Visual voicemail is still in its infancy - it's only available on a handful of devices from the nation's top four carriers - but as the service becomes more prevalent, smaller wireless providers may see it as a way to separate themselves from the...
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.--Mogreet: Ascend Ventures, Black Diamond Ventures and Spyglass Ventures participated in a $5 million round of funding into Venice...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. claimed more than 22% market share in the United States last quarter, edging out the American icon, Motorola Inc., according to data released today by Strategy Analytics.
Yet the top three handset vendors in the U.S. are tightly bunched, with Samsung...
Antivirus developer SMobile released software this week to protect users of the G1 Android phone, although one security analyst wondered if people really need it.
In an industry first, customers of Sprint Nextel cellular service on Thursday were able to watch a live National Football League broadcast, the Cleveland Browns vs. Denver Broncos, on their handsets.
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp, capitalizing on Google Inc's regulatory snarl, is working to steal a deal with Verizon Wireless away from its rival, the Wall Street Journal said.
Shipments of satnave in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) fell between Q2 and Q3 this year. At the same time, shipments of smartphones with integrated GPS pick-ups more than doubled, according to market watcher Canalys. But it forgot to mention one thing...
The Apple iPhone beating out BlackBerry devices from Research In Motion (RIM) Ltd. for smartphone market share is being seen as a sign that the iPhone is making headway toward becoming not just a consumer device, but a corporate mobility tool.
Pricey, highly considered purchases such as home appliances represent some of the least-penetrated online sales categories, but that's poised to change in the future, according to a new report from Forrester Research Inc. As the longest-tenured web shoppers grow more comfortable online, they're moving...
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the third quarter.
This list comprises the amounts that were invested into wireless companies, as well as the companies that led the investment.
RCR Wireless News collects venture-financing deals in the wireless...
Financial news in just the past few weeks has led Qualcomm Inc. to forecast "meaningfully less" growth in CDMA-based handset markets for calendar year 2009. The chip and IP-licensing firm cited slower consumer purchasing than previously anticipated and a purposeful contraction in channel inventory...
Ad-supported mobile game distributor Greystripe said it will expand its global footprint by partnering with India's largest online gaming company.The San Francisco-based firm is teaming with Zapak Digital Entertainment Ltd., a division of the giant Reliance ADA Group, to offer more than 900 free...
Amdocs announced plans to expand its mobile business with a $60 million acquisition of Ireland's ChangingWorlds.ChangingWorlds targets network operators and off-deck vendors with portal-management technology that supports mobile advertising and includes a content-recommendation engine. The 8-year-old company boasts four dozen carrier customers including Sprint...
Two former telecom officials from the Clinton administration were named to the transition team of President-elect Barack Obama, another possible signal that telecom and high-tech issues could have high-level visibility when executive branch power shifts to Democrats in January. ...
AT&T Inc. reported plans to acquire Wayport Inc. for $275 million, expanding the telecom giant's Wi-Fi offering to thousands of locations and offering free Internet access to millions of its customers.The acquisition expands AT&T's Wi-Fi footprint to nearly 20,000 domestic hot spots and 80,000...
During Tuesday night's presidential election, millions of Americans used their handsets to communicate via text message.Between 7 p.m. and 12 a.m. EST, more than 1.2 billion text messages were sent across the country, according to Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase Inc.Ten minutes after...
Verizon Communications can now say it's the largest U.S. wireless carrier, having cleared the final major regulatory hurdle for its proposed $28.1 billion acquisition of Alltel Wireless. The Federal Communications Commission yesterday gave the nod to the deal that catapults Verizon ahead of former...
Former Vice President and Noble Peace Prize Winner Al Gore will be the Day 3 keynote speaker at the International CTIA Wireless 2009 event, set to take place April 1-3 in Las Vegas.Former Vice President Gore "has a long history of demonstrating leadership in...
Palm Inc. saw its stock drop this morning - and then rebound - after downgrades by Morgan Keegan and Avian Securities L.L.C.The downgrade by Morgan Keegan appeared significant because analyst Tavis McCourt has been consistently positive on Palm's prospects for a turnaround in its...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
The third quarter was a rough one for T-Mobile USA Inc. The carrier posted the lowest number postpaid net additions - 293,000 - since its inception in 2001, according to Kate Price of Technology Business Research Inc."Some high-value, postpaid subscribers were likely drawn to...
The cell-phone and tower industries urged the Bush administration to reject backup-power reporting requirements, arguing the Federal Communications Commission grossly underestimated time, operational and financial burdens placed on wireless providers.Indeed, wireless providers argue information collection guidelines associated with the eight-hour cell site backup-power mandate...
Craig Harper went from trying to keep track of his daughter to launching his own company that aims to help businesses keep track of their mobile workforce and be more productive.In 2006, Harper bought his 9-year-old daughter a Disney Mobile family cellphone, which gives...
