Monthly Archives: February, 2011

Tracy Ford

Tracy Ford is an editor with RCR Wireless News. She started with RCR Wireless News in 1990 as a reporter and has been covering...

Analyst Angle: Tablets – The new strategic battleground

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...

Nexus One finally getting Gingerbread

It looks as though all that whining may have finally paid off. In a tweet sent out by the @GoogleNexus twitter account, the big G announced to thunderous applause "Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3) update now rolling out to Nexus S and Nexus One."

@ NATE: Safety remains focus amongst explosive tower growth

OKLAHOMA CITY – Safety was the key message from SBA Communications Inc.’s Kurt Bagwell during his featured speaker spot at this week’s National Association...

Groupon gearing up for Chinese launch

Fox Business News | February 21, 2011 | Jennifer Booton Local deals Web site Groupon is reportedly preparing to launch operations in China, a move that...

UPDATE: Telecom Argentina profit up on internet, wireless sales

Wall Street Journal | February 22, 2011 | Shane Romig Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BUENOS AIRES (Dow Jones)--Telecom Argentina SA (TEO, TECO2.BA), one of the country's...

Oi plans to slash debt doubted by bondholders: Brazil Credit

Bloomberg | February 20, 2011 | Felipe Frisch and Fabiola Moura Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA, the holding company that controls Brazil’s largest fixed-line telephone service...

Trilogy's Voila Commits Technology and Establishes Private Sector Fund to Support Free and Fair Elections in Haiti

PR Newswire | February 21, 2011 | Press Release BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Understanding the critical need for Haiti to conduct a successful presidential run-off election...

Trilogy’s Voila Commits Technology and Establishes Private Sector Fund to Support Free and Fair Elections in Haiti

PR Newswire | February 21, 2011 | Press Release BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Understanding the critical need for Haiti to conduct a successful presidential run-off election...

Australian telecom giant updates mobile network with Chinese technology

Trading Markets | February 22, 2011 | Press Release SYDNEY, Feb 22, 2011 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Australian telecom operator Vodafone announced Tuesday that it will...

Mitsubishi Electric: Filed patent lawsuit against LG Electronics

Wall Street Journal | February 21, 2011 | Jung-Ah Lee TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (6503.TO) said Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against South...

SOFTBANK TELECOM joins the VMware vCloud® datacenter services Program

VMware | February 21, 2011 | Press Release Organizations in Japan will enjoy the business transformation benefits of true enterprise hybrid cloud computing SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.,...

Portable Innovate 2011: Innovation Drives Explosive Growth of Portable Devices

PR Newswire | February 22, 2011 | Press Release SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- "This changes everything, again." The large AD for the iPhone4 tells...

Telefónica introduces Tokes, a new way to communicate through SMS

Telefonica | February 17, 2011 | Press Release This new mobile messaging system is easy to use, useful and a lot of fun. Tokes can...

TIM Brasil Q4 net income rises to 1.9 bln reais

Reuters | February 21, 2011 | Guillermo Parra-Bernal and Raymond Colitt Feb 21 (Reuters) - TIM Participacoes (TCSL3.SA)(TCSL4.SA), Brazil's third-largest wireless phone company on Monday...

China Telecom deepens cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom

Trading Markets | February 21, 2011 | Press Release BEIJING, Feb 21, 2011 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- Fixed line network operators across the...

China Mobile signs first order with NIVS IntelliMedia

NIVS | February 22, 2011 | Press Release The NIVS "N61" Model was Selected by China Mobile, China's Largest Mobile Carrier, with Unique Security Features...

Apple rumours – can we all take it down a notch?

Apple, as you've probably noticed, are quite a secretive bunch. Nine times out of ten nobody knows what Steve Jobs is going to whip out when he walks on stage, and no matter what he whips out you can bet it's going to dominate the tech news for the next day or two - perhaps even longer.

iPad 2 delayed until June?

CNET | February 22, 2011 | Lance Whitney The iPad 2 may be delayed until June due to production issues. At least, that's what one...

@ HIMSS: AT&T details latest pilots in healthcare vertical

Under its new division formed for the healthcare vertical, AT&T Inc. is expanding its platform and launching two new pilots around patient care specifically...

@ HIMSS: Verizon Wireless taps Zipit Wireless for enhanced paging system

Verizon Wireless is partnering with Zipit Wireless to launch a new two-way paging system for healthcare professionals. Zipit Enterprise Critical Messaging Solution operates in...

Mobile payments startup Paydiant raises $7.6M

Money continues to be thrown at the nascent mobile payments space without hesitation. The latest recipient of that interest and funding from venture capitalists...

LightSquared receives $586M in funding

LightSquared Subsidiary L.L.C. said that it closed on $586 million of debt, led by UBS AG and JP Morgan. The funding is likely good...

Contracts: Alcatel-Lucent with DoCoMo, Huawei with Northeast Wireless and more

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:Alcatel-LucentFrance: With DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Europe GmbH, the German-based research center for Japan's service provider NTT...

Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer is currently an editor at RCR Wireless News where he oversees the editorial direction of the magazine, reports on news from the...
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