The wireless industry seems to have weathered Wall Street's troubles relatively well - at least, so far. In comments last week, executives from two of the nation's largest wireless carriers said the ongoing economic turmoil in the financial-services industry has so far left them...
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama won a text message election held during the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2008 trade show held earlier this month in San Francisco.Obama received 56% of the vote to edge out his Republican opponent John McCain, according to a...
CTIA Wireless I.T 2008 is in the rear-view, and the industry is performing the typical post-show analyses. My two cents:1) Sprint's Dan Hesse is my new favorite CEO. Because anybody with a fondness for Vans can't be too far removed from this guy. Which...
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a previous ruling to give San Diego County a victory over Sprint Nextel Corp. in a long-running dispute between the parties over a 2003 ordinance governing visibility and location of wireless facilities."The ordinance does not effectively...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Welcome to our complete coverage of the CTIA I.T. '08 show here. RCR Wireless News will be covering the event in full force this year, and will bring you up-to-the-minute headlines and video from the show floor. We're also producing the...
The controversy over the Federal Communications Commission's decision to cap subsidies flowing to wireless carriers for building rural networks has been elevated to a new level, with rural cellular operators asking a federal appeals court to review the agency's action. Hundreds of millions of...
Chris Pearson, president of 3G Americas, sits down with RCR Wireless News to discuss the trade group's position in the wireless market, and the future of the GSM family of wireless technologies. ; 3GAmericas; Chris Pearson, president of...
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.The mobile communications industry is turning the page on its history of proprietary, closed development. Today, mobile...
A group of rural and small wireless providers asked the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider its decision to impose an interim cap on high-cost universal service fund payments to eligible telecommunications carriers, urging the agency to refrain from putting the rule into effect and...
The LiMo Foundation announced nine new members today and said that more handsets with its operating system are launching in North America and Japan. The organization is a leading proponent of an open-source, Linux OS for handsets, and said that its latest members represented...
While wireless providers - large and small - differ on such hot-button issues as universal service support, exclusive handset arrangements and special access, the controversy over roaming has the potential to become the major fault line in the cellphone industry.The consolidation trend is making...
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. In the coming weeks look for columns from NPD Group's Ross Rubin, Enderle Group's...
Suddenly, it's all about consolidating handset platforms. Today, LiPS said it would jump on the LiMo. Earlier this week, Nokia Corp. said it would buy out its partners in Symbian Ltd. in order to drive innovation and consolidation of that handset platform. The drivers...
The Federal Communications Commission is seeking feedback on new options to auction a nationwide wireless broadband license with requirements to provide free Internet service, content filtering and open access to third-party devices and applications.While the agency's move is not apt to assuage fierce critics...
LAS VEGAS - On day two of the NXTcomm08 event here, wireless seemed to jump out of the backseat and into the limelight. Executives Denny Strigl, current president and COO of Verizon Communications Inc. and former CEO of Verizon Wireless, and Dan Hesse, CEO...
LAS VEGAS - The growing importance of wireless in the general telecom space was evident during this morning's keynote session at the NXTcomm08 trade show here, as AT&T Inc. chief Randall Stephenson referred to the recently introduced Apple Inc. 3G iPhone numerous times in...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In the coming weeks look for columns from Laura Marriott of the Mobile Marketing Association...
ATLANTA - Innovation has to become institutionalized if wireless content is going to be successful, AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega last week told attendees at the GSM Association's first last Mobile Innovation Marketplace - Americas event in Atlanta. "Just having it pop...
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN KEVIN MARTIN APPEARS DETERMINED to win approval for a free, family-friendly national wireless broadband plan, despite being forced to delay an upcoming vote on the measure after concerns were raised about potential interference to mobile-phone systems and about a content-filter...
A dispute has erupted over whether a federal appeals court should delay ruling on the wireless industry's challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's backup power rule until Bush administration budget officials complete their review of controversial guidelines designed to respond to communications failures from...
The mobile marketing industry lost one of its most prolific and outspoken supporters today when Laura Marriott announced she would resign from her post as president of the Mobile Marketing Association.Marriott led the MMA since 2005 and watched its membership base grow as it...
High-stakes battles over early termination fees are playing out in official Washington and California at a time when carriers face pressure to make good on commitments to open their networks and embrace consumer-friendly practices, a confluence of forces that appears to be chipping away...
The National Association of Broadcasters warned Congress that allowing unlicensed wireless operations in vacant television spectrum could jeopardize the transition to digital TV, continuing the highly charged debate with tech companies over a proposal to expand Wi-Fi into white spaces."For more than a year,...
As its BREW developer conference kicks into high gear today, Qualcomm Inc. announced a handful of efforts designed to entice a broader array of players into the mobile content field.--Qualcomm took the wraps off its new "Plaza" effort, which the company said is a...
