Monthly Archives: October, 2010

Analyst Angle (Special Edition): Mobile operators need help in moving to the age of software: Enhanced back-end systems can help them unleash digital vitalities

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in our September Special Edition, Behind the Scenes, a focus on integrated subscriber and network management systems. To...

Capital Markets: Intel invests in OpenFeint; quarterly earnings and more

Intel Capital made a strategic investment in OpenFeint, a mobile social gaming network. The investment will be used to expand the company’s commitment...

Review: Network speed test – WiMAX vs. 3G

Last week's 4G World event in Chicago gave me the opportunity to try a commercially launched WiMAX network for the first time and for...

@ Sprint Developer Conference: Positioning for a $1.1B M2M business

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) is making sure to embrace developers at every turn at its 10th annual developer conference here...

Lawyers ready to attack CommScope, Carlyle potential hookup

CommScope Inc. (CTV) confirmed reports it is in talks to be acquired by private-equity company The Carlyle Group in a transaction that could be...

Sprint Nextel opens M2M lab

Looking to capitalize on the growing machine-to-machine space, Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) today opened its M2M Collaboration Center in Burlingame, Calif., where the carrier...

AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless boast about Q3 accomplishments

AT&T Mobility (T) and Verizon Wireless (VZ, the nation’s two largest wireless operators, posted third quarter results late last week that showed some interesting...

AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless boast about Q3 accomplishments

AT&T Mobility (T) and Verizon Wireless (VZ, the nation’s two largest wireless operators, posted third quarter results late last week that showed some interesting...

Sprint Nextel taps Openwave to open browser platform to developers

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) has chosen Openwave Systems Inc.'s (OPWV) Integra technology to power its Sprint Browser VAS (value-added services) ecosystem, which enables...

Contracts: Bridgewater wins Yota deal; ALU provides femtocells for UAE trial; and more

BridgewaterNicaragua: With Yota to deploy its Service Controller product to support the carrier's 4G wireless broadband network.Value: UndisclosedNokia Siemens NetworksGermany: With Deutsche Telekom to...

Reality Check (Special Edition): There’s nothing special about wireless … well mostly

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in our September Special Edition, Behind the Scenes, a focus on integrated subscriber and network management systems. To...

AppMakr raises $1M from angel investors

AppMakr, a company that streamlines the app development process and makes it easy to create custom native apps for iOS devices, has raised $1...

Google opens Admob’s video ad SDK to Android developers

The best things in life are free, but in order for them to stay that way, Google says it will allow developers to leverage its AdMob platform to stick interactive video ads inside Android apps.

Skype cuts ties with Nimbuzz leading up to IPO

Skype is cutting its ties with third-party apps and other service providers as it sets its sights on an initial public offering. Nimbuzz Inc....

Ottawa economic agency tries to woo Swedish, Finnish companies

The Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI) and member companies from Ottawa's wireless cluster are visiting Helsinki and Stockholm to try to lure...

RIM finally gives BlackBerry App World the online treatment

In yet another sign that Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) is years behind its biggest competitors in the consumer arena, the BlackBerry maker has...

Assurance Wireless to allow voice, text add-on packages

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s (S Assurance Wireless division is expanding the federally funded service to allow customers to purchase additional calling minutes and features.The new...

Sprint Nextel to offer Galaxy Tab Nov. 14

Hot on the heels of Verizon Wireless (VZ) announcing it would begin offering Samsung Telecommunications America’s Galaxy Tab device beginning Nov. 11, Sprint Nextel...

Call centers ramping up for VZW new products?

Two customer call centers are ramping up staff, once again fueling speculation that Verizon Wireless will begin selling Apple Inc.'s iPhone soon. However, Verizon...

eBay jumps on the recycling bandwagon

You could argue that eBay has always been one of the greener websites out there - the whole point of the online auction house is to sell your unwanted belongings onto others who will find a use for them - and what's greener than recycling?

Reader Forum: Revisiting network neutrality and the IPX

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...

Movers and Shakers: Patton Boggs names new partners; Marriott takes helm at NeoMedia; and more

Patton Boggs L.L.P. expanded its Technology and Communications practice by adding three new partners in its Washington office. The new partners are Matthew B....

Reader Forum: Managing the increasing demands of network traffic

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...

@ 4G World: In Pictures

RCR Wireless took over part of the 4G World Exhibit Hall - RCR Wireless staff and RCR Editors Dan Meyer and Tracy Ford were...

Google takes delivery of Gingerbread mascot

It's a strange tradition, but a tradition nonetheless. As each delicious Android release has come and gone, Google has taken delivery of an oversized statue of that release's namesake for proud display on the lawn of the firm's Mountain View Googleplex.
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