Yearly Archives: 2008

Autumn’s chill: Handset sales out in the cold

The handset market has been unseasonably chilly this fall.Where the third quarter typically reflects a ramp-up for the holiday spending orgy, it appeared from...

Online research leads to handset purchases : Tech-savvy consumers research online first, spend more later

Well-informed consumers looking for a new handset typically turn to online research first, using search capabilities and often searching for a specific handset, according...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Alcatel-Lucent, American Tower, Sierra Wireless 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--Standard & Poor's revised...

FCC approves VZW-Alltel, Sprint-Clearwire, unlicensed use of TV white spaces: Verizon Wireless set to become the nation’s largest wireless carrier

The Federal Communications Commission today conditionally approved the Verizon Wireless-Alltel Communications L.L.C. and the Sprint Nextel-Clearwire Corp. mergers, while also voting to allow unlicensed...

On the smartphone playground, where is Microsoft and Windows Mobile?

You know that dusty smell you experience when you open a book that hasn't been picked up in decades? That's the feeling I get...

Alltel adds 335,152 net customers, enjoys 42% increase in data ARPU

Despite some financial hiccups, Alltel Communications L.L.C. managed to acquire more than 1 million gross customer additions during the third quarter, a 28% increase...

N.C. Alltel store says business as usual until merger

Editor's Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what's hot...

‘Patrons and politics:’ Mobile OS choices raise questions

NEWS LAST WEEK THAT MOTOROLA INC. HAD SETTLED ON Windows Mobile and Android as handset platforms in an effort to simplify, focus on innovation...

Nokia to cut 600 jobs in marketing, sales and R&D: Handset maker releases new, low-cost phones

Nokia Corp. said today that it would cut as many as 615 jobs in an ongoing corporate reorganization.The bulk, 450 jobs, will be eliminated...

Handset OS market shares shifting

The "OS wars," as some would have it, are alive and well - at least in the data on the various contenders' shifting market...

Gameloft posts increased revenues, rosy outlook for mobile gaming

Gameloft offered a surprisingly upbeat outlook for mobile gaming as it posted $34.1 million in third-quarter revenues.The Paris-based game maker reported an 8% increase...

REVIEW: Street View, voice searching make Google Maps for Mobile a necessity

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point...

ICO wins $707M in Boeing court battle

ICO Global Communications said a Los Angeles Superior Court jury verdict could force Boeing Co. to pay up to $707 million in damages in...

Another class action over unwanted content charges falls onto T-Mobile USA

A class-action lawsuit asserts T-Mobile USA Inc. charged consumers for wireless content they did not ask for, another in a long line of legal...

Wi-Fi Alliance reaches product milestone

The Wi-Fi Alliance said 5,000 consumer and enterprise products have now been Wi-Fi certified since the testing program started in 2000.The group said more...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Alvarion, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nortel 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...

Say goodbye to Circuit City

Don Reisinger thinks it's time to say goodbye to Circuit City. And with 155 stores being shuttered across the U.S., he thinks its days...

Fujitsu Mini-Notebook Targets Mobile Workers

Fujitsu has rolled out the LifeBook U820 mini-notebook with Garmin's Mobile PC navigation software, a pivoting touchscreen, and a fingerprint sensor.

Are you serious? Optimism in this economic climate?: The smartphone content market

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their...

Martin drops USF, intercarrier compensation from Nov. 4 FCC vote

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has scratched a planned Nov. 4 vote on reforming the universal service fund and intercarrier compensation regimes. The...

LG to deepen relationship with Microsoft for ‘mobile convergence’

LG Electronics Co. said today it will work more closely with Microsoft Corp. on converged devices, likely smartphones the Korean vendor is pursuing. The...

Sprint Nextel sued for $1 billion over early-termination fees

Sprint Nextel Corp. has been hit with a $1 billion federal class-action lawsuit over early-termination fees, the complaint filed by the same lawyers pursuing...

T-Mobile USA foreign ownership dust-up ‘much ado about little or nothing’: FCC re-examination centers on small wireless carrier owned by T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless

German giant Deutsche Telekom AG's $30 billion purchase of what is now T-Mobile USA Inc. is not at issue in the Federal Communications Commission's...

Mformation takes RIM back to court: Mobile device management firm alleges patent infringement

A mobile device management software company has filed a lawsuit against Research in Motion Ltd. alleging infringement of two patents.Mformation Technologies Inc. filed the...

The 2008 presidential race: A baseline for the future of wireless campaigns

This year's presidential election is significant in more ways than one: It marks the year that text messaging and the mobile Web became political...
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