Yearly Archives: 2010

Battle of the chip platforms Intel vs. ARM in the mobile space

Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' May Special Edition, "Enabling the Mobile Revolution: Mobile Chips, Devices and Accessories." The...

Motricity boosts deal with Verizon Wireless in run-up to IPO

Leading up to its initial public offering last month, which raised about $60 million, Motricity Inc. (MOTR) has successfully renewed its deal with Verizon...

Consumers tapping into smartphones' potential

Consumers are increasingly tapping into the advanced features of their mobile devices, according to a new report released by Compete Inc. as part of...

Europeans warming up to mobile broadband services

Europeans look to be ramping up adoption of mobile broadband services based on HSPA and LTE technologies, according to a report from Berg Insight....

Design on success: Carriers, handset makers show design collaboration essential for success

Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' May Special Edition, "Enabling the Mobile Revolution: Mobile Chips, Devices and Accessories." The...

@ Global CDMA Forum: Sprint Nextel exec dishes on smart phones, LTE plans, traffic and the cloud

SHANGHAI, China – Sprint Nextel Corp. has been transitioning and remaking itself for at least two years now. During that time, much more has...

Analyst Angle: Bye-bye unlimited data plans – the drivers, threats and opportunities

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...

Capital Markets: Zenprise raises $9m; Glu announces offering; and more

Zenprise said it raised $9 million in a financing round led by Rembrandt Venture Partners. Existing investors Ignition Partners, Bay Partners, Mayfield and Shasta...

Nokia sells off wireless modem business

In an attempt to shed some flab, Finnish phone maker Nokia is selling off its wireless modem business unit to Japan’s Renesas Electronic for $200 million.

How Google is actually holding Android back

It would seem that the word "Android" pops up everywhere nowadays. It’s the in word when it comes to anything mobile related, a true challenger to the iPhone throne as king of the smartphone heap, so it is perhaps a little surprising that its creator, Google, seems to have been unwittingly holding it back from even greater glory.

Shrink your mobile snaps with hipix

In today’s world of mass consumption, operators find themselves struggling with the massive increment of data usage.

Korean companies steal steam from major telcos

The month of September sees Korea celebrating Chuseok – a harvest festival where locals go back to their hometowns and celebrate by indulging in a feast of traditional Korean food.

Sidekick kicks the can

T-Mobile USA Inc. (DT) closed a chapter on its Sidekick franchise last Friday as the industry’s No. 4 carrier stopped selling the iconic device,...

@ Mobile Broadband China: Analysts frame the global outlook

SHANGHAI, CHINA — A group of analysts shared the main stage here at Mobile Broadband China last week to add some academic flair to...

Apple semi acknowledges iTunes fraud

Apple is well known for its “hear no evil, see no evil” attitude when it comes to its own products, but the Cupertino company came as close as it probably ever will to admitting a problem when it kicked a hacker out of its App Store this weekend.

Reality Check: Earnings spotlight on capital spending

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...

HTC profits soar on Google’s wings

HTC is seeing its strategic alliance with Google pay off, quite literally, with the firm reporting an incredible second quarter in which its revenue jumped up 58% and profits soared 33% year on year.

Contracts: ZTE wins CDMA deal in Indonesia; Aruba equips Acharya; and more

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:Aruba NetworksIndia: With Acharya Institutes to deploy a high-speed 802.11n network across its 120-acre North Bangalore...

Reader Forum: The Quiet Problem: IPv6

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...

Starhome eases the pain of distance roaming

We all know what a pain roaming charges can be, but it would appear that roaming is an issue for carriers as well as customers, with one firm, Starhome, doing its utmost to soothe pain.

HP eyes up tablet storm with WebOS based Hurricane

HP and Palm are brewing up a storm in the form of a WebOS tablet codenamed “Hurricane,” which could be a slightly re-invented version of the thought-to-be-dead HP Slate, shelved after its brief appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) back in January.

RCR Unplugged: Nokia finally dumps Symbian for MeeGo at high end

It was hardly heart stopping news to discover Finnish phone maker Nokia had decided to dump its antiquated Symbian operating system for future high-end...

RCR Unplugged: In-Flight Broadband revenues to take flight

It used to be that only smokers had a really hard time fighting their obsessive, unhealthy addiction on long haul flights, but these days,...

@ Uplinq: Verizon Wireless more flexible with BREW developers

SAN DIEGO--Verizon Wireless is changing how it manages its BREW services in order to spur higher takeup rates from BREW customers and to encourage...

Jobs emails faked says Apple

Apple PR this morning is claiming that the email exchange between an angry punter and a patronizing Steve Jobs was actually a fake and not written by the CEO himself.
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