Monthly Archives: October, 2008

25 YEARS: Readers remember Cadillacs, PTT & bricks

Editor's Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances...

More than a carrier: Operators have intelligence necessary for meaningful innovations: Proactive approach counteracts ‘dumb pipe’

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...

25 YEARS: Chip revolution at heart of handset progress

Editor's Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances...

25 YEARS: Robust carrier growth, consolidation has kept marketers busy: The name game

Editor's Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances...

25 YEARS: Generational changes highlight evolution of wireless technology

Editor's Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances...

VIDEO: A look back at the past 25 years in cellular

In this week’s RCR Wireless Newscast we’re taking a look back at the past 25 years of cellular. To toast this anniversary, we are...

Wireless carriers counter antitrust concerns over rising costs of texting: T-Mobile USA: Our charges ‘have fallen by more than half’

National mobile-phone carriers denied any wrongdoing in reaction to a key Senate lawmaker's probe into industry-wide text message price increases, pointing out competitive bulk...

Sony Ericsson sends another Walkman to AT&T

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and AT&T Mobility today launched the former's W760a 3G handset at $130 with a two-year contract and a mail-in rebate....

SureWest unloads towers to Global Tower Partners for $10M

Californian telecom provider SureWest Communications is slowly but surely moving further away from the wireless business. Today, the firm announced it sold 50 of...

MobUI rises from Action Engine ashes

A Redmond, Wash.-based newcomer, MobUI said it raised an unspecified amount in a round of funding led by GlobalNET Mobile Solutions, a Latin American...

FCC tests find no interference, AWS-3 auction draws closer : T-Mobile USA disputes findings while M2Z pops cork

The Federal Communications Commission tentatively concluded that nationwide broadband operations in the advanced wireless services-3 band will not interfere with T-Mobile USA Inc. and...

Handset market evaluation: Analysts to focus on Nokia’s outlook on Thursday: Third-quarter earnings moot, due to meltdown

Financial analysts typically gauge companies on their future prospects, not past performance. That is acutely so for the current moment in history, a couple...

Consumers, carriers spar on short-code rules: Critics claim ‘content-based discrimination’

PUBLIC-INTEREST GROUPS ACCUSED WIRELESS CARRIERS of conjuring up misleading excuses to avoid federal regulation of short-code text messaging, pointing to content restrictions in industry...

Hutchison subsidiary to bring low-end, social networking phones to U.S.: INQ to use BREW to integrate Facebook, other services

Social networking is exploding in mobile, according to figures released by ABI Research. And Frank Meehan thinks he knows how to capitalize.ABI polled 500...

T-Mobile Pre-Sells 1.5 Million HTC G1 Android Phones

Wow. T-Mobile said that it had tripled its initial supply of Android phones, but it hadn't provided an actual number. Now we know: 1.5...

The Future of Search

Search engine executives hint at the next evolution of the business.

A Quick Slick Unpick of Blyk’s 2-Sided Business Model Trick

The title is Doctor Seuss ’ fault as his rhymes are lodged in this writer’s head after years of reading them to his children:

Mobile Video Calling Gets Boost

Global IP Solutions released a video engine it said can deliver high-quality peer-to-peer videoconferencing on smartphones.

Analyst Angle: The ’emerging’ growth of GSM in a 3G world: India, Africa and China to continue reliance on 2G technology

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...

Sybase iAnywhere offers lifeline to Nokia Intellisync users

Sybase iAnywhere is offering to support mobile business customers left in the lurch by Nokia's decision to focus on consumers.

Apple asks judge to make iPhone lawsuit moot

Dropped-call suit should be dismissed since unhappy users didn't seek refund, lawyers say. Apple Inc.

UPDATED: ‘Sense of panic’ as content vendors respond to Verizon Wireless’ proposed 3-cent texting fee: Carrier softens stance following outcry

The off-deck content world reacted with shock to Verizon Wireless' plan to impose a drastic new fee for vendor-generated text messages. However, it's unclear...

Economics, politics could force Verizon Wireless away from Alltel purchase: Analyst: Verizon may pay $500M break-up fee, then come back for better purchase price

Verizon Wireless offered to divest another 15 markets as part its $28.1 billion play for Alltel Communications L.L.C., but the proposed transaction is becoming...
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