Yearly Archives: 2008

Financial ratings wrap-up: Sprint Nextel, RIM, RadioShack 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--Raymond James lowered its price...

Tellabs finances dip, to cut 225 jobs

Tellabs Inc. reported a profit of $6 million in the fourth quarter, marking a 78% drop from the $29 million it brought in during...

Verizon Wireless picks up Californian carrier: Carrier consolidation continues

Verizon Wireless signed an agreement to purchase SureWest Communications' wireless assets in Northern California for $69 million, the companies announced.Under terms of the deal,...

WiMAX rolls ahead without Sprint Nextel: TDS, NextPhase boast of deployment plans

WiMAX has come to the college town of Madison, Wis., thanks to a new network launched today by TDS Telecommunications Corp. with infrastructure provided...

The etiquette of text messaging

Text messaging is getting a lot of attention these days as society tries to figure out the appropriate rules to govern this new form...

Margins Check: Oracle’s acquisition, Microsoft’s search, 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...

The mobile Web’s biggest challenge

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: Alvarion, Nokia Siemens Networks and Redline

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...

REVIEW: Quickoffice brings some Microsoft Office documents to smartphones

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...

Five-Year Low: Massive losses force Sprint Nextel to slash jobs, stores

Sprint Nextel Corp. is continuing its battle to right a listing ship. The nation's No. 3 carrier announced it would cut 4,000 jobs and...

Short codes, text messages under scrutiny

THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION launched a rulemaking to determine whether mobile text messages and short codes are covered by non-discrimination provisions of the telecom...

Let the bidding begin: Concern remains, but 700 MHz auction set

IT'S GAME TIME.The wireless industry's version of March Madness is set to tip off Jan. 24, with 214 applicants vying for 1,099 spectrum licenses...

AT&T Mobility set to join mobile TV space

AFTER NUMEROUS DELAYS, AT&T Mobility is preparing to launch broadcast mobile TV service from MediaFLO USA Inc. in early February, according to sources close...

What?! No 3G iPhone?: Phooey: MacWorld news sends Apple stock on a rollercoaster

Having sent Apple Inc.'s stock steadily skyward in recent months, Wall Street turned on the company like a wounded hyena last week after CEO...

More than just black and white lines: Barcodes gaining a foothold in domestic wireless market

Few mobile offerings have a longer - or more uninspiring - history in the United States than barcodes. But the odd-looking little images may...

New iDEN handset at Sprint Nextel: Refreshing the portfolio renews questions on future

It would be perilous to deduce overly broad implications from the release of a single handset - even if it is an iDEN handset...

Sun’s plans for MySQL:wireless?

Sun Microsystems Inc. raised eyebrows and garnered splashy headlines when it announced plans to acquire MySQL Inc. for $1 billion. But what the deal...

Family Research Council calls for ‘safe’ broadband: FCC gets mixed bag of comments on how it should craft rules for AWS III band

The Federal Communications Commission's attempt to craft rules for the 2155-2175 MHz band has been met with the kind of mixed industry feedback expected...

TIA,WCA warn against Globalstar ‘cellular’moves: Mobile satellite provider wants to deploy WiMAX network using terrestrial component in rural areas

Globalstar Inc.'s bid to secure additional mobile satellite service spectrum for land-based networks - including a possible WiMAX system covering hundreds of rural communities...

Shifting balance of power: Operators’ control of mobile environment faces challenges

In roughly 25 years, the wireless and mobile industry has undergone three generations of technological change and stands on the threshold of a fourth....

AT&T Mobility repositions iPhone for business users: Apple’s SDK scheduled for release next month

AT&T Mobility is now selling the consumer-oriented iPhone by Apple Inc. as a productivity tool for business. The move may be in tandem with...

ARM, Intel, and the ghost of devices yet to come

Here's a hypothetical: What's the distinction between a smartphone, a MID, a PND, and a UMPC?Posing this type of question invites a geek fight....

AT&T Mobility inks exclusive for New York Times mobile site

The New York Times secured on-deck placement with AT&T Mobility. The nation's No. 1 carrier said it inked an exclusive, four-month deal to link...

Tech, spectrum decisions to impact investments in ’08

Mobile network infrastructure spending in North America in 2008 is likely to be down vs. 2007. We expect Wideband-CDMA network investments to accelerate as...
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