Yearly Archives: 2008

T-Mobile goes for user-generated Sidekick ads: Carrier returns to Current.com to let consumers create advertisements

Like L'Oreal, Sony and Toyota before it, T-Mobile USA Inc. is back for second helpings of user-generated ad spots from the contributors at Current.com.The...

National Research Council calls for further studies on cellphone radiation

A National Research Council report calls for more research into the potential health effects of long-term exposure to radiation emitted by cellphones and other...

Virgin Mobile USA faces suit over financial disclosures

A Pennsylvania law firm slapped Virgin Mobile USA Inc. with a lawsuit claiming the operator misrepresented financial information in advance of its October initial...

FCC begins new round of white-spaces testing

The Federal Communications Commission said the next round of laboratory testing of prototype TV white-spaces devices will begin Jan. 24, a public process lasting...

Massive customer losses force Sprint Nextel to cut jobs, stores: Carrier’s stock dips to 5-year low

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...

Pizza wars: Pizza Hut throws pie-hat into ring

Pizza Hut is the latest pie-maker to go mobile with a wireless Web site and text offering that allows users to order pizzas from...

Worst of the Week: The 700 MHz club and other terrible jokes

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...

Virgin Mobile, Qualcomm get new CMOs

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. announced that it has promoted Bob Stohrer to chief marketing officer of the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). Stohrer, who...

Terminator and the rise of integrated marketing: Verizon Wireless signs on for ‘Sarah Connor Chronicles’ promotion

When it comes to sponsoring content, the 30-second commercial is no longer enough.Marketers these days talk about being tied to programming in new ways...

Washington state legislation could stymie Intelius

Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna has begun shopping a bill in the legislature that would ban third-party marketing of cellphone numbers without consent...

Martin: 700 MHz show will go on

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said Wall Street woes and recession fears could affect the 700 MHz auction and tacitly conceded disappointment that...

Survey: 411 most popular mobile search

At least 46.1 million wireless subscribers used mobile search functions in the third quarter of 2007, according to a new report released by Nielsen...

Sony Ericsson’s Q4: flat revenue, income down: Strong results for full year stoke ambitions

The Japanese-Swedish joint venture, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, had a mixed fourth quarter but ended 2007 with strong numbers and a projection of 10%...

Text, banner ads most popular among mobile marketers: Survey: Mobile search expected to gain share in next six months

Podcasts and video ads have dropped off in the mobile advertising space, according to a new survey of more than 2,000 brand marketers and...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Motorola, Nokia, Nortel and more

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors --Goldman Sachs...

Fanboys exhale: no 3G iPhone yet

Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs today unveiled a modest suite of new software applications for the iPhone during his much-anticipated keynote address at Macworld...

Alcatel-Lucent scores U.S. Cellular deal

Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular Corp. tapped Alcatel-Lucent for a five-year contract to provide infrastructure equipment to increase coverage and capacity of the carrier's...

Samsung: sales up, profits down: Handsets, TVs remain bright spot

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said today that its telecom division is booming, shoring up weakness in its semiconductor division. Fourth-quarter handset shipments reached 46.3...

FCC to probe carrier text messaging discrimination

The Federal Communications Commission launched a rulemaking to determine whether mobile phone text messages and short codes are covered by non-discrimination provisions of the...

214 qualified to bid in 700 MHz auction

The Federal Communications Commission said 214 applicants qualified to bid in the 700 MHz auction set to begin Jan. 24. Internet search engine giant...

Alltel music service allows synch to home library

Alltel Corp. unveiled a service that will allow customers to remotely synch their mobile phones with home digital music libraries. The offering, which is...

Photobucket launches WAP site

Photobucket is moving squarely into the mobile space with a new WAP site optimized for mobile users. The Fox Interactive Media company is launching...

Nokia slims down for efficiency

Citing "long-term competitiveness," Nokia Corp. said today it would close a handset factory in Bochum, Germany, and sell automotive and research-and-development sites in the...

Clearwire to use Google apps

Clearwire Corp. said it will offer Google Inc. applications including Gmail, Calendar and Google Talk to its subscribers.Craig McCaw's WiMAX startup said the Internet...

Margins Check: Comcast, Chrysler and the Super Bowl

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...
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