Monthly Archives: April, 2010

Reality Check: Wireless earnings and Neapolitan ice cream

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...

Infrastructure Awards: Ericsson in India, NSN in Spain

The following infrastructure contracts were announced in the past week:EricssonIndia: With Bharti Airtel to extend their strategic partnership to expand coverage in rural India,...

Mobile digital TV: Coming to a small screen near you

Despite all the hype about televisions' being turned off in droves in favor of Hulu and YouTube, live TV remains easily the most popular...

The Rapidly Increasing Demand for Mobile Bandwidth

This webinar is the second in a series designed to introduce and explain concepts underpinning our research. Join Matt Vartabedian as he discusses consumer...

Google's Nexus One: Marketing flop or fantastic success?: Is Google's heart really in the phone business, or is it in the business of creating...

No one could exactly hail Google Inc.'s Nexus One a marketing success, so it comes as little surprise to see the search engine giant...

Helping Palm Find its Seoul

While it is tarnished, the Palm brand name still has a certain cachet, particularly amongst US consumers. So –combine a distressed company with some great IP and a still decent brand and it becomes an obvious acquisition target. The question is who?

Microsoft's Project Pink to launch next Monday

Those eagerly awaiting Microsoft's "Project Pink" may not have to wait much longer, with press receiving a strong indication the firm will be announcing...

Helping Palm Find its Seoul

Palm's current abyssal situation is akin to defusing a live grenade with your teeth – the best you can hope for is surviving the...

Are we already in the Cyborg age?

cy•borg –nouna person whose physiological functioning is aided by or dependent upon a mechanical or electronic device.Origin:1960–65; cyb(ernetic) org(anism)My iPhone died the other day....

iPad Unboxing

Admittedly, I didn't really want to like the iPad. As an Apple agnostic verging on Apple atheist, I had only the merest hint of curiosity about testing the way over-hyped device and was determined to dislike it.

Movers and Shakers

Verizon – Jim Gerace has been appointed president of the company's New York region. Gerace is currently Verizon Wireless' head of corporate communications.Ground Truth...

Sprint to hire 125 Sacramento call center workers

Sprint Nextel Corp. said Wednesday it is hiring 125 workers for its customer call center at Rancho Cordova, Calif., northeast of Sacramento. Associated Press

New York State Wireless Association readies for May conference

The New York State Wireless Association is holding its third annual conference and trade show next month with a focus on opportunities in the...

Telecom unemployment rate better than national average : Unemployment in sector stood at 8.5% in March vs. national average of 9.7%

The unemployment rate in the telecommunications sector stood at 8.5% in March, better than the overall unemployment rate of 9.7%, according to the most...

The closed (for good reason) world of mobile development

Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' March Special Edition, “The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing,...

iPad Unboxing

Admittedly, I didn't really want to like the iPad. As an Apple agnostic verging on Apple atheist, I had only the merest hint of...

Reader Forum: The data deluge – how do carriers benefit?

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum...

Great quality camera phone shots? Nah! really?

Nowadays every smartphone comes with a camera. It's a given. It's taken for granted.

Notebooks beware, the iPad wants to kill you

Will the iPad be a notebook killer? A significant amount of people seem to think so. And that’s before most have even tried one – talk about optimistic.

HTC’s Hero – A frustrating lesson in obsolescence

Android's latest version may be called Donut, but HTC certainly seems to be taking far too much of its sweet time putting out firmware updates, says one irate user.

HTC's Hero – A frustrating lesson in obsolescence

Android's latest version may be called Donut, but HTC certainly seems to be taking far too much of its sweet time putting out firmware updates, says one irate user.

Great quality camera phone shots? Nah! really?

Nowadays every smartphone comes with a camera. It's a given. It's taken for granted. We take photos of our breakfast, lunch and dinner. We...

Notebooks beware, the iPad wants to kill you

Will the iPad be a notebook killer? A significant amount of people seem to think so. And that’s before most have even tried one...

HTC's Hero – A frustrating lesson in obsolescence

Anyone who owns an HTC Hero or who has been following the ongoing saga of updates for the device will instantly know where I'm...

Content is king: Delivery, distribution and revenue matter too

Editor's Note:This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' March Special Edition, “The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content...
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