Yearly Archives: 2008

iPhone 3G Cheaper And Costs More?

The new iPhone 3G is cheaper, right? The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Apple iPhone 3G smartphone may cost $200 less, but...

FCC details plans for free nationwide wireless broadband: T-Mobile USA worries over interference

The Federal Communications Commission is seeking feedback on new options to auction a nationwide wireless broadband license with requirements to provide free Internet service,...

House passes telecom immunity bill: Senate may vote next week

Parent companies of the nation's largest mobile-phone operators could escape liability from dozens of lawsuits under a bill passed by the House that updates...

Wi-LAN targets RIM, Moto, UTStarcom in patent lawsuit

Wi-LAN Inc., a Canadian wireless technology firm, filed a new patent infringement lawsuit against Research in Motion Ltd., Motorola Inc. and UTStarcom Inc. ...

AT&T to back Vans Warped Tour

AT&T Inc. is again backing the Vans Warped Tour with a host of mobile and interactive promotions.The tour, which kicks off a 42-city trek...

Sprint Nextel wins FCC reprieve on 800 MHz rebanding

The Federal Communications Commission extended by a month the looming June 26 deadline for Sprint Nextel Corp. to vacate 800 MHz interleaved channels involved...

Celtra outlines ‘Vegas’ mobile marketing push

A viral mobile marketing effort for the feature film "What Happens in Vegas" generated more than 50,000 peer-to-peer user engagements, according to the firm...

Muni Wi-Fi player MetroFi warns users of shutdowns

Municipal Wi-Fi vendor MetroFi Inc. appears to be pulling out of the game. According to the company's Web site, it is shutting down all...

AT&T Paying High Price For iPhone 3G

Analysts differ on the exact figure, but AT&T could be paying as much as $425 in subsidies per iPhone.

Wireless modems being given new capabilities

Huawei Technologies and Sony Ericsson have launched wireless modems for HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) networks that try to be more than just modems.

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Funambol

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

Walled garden must fall to drive growth

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

RIM results likely strong next week: Analysts differ on next quarter’s outlook

Research In Motion Ltd. reports fiscal first-quarter earnings on June 25 and, driven by sales of its Curve at Verizon Wireless, two analysts said...

FCC grants Sprint Nextel rebanding waiver: June 26 deadline pushed back indefinitely

The Federal Communications Commission agreed not to hold Sprint Nextel Corp. and public-safety agencies to the June 26 deadline regarding portions of spectrum involved...

Worst of the Week: Quit fiddling!

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...

Analyst on Motorola: ‘Half-baked mess’: CEO candidate withdraws, according to Journal

Analyst Tero Kuittinen at Global Crown Capital L.L.C. said in a note to investors that top-tier carriers in the United States were pulling back...

Leap rings up new CFO

This week Leap Wireless International Inc. brought on a new chief financial officer and, in turn, the company gave itself some financial breathing room....

Corporate e-mail expands to lower-end Sprint Nextel phones

Sprint Nextel Corp. is hoping to bridge the gap between enterprise users and multimedia devices with a new mobile e-mail service.The offering, awkwardly dubbed...

T-Mobile USA hires new CMO

Denny Marie Post has joined T-Mobile USA Inc. as chief marketing officer. She was previously senior VP of global food and beverage at Starbucks."Denny...

USA lags on cellphones’ marketing potential

CANNES, France — They're hip, hot and everywhere on the planet. But despite a drumbeat about mobile phones being the new frontier in the...

Could pen-sized GPS jammers paralyse UK shipping?

Analysis Contractors and sector-straddling quangocrats sought yesterday to convince politicians of the need to spend defence or security funds on radio-based backups for GPS...

Text-message ruling could change corporate policies

Most employees know their bosses are usually within their rights snooping on workers' e-mail, but text messaging has been in murkier territory.

eSoft spam filter goes mobile

Security appliance developer eSoft has updated its email gateway with the ability for users to spam-file or whitelist emails from any device, including a...

Ad support to drive $4.8B mobile search market by 2013

Local mobile search services are growing in popularity, and nearly 1.3 billion mobile-phone users are expected to use local mobile search services by 2013,...

Report: APAC lucrative market for mobile WiMAX

The Asia-Pacific region represents a significant opportunity for mobile WiMAX technology, according to a recent report from ABI Research."Because mobile WiMAX is aimed at...
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