Yearly Archives: 2011

Ovi is dead. Long live Ovi!

Most Nokia news stories as of late have been doom, gloom and everything in between. The Finnish handset maker has been shedding staff left...

Reader forum: LTE – it’s a Little Too Early

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...

Reader Forum: New trends in messaging

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...

Reader Forum: How fast can service providers roll out new services? New time-to-market survey reveals the challenges and opportunities

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...

Apple tops and Dell drops in top brand value list

Apple was crowned king of brand values with the top slot as Round Rock-based Dell Inc. plummeted from the 2011 list this year. Tech companies...

1000 faulty BlackBerry PlayBooks recalled by RIM

"About 900 units of the BlackBerry PlayBook have been determined to be faulty"

No LTE iPhone 5 this summer – just a minor upgrade to iPhone 4S

Those who have been waiting impatiently for Apple to unveil the iPhone 5, complete with LTE support, will be sorely disappointed according to sources who say the new phone will be nothing but a minor update with HSPA+ thrown in.

Foursquare checks off its 10 millionth user milestone

10 million people and counting are now checking in to places and showing off their location to friends on Foursquare, with the social firm announcing its new user mile stone today during Syracuse University’s iSchool Convocation speech.

Mass TLC 2011: Privacy, usability key concerns in mobile apps

BOSTON – Privacy issues associated with location-based services took center stage at the Mass Technology Leadership Council’s Spring meeting today. Companies must be transparent...

Netflix finally on Android – or is it?

Yesterday, excited reports of Netflix finally coming to Android phones began to flood the web, after Netflix purportedly put out a blog admitting as...

UTC Telecom: The many hats of utility company CIOs

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Utility companies are looking to invest in smart grid technologies no doubt, but at the same time they have to...

Worst of the Week: Clear sailing

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...

1 in 5 smartphone owners 'check-in' on their phone: 70% of 'check-in' from an Android or Apple phone

16.7 million U.S. mobile subscribers (7.1% of the U.S. population) used location-based “check-in” services in March according to market research firm ComScore Inc., with...

RCR Wireless News visits the land of the desert

Editor's Note: To provide readers with an insight into the world of wireless in regional locales, RCR Wireless News sends its editorial staff not...

Netflix finally on Android – or is it?

Yesterday, excited reports of Netflix finally coming to Android phones began to flood the web, after Netflix purportedly put out a blog admitting as much.

Worst of the Week: Clear sailing

Is there a more perplexing wireless operator in the domestic market than Clearwire? Sure, there are “carriers” that have some strange business models or build out plans (cough, cough, LightSquared, cough) that have yet to actually do anything, but with Clearwire you have a functional operator that is serving customers and yet seems to be constantly teetering on the brink.

Arizona Diamondbacks take a swing at Wi-Fi portal for fans

PHOENIX — Cracker Jacks. Peanuts. Hot dogs. Wi-Fi portals? The Arizona Diamondbacks are venturing where few baseball franchises have gone thus far, other than...

God shall provide: Towers go to church

PHOENIX — A little extra change never hurts — especially during a recession — and the members of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church agree. The aging...

HTC shows off upcoming devices at MassTLC

BOSTON—HTC Corp. showed off its Sensations 4G smartphone, which is slated to come to T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) this summer as part of the...

Telefonica’s Atento Call-Center Division Plans IPO, With Pricing in June

Bloomberg | May 10, 2011 | Adam Haigh and Manuel Baigorri Telefonica SA (TEF)’s Atento call-center unit will sell new shares in an initial public offering...

ZTE Wins CPE Contract with Ukraine’s Ukrtelecom

ZTE | May 11, 2011 | Press Release 11 May 2011, Shenzhen – ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ),...

Huawei’s SingleRAN solution to enhance Everything Everywhere’s 2G network

Huawei | May 9, 2011 | Press Release Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today signed...

Huawei's SingleRAN solution to enhance Everything Everywhere's 2G network

Huawei | May 9, 2011 | Press Release Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today signed...

Chinese IPO: Renren

CNBC Insight on the Chinese social networking website making its initial public offering, with Joseph Chen, Renren chairman/CEO.

Austin-based GameSalad updates game creation software

GameSalad Inc., an Austin and Los Angeles-based firm specializing in game creation for the Web, iPhone, iPad and Mac without the use of coding...
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