Monthly Archives: September, 2008

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...

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.

Broadcom notches another win against Qualcomm: Appeals court ruling favors Broadcom in patent infringement

Broadcom Corp. has won what may be the final round in its patent infringement case it filed three years ago against Qualcomm Inc.In a...

D-Block auction moves forward, but details still under discussion : Wall Street meltdown hangs over proceedings

The Federal Communications Commission voted to put in play a new 700 MHz auction plan to foster improved public-safety and commercial wireless broadband communications....

Legislation would force roaming in rural areas: Universal service debate reaches beyond FCC

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, introduced legislation to require telecom recipients of rural universal-service funds to provide...

Worst of the Week: Loyalty and smartphones

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...

Visa, Sprint Nextel move ahead on mobile commerce: Nokia phone to run Visa offerings for testing

Visa Inc. outlined a series of initiatives with three big-name partners in an effort to make mobile payment services "broadly available" to U.S. consumers...

T-Mobile USA removes 1 GB cap from G1’s data plan

T-Mobile USA Inc. has erased the worrisome fine print on the data-usage agreement related to its recently announced G1 phone, which the carrier unveiled...

MySpace Rocks And Rolls With New Music Store

MySpace Rocks And Rolls With New Music Store

Bridging platforms in the mobile enterprise : Firm looks to close Apple-Microsoft gap

A new application created by a San Francisco-based company pledges to give enterprise workers with Apple Inc.'s 3G iPhones mobile access to Microsoft Corp.'s...

Tower industry rulings ping pong in courts: Zoning, backup power, birds are only some of the issues facing tower owners

On the surface, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision to reverse a three-judge panel and hand San Diego County a surprise victory...

M2Z squares up against T-Mobile USA over AWS-3 interference tests

M2Z Networks Inc. said new test results demonstrate the Federal Communications Commission's wireless broadband plan will not lead to interference as mobile-phone carriers claim....

House members ask for extension on D-Block comments: Move could postpone 700 MHz re-auction past mid-2009

The government's goal of restructuring 700 MHz public-safety/commercial rules by year's end and conducting a re-auction in mid-2009 could be in jeopardy, with key...

Sony Ericsson set to launch music offering: Service seen as competitor to Nokia’s package

Sony Ericsson finally unveiled its response to Nokia Corp.'s Comes With Music service.The company outlined PlayNow plus, a hardware-and-content offering that will bundle as...

Motorola a tough competitor: Nokia CEO

Nokia Corp.'s CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, isn't counting out rival Motorola Inc. Although Nokia has benefited as much as any company from Motorola's stumbles in...

M2M alliance seeks global harmony

Machine-to-machine companies around the world have banded together to form an alliance geared at providing a unified, seamless network across the globe for delivering...

For mobile users, texting tops talking

The typical U.S. mobile subscriber sends and receives more text messages than phone calls. In a finding that might benefit mobile marketing, Nielsen Mobile...

Carriers sharpen customer education efforts

As device and service options become more complex, wireless service providers are increasing their efforts to educate customers. Sprint Nextel Corp., which has been...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Nortel, Palm, Qualcomm and more

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors--R.W. Baird...

SlotMusic may be a good play for those brought up on cassettes and CDs

SanDisk's plan to use memory cards as vehicles for digital music has drawn derisive snorts from Apple fanboys and techier-than-thou types who dominate industry...

Huawei’s aggressive push pays off: Vendor: Now may be right time for big break in U.S.

In three to five years, a Chinese company could become the world leader in the mobile infrastructure market without a major presence in North...

Cell phone can unlock car, start engine

TOKYO (AP) -- A new Japanese mobile phone will automatically unlock the doors of its owners' cars and let drivers start their engines without...

Revised D-Block rules won’t please everyone: Some cities, states want more control over first-responder broadband systems

While key House Homeland Security Committee members appear to back Federal Communications Commission efforts to revise D-Block rules, the panel's hearing brought to surface...

Study links cellphones to male fertility problems: Findings come amid Congressional hearings on the topic

Researchers at Cleveland Clinic said they found a link between cellphone radiation and male fertility problems, fresh scientific data that surfaced in advance of...
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