Palm Inc. said yesterday that it is operating in an "extremely tough climate" with "continued challenges in coming months" as it prepares to launch a next-generation platform dubbed Nova along with new handsets.Palm is widely expected to present its new OS and, possibly, devices...
A Dallas-based company has filed a lawsuit against Clearwire Corp. and Sprint Nextel Corp., alleging patent infringement in regard to technology being used for Clearwire's WiMAX offering. Adaptix Inc. has filed the lawsuit in Eastern District Court of Texas alleging the defendants are illegally...
New York-based directory-assistance company kgb said it has acquired Texperts, a text-based mobile search firm, for an undisclosed sum.Kgb claims to be "the world's largest independent provider of directory assistance and enhanced information services," answering more than a billion questions from millions of users...
Cellular association CTIA released a document aimed at helping messaging companies develop interoperable EM (enhanced messaging) offerings.The 67-page document addresses presence-enabled services and includes instructions on creating groups, allowing mobile marketers to more efficiently deploy cross-carrier text campaigns. The "Final Set of Uses Cases...
Editor's note: The following are headlines of the 20 stories highlighting the biggest events in the wireless industry in 2008 as chosen by the RCR Wireless News editorial staff. Vote for what you think were the biggest (multiple choices are allowed).
DisplayVote54937();
Gerald P. (Jerry) Vaughan, 64, a retired veteran of the Federal Communications Commission who helped launch the first spectrum auctions, died Dec. 6 at his summer home in Pennsylvania of an apparent heart attack.The FCC said Vaughan worked at the commission for more than...
That crazy old Internet! Some wireless execs e-mailed letters to Santa Claus but somehow they ended up in my inbox. (OK, our managing editor Dan Meyer bribed a few elves down on their luck last time he was in Vegas). And although it may...
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.--Mavenir: An undisclosed new investor led a $17.5 million third round of funding into Mavenir Systems, which provides mobile...
Research In Motion Ltd. gave an upbeat report on holiday sales yesterday and said that the current quarter would set a company record for device shipments.RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie said in a statement that BlackBerry products were selling faster than anticipated and that the...
AT&T Mobility is in no hurry to transition to Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology. In response to accelerated next-generation rollout schedules by Sprint Nextel Corp. and Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility spokesman Mark Siegel said the carrier has plenty of room for upgrades before making...
Two senior members of the House telecom subcommittee urged the Federal Communications Commission to vote internally on Chairman Kevin Martin's free wireless broadband auction plan, an initiative previously scheduled for agency action today at a meeting subsequently cancelled in response to congressional pressure."We...
Sprint Nextel Corp. maintained its position at the top of Pali Research's customer care survey during the third quarter. Sprint Nextel is not a common recipient of such news (aside from CEO Dan Hesse's nod as an RCR Wireless News Mover & Shaker) but...
T-Mobile USA Inc. has eliminated its handset upgrade fee. As of yesterday, the carrier will no longer charge the $18 fee for customers to sign a new contract and buy a new device.Further, the carrier pointed out that the move is not a holiday...
Hello! And welcome to a special edition of our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. As 2008 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...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors--RBC Capital Markets upgraded Alcatel-Lucent to sector perform from underperform. R.W. Baird lowered its estimates on the company after the company...
The weeks following the release of the Research In Motion's first touch screen BlackBerry , the Storm, on November 21 , were unfortunately filled with complaints from users, reviewers and critics alike regarding the extremely poor quality operating system that shipped with the device.
Adding a bit more confirmation to what is widely presumed, a few Wal-Malt stores have jumped the gun and are starting to advertise availability of Apple's iPhone 3G ahead of an official roll-out planned for later this month.
Chinese networking vendor Huawei Technologies has slammed as "ludicrous and inaccurate" claims that it had links to the Chinese military and government that could cause security problems for the National Broadband Network.
Sprint Nextel Corp. and Verizon Wireless each appear to be easing their stance on sharing subscribers' location information with partners, efforts that put weight behind their bluster about openness.Sprint Nextel announced it will open its location platform to location aggregators WaveMarket Inc. and uLocate...
Boston-based go2Media is expanding beyond local listings with a new portal for local, personalized entertainment information.; go2Music; Boston-based go2Media is expanding beyond local listings with a new portal for local, personalized entertainment information
// By use of this...
Motorola Inc. said today it would freeze pension plans and some salaries and suspend company contributions to employees' 401(k) plans. The company's co-CEOs said they would take a 25% cut in base salary. The company gave no dollar figure for the magnitude of the...
Looking to cater to business travelers, iPass this week launched its iPassConnect offering targeted at users of Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPod Touch. The company said users can get access to 100,000 Wi-Fi hotspots around the world."We have created a global Wi-Fi network where...
Sprint Nextel Corp. announced its first "Sprint 4G" device, a CDMA/WiMAX modem that will go for $150 with a two-year service contract. And at least one reviewer appeared impressed."We were blown away with the results," wrote Gary Krakow of TheStreet.com.Further, Krakow said the modem,...
The popularity of 802.11n is attracting more businesses to wireless LAN equipment and helping suppliers cope with the tough economic climate, industry analysts say.
