Verizon Wireless is expected to make headlines once again at the International Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas, unveiling a full-track mobile music download service. The carrier, which last year launched its Vcast offering at CES, looks to expand the service with...
I have fond memories of getting a beautiful red record player for Christmas one year when I was in elementary school. It wasn't the cool one that only played the record when you closed the lid (my Mom and Dad never were into the...
Editor's Note: Each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff chooses the person who has impacted the wireless industry the most during the past 12 months. This year's choice is Motorola Inc.'s Ed Zander. Since the beginnings of the U.S. wireless industry, Motorola represented...
Editor's Note: Each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff chooses the person who has impacted the wireless industry the most during the past 12 months. This year's choice is Motorola Inc.'s Ed Zander. Since the beginnings of the U.S. wireless industry, Motorola represented...
Mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc. last week made its long-awaited and much-hyped soft launch. The carrier is offering a range of postpaid calling services, including an unlimited calling option and push-to-talk capabilities, as well as a trio of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO handsets....
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced plans to launch a streaming video service, CingularVideo, in January, featuring two channels of content from premium cable channel HBO. HBO Mobile and HBO Family Mobile plan to include clips and select episodes from HBO cartoon and sports programs, as...
Cingular unveils CingularVideo with HBO showsNEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced today that it will launch a streaming video service, CingularVideo, in January, and that the service will feature two channels of content from premium cable channel HBO.HBO Mobile and HBO Family Mobile plan to...
Alamosa Holdings Inc. subsidiary Southwest PCS said it sold 10 megahertz of spectrum covering portions of Oklahoma and Texas to Panhandle Telecommunications Systems Inc. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Panhandle will use the spectrum to build out a CDMA2000 1x network...
SAN DIEGO-Amp'd Mobile Inc. is moving closer to the launch of its mobile virtual network operator service, saying it's planning a soft launch of services on Dec. 15. The soft launch plans include allowing consumers that have signed up for service through the company's...
SEATTLE-RealNetworks Inc. is targeting businesses, governmental agencies and educational institutions by mobilizing its Helix technology.The company unveiled the newest version of its Helix Server Unlimited, which is designed to deliver streaming content to both fixed-line and wireless devices. The updated server supports 3GPP technology,...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. launched an Internet portal designed to allow developers to share information about open-source projects. The site, OpenSource.nokia.com, includes links that give project descriptions and provides access to any Nokia-developed downloadable code with an open source license. The company hopes to spur...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. launched an Internet portal designed to allow developers to share information about open-source projects.The site, OpenSource.nokia.com, includes links that give project descriptions and provides access to any Nokia-developed downloadable code with an open source license. The company hopes to spur innovation...
While most will busy themselves with decorations and gifts this holiday season, U.S. carriers and handset makers likely will be caught up in fierce battles over pricing, services and-ultimately-customers. As Halloween makes room for Thanksgiving, wireless executives need to gird themselves for perhaps the...
Two months after it began selling the phone, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has cut the price of Motorola Inc.'s iTunes-capable Rokr by $100. The carrier is now selling the device for $150 with a service agreement, down from an unsubsidized price of $250. Motorola's Rokr-the...
ATLANTA-Two months after it began selling the phone, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has cut the price of Motorola Inc.'s iTunes-capable Rokr by $100. The carrier is now selling the device for $150 with a service agreement, down from an unsubsidized price of $250. Motorola's Rokr-the...
SEOUL-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. posted increasing revenues, but the company's profit line took a hit due to a $300 million fine the U.S. Department of Justice levied against the company for international price fixing. The Justice Department said the fine is the second-largest antitrust...
SEOUL-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. posted increasing revenues, but the company's profit line took a hit due to a $300 million fine the U.S. Department of Justice levied against the company for international price fixing.The Justice Department said the fine is the second largest antitrust...
Initial shipments of Motorola Inc.'s long-anticipated iTunes-capable phone appear somewhat sluggish, according to a recent analyst report from Piper Jaffray. The firm said its recent store checks show that some locations are recording strong sales of the device, but the majority see only weak...
Initial shipments of Motorola Inc.'s long-anticipated iTunes-capable phone appear somewhat sluggish, according to a recent analyst report from Piper Jaffray. The firm said its recent store checks show that some locations are recording strong sales of the device, but the majority see only weak...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. hopes to build on its relationship with Apple Computer Inc. with a full-track music download service to launch next year. An executive for the No. 1 U.S. carrier said Cingular plans to sell a push-to-talk phone later this year and hopes...
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.-Wireless users will pay substantially more to download full songs to their handsets than to their PCs, according to a study by The NPD Group. The research firm's first look into mobile music found 20 percent of all consumers are interested in...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Operators looking to cash in on mobile music services must first establish a viable business model, according to a report from Pyramid Research. While the buzz surrounding wireless music grows deafening, carriers will have to fight hard to strike workable deals with publishers...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will be the exclusive U.S. vendor of Motorola Inc.'s new Rokr E1 device, the company's long-awaited iTunes-capable phone. The device, which is available today for $250 with a two-year service plan, stores up to 100 songs from Apple Computer...
Verizon Wireless announced it will support phones that include MP3 players. The news comes a day ahead of the likely unveiling of Motorola Inc.'s iTunes-capable phone. Verizon said three of its newly released Vcast phones will include digital music players. UTStarcom Inc.'s CDM-8940 and...
