January 2010

LAS VEGAS – AT&T Mobility officially jumped on the Android bandwagon announcing it planned to launch five devices during the first half of this year powered by Google Inc.’s operating …

LAS VEGAS – AT&T Mobility officially jumped on the Android bandwagon announcing it planned to launch five devices during the first half of this year powered by Google Inc.’s operating …

Crown Castle International Announces Proposed Additional Securitized Notes From: RCR Wireless Stockwatch Crown Castle International Corp. (CCI) announced today that certain of its indirect subsidiaries intend to offer, in a …

Armed with another $7 million in venture-capital funding, mobile search company ChaCha expects to become profitable in the second quarter, according to founder, Chaiman and CEO Scott Jones. The 4-year-old …

It appears that most of the stocks of the RCR Wireless Stock Index are starting off the new year on the right foot, as gainers led losers by a better …

Too bad Canada’s ultra strict Telecommunications Act forbids foreign ownership to non-Egyptian companies, otherwise we might be getting some of the hundreds of millions of dollars that Telefonica and Vivendi …

Envivio, provider of technology that compresses video so it can be displayed via televisions, computer screens or mobile phones, has raised $1 million in debt financing, according to a filing …

China is set for a wireless data boom, according to research firm iSuppli Corp., which predicts the country’s revenues surged nearly 19% in 2009 and are set to double from …

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 hot topics in the wireless industry.As …

Taking a page from Apple Inc., Google Inc. today unveiled its most audacious move into the mobile space just a day ahead of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show set for …

The increasing rivalry between Google and Apple spilled over into mobile advertising space this morning with Apple’s announcement it is buying Quattro Wireless for a reported $275 million, according to …

According to Forrester Research 2009 was a banner year for the smartphone market with sales growth on pace with 2008 and growing from 7% share of the U.S. adult population …

Even the government is weighing in on the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to develop a National Broadband Plan. The Department of Justice and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration on …

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 insights into the marketplace.Many of us, …

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 insights into the marketplace.As wireless voice …

Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) — Nuance Communications Inc., the maker of Dragon NaturallySpeaking dictation software, said it has acquired SpinVox Ltd. for about $102.5 million to gain speech-recognition technology for voice-mail …

An independent 2009 games sector census reveals marginal growth in U.S. games industry since 2008, while Canada explodes with new development studios and job opportunities.GamePro/PC World

According to online publication Hitechnews.biz, Oulu is the core of mobile technology in the world enhancing new business. The expertise in R&D in wireless communications has been verified on several …

TelForce Group – Experienced telecommunications executive Ron Deese has founded Telforce Group, a consulting services, technology and talent provider. The business headquarters will be in the Nashville, TN area. Zhone …

Bell Mobility began selling its handsets and services in its own retail stores. The Canadian operator last March bought The Source’s 750 retail locations when parent company Circuit City declared …

KT Corp. will cut almost 6,000 jobs at the end of the year in its biggest-ever workforce reduction, a move that will save South Korea’s largest phone and Internet company …

If published reports and incessant rumors are to be believed, the first 30 days of 2010 will see the introduction of Google Inc.’s latest attempt to infiltrate the mobile market …

Inside this issue: * The Wireless Infrastructure Ecosystem * 4G Economics * Towers: A Global Perspective * Worldwide 4G Deployments * Market Focus: Living & Working in Toronto