Canada's two largest CDMA carriers, Bell Canada and Telus Mobility, announced plans to deploy HSPA technology by 2010 as part of an effort to eventually upgrade to Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology.Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei will build the HSPA networks for both carriers.Investment...
Numerex Corp., which specializes in machine-to-machine technology, said it has acquired Ublip Inc., a privately held M2M software and services company, for a combination of cash and stock.Numerex paid out about 400,000 shares of restricted Class A common stock and $300,000 in cash for...
Motorola Inc. shares continued dropping Thursday, hitting their lowest level since 1992 amid concerns that cellphone demand will be hurt by spreading weakness in the economy.Motorola's stock closed at $4.56 Thursday, down 66 cents or nearly 13%. Adjusting for splits and dividends, shares are...
Much has been written and speculated about what telecom-tech policy might look like under an Obama or a McCain administration. But more likely it will be the volatile economy in the near term that dictates terms for wireless companies and others as opposed to...
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.--BlackArrow: Cisco Systems, Comcast Interactive Capital, Intel Capital, Mayfield Fund and Polaris Venture Partners invested $20 million into BlackArrow,...
CHICAGO — A World War II-era air traffic network that often forces planes to take longer, zigzagging routes is costing U.S. airlines billions of dollars in wasted fuel while an upgrade to a satellite-based system has languished in the planning stages for more than...
It looks like Google is about to hop onto an iPhone advertising revolution. Adweek reports that Google will soon debut an iPhone-specific advertising network and has been showcasing these iPhone advertisements in private meetings with ad agencies.
Tonight, some AT&T subscribers were texted with the news that AT&T will discontinue the $20/month "Unlimited" MEdia Net option as of November 12, 2008.
A longish article from Reuters today speculates on whether Research in Motion (RIMM) could be bought out, now that its share price has received a 50 percent haircut in the last month, to $59.03, and its market capitalization has fizzled to a mere $33.4...
In a move that sets a new and potentially major precedent in the text messaging services market, content and messaging companies are going to have to cough up some dough if they want to deliver their goodies to Verizon Wireless customers.The nation's No. 2...
France-based Wavecom SA has called Gemalto NV's hostile take-over offer "inadequate" and not in the best interest of the company, its shareholders and employees.Wavecom's board of directors issued its stance Thursday after meeting to discuss Gemalto's unsolicited offer that was made public Monday. Gemalto,...
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....
An investor advisory firm has chosen Sprint Nextel executives as the most overpaid in corporate America, with top managers awarded pay valued at nearly $74 million last year while the company struggled.
Sue Spradley has been on the job as head of North America for Nokia Siemens Networks since July 2007. Spradley has 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, including in services, operations, sales, product line management and customer service, and formerly served as...
Editor's note: RCR Wireless News has teamed with Yankee Group to conduct a series of market surveys of RCR Wireless News subscribers to gauge their thoughts on various technology issues. RCR Wireless News will publish the exclusive results from our joint project, with...
The following list ranks U.S. wireless industry CEOs by total compensation for the 2007 fiscal year.
The ranking includes executives at public U.S. companies listed on the RCR Wireless News Stock Watch. Salary and total compensation figures were derived from annual proxy statements filed with...
In what appears to be a potentially far-reaching case, Broadcom Corp. has asked a U.S. District Court to render a declaratory judgment that rival Qualcomm Inc.'s patent licensing practices amount to patent misuse. Further, Broadcom contended that Qualcomm's practices in the U.S. market render...
Nuance Communications Inc. announced a deal to provide mobile speech and predictive text capabilities "across a broad range" of devices from Nokia Corp.The world's largest handset maker will license Nuance's technology and partner with the Burlington, Mass.-based firm to offer open protocols for use...
Research In Motion Ltd. said today that its new touchscreen effort - the Storm - is due at Verizon Wireless "later this fall," pricing to be announced.The price of the device is, of course, the most critical bit of information needed to assess the...
After a strong showing in 2007, worldwide base station shipments appear weak this year, according to research from In-Stat.The firm said 2007 was marked by new 3G network rollouts worldwide along with strong GSM growth driven by markets like India, Africa and China. However,...
