The backup-power court battle could be about to flame out. But regardless of what happens with litigation on the issue, the Federal Communications Commission plans to revisit how wireless companies deploy backup power at cell sites.The wireless industry said it supports the Federal Communications...
Sprint Nextel Corp., struggling to get its wireless business back on track and put consumer litigation behind it, has secured preliminary court approval for a $17.5 million nationwide settlement of early-termination fee litigation that appears to put in jeopardy a separate $1 billion ETF...
The Swedish subsidiary of Neonode Inc. - Neonode AB - filed for bankruptcy this week and the parent company said it too would restructure and continue life as a touchscreen-licensing operation."For the past six months, we have focused on turning the business around and...
My e-mail inbox is teeming with pitches offering self-serving "predictions" for 2009 that read more like best-case scenarios for those hoping to cash in on mobile. But here's a forecast of my own: 2009 will be the year record labels and carriers finally wise...
Welcome to our inaugural special report on Mobile Movers and Shakers for 2008. In this report, RCR Wireless News recognizes just some of the people who have been or hope to be instrumental in shaping the industry, leading it into new areas and creating...
Editor's Note: In our monthly Retail Snapshot feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what's hot in wireless.As Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. officially begin their joint WiMAX effort, an independent retailer in...
The volume of paid mobile game downloads has stagnated across North America and Western Europe, despite a positive response from mobile games publishers and developers to Apple Inc.'s iPhone device, according to research from Juniper Research.The value of the global mobile games market is...
Shipments of home wireless audio and video connectivity products - including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, UWB and 60 GHz - are expected to reach nearly 700 million worldwide by 2013, up from just 150 million this year, according to a recent study from ABI Research."Wireless video...
Mobile TV services are expected to generate revenues of $1.5 billion this year and increase to more than $10 billion in 2013, according to a new study from Informa Telecoms & Media.Currently, mobile TV revenues primarily come from subscription fees, but the firm expects...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier--Morgan Stanley resumed coverage of Sprint Nextel with an underweight rating and a price target of $1. FBR Research resumed coverage of the carrier with...
Microsoft's Live Labs on Wednesday introduced a new service that lets users collect snippets of information from Web sites and share the collections with others.
Antitrust regulators have cleared Verizon Wireless' purchase of Alltel Corp., which will create the country's largest wireless carrier, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday.
Top wireless providers have been busy little elves trying to sway customers with deals, savings promises and incentives during the holiday shopping season. The most recent holiday ad wars began when Sprint Nextel Corp. released new advertisements that promised customers could save anywhere from...
The House Commerce Committee released a report accusing Federal Communications Commission Kevin Martin of mismanaging an agency described as dysfunctional."Our investigation confirmed a number of troubling allegations raised by individuals in and outside the FCC," said Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), chairman of the oversight...
U.S. telecom and high-tech sectors, though suffering through the a job-killing economic crisis that apparently hasn't yet bottomed out, are nonetheless audaciously hopeful - downright giddy even - about the future. What gives?Industry is hanging its hopes on the Barack Broadband Promise, a...
Sprint Nextel Corp. continued to woo desktop developers with the launch of an open software platform in advance of its annual Application Developer Conference later this week.The platform promises to help computer developers bring their wares to wireless using the same codes, tools and...
StarHub and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. announced the launch of a new, commercially available 3G femtocell network in Singapore, which they said provides mobile-phone services through the carrier's cable network.StarHub has launched Home Zone to its customers and uses 3G femtocells, portable cellular access...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile indU.S.try to give their insights into the marketplace.While it was good to see some retailers reporting stronger than expected sales for Black Friday and...
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications has joined the Open Handset Alliance in support of Google Inc.'s Android platform, the handset vendor said today.ARM, the British semiconductor designer, also announced its membership in the OHA today. Sony Ericsson will produce a handset running the license-free,...
The twin engines of global handset growth - China and India - are experiencing economic slowdowns that threaten "serious harm" to 2009 sales, according to a prominent financial analyst. The slowing of those emerging economies could drag global handset sales below negative 10% growth...
Official Washington is big on labels, quick to pigeonhole this elected official or that presidential appointee based on party affiliation, past government actions and off-the-record scuttlebutt. It is a convenient baseline utilized by lobbyists, journalists, political operatives and others to establish battle lines and...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. 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 what doesn't. If you wish to submit your application or...
Welcome to our inaugural special report on Mobile Movers and Shakers for 2008. In this report, RCR Wireless News recognizes just some of the people who have been or hope to be instrumental in shaping the industry, leading it into new areas and creating...
There's a very long list of companies with billing platforms that leave carriers out of the revenue stream. But even as operators grudgingly open up their networks, nobody seems to be making a lot of progress. Billing Revolution is the latest player to join...
