Monthly Archives: September, 2008

Into the wild: Palin and the wireless Internet

In this latest election news cycle, one dominated by piggish lipstick politics and meant to feed the gluttonous appetites of the herded masses, it...

CTIA I.T. ’08 Thursday Show Daily

Download the full PDF file of the RCR Wireless CTIA I.T. Show Daily for Thursday of the show.

T-Mobile USA says testing shows interference in AWS-3

T-Mobile USA Inc. said government testing revealed interference from operations in a spectrum block that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin wants to auction...

Rural carriers vow to continue USF fight

Rural wireless carriers put the Federal Communications Commission on notice they intend later this month to ask as a federal appeals court to stay...

Adobe preaches growth through collaboration

SAN FRANCISCO -- Regardless of whether it's on television, a personal computer or a mobile phone, consumers will demand the same experience when it...

VIDEO: CTIA I.T. THURSDAY KEYNOTE WRAPUP

Welcome to the RCR Wireless Newscast for the CTIA I.T. show here in San Francisco. The second round...

Leap in expansion mood: Regional carrier looking to double covered pops by 2010

SAN FRANCISCO -- Leap Wireless International Inc. has its sights set on expansion. Nestled in its cozy booth at the CTIA Wireless I.T. and...

Network speed tests shootout: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint modems go head-to-head: Battle of the Big 3 provides surprises

SAN FRANCISCO -- Tired of battling hundreds of convention-goers for the last bits of bandwidth on the local "free" Wi-Fi connections or forking out...

Carriers wary of security issues with mobile marketing

SAN FRANCISCO -- Innovators in the mobile industry typically have not hesitated about adding whatever they possibly can to the wireless experience. However, diving...

RIM co-CEO touts converged services: Balsillie: ‘This is ‘here and now’-type stuff’

SAN FRANCISCO -- Bullish on smartphone growth and confident of his company's surging market share, Research In Motion Ltd.'s co-CEO Jim Balsillie devoted his...

Virgin’s first EV-DO phone marks entrance of new handset player: Personal Communications Devices CEO hails from Audiovox

SAN FRANCISCO -- Personal Communications Devices L.L.C. chose the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2008 as its coming-out party, announcing a deal to distribute...

Yahoo details Blueprint development platform, oneConnect

SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc. once again took advantage of the trade-show spotlight, using CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2008 to plug an iPhone...

‘Green’ quest focuses on networks: Burdened with 80% of wireless’ carbon footprint

SAN FRANCISCO -- The inevitable explosion in wireless data usage may well present the biggest challenge to an industry as eager as any other...

Five minutes with Jennifer Granick

Jennifer Granick leads the civil-rights division of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit law firm focused on civil rights in the digital age. Granick...

Smart talk

SAN FRANCISCO -- Listening to the star-studded opening keynote session at this year's CTIA I.T. & Entertainment 2008 event shed a little more light...

Off-deck moves beyond premium SMS to wireless Web

SAN FRANCISCO -- The world of off-deck content may be moving away from premium SMS and onto the wireless Web.Bango this week said it...

Prosumer devices add to security concerns: I.T., employees battle as personal devices enter business

In the wireless industry - where talk of hockey-stick projections and tipping points dominates conversation - device management has been a relatively tranquil space....

School’s in session: two wireless veterans look back

SAN FRANCISCO -- The first day's keynote ended with a trip back in time with two wireless veterans reminiscing about an industry they helped...

Embracing an open network: But with an eye toward the challenges

SAN FRANCISCO -- CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2008 officially opened its doors Wednesday with keynotes focusing on how carriers are beginning to open...

VIDEO: CTIA I.T. WEDNESDAY KEYNOTE WRAPUP

CTIA I.T. attendees were treated to a CEO carrier panel discussion, as well as a history lesson from...

More companies join Symbian Foundation: New members: Acrodea, Brycen, HI Corp., Ixonos, KTF, Opera Software, Sharp, TapRoot Systems and UIQ Technology

SAN FRANCISCO -- Nine more companies have joined the Symbian Foundation as its group members work toward developing an open and complete mobile software...

Symbian: We’re relevant: Symbian Foundation supporters defend phone platform

SAN FRANCISCO -- Symbian Ltd. and Nokia Corp. defended the relevance of the two companies in today's market Wednesday during a roundtable discussion that...

Backup power issue may get backed up in Washington: Hurricane season helps to highlight issue

The backup power controversy is now officially before Bush administration budget officials, but the overarching issue of whether the Federal Communications Commission rule will...

RIM to entice clamshell fans with flip-able BlackBerry

SAN FRANCISCO -- BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. introduced a new flip-style phone as it heads into the critical fourth-quarter holiday shopping season,...

AT&T Mobility upgrades to A-GPS for location services

SAN FRANCISCO -- The nation's largest wireless provider announced a sweeping upgrade to its location-services play, adding assisted-GPS (A-GPS) technology to its network and...
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