Yearly Archives: 2008

VIDEO: CTIA I.T. WEDNESDAY KEYNOTE WRAPUP

CTIA I.T. attendees were treated to a CEO carrier panel discussion, as well as a history lesson from...

More companies join Symbian Foundation: New members: Acrodea, Brycen, HI Corp., Ixonos, KTF, Opera Software, Sharp, TapRoot Systems and UIQ Technology

SAN FRANCISCO -- Nine more companies have joined the Symbian Foundation as its group members work toward developing an open and complete mobile software...

Symbian: We’re relevant: Symbian Foundation supporters defend phone platform

SAN FRANCISCO -- Symbian Ltd. and Nokia Corp. defended the relevance of the two companies in today's market Wednesday during a roundtable discussion that...

Backup power issue may get backed up in Washington: Hurricane season helps to highlight issue

The backup power controversy is now officially before Bush administration budget officials, but the overarching issue of whether the Federal Communications Commission rule will...

RIM to entice clamshell fans with flip-able BlackBerry

SAN FRANCISCO -- BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. introduced a new flip-style phone as it heads into the critical fourth-quarter holiday shopping season,...

AT&T Mobility upgrades to A-GPS for location services

SAN FRANCISCO -- The nation's largest wireless provider announced a sweeping upgrade to its location-services play, adding assisted-GPS (A-GPS) technology to its network and...

CTIA I.T. ’08 Wednesday Show Daily

Download the full PDF file of the RCR Wireless CTIA I.T. Show Daily for Wednesday of the show.

Senator calls out carriers on rising cost of texting : Kohl: ‘This conduct is hardly consistent with the vigorous price competition we hope to...

A key Senate Judiciary Committee member directed AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. to explain why text message rates...

RIM still rules enterprise, but Apple makes inroads: 2 reports examine mobile devices in business

Even as Apple Inc.'s 3G iPhone ventures into the enterprise market, Research In Motion Ltd. is expected to continue its dominance in the business...

Virgin details Helio integration plans

A few weeks after its official purchase of Helio L.L.C., Virgin Mobile USA has decided on a branding strategy; "Helio by Virgin Mobile:...

Sprint Nextel spins out devices, customer-service enhancements

SAN FRANCISCO -- Sprint Nextel Corp. prepped for the holiday shopping rush with a lineup of new devices, and a few customer incentives.The carrier...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Leap, Nokia, Texas Instruments 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--Credit Suisse First Boston lowered...

Smartphones to squeeze mid-range phone market

Mid-range phone models will begin to feel the squeeze and customers opt more for the high-end smartphone and low-cost handset segments during the next...

Verizon Wireless adds social apps to video, ringback tones

SAN FRANCISCO -- Verizon Wireless stoked the white-hot social-networking fire, launching three offerings that allow subscribers to share content and stay in contact with...

SEVEN showcases integrated messaging platform

SAN FRANCISCO -- A California company believes e-mail shouldn't be just for smartphones and the application should be compatible with voice and text messaging.As...

Nokia adds synch to Ovi: Hopes to lure users with basic tools

SAN FRANCISCO -- Nokia Corp.'s Ovi conjures images of cutting-edge mobile services that run the gamut from entertainment to navigation to social communities. But...

Navteq focused on expansion, plans for location-based advertising

SAN FRANCISCO -- During an offsite session at CTIA Wireless Entertainment and I.T. 2008, digital map data provider, Navteq Connections focused on plans for...

WiMAX hype set expectations too high, Seybold tells audience

SAN FRANCISCO -- Don't believe the hype. That was Andrew Seybold's message about WiMAX as Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. plan to roll...

Driving Miss Daisy (to adopt the mobile Web)

SAN FRANCISCO -- So, many mobile subscribers remain wary of the cost of monthly data plans and their failure to "get it" is making...

AirCell broadens reach of in-flight Internet service

AirCell Inc. has added its first major airline outside of the United States in its quest to outfit as many aircraft with its mobile...

VIDEO: Industry aims to reconnect music with mobile

SAN FRANCISCO -- Full-track downloads are spinning their wheels and subscription services are falling on deaf ears. So Nokia Corp. and its music-industry partners...

Litvack hire fuels speculation of Google-Yahoo scrutiny

The Justice Department's hiring of prominent lawyer Sandy Litvack to reportedly assist its probe of the advertising tie-up between search-engine giants Google Inc. and...

Judge throws out headset lawsuits

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has thrown out the last of a group of class-action lawsuits that sought to force wireless carriers to supply...

FCC relaxes reporting standards

The Federal Communications Commission relaxed -- but did not totally eliminate -- regulatory reporting requirements for top landline telephone companies, while launching a new...

Visto looks beyond mobile e-mail

Mobile e-mail company Visto Corp. announced a major new push into the social-networking space, an effort to expand the company's offerings beyond e-mail and...
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