If some early returns from Land Rover and 20th Century Fox are to be believed, Apple Inc.'s iPhone will raise the stakes for marketers that go mobile.To be sure, the iPhone, with more than 1 million sold since its launch and working only on...
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.--Adomo: Menlo Ventures and Storm Ventures led a $15 million round of financing into Adomo Inc., which provides enterprise...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier --Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it assigned it's A rating to AT&T Inc.'s proposed $2 billion of global notes due 2008 and $1...
LG Electronics Co. Ltd. said it has consolidated its $350 million global brand-and-product account at Publicis Groupe's Bartle Bogle Hegarty following a review.London-based Bartle Bogle, which had emerged from the pack as the expected winner more than a week ago, will create a unified...
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands-Nokia Corp. blew the lid off what it sees as the future of mobile connectivity this morning at Nokia World. President and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo and Executive VP and GM of Multimedia Anssi Vanjoki took the stage to deliver a one-two punch on...
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands- Nokia Corp. and Universal Music Group International shook up the music industry this morning at Nokia World.Imagine a service-"Comes with Music"-that gives Nokia device owners instant access to two million tracks for free. Well, nothing comes free in life, but the price...
A German court has given T-Mobile the go-ahead to lock its German iPhones and require purchasers to buy a two-year contract, nixing a court challenge from rival Vodafone Group plc, according to media reports.In a public relations gesture, T-Mobile said it would unlock the...
The House Commerce Committee launched an investigation into Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin's management of the agency. "Procedural breakdowns at the agency tasked with overseeing communications laws for our entire nation jeopardize the public interest it is bound to serve," said House Commerce...
One feather, two caps. Verizon Wireless' CEO Lowell McAdam told BusinessWeek, in a story published today, that the carrier would join Google Inc.'s open-source effort known as Android.The move gives Verizon Wireless an additional PR boost in its well-publicized pursuit of all things "open,"...
The departure of Padmasree Warrior, Motorola Inc.'s CTO, effective yesterday, came on the heels of CEO Ed Zander's recent announcement that he will leave his CEO post at month's end-and caps a year in which the executive faces at Motorola have blurred. The year...
Cox Communications Inc. said it will bid on wireless licenses when the 700 MHz auction kicks off Jan. 24, but two other cable TV giants in a wireless joint venture with Cox and others indicated they would sit this one out. "I can confirm...
AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless have agreed to swap wireless assets as part of previously announced acquisitions: Verizon Wireless' pending acquisition of Rural Cellular Corp. and AT&T Mobility recently approved purchase of Dobson Communications Corp.The swap calls for AT&T Mobility to pick up some...
Wireless carriers and mobile marketers are very much in the dark about how to approach consumers on their phones, but Facebook's Beacon has helped light the way. The way not to go, that is.The oh-so-cool social-networking site managed to enrage thousand of its members...
AT&T Mobility said it will acquire the remaining stake in regional carrier Edge Wireless L.LC. through an affiliate. AT&T Mobility has held a minority stake in Edge since it was formed in 2000, and now has entered into an agreement with Edge Wireless Holding...
Editor's Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR Wireless News staff considers events in the wider business world and how they could affect the wireless industry.--ABC News announced...
In its annual rating of wireless service, Consumer Reports christened Verizon Wireless and Alltel Corp. its top picks-and largely panned service from Sprint Nextel Corp.Based on nearly 48,000 responses from Consumer Reports' online subscribers, the magazine ranked the five largest wireless carriers' performance in...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In the coming weeks look...
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 contract is included when available.Cellular--India: Idea Cellular has chosen L.M. Ericsson to supply a...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and...
NMS Communications introduced a division for its mobile personalization services. The Framingham, Mass.-based technology developer said it will target carriers with LiveWire Mobile, which will combine NMS' Infuse Personalization Platform with its marketing services business.NMS, which has gained significant traction in the lucrative ringback-tone...
In anticipation of possible industry-changing outcomes in next year's 700 MHz spectrum auction, Qualcomm Inc. announced its CDMA2000 and W-CDMA product lines would be available for devices that run on the highly-anticipated spectrum band.Qualcomm said that a new chip it developed would support the...
As major media outlets deliver their take on the departure of Motorola Inc.'s CEO Ed Zander, two camps are forming. Anointed CEO-to-be Greg Brown is the right man at the right time. Or he isn't.Since joining Motorola in 2003, Brown has led the company's...
President George W. Bush plans to appoint Democrat Jonathan Adelstein for a second term on the Republican-led Federal Communications Commission."I am deeply honored that the president has announced his intention to nominate me to serve another term as commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission,"...
Remember the disposable phone? If you answer yes, you're showing your age-they popped up and seemed to disappear a decade ago. But Hop-On Inc., "best known as the inventor of the disposable mobile phone," as the company reminds readers its recent press release, is...
