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Apple reports $6B in profits, sells 16.24M iPhones and 7.33M iPads

Apple Inc. (AAPL) had another outstanding quarter — this time raking in $6 billion in profit on $26.74 billion in revenues for the period ending Dec. 25, 2010. The company sold more iPhones, Macs and iPads in the three-month period than in any...

Analyst Angle: Finally! The iPhone 4 on Verizon Wireless

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.After almost five years under an exclusive relationship with AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless announced the...

Reality Check: Winners and losers from a Verizon Wireless iPhone

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.We quickly forgot the Consumer Electronics Show by last Tuesday (talk about a short news cycle) with...

Reader Forum: Capitalizing on the application explosion

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Russia: A journalist's perspective on its telecom market

Editor's Note: RCR Wireless News Editor Sylvie Barak delved deep into the Russian wireless landscape during a recent trip to the country. She delivered a feature report for RCR Wireless News that was included in our November Special Edition. Click here ...

Cisco's Videoscape goes head to head with Apple and Google @CES

While many analysts thought the CES Internet TV battle would be a strictly Apple/Google affair, dark horse Cisco crashed the party early with CEO John Chambers announcing the firm's new VideoScape offering.Videoscape, which purports to mesh tv content from broadcast, cable and Internet companies,...

Android tops Apple iOS in ad impression share, Millennial Media reports

While Apple Inc. (AAPL) remains top dog in the device space, Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android operating system continues to pull ahead in Millennial Media's monthly mobile device report. Android shot past Apple's OS on the Millennial ad network for the first time in December,...

Worst of the Week: Flight of the iPhone

Hello! And welcome to our Friday 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....

@ Verizon Wireless' iPhone event: Avi Greengart of Current Analysis

NEW YORK – After Verizon Wireless announced plans to launch Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4, RCR Wireless News caught up with Avi Greengart, research director of consumer devices at Current Analysis, to get his take on things. We asked Greengart if he expected more from...

@ Verizon Wireless' iPhone event: Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead and Apple COO Tim Cook

NEW YORK – Following the announcement of their new partnership, Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead and Apple Inc. COO Tim Cook fielded some questions that were on virtually everybody's mind inside the room. The executives were asked about sales projections for 2011, upgrade cycles...

Apple iPhone: China Telecom Next?

Wall Street Journal | January 10, 2011 | Matt Phillips Verizon, schmerizon. The Apple rumor mill will not be silenced by the mere appearance of an actual announcement on the next step for the hot-selling Apple iPhone in the states. Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White writes Monday...

3G, 4G networks tested by CES crowds

The recently completed Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas provided a unique proving ground for wireless networks. With tens of thousands of the geekiest of the geeks roaming around a couple of square miles, chances are slim that there is ever a denser concentration...

Analyst Angle: Mobile advertising lessons

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.It is a new year … the time when we are told this is “The...

@ Verizon Wireless' iPhone announcement: Short on surprises, big on delivery

NEW YORK – It finally happened. Verizon Wireless (VZ) is bringing the iPhone 4 to its network, putting to rest a question that's plagued the wireless industry for years.After trumpeting the strengths of the carrier's recently launched LTE network, Verizon Wireless announced that its...

Verizon Wireless to offer CDMA iPhone 4 on Feb. 10

Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Verizon Wireless (VZ) did millions a favor and finally got a room.The two biggest names in the domestic mobile business made it official today with Verizon Wireless announcing it will begin offering a CDMA version of Apple's now six-month-old iPhone...

Reality Check: Three carrier crossroads for 2011

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.While there has been a lot of hype about this year’s Consumer Electronics Show and how it...

Is Verizon Wireless' iPhone finally upon us?

If Verizon Wireless does what it's expected to do tomorrow and announces plans to finally launch Apple Inc.'s iPhone on its network there will be a collective sigh of relief throughout much of the wireless industry.For the better part of at least the last...

Reader Forum: Customer service strategies in the age of the smart phone

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Worst of the Week: Big plans for small towns

Hello! And welcome to our Friday 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....

AT&T Mobility goes on defensive, to offer iPhone 3GS at $50

In a move to perhaps brace itself from the rumored impending availability of Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iPhone at rival carriers, AT&T Mobility (T) said it would begin selling the previous generation iPhone 3GS model for $50 beginning Jan. 7. That price will be for...

Japan wants Apple to put Content Filter in iPhone

TechTree| January 5, 2010 | Samir Makwana Censorware to protect minors from accessing objectionable content The relationship between Apple and the Japanese government hasn't been great last year. After cases of exploding Apple iPod batteries were reported, Japan is once again complaining about Apple. If Google's...

@ CES: Samsung showcases suite of new smart phones

LAS VEGAS — To hear Omar Khan say it, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is going to take mobile to the "next level in 2011."The de facto head of mobile, which carries the title of chief strategy officer and SVP of products and services at...

Analyst Angle: Mobile and wireless trends for 2011

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.I have always tried to give readers some perspectives on the coming year – trends...

Reality Check: Wave of consolidation washing over wireless

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. It’s been said that a rising tide raises all ships, but not so in the wireless...