Yearly Archives: 2008

Sprint Nextel claims MSS operators delinquent on rebanding payments

Sprint Nextel Corp. has sued ICO Global Communications Ltd. and TerreStar Networks Inc. to force the mobile satellite service licensees to pay the No....

One small step for mobile music?

Verizon Wireless' latest effort in the full-track download space is a step in the right direction for mobile music. But it's a very small...

Class action claims Sprint Nextel shorted pay to store employees

Sprint Nextel Corp. is facing a class-action lawsuit that alleges the No. 3 mobile-phone carrier violated federal and state labor laws for failing to...

FCC urged to forgo AWS-3 conditions

Two key House Republicans urged the Federal Communications Commission not to attach conditions to advanced wireless services-3 spectrum and to forgo approval of final...

REVIEW: Smash! Pow! GoComics poised to please comic book fans

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point...

UTStarcom sells N.A. handset distribution business

UTStarcom Inc. will sell its personal communications division to private equity investors for at least $240 million, the company said today.The PCD business primarily...

Devices & Strategy: Relying on Instinct: Sprint hits back with touch

Sprint Nextel Corp. has launched an expensive, frontal assault on rivals in a bid for a hit handset that will resuscitate its fortunes. While...

T-Mobile USA subscribers get an out: Carrier raises texting fee: Change will allow affected customers to cancel contract without paying ETF

T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will raise its texting rates to 20 cents a message. The change will go into effect August 29 for...

Moto rewires exec lineup

Motorola Inc. is replacing top executives in key markets around the globe as its share of worldwide cellphone sales falls to new lows.In an...

How Apple is blurring the line between marketing and service

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...

Concept Mobile Phone Wins Student Design Award

A student at the UK's De Montfort University (DMU) has won his second major competition this year with a new mobile phone handset designed...

Mobile Advertising Reaches Mongolia

Celltick has signed an exclusive deal with Mongolia's Mobicom to provide its LiveScreen Media platform - which is used to broadcast content to mobile...

China brings one-legged mobile TV standard to Olympic

When Beijing Olympic Games start in August, China's much touted mobile TV broadcast service will have to crawl before it can walk. It's because...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Nokia Siemens, Nortel Networks, Motorola and more

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

VIDEO: RCR Wireless Newscast for Monday, June 30

Vlingo released a new, free application allowing BlackBerry owners to use voice to navigate their devices.; vlingo blackberry...

Rhapsody’s music service swings into Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless finally rolled out its new full-track download service, coupling an all-you-can-eat subscription offering with a pay-per-download option.The carrier is teaming with RealNetworks...

MyCircle expands to texting at Alltel

Even with a probable end in sight, Alltel Communications L.L.C. is pulling out all the stops. Shortly after the carrier's announcement to expand and...

Openwave offloads handset software biz

Purple Labs has purchased Openwave Systems Inc.'s mobile-phone software business for $30 million in cash, the two companies said today. The sale, which includes...

Analyst Angle: My favorite WiMAX myths and misconceptions

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...

Nokia signs Warner Music to Comes With Music

Nokia now has three of the top four largest recording companies.

Google Maps, Tele Atlas expand partnership

The mapping company gets access to Google users' annotations in exchange for providing data to Google Maps, Google Earth, and other divisions of the...

Wi-Fi Alliance takes on wireless IP telephony

The Wi-Fi Alliance wants to make voice a part of Wi-Fi networks, and has introduced a program to certify products, it announced on Monday.

Spammers poised to target BlackBerry and iPhone owners

The rising popularity of smartphones such as the BlackBerry and the iPhonewill make them targets for viruses and spam, security experts believe.

Breeze makes mobile apps easy

Anyone who can build a Web page can build a mobile application using a J2ME development tool called Breeze, according to the tool's maker,...

Harris Gains Mobile-DTV Foothold in Latin America

Guatemala, Costa Rica to use ATSC-based solution following adoption by Albavision.
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