Yearly Archives: 2008

REVIEW: Mobile gaming controller serviceable, but to what end?

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...

Margins Check: Google’s video ads, MySpace’s music ambitions, 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...

Bidding slows to trickle: Handful of A-, B and E-Block licenses continue to garner limited interest

The number of new bids per round has dropped to around 30 in the Federal Communications Commission's ongoing 700 MHz spectrum auction, showing declining...

NYT Co. unveils new mobile app: Service to further link PC, mobile space

The New York Times Co. announced the beta launch of an application designed to help move content between computers and mobile phones.ShifD updates information...

Nokia and Qualcomm agree to ceasefire, consolidate cases

Don't get too excited. That's the basic message from Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. - yes, one thing they can agree on - which...

LinkedIn goes mobile

LinkedIn unveiled a Web-based mobile application that allows mobile members to search user profiles, research mutual contacts and receive updates about connections. LinkedIn is...

Analyst Angle: Apple, Amazon, Google, Intel, Microsoft and RIM: The future of your ever-smarter cellphone

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...

Wireless smut to generate mega-bucks, study finds

Video chat services will help fuel mobile adult content revenues as the worldwide market for the steamy stuff reaches $1.5 billion by 2012, according...

700 MHz auction slows to around 40 new bids per round

A small collection of E-Block licenses continued to generate interest among the few remaining active bidders in the Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz spectrum...

Alltel locates new roaming feature for LBS services

Alltel Wireless unveiled a location-based roaming feature that allows subscribers to use GPS applications outside their home network area.The move allows subscribers to use...

Motorola names new CFO

Motorola Inc. has named a new chief financial officer from outside the company.Paul Liska, a former Sears, Roebuck and Co. CFO, will take over...

700 MHz action scattered across A, B and E blocks

The number of new bids in the Federal Communication Commission's ongoing 700 MHz spectrum auction held steady at around 50 during each of this...

U.S. Cellular: We’re unlimited too

Make room for one more on the dance floor. U.S. Cellular joined the army of national carriers that this week opened the floodgates on...

Go2 opens envelope on mobile Oscars site

Local search provider go2 Media launched a mobile Web site centered on Sunday's Academy Awards.The site, http://oscars.go2.com, targets 18- to 34-year-old consumers with photos...

Thumbplay hitches agreement with Sony BMG

Mobile entertainment firm Thumbplay Inc. will bulk up its content portfolio thanks to a new pact with Sony BMG Music Entertainment.The New York-based, direct-to-consumer...

Federal preemption divides NARUC

A deep chasm emerged at a meeting of state regulators over whether federal preemption should be expanded in a new national wireless policy framework...

T-Mobile USA intros Internet calling: $10-per-month plan part of No. 4 carrier’s wireline push

T-Mobile USA Inc. announced a $10-a-month unlimited calling plan for its growing fixed-line effort.The operator launched Talk Forever Home Phone, an Internet service with...

RIM: No seasonal dip in subscriber growth

Research In Motion Ltd. said today that its subscriber growth will be stronger than previously forecast for its fiscal quarter ending March 1. But...

Worst of the Week: Unlimited buckets

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...

It’s an unlimited industry now. but what about Sprint Nextel?: Top carriers tout limitless calling, await answer from nation’s No. 3 carrier

Come one and come all. Three of the nation's top four wireless carriers now plan to offer unlimited voice calling for $100 month.Verizon Wireless...

E, B Blocks draw out 700 MHz bidders

E-Block licenses continued to draw the biggest bids at the Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction sputtered along.The block received $9.1 million in...

Proponents gather around regulatory framework for wireless

The wireless industry's campaign for a national policy framework picked up more traction, with a group of state regulators and a key member of...

Palm Centro goes GSM at AT&T

One popular handset does not a successful vendor make. But in Palm Inc.'s case, the launch of its popular, $100 Centro smartphone at AT&T...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Embarq, Aruba, RealNetworks and more

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier--RBC Capital Markets lowered its...

REVIEW: ‘Send to phone’ a helpful standard among Internet mappers

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...
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