Yearly Archives: 2008

CTIA fights back: U.S. wireless market is ‘thriving’

The mobile-phone industry, criticized for stifling competition and innovation said to be on display in European and Asian markets and fearing a regulatory backlash...

Sprint Nextel zooming with Xohm: Carrier inks slew of WiMAX deals

Sprint Nextel Corp. made several announcements this week that lend a sense of momentum to the carrier's plans to deploy its WiMAX service, dubbed...

Leap wows with Q4 customer adds

Leap Wireless International Inc. enjoyed a busy holiday season, topping its prior view by adding 152,000 net customers during the fourth quarter of 2007.The...

Alltel can continue showing ads, judge rules: Verizon Wireless loses bid for restraining order

A judge has refused to grant a temporary restraining order that would have forced Alltel Wireless to drop an advertisement.The commercial, which hit the...

Frontline ‘closed for business’: With its extensive connections, firm’s ultimate fate is unclear

The future of Frontline Wireless L.L.C., the Silicon Valley-backed and politically connected startup that spent months positioning itself to bid big in the upcoming...

Verizon Wireless: Now it’s 20 cents per text message

Verizon Wireless will follow Sprint Nextel Corp.'s lead in bumping text messaging rates from 15 cents to 20 cents per message.The carrier is informing...

Margins Check: Napster, a weather sale, Microsoft’s ads 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...

A wish list for the new year

Have you had enough of the year-in-review pablum? Up to your ears in oh-so-bold predictions about how 2008 will see a slight uptick in,...

REVIEW: Mobio Networks’ Recipes app returns mouthwatering results

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...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Nokia Siemens Networks, Ericsson, Motorola and more

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...

2008: Social open converged ad-based free operating systems

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...

CES: Gates introduces the ‘next digital decade’

LAS VEGAS -- Bill Gates may not be slowing down on the professional and charitable projects that he holds near and dear, but it's...

Power Struggle: Industry challenges FCC’s emergency backup power rule

The Federal Communications Commission is facing a gathering legal storm over its emergency back-up power rule, with the mobile-phone industry asking a federal appeals...

VZW intros converged device for business

Verizon Wireless unveiled a converged business device, packing the sexily named SMT5800 with features that make advertising copy a nuanced task."Part compact phone, part...

Sony Ericsson launches two Walkmans

Promising to take consumers "beyond music" with a music-centric phone -- a tri-band HSDPA Walkman W760 -- Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications offered two Walkman...

Moto’s CES phones play music, movies: But no post-Razr platform evident, yet

Those looking for Motorola Inc. to unleash a post-Razr platform to fuel the company's turnaround are still searching at the Consumer Electronics Show this...

Dissecting Qualcomm’s auction plans: MediaFLO subsidiary most likely beneficiary

QUALCOMM INC. IS NO STRANGER to the Federal Communications Commission and its auction process for spectrum. The company has successfully bid on and won...

Sprint Nextel begins testing emergency alerts

Sprint Nextel Corp. has become the first national mobile-phone operator to embrace targeted emergency-alert technology, choosing SquareLoop Inc.'s solution for testing in Contra Costa...

Great expectations: Glimpsing the new year

PREDICTIONS ARE SO LAST YEAR.Instead, let's talk "expectations" - a term that seems to promise a more realistic look ahead at the new year....

Yahoo woos developers in bid for mobile Web dominance

This "openness" thing is contagious.Yahoo Inc. is the latest to court third-party developers, announcing its intention to "enable and lead a mobile ecosystem" to...

URL battle: m vs. .mobi: Confusion still reigns in figuring out the best way to get to mobile Web

There is no shortage of reasons why traffic on the wireless Web hasn't matched the sky-high forecasts of a few years ago. But one...

LiMo Foundation swells to 25 members: Alliance plans to launch Linux-based mobile platform in Q1

The LiMo Foundation, an alliance of mobile vendors and service providers, announced its member base has grown to 25 this week with the addition...

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Ringing insultThe King of Spain's recent tongue-lashing of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has become a popular ringtone in Spain. King Juan Carlos asked Chavez,...

Traffic.com2GO to give cellphone users traffic updates

NAVTEQ subsidiary Traffic.com is teaming with mobile developer Skyward Mobile on a direct-to-consumer mobile traffic application.The companies launched Traffic.com2GO, a downloadable, J2ME-based offering that...
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