next...

Cell Phones and Cancer: More Research Needed

A large-scale study of the long-term effects of cell-phone use needs to be carried out, medical professionals said at a congressional hearing

Community features breathe new life into mobile games

Mobile games have never been a big money maker for wireless operators or the game developers themselves.

PLDT, Hutchison Whampoa Units Sign MVNO Deal in Italy

MANILA -(Dow Jones)- Philippine Long Distance Telephone Friday said a subsidiary has signed deals with two units of Hutchison Whampoa for a mobile virtual...

Will Americans ever call on mobile banking?

Carriers and financial institutions keep announcing mobile-banking and payment services, but so far, U.S. adoption is being dwarfed by that of developing nations, where...

Mobile payments to hit $600B by 2013

The mobile payments market is expected to grow to more than $600 billion worldwide by 2013, according to predictions from Juniper Research's Mobile Payments...

Pragmatic M2M adopters require measurable results

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

MOBILE MIDDLEMEN: Firms step in to help enterprises deal with mobile management

A Texas-based company is using the Internet for businesses and consumers interested in finding out if they are paying too much for their wireless...

Asia-Pacific set to take over LBS revenue lead

North America currently dominates the location-based services market with 81% of LBS revenue in 2007. But the Asia-Pacific region is set to challenge that...
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