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Reader Forum: LTE: Mobile data traffic savior or accelerator?

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,...

Security threats mount with smart phone adoption

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in our September Special Edition, Behind the Scenes, a focus on integrated subscriber and network management systems. To download the complete Special Edition, click here. In an increasingly mobile world, securing data on the go has become more...

AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless boast about Q3 accomplishments

AT&T Mobility (T) and Verizon Wireless (VZ, the nation’s two largest wireless operators, posted third quarter results late last week that showed some interesting results for both operators. AT&T Mobility managed to handily win the customer growth adding 2.6 million “connections” to its network...

AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless boast about Q3 accomplishments

AT&T Mobility (T) and Verizon Wireless (VZ, the nation’s two largest wireless operators, posted third quarter results late last week that showed some interesting results for both operators. AT&T Mobility managed to handily win the customer growth adding 2.6 million “connections” to its network...

Reality Check (Special Edition): There’s nothing special about wireless … well mostly

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in our September Special Edition, Behind the Scenes, a focus on integrated subscriber and network management systems. To download the complete Special Edition, click here.Wireless operators have customers, offer services, source from suppliers, engage with partners, develop products,...

AppMakr raises $1M from angel investors

AppMakr, a company that streamlines the app development process and makes it easy to create custom native apps for iOS devices, has raised $1 million from a group of 11 angel investors and groups.Thousands of apps built with AppMakr have been released on the...

Google opens Admob’s video ad SDK to Android developers

The best things in life are free, but in order for them to stay that way, Google says it will allow developers to leverage its AdMob platform to stick interactive video ads inside Android apps.

RIM finally gives BlackBerry App World the online treatment

In yet another sign that Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) is years behind its biggest competitors in the consumer arena, the BlackBerry maker has finally turned its App World into an online storefront.BlackBerry users can now purchase and download apps on a PC and...

Call centers ramping up for VZW new products?

Two customer call centers are ramping up staff, once again fueling speculation that Verizon Wireless will begin selling Apple Inc.'s iPhone soon. However, Verizon Wireless could also be ramping up customer service as it prepares to launch six LTE devices and service in 38...

Reader Forum: Managing the increasing demands of network traffic

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,...

KPCB announces $250M sFund for social startups

Following the success of its $200 million iFund targeted specifically at mobile apps on Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iOS platform, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) has scratched $250 million together for an sFund to invest in all things social.The venture capital fund is also...

iPhone, 'connected devices' propel AT&T Mobility's Q3 growth

AT&T Mobility (T) posted robust overall customer growth during the third quarter led by strong activations in its “connected devices” and prepaid operations that offset steep declines in traditional postpaid customer growth.AT&T Mobility added 2.6 million new connections during the quarter, including 745,000 direct...

EA acquires Angry Birds publisher Chillingo for up to $80 million

In another major vote of confidence for iOS app developers, Electronic Arts Inc. (ERTS) has acquired Chillingo for as much as $80 million.The publisher of the runaway-hit Angry Birds sold for less than $20 million in cash, according to The Los Angeles Times, but...

Verizon Wireless to offer Tab Nov. 11

Verizon Wireless this morning stepped forward with its launch plans for Samsung Telecommunications America's recently unveiled Galaxy Tab device.The carrier said it plans to begin offering the Google Inc. Android 2.2-powered device beginning Nov. 11 for $600. The device will include support for both...

Analyst Angle: Windows Phone 7: If at first you don’t succeed …

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.You have to hand it to Microsoft Corp. They have certainly fulfilled the old saying,...

HP readies Palm revival with Pre 2 and webOS 2.0

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) is finally going public with its next plans for Palm and the webOS operating system after acquiring the company last April.HP said webOS 2.0 will be commercially available on Friday when it launches the new Palm Pre 2 smart phone on...

Apple reports record profit on 14.1 million iPhone sales

Apple Inc. (AAPL) reported a record $4.31 billion in profit on $20.34 billion in revenue during its fourth quarter ending Sept. 25. The company's profits grew 41.3% from the year-ago period and international sales accounted for 57% of Apple's revenue during the quarter.Apple sold...

CEO of iQmetrix talks consumer experience and why it matters

As mobile phones have evolved from clunky handbag bricks to lean, mean computing machines, the retail stores that sell the coveted communication devices have also seen massive transitions said Christopher Krywulak, President and CEO of IQMetrix in his keynote at the firm's Wireless Retail...

BlackBerry upbeat at Wireless Retail Summit

Craig McLennan, RIM's managing director for North America appeared upbeat as he took to the stage at IQMetrix's Wireless Retail Summit in Scottsdale Arizona today, blowing BlackBerry's trumpet while declaring his firm was “doing really, really well.” “It's an honor to be here: I'm...

Reader Forum: Device testing: An ounce of prevention verses a pound of cure

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,...

Reader Forum: The race of the taps: Improving the mobile user experience and resulting opportunities

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,...

White iPhone 4 reportedly doomed because of color fade

Remember that white iPhone 4 that Apple Inc. (AAPL) delayed again and again?It's cropped up again and as with all things Apple, it would be wise to take this one with a grain of salt. Pocket-lint spotted one in the wild at a press...

Worst of the Week: Bad fruit

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....

Are video calls finally hitting the mainstream?

Do you remember your first video call? Perhaps it was on Skype, Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Talk or Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iChat on a desktop computer.Now the video calling phenomenon is finally taking hold in mobile, thanks in large part to Apple's recently launched FaceTime...