Editor’s Note: Following are the most-read stories from RCRNews.com this year. They have been edited to fit in paper format. 1. Vodafone records $41B loss, reworks strategic plans May 30 …
WiMAX set-top box maker Alvarion Ltd. added Wi-Fi functionality to its BreezeMAX product line to support carrier interest in offering bandwidth-intensive mobile applications through broadband connectivity powered by both Wi-Fi …
Research In Motion Ltd. said that new product launches helped fill its sails as the company reported robust revenue and earnings in its fiscal third quarter, despite an ongoing, internal …
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Businesses are finally implementing wireless data application use on a widespread basis, according to a new report by researchers at Scottsdale, Ariz.-based In-Stat.According to the market research firm, the …
South Korea is taking the problem of teenagers driving up household mobile-phone bills seriously. Officials said the country will introduce new laws aimed at controlling teenagers’ use of mobile phones. …
WASHINGTON-A bipartisan group of House lawmakers urged the Federal Communications Commission to act on SouthernLINC Wireless’ two-year-old request for eligibility to draw on universal service funds to serve rural areas …
So it was that FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell last Monday delivered his lyrical oratory about why he would continue to forbear from deliberations of the $79 billion AT&T-BellSouth telecom deal. …
Time was when the wireless industry’s major, marketshaping impact in the telecom sphere was defined by the number of mobile phones that became substitutes for landline telephones, which historically consumers …
Editor’s Note: Following are the most-read stories from RCRNews.com this year. They have been edited to fit in paper format. 1. Vodafone records $41B loss, reworks strategic plansMay 30Vodafone Group …
There’s a fair amount of chatter in the wireless industry about a developing technology that promises to add capacity to cellular networks wherever needed. This new technology is referred to …
Trying to please everyone is a good gambit when launching a handset business with global ambitions. Somewhere along the way, however, one has to shift gears.Managing sustainable growth and profitability …
The four national wireless carriers might be in near lock-step when it comes to voice plans, but each take distinctly different tacks when putting together messaging strategies. However, the various …
Brightpoint Inc. will shell out $88 million in cash to purchase a major piece of crippled competitor CellStar Corp.The Plainfield, Ind.-based logistics and distribution giant announced plans to buy CellStar’s …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission proposed to create a nationwide broadband wireless network at 700 MHz for first responders, but the public-safety community said the initiative does not obviate the need …
As 2006 draws to a close and we take stock of all the changes that have happened in the wireless industry, we can’t help but wonder how things will look …
I’m at home right now, and I’m looking out the window and it’s snowing like crazy.RCR Wireless News is based in Denver, so we occasionally have weather-related troubles. Our most …
Wirefly, the online retailer, is offering mobile handsets at prices that defy gravity.Tis the season, apparently, for free or low-cost offers on the market’s leading handsets to erode the last …
Canadian consumers soon will have the flexibility granted to American wireless customers late in 2003: the ability to take a phone number with them if they switch mobile service providers.Canada’s …
Motorola Inc. is spending $39 million to expand its IPTV video processing and distribution capabilities with the purchase of Tut Systems Inc.The move gives Motorola the ability to supply service …
Opera Software ASA continued to gain momentum with a deal to embed its wireless browser on handsets from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. The developer said the South Korean manufacturer will …
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it has made good on its goal to have UMTS/HSDPA mobile broadband coverage in mostof the top 100 U.S. markets by the end of the year.Cingular …
Hello! And welcome to a special edition of our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. As 2006 draws to a close and we take stock of all the changes that …
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 …
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Carrier Lehman Brothers raised its estimates on Dobson Communications on …
