Yearly Archives: 2008

MetroPCS posts quarter-million net adds, signs Amdocs deal

MetroPCS Communications Inc. posted limited third-quarter results, displaying strong growth and a year-over-year drop in customer churn. The carrier reported 249,265 net additions during...

Intel throws weight behind M2Z in AWS-3 dustup: Chip maker claims regulations could hurt WiMAX deployments

In an unexpected twist, chipmaker giant Intel Corp. urged the Federal Communications Commission to keep intact proposed interference safeguards that T-Mobile USA Inc. insists...

VIDEO: WiMAX World 2008, a recap

RCR Wireless News' Tracy Ford offers a look back at the big news during last week's WiMAX World...

Web radio bill offers hope for mobile music: Royalty rates may thwart streaming uptake

Streaming-music service providers bought some time last week when Congress approved legislation that will allow them to renegotiate royalty rates some claim may otherwise...

Analyst Angle: Why you should buy your grandmother an iPhone this holiday season

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...

Blackberry Application Center leaked photos

Blackberry is launching a competitor to the iPhone App Store. It's about time.

Verizon Figures To Acquire Alltel By Year’s End

Verizon is poised to become the largest cell phone service provider in the United States, leapfrogging over the current leader, AT&T.

IPhone gets first major corporate customer in Japan

Japan's Softbank Mobile has signed its first major corporate contract for the iPhone 3G.

30 percent of iPhone 3G buyers dump existing carriers

Nearly one-third of all iPhone 3G buyers have been willing to ditch their provider to go with exclusive carrier AT&T in order to get...

Nokia’s Bid to Rule the Mobile Web

ESPOO, FINLAND If being first mover meant anything, Anssi Vanjoki and his colleagues at Nokia (NOK) would already rule the mobile Web. Way back...

Melodis Raises $7M for Midomi iPhone App

In the same way that mobile access to Wikipedia has transformed stupid arguments, mobile song recognition apps are truly neat when you need to...

What is the ideal role for local search?

As mobile communications increase, marketers may still hesitate to make local search a large part of their strategy. Our experts discuss the pros and...

Gemalto makes takeover offer for Wavecom

Digital security specialist Gemalto has made an offer to acquire mobile modules developer Wavecom. The acquisition is expected to expand Gemalto's business in the...

RIM: AT&T still testing BlackBerry Bold

NEW YORK — A delayed top-of-the-line BlackBerry phone from Research in Motion Ltd. is still undergoing testing by AT&T, and RIM's co-CEO implied that...

Hong Kong Aims To Be Wireless City With New Radio Spectrum Bids

Hong Kong is boosting its wireless broadband services with an invitation for applications for bidding on its new radio spectrum services.

Music Phones Tackle the iPod

Consumers are starting to leave iPods at home in favor of listening to cell phones that store their favorite songs. Should Apple be worried?

Is The Smartphone Your Next Computer?

How BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Mobile, and Symbian-powered handhelds are becoming over-the-air portals to enterprise apps, and why they could ultimately edge the laptop aside.

Glu offers cool forecast, hopes for increased interest in smartphones

Shares of Glu Mobile Inc. continued to slide after the company lowered its third-quarter forecast. The San Mateo, Calif.-based mobile game publisher said it...

Samsung snares Dallas WiMAX deployment: Scheduling change forces SN to replace NSN

Sprint Nextel Corp. switched mobile WiMAX vendors for its Dallas/Fort Worth Xohm network, bringing in existing inventory manufactured by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.Because the...

Rural wireless meltdown

It's materializing into a perfect storm for rural wireless carriers. But the federal government won't be coming to the rescue, since it is the...

Best handset, service selection ever: But will economic realities spook consumers?

The second half of 2008 already ranks highly for offering the most advanced handsets and most reasonable prices in the history of wireless. And...

Insurance provider uses M2M to lower auto rates: Telit, Xirgo team with Progressive to track driver habits

Progressive Group of Insurance Companies is using a cellular device to help responsible drivers reduce their insurance premiums.Progressive's innovative MyRate program may not be...

Two wireless broadband players, two different plans: TowerStream targets enterprises in big cities, DigitalBridge seeks consumers in rural markets

CHICAGO - Two companies have succeeded in utilizing pre-WiMAX technology to build successful businesses that target different customers in the United States. TowerStream and...

Sprint Nextel getting interest in Nextel sale: report

Sprint Nextel Corp. ( S ) has received interest in its Nextel business from a few players, The Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday,...
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