BARCELONA, Spain – The smartphone market got just a little more crowded as laptop maker Acer Inc. announced a lineup of four new Windows Mobile-based smartphones, the first of its …
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The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the …
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BARCELONA, Spain – As Research in Motion Ltd., Opera Software, Apple Inc. and others encroach on its territory, Microsoft Corp. sought to fight back with an updated version of its …
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BARCELONA, Spain – LG Electronics Co. Ltd. said it will make smartphones running both the Windows Mobile and Android operating systems, and will release an application storefront in the second …
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Your new issue of RCR Wireless News “The Digital Edition” is here. Click here to view the Digital Edition immediately in your browser. Click here to download this week’s PDF …
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BARCELONA, Spain – Nokia Corp. introduced an application storefront that will connect developers directly with consumers, a move that comes almost a year after Apple Inc. announced a similar offering …
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LogMeIn Inc. plans to demonstrate a solution that allows for support for Android smartphones at Mobile World Congress this week in Barcelona.The company said it will show smartphone manufacturers and …
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Messaging company Acision said Sprint has deployed its advanced messaging infrastructure within its network.Acision said the solution allows the carrier to provide seamless messaging service even during high-usage and peak …
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Oracle Communications announced several new contracts this week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.The company said Fox Mobile Distribution, a division of Fox Mobile Group, has implemented its Billing and …
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SEVEN has unveiled its messaging solution for the Android platform that addresses personal and business e-mail on one integrated interface.The solution, which is being showcased at this week’s GSMA Mobile …
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BARCELONA, Spain – One of the two top U.S wireless carriers in the United States – Verizon Wireless or Sprint Nextel Corp. – is testing an image-recognition technology that would …
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Handset manufacturer Motorola Inc. is likely to pin its future on smartphones based on Google Inc.’s Android operating system, while ceding its low-end, high-volume business to others.Amid a fourth-quarter where …
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With WiMAX being deployed all around the world, Intel Corp. officials are satisfied with the progress the technology has made in the United States and are hopeful federal stimulus funds …
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The Communications Workers of America and AT&T Mobility remain deadlocked over a new contract covering more than 20,000 workers employed by the No. 2 wireless provider. The labor-management faceoff is …
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The $789 billion economic stimulus bill set to shortly become law designates $7.2 billion for broadband grants, but the measure lacks tax credits for wireless carriers and other service providers.“Despite …
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Developers of applications for Google Inc.’s Android platform will finally be able to start charging for their offerings.The Internet giant said programmers can now submit paid applications to Android Market …
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European mobile software company Esmertec AG announced plans to acquire rival Purple Labs SA. The deal will create a new business under the name of Myriad Group AG that will …
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The $789 billion economic stimulus bill nearing final congressional passage designates $7.2 billion for broadband grants, but the measure lacks tax credits for wireless carriers and other service providers.Crafting rules …
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Ahead of next week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced two new innovations the company hopes will set it apart from the inevitable trade-show noise. …
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The one-time rock of the wireless industry appears set to crumble. And I think that crumbling can’t come soon enough. That rock is postpaid, contract-encumbered rate plans. These were necessary …
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Nokia Corp. begged for forgiveness from consumers after its new cloud-based service broke down.The Finnish manufacturer – which is striving to evolve into a mobile Internet services company – said …
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Boost Mobile’s decision to refocus its efforts on parent company Sprint Nextel Corp.’s iDEN network may be just what the doctor ordered – or a way to make the iDEN …
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The world’s top cellphone maker Nokia will unveil its new application store next week, hoping to follow the runaway success of Apple’s App Store, two industry sources told Reuters on …
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The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.—Pontis: Norwest Venture Partners led …
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The Federal Trade Commission today issued revised guidelines for how wireless and other communications companies should police themselves to protect consumers’ privacy in behavioral advertising. But a top watchdog group …
