Canadian telecom company Rogers Communications Inc. introduced video calling via wireless handsets, claiming the title of “first and only wireless carrier in North America to offer video calling.” AT&T Inc.’s …
Syniverse Technologies signed an agreement to acquire the wireless clearing and financial settlement business of Billing Services Group for $290 million in cash.“The proposed acquisition of BSG’s wireless business will …
NBC Universal plans to start selling ads for its mobile video programming in May. That’s the latest piece of evidence that the once-scoffed-at business of TV on cellphones is gaining …
Sprint Nextel Corp. has named Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, in San Francisco, as its new advertising agency as the carrier looks to reinvigorate subscriber sales and its slumbering stock. “Goodby’s …
In the United States, Motorola Inc. gained four points of market share to claim 33 percent of the handset market last year, as arch-rival Nokia Corp. lost ground to rank …
The growing pool of federal dollars for interoperable public safety communications grants could get even bigger, even though the nearly $3 billion spent to date has largely failed to improve …
The wireless Web is strewn with potholes and speed bumps, but John SanGiovanni hopes that widgets can pave the way.SanGiovanni is the founder of ZenZui, a spinoff of Microsoft Corp. …
If checking out the Internet on a PC can be called surfing, browsing the wireless Web is more akin to hunting snipe in a briar patch: it’s arduous, painful, and …
Amid the rough-and-tumble of the maturing mobile handset business, the mantra du jour appears to be “understanding the consumer.” That simply means mass-market techniques long in vogue to sell other …
While Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin talked up wireless technology and its potential to reach high-cost rural citizens at the cellular industry’s big bash in Orlando, key lawmakers, mobile-phone …
Crashing the party can be risky business in the wireless industry. Just ask Cyren Call Communications Corp., which dared to be audacious by asking policy-makers to take a valuable chunk …
The General Services Administration awarded billions of dollars in telecom contracts to AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc. and Qwest Communications International Inc. Notably left out of the announcement is Sprint …
ORLANDO, Fla.-Mobile television is still in its infancy-mostly gaining traction among early adopters and primarily young men-but the subscriber base has more than doubled from 3 million to about 7 …
ORLANDO, Fla.-Sprint Nextel Corp. shook up its mobile music service to be more competitive, and announced an expansion of its joint venture with its cable partners.The music offering includes the …
The Department of Justice’s internal watchdog revealed the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, overseer of a Bush administration plan to foster improved spectrum use by federal agencies, state governments and …
Welcome to a special CTIA edition of Hedgehogging by RCRNews.com Online Editor Mike Dano. To read more of Dano’s columns, visit RCRNews.com and click on “Worst of the Week.” So …
MediaFLO USA launched its broadcast mobile television service with Verizon Wireless earlier this month. Virtually everyone in the industry is wondering if the service will take off, and questions run …
ORLANDO, Fla.-In a ballroom filled with tech-savvy players in the wireless industry, audio and video problems kept cropping up for each of the five panelists on the “Producing Mobile Content” …
ORLANDO, Fla.-Six short films were screened at CTIA Wireless 2007 for the debut of the Mobile Movie Fest. Each of the films ranged in length, graphic appeal and storyline.Three films …
ORLANDO, Fla.-The intriguing thing about the mobile handset business is that competition and ambition can help a vendor thread the eye of a needle. To some, that’s the slim opening …
M:Metrics launched a meter-based software program that operates in the background of handsets as it compile wireless subscribers usage and behavior data to its clients. MeterDirect has been live as …
ORLANDO, Fla.-If smartphones aren’t the proverbial “overnight success” that results from years of toil, they’ve acquired added cachet in the industry because the players are focused on growth. Operators seek …
ORLANDO, Fla.-The mantra of profitability remains the guiding principle at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P., even as it invests in development efforts in the United States and moves ahead in …
Qualcomm Inc. suddenly finds itself contemplating an escape hatch similar to one undoubtedly in the forefront of Scooter Libby’s thoughts these days: a presidential trump.The potential domino effect of consequences …
