Yearly Archives: 2009

U.S. Cellular posts modest growth: Impairment charge hampers net income

The wireless industry's No. 5 carrier U.S. Cellular Corp. added 20,000 customers during the fourth quarter of 2008, which was less than half the...

Microsoft lands Vodafone biz for biz: Firms target mobile enterprise

Vodafone Group plc, Europe's largest network operator, and Microsoft Corp. have teamed up to offer the operator's enterprise customers a unified communications and collaboration...

MetroPCS posts record customer growth in Q4, tops 5M customer mark

MetroPCS Communications Inc. said it added a company record 520,000 net customers during the fourth quarter of 2008, and ended the year with 5.4...

AT&T, Verizon Wireless crux of FEMA’s telecom reform

It is a new era for the Federal Emergency Management Administration as it streamlines communications for emergencies and its day-to-day operations.The federal agency, which...

Canadian tweets won’t be cheap: Bell to charge 15 cents per

Canadians who use Twitter are fuming at Bell Canada for bringing the messaging service to mobile phones, but attaching a steep price tag to...

Worst of the Week: Sprint Nextel and price war mongering

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 this...

Search spending expected to rise, but what about the clicks?

But just how effective is search? New research from Penn State University suggests that people click on both paid and organic search links much...

American Tower swings to $85.8 million profit

American Tower Corp. ( AMT ) said Thursday that it swung to a fourth-quarter net profit of $85.8 million, or 21 cents a share,...

‘Light’ PC Web users are more likely to surf mobile: ComScore: Consumers are on the move so marketers should adjust buys

Always-online Internet junkies might seem to be the most likely users to lead the charge in adopting the mobile Web, but a recent ComScore...

Nokia considering entering laptop industry

The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia is eyeing entering the laptop business, its Chief Executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said in an interview to Finnish...

OMD: Mobile ad publishers must third-party verify

In what an OMD spokesperson called a "policy change," mobile content publishers are now required to get third-party verification for mobile display ad campaigns.

The state of the industry is strong, despite this year’s travails, reports IDC: Wireless network infrastructure, mobile devices, M2M to be affected by downturn

Despite the disastrous ramifications the global economic crisis has had on other business sectors, a new report from research firm IDC predicts the global...

Local mobile search ads to soar, Kelsey Group predicts

Mobile advertising revenues in the United States are expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 81.2%, from $160 million in 2008...

By the Numbers: Venture capital deals for fourth quarter of 2008

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the fourth quarter. This list comprises the amounts that were invested...

Verizon Wireless moves against ‘Velveteen Rabbit’ telemarketing calls

Verizon Wireless said it filed a lawsuit today against Feature Films for Families Inc. to stop the company from calling Verizon Wireless customers and...

Yahoo confirms departure of Boerries, head of mobile operations

The most highly visible executive from Yahoo Inc.'s mobile side has called it quits.Marco Boerries, who had overseen the company's Connected Life division for...

Class action claims Verizon Wireless misrepresenting tax on New York bills

A new class-action lawsuit accuses Verizon Wireless of misrepresenting to New York consumers the intended target of a "metropolitan commuter transportation district" tax charged...

AT&T Mobility expands parental control feature: Wireless provider’s ‘Smart Limits’ costs $5 per month

AT&T Mobility said it now has a measure in place that allows parents to cap their children's mobile Internet usage. The carrier announced an...

Nortel cuts more staff, lowers compensation

Mired in restructuring due to bankruptcy, Nortel Networks Corp. has cut additional workforce and made changes to its employee compensation programs.The beleaguered infrastructure company...

Dan Hesse Q&A: Sprint Nextel focused on turnaround: CEO of nation’s No. 3 wireless provider outlines next steps for Boost, Palm Pre, job cuts

In an exclusive interview with RCR Wireless News, Sprint Nextel Corp. CEO Dan Hesse discusses pricing plans, unlimited service options, iDEN network capacity, the...

Smoothing the path for mobile Linux

When in past years Symbian Ltd. nervously eyed the nascent promise of mobile Linux, Symbian evangelists noted sharply that the rival, open-source platform would...

Apple should avoid copyright fight, allow users to escape the App Store jail

The looming copyright battle centered on Apple Inc.'s iPhone may seem obscure, but the outcome could have wide-ranging implications for U.S. mobile users and...

Mobile apps for music: Look out iTunes?

Low-cost apps that let users download music and other extras to their cell phones could help lure cash-strapped music fans

As AWS-3 and D-Block auctions hang in limbo, Copps’ FCC aims to improve morale

The Federal Communications Commission is unlikely to take major actions on key wireless policies anytime in the near future, as the agency awaits a...

Metered nation

What a strange paradoxical digital world this is, with its seemingly endless supply of free content gushing through broadband pipes amid the worst economic...
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