Yearly Archives: 2008

Getting real about connecting public safety

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...

TI to shed cellular baseband business: Chip maker to refocus on processors for smartphones

Texas Instruments Inc. reported weak revenue and profit in the third quarter on a slowdown in orders - as it forecasted last quarter, the...

LG strong in U.S., hit in Europe, India

Korean vendor LG Electronics Co.'s market share slid as it was hit by a slowdown in Europe and India, but the mobile devices company...

Software firm courts workers with CRM app

Maximizer Software said it is giving enterprises the tools for its mobile workers to leave the laptop behind by offering solutions where business can...

Martin steps closer to AWS-3 bids : T-Mobile USA calls analysis flawed

FREE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY WIRELESS broadband for the masses may be on the way. So may messy litigation to keep it grounded. The Federal Communications Commission...

VZW’s proposed text-fee increase still being digested

FOR NOW, AT LEAST, Verizon Wireless has stepped away from plans to tack on a drastic 3-cent fee to each vendor-generated message on its...

Mobile Firefox browser released

Mozilla released an early mobile version of its Firefox browser in an effort to get feedback from developers and wireless Web users.The Mountain View,...

Ericsson up on healthy quarter

How the current economic climate impacts the wireless industry remains to be seen, but the world's infrastructure leader posted a strong third quarter despite...

Brightpoint wins Nokia’s U.K. business

Brightpoint Inc. said its subsidiary Brightpoint GB Ltd. entered a distribution agreement with Nokia UK Ltd. that calls for Brightpoint to provide distribution services...

Broadcasters petition to extend white-spaces comments

Broadcasting groups filed an emergency request at the Federal Communications Commission, effectively asking that a vote not be taken Nov. 4 to allow unlicensed...

Sprint Nextel expands hearing-impaired cellphone solution

Sprint Nextel Corp. is making an effort to adapt its services for an older crowd. The carrier has launched Sprint WebCapTel

Fox revamps mobile play: Media giant looking to replace push with pull

Two weeks after swallowing the rest of the Crazy Frog, News Corp. is reorganizing its mobile business.Rupert Murdoch's media giant this week will unveil...

VIDEO: Pro-rated ETFs becoming rule, not exception: Sprint Nextel remains last of nationwide carriers

After many promises, it seems carriers have kept good on their word to pro-rate early termination fees. Well,...

Analyst Angle: OMG, the teen market is slowing

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the...

IMS, NGN forums team for ‘any to any’ communications

The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Forum and the Next Generation Networks (NGN) Forum announced plans to merge their respective activities in an effort to...

Sony Ericsson challenged financially, but holding ground: Firm ships 25.7 million units in quarter

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications posted solid unit shipments for the third quarter, but reported financial metrics that illustrated the company's struggles with its portfolio...

Three firms set to capitalize on new requirements for text, IM archiving: Wireless communications fall under same guidelines as e-mail

Financial institutions must now monitor and archive text and instant messages sent by employees through company-issued handsets much like they do with corporate e-mail....

Tower industry expected to weather storm: New deployments, deep-pocketed customers to buffer segment

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Despite thunderstorms on Wall Street, as well as outside the convention itself, participants at the PCIA's 2008 Wireless Infrastructure Show this...

Mutiny precedes the finale : FCC meeting to cover mergers, white spaces and more

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has set a highly ambitious agenda for the Nov. 4 open meeting. And the December meeting potentially could...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: BillShrink.com and MobUI

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included...

Femto-based access points to top 103M by 2013

The fixed-mobile convergence market is being driven forward by new services like T-Mobile USA Inc.'s @Home service and Orange SA's unik service in Europe,...

By the Numbers: Top 10 Most Popular U.S. Handsets in September

Editor's Note: The following lists ranks the 10 most popular handsets in the United States for the month of September. Rankings were provided by...

We’re still far away from NFC

Editor's Note: RCR Wireless News teamed with the Yankee Group to conduct a series of market surveys of RCR Wireless News subscribers to gauge...

Worst of the Week: The greatest wireless application in the history of the world

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...
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