September 2010

Crown Castle International Corp. (CCI) closed on its previously announced acquisition of NewPath Networks Inc. Crown paid $115 million for the Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) networks provider, adding 35 DAS …

ChaCha, the increasingly popular service that provides free answers to questions asked by users via text messages, today announced it has expanded its capabilities to include multimedia messaging service offerings. …

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: CalAmpUnited States: With the City of Plano, Texas, to install a mobile data network for the municipality’s police, fire and emergency …

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. What would …

. A month and a half ago, RCR Unplugged covered slick social magazine app Flipboard when it launched to much public accolade and acclaim. Today at AppNation in San Francisco, …

. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom told the audience at AppNation today that the proliferation of mobile apps coupled with open city data would make people’s lives easier and more …

. Wowing the crowd on the first day of its developer conference in San Francisco, chipmaker Intel showed off its WiDi technology, beaming content back and forth between a handheld …

UPDATED: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) is set to further its wireless ambitions next week with the launch of a branded mobile offering that will run on T-Mobile USA Inc.’s (DTEGY) …

The Federal Communications Commission soon could approve rules to open up white-spaces spectrum to commercial use, according to an article in the New York Times. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said …

Predicting the future in any aspect of technology is mostly a fool’s errand, but that doesn’t stop virtually every major research firm and analyst group from jumping into the ring. …

The executive shuffle continued at Nokia Corp. (NOK) today as the world’s largest mobile handset maker said Anssi Vanjoki, EVP and a member of Nokia Group’s executive board as well …

Verizon Wireless named Andrew Davies vice president and chief financial officer. He replaces John Townsend, who has been named regional chief financial officer – Europe for Vodafone Group. Both men …

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 for those with something meaningful to …

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 for those with something meaningful to …

. Americans continue to hunger for mobile phone apps, according to the latest edition of The Nielsen Company’s Apps Playbook, a new white paper on mobile apps to be officially …

. Today everything mobile seems to revolve around the concept of apps. Development, monetization, distribution, fragmentation – all terms the mobile world has become increasingly familiar with over the past …

Contraband cellphones are the top problem today at prisons. Yet, attempts to block cellphone usage by prisoners has been a controversial topic – wireless operators don’t like cellphone jammers because …

Nokia Corp. (NOK), the world’s largest mobile device maker, said current CEO and President Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo will leave the company on Sept. 20 and be replaced by current Microsoft Corp. …

That sure didn’t take long. Almost immediately after Apple Inc. eased a series of restrictions on developers and opened a path for Flash-based creations to make their way onto the …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

ClearSky Mobile Media Inc., which provides managed mobile data services and content for regional wireless carriers, said it has acquired the assets and clients of Preferred Voice Inc.Terms of the …

Sybase 365 said it had processed more than 1 trillion interoperator messages since it launched the first SMS interoperability messaging hub in 2001. The milestone is equivalent to processing about …

SEATTLE — While demand for mobile ads is growing, supply is exploding, Millenial Media CEO Paul Palmieri said here at Mobile Future Forward on Wednesday.In many ways, it’s both a …

SEATTLE — If you ask the head of mobile at Facebook Inc., he’ll tell you we still have a long way to go before social media really spreads its wings …

Mobile digital television has been a long time coming and broadcasters have taken another step to push their dreams for a nationwide broadcast mobile TV solution into reality.A group of …