Yearly Archives: 2008

Nokia winning by two lengths: Samsung takes second, rest in pack

Nokia Corp. hit the second-quarter finish line (pun intended) with strong year-over-year growth in handset shipment volumes, a key metric for Wall Street and...

Wireless firm says news must go mobile

SAN FRANCISCO - The thud of the morning newspaper landing on the front porch may one day be replaced with the beep of download...

Motorola to reorganize home and networks unit

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Motorola Inc (MOT.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) will create three businesses within its home and networks...

Report: Steve Jobs’ health issue not life threatening

More than 'a common bug,' but not cancer, NYT says. Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs has some health problems, but they are not life-threatening,...

Static continues for iPhone debut

LOS ANGELES — Apple's experiencing serious Microsoft-type growing pains with its launch of the new iPhone that went on sale two weeks ago.

Mobile Map Usage Growing Rapidly

The iPhone and Nokia handsets are the most-used handsets for accessing mobile maps, according to ComScore.

Nokia Axes BlackBerry Connections

Starting with its upcoming E71 and E66 smartphones, Nokia said it wants to offer the option of connecting to other e-mail services.

Analyst Angle: Mobile content providers beware, the iPhone is a Trojan iHorse

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...

Tower industry remains open for business: Sprint Nextel sells 3,300 towers for $670M, SBA picks up competitors

The tower industry was busy last week with Sprint Nextel Corp. announcing the sale of 3,300 towers to TowerCo L.L.C. for $670 million and...

The FCC Approves the XM-Sirius Merger

The satellite radio pioneers have the green light to unite, but pressure from rivals and declining car sales threatens to turn satellite radio into...

FCC poised to punish Comcast over Web blocking

A majority of members of the Federal Communications Commission have cast votes in favor of punishing Comcast Corp. for blocking subscribers' Internet traffic, an...

Critics assail Sprint Nextel-Clearwire WiMAX alliance: Competitors cite spectrum holdings, roaming issues

SPRINT NEXTEL CORP. AND CLEARWIRE CORP.'S CAMPAIGN to win government approval of a their national WiMAX plan is drawing static from AT&T Inc. and...

M2M entrants are welcomed to the jungle: Diversified companies will swell the ranks of competitors

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

Samsung handset performance: mixed bag

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. solidified its position as the world's No. 2 handset vendor in the second quarter, with less than half the volume...

SkyTerra, MSV score financing, hint at tie-up with Inmarsat

SkyTerra Communications Inc. and Mobile Satellite Ventures L.P. announced Harbinger Capital Partners Funds agreed to provide $500 million of debt financing to fund the...

Sprint Nextel drags on RadioShack

RadioShack Corp. reported a 6.9% increase in sales, driven by revenues from digital-to-analog TV converter boxes, GPS device sales, video gaming sales, prepaid wireless...

Public safety eases stance on E-911: Changes in PSAP community cited

Public-safety groups, which last year successively persuaded federal regulators to adopt a strict enhanced 911 location accuracy standard over the objections of wireless providers,...

Cellphoners to dial into latest Stephen King yarn

Stephen King fans can check out the author's latest work on their phones through a deal between Marvel Entertainment, CBS Mobile and Simon &...

Investors high on Qualcomm despite tepid outlook: Qcom-Nokia deal a boost, but chip sector bodes ill for handsets

Nearly lost in the generally positive hubbub over an agreement between Qualcomm Inc. and Nokia Corp., was the former's actual earnings in fiscal third...

M2M growth inevitable, by push and pull : Tough times may slow uptake, despite efficiency promise

Today, at least two companies have incorporated an innovation for M2M that first was aimed at the handset market: FOTA, or, firmware-over-the-air. Make...

Competitive playground

Verizon Wireless is smart to quickly agree to sell off wireless properties in 85 markets where it overlaps with Alltel Communications L.L.C. assets in...

AT&T Introduces Global GPS Service for Phones

AT&T's new service, AT&T Navigator Global Edition, uses data connections to download maps, so an international data-roaming plan is strongly recommended in conjunction with...

New documents could prolong probe into Martin’s management

The Federal Communications Commission delivered to House Commerce Committee investigators at least 40 boxes of documents as part of a probe of agency activities...

Sprint Nextel sells 3,300 towers for $670M

Sprint Nextel Corp. sold its 3,300 towers to TowerCo L.L.C. for $670 million, a move that provides the carrier with some cash and relieves...
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