Yearly Archives: 2008

T.I. to shed merchant basebands: Competition, cost-cutting play a role in changes

Texas Instruments Inc. said last week that it will sell or shutdown its merchant baseband chip business, and focus on application processors and multimedia...

Wireless technology advances in rural America, unless FCC USF reform kills it

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...

Can Anything Derail Google’s Growth Engine?

The online ad market is slowing, and Chinese rival Baidu is a global search threat. But Google's idea lab is still a powerhouse to...

Vringo lands first carrier-led video ringtone service

Company behind an application that can turn video, images, and slideshows into a personalized ringtone experience inks a deal to bring its service to...

CenturyTel and Embarq to marry in $11.6B deal

CenturyTel Inc.'s board of directors gave the company the green light to acquire Embarq Corp. in a projected $11.6 billion transaction. CenturyTel will also...

Martin in the spotlight: FCC chief’s Nov. 4 meeting center of controversy: VZW-Alltel, TV white spaces, other issues up for grabs

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN KEVIN MARTIN is coming under mounting pressure to postpone votes on major wireless items scheduled for Nov. 4. As Martin...

Handset horserace loses cachet: Margins and profits now the most critical metrics

Everyone loves a good horse race. But with macro-economic conditions reverberating throughout the wireless industry - handset vendors' aggregate volume growth in the third...

Alltel’s Mobile Dashboard gives workers info on the go

In an attempt to keep up with the needs of today's businesses, Alltel Communications L.L.C. launched a new service allowing workers with smartphones access...

Verizon Wireless nets 2.1 million new customers, trails AT&T Mobility

Verizon Wireless added 2.1 million customers during the third quarter, just slightly behind numbers posted by rival AT&T Mobility last week.In organic growth, Verizon...

Cable firm Cox to build wireless network by 2009: Will team with Sprint Nextel to expand reach

Cable company Cox Communications announced it will build a wireless network with the $500 million in spectrum the company has accumulated over the past...

Google Earth Lands On Apple’s iPhone

Similar to Google Earth for desktop computers, the free software's animated world rotates and zooms in on a map of one's location.

SK Telecom Seeks Drastic Changes for Global Expansion

SK Telecom, the country's biggest mobile telephony operator, has seized upon the global market in the past decade and struggled to stay relevant.

Sprint CEO Says Android ‘Not Good Enough’ Yet

During a press event, CEO Dan Hesse said Sprint would eventually sell Android phones, but that it needed a bit more time to put...

Qik Now Streams Video on BlackBerry Devices

Qik has announced an alpha version of the Qik video-sharing application for the BlackBerry. The Qik application will allow BlackBerry uses to stream live...

Wal-Mart: Low prices pay off

The discount retailer says it's ready for holiday shoppers as it scales back growth of namesake stores.

Studies: Social networks exploding, may appear in government

The positive merits of social networking have been leveraged in a multitude of ways by consumers, businesses, and other organizations for some time.

WhitePages Mobile for iPhone

One of the joys of the Mac community is that if you find something--a program, a method of doing something, what have you--there usually...

AT&T canvasses buyers on future iPhone features

AT&T has recently begun surveying some of its longer-term iPhone buyers asking what features they would most like to see added to the Apple...

McCain vs. Obama: Campaigns outline candidates’ stances on hot-button issues in wireless: As election nears, RCR Wireless News questions the presidential candidates

Editor's Note: RCR Wireless News Washington Bureau Chief Jeffrey Silva asked the presidential campaigns of Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) to...

Moto plunges into luxury handset market with $2,000 ‘Aura’ : Gadget sports ‘hand-sculpted richness’

Motorola Inc., struggling to return to sustainable profitability, will bring the Aura handset to market this quarter, the company said. With "state-of-the-art handcraftsmanship," the...

Samsung plays mailman, delivers nearly 52 million phones in Q3: Oppenheimer: Samsung market share grows to 16.7%

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. beat expectations on handset shipments in the third quarter, and gained market share partly through aggressive pricing. Handsets drove the...

Agreement on E-911 proposals remains elusive: T-Mobile USA, RCA question current mandate

New enhanced 911 location accuracy proposals endorsed by public-safety groups and the nation's three largest mobile-phone carriers, while less stringent than now-defunct 2007 federal...

Et tu, Brute?: Julius Knapp, chief of FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology, is under fire

He is one of the most respected, accomplished and well-liked public servants ever to grace the Federal Communications Commission. Now, mobile phone carriers, TV...
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