Yearly Archives: 2008

Clearwire stock gyrates on results, speculation

Expectations of a future re-partnership with Sprint Nextel Corp. to deploy a nationwide WiMAX network appears to have overshadowed mixed financial results for Clearwire...

700 MHz auction moves into ‘stage three’: Bids continue to trickle in

The Federal Communications Commission announced it moved the 700 MHz spectrum auction into "stage three" in an effort to speed the proceedings along. Now,...

Motricity makes it official: job cuts and reorganization: Firm works to integrate InfoSpace acquisition

Motricity Inc. finally made it official, announcing that it will slash 250 jobs over the next nine months and move its headquarters from Durham,...

SMS: The little engine that could

I've always found it odd that carriers charge for voice, charge for data and then charge separately for text messages. Isn't text data? It's...

Margins Check: end of Quarterlife, Google’s Sites, ad recession, and more

Editor's Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR...

REVIEW: Mobile iTunes? No problem, thanks to Nutsie

Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we'll review...

Moto CEO: head-hunting exec for device business: No new details on possible spin-off

Motorola Inc. is on the lookout for an executive to lead its troubled handset division to the promised land, according to CEO Greg Brown,...

Keep it simple

Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We've gathered a group...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Motorola and Alvarion

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...

Federal legislation would overhaul taxes on cellphones for business

Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and John Ensign (R-Nev.) introduced legislation to simplify tax treatment of business cellphone use."We need to modernize the law now...

700 MHz bidding continues despite FCC’s attempt to speed things up

Despite an attempt to speed the end of its 700 MHz spectrum auction, the Federal Communications Commission still counted around two dozen bids in...

AT&T Mobility to pay $2.6M settlement for deceptive billing: Carrier reaches agreement with Florida AG

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said a $2.6 million settlement was reached with AT&T Mobility in connection with consumers billed for wireless content advertised...

Nokia wins another round on GSM patents

A United Kingdom court has ruled in Nokia Corp.'s favor and rejected Qualcomm Inc.'s claims that the handset maker infringed on its GSM patents,...

Visto settles with Microsoft

Wireless e-mail vendor Visto Corp. said it reached a settlement with software giant Microsoft Corp. over patent licensing, an announcement that appears to indicate...

Report: Mitsubishi Electric drops handsets

Mitsubishi Electric Co. will shutter its mobile handset business, according to Nikkei, a Japanese business newspaper. The move would leave Mitsubishi's main customer -...

U.S. Cellular reports delayed Q4 results: Net adds down, ARPU up

U.S. Cellular Corp. reported late Friday that it added 55,000 customers to its network during the final three months of 2007, and 301,000 customers...

Analyst Angle: Drunks, lampposts and the mobile industry: Reflections on talk-time as a measure of multimedia devices

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...

February infrastructure awards

The following contracts were announced in February:

FEMA wants FCC to defer on mobile alert systems

The Federal Emergency Management Agency urged federal regulators to defer key decisions in efforts to establish a voluntary mobile-phone emergency alert system.FEMA, a unit...

Content aggregators navigate through market turbulence

The field of mobile content aggregators has seen more casualties than a "Terminator" movie. For the few remaining players, though, there's still plenty of...

Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube

So, Sprint Nextel posted a $29.5 billion loss for the fourth quarter of 2007. That would be a billion with a "b." (And you...

FCC must assess environmental impact of towers

A divided appeals court struck down a Federal Communications Commission's decision in which the agency rejected the contention it illegally licensed 6,000 towers in...

It’s good to be in the tower biz: In-building coverage, new uses of wireless and new spectrum point to healthy market

The wireless industry relies on towers like a lifeline. All those wireless calls, messaging exchanges and data downloads and uploads rely on a steadily...

HESSE’S HEADACHE: Sprint Nextel posts record Q4 loss, more tough times ahead

Sprint Nextel Corp.'s performance is likely to get worse before it gets better, the company told agitated investors last week.The company's stock plummeted to...
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