Mobile network operators could rake in $52 billion in mobile content revenues by 2013, up from $23 billion this year, but only if they modify their mobile content business models to avoid becoming 'dumb pipes,' according to a new report from Juniper Research.The firm...
A pair of wireless infrastructure vendors are set to face a tough 2009, as one company struggles to stay afloat and another changes strategy.Nortel Networks Corp. has taken a number of hits this month since it reported a loss of $3.4 billion in the...
Mobile TV services are expected to generate revenues of $1.5 billion this year and increase to more than $10 billion in 2013, according to a new study from Informa Telecoms & Media.Currently, mobile TV revenues primarily come from subscription fees, but the firm expects...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and what doesn't. If you wish to submit your application or...
There's a very long list of companies with billing platforms that leave carriers out of the revenue stream. But even as operators grudgingly open up their networks, nobody seems to be making a lot of progress. Billing Revolution is the latest player to join...
Cable telecom giant Cox Communications Inc. recently announced it will launch wireless services in 2009. Stephen Bye, VP of Wireless at Cox, will play an integral part in the initiative as he will be responsible for the company’s wireless products and services strategy.Bye will...
With its enterprise tracking solutions being marketed by Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp., Gearworks Inc. is now developing a platform for one the fastest growing fields in the country - home health care.The Minnesota-based company is set to launch OnCare in the first...
Amdocs announced plans to expand its mobile business with a $60 million acquisition of Ireland's ChangingWorlds.ChangingWorlds targets network operators and off-deck vendors with portal-management technology that supports mobile advertising and includes a content-recommendation engine. The 8-year-old company boasts four dozen carrier customers including Sprint...
MTPCS L.L.C., which operates under the Cellular One brand name, has chosen reporting and analysis solutions company Scorecard Systems Inc. to provide a detailed subscriber and service analysis capability across its operations.Cellular One provides service in Montana, Wyoming, Oklahoma and Texas.Scorecard Systems' solutions provide...
After several failed attempts to offer a wireless play, Cox Communications announced its most ambitious wireless blueprint to date: The cable company said it plans to build its own network with the $500 million of spectrum it has accumulated, and plans to launch commercial...
The wireless industry faces a policy landscape whose evolving contours could be significantly shaped in coming years by the outcome of the Nov. 4 elections.On the surface, it would appear industry has plenty of reason to worry. If Democrats capture the White House and...
Is the Google Android operating system a game changer? The answer to that question may determine the answer to one of wireless's biggest questions: Who owns the customer? From the time the first cellphone call was made, wireless carriers have had the front-line relationship...
If this keeps up, content owners may forget the whole "on-deck vs. off-deck" argument. Instead, they'll be trying to figure out which mobile application stores' shelves they want to stock.Google Inc. is the latest player in the app-store game, launching its Android Market last...
Cable company Cox Communications announced it will build a wireless network with the $500 million in spectrum the company has accumulated over the past several years, and will launch commercial services by next year. The company will work with Sprint Nextel Corp. to supplement...
BOSTON - What would a next-generation mobile Internet show be without some discussion about openness? During keynote presentations at the Mobile Internet World 2008 event, Sprint Nextel Corp.'s VP of corporate strategy, Russ McGuire, and Verizon Wireless' VP of open development, Anthony Lewis, spelled...
After many promises, it seems carriers have kept good on their word to pro-rate early termination fees. Well, all of them except for Sprint Nextel Corp, which has yet to implement its pro-rated ETF pricing.
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Financial institutions must now monitor and archive text and instant messages sent by employees through company-issued handsets much like they do with corporate e-mail. However, only a handful of companies offer compliance software. A recent requirement by the Financial Industry Regulation Authority has created...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For full coverage please visit RCRWireless.com/25years.
When Nextel started to roll out their iDEN network back...
PUBLIC-INTEREST GROUPS ACCUSED WIRELESS CARRIERS of conjuring up misleading excuses to avoid federal regulation of short-code text messaging, pointing to content restrictions in industry documents that they say underscore the need for anti-discriminatory safeguards."Wireless carriers admit that they engage in content-based discrimination," Public Knowledge,...
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...
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...
T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will install a do-it-yourself customer-service application from Nuance Communications Inc. on "select" handsets, which the carrier said will allow customers to solve common service and handset problems without contacting the carrier's customer-service representatives. The offering is an effort to...
MetroPCS Communications Inc. posted limited third-quarter results, displaying strong growth and a year-over-year drop in customer churn. The carrier reported 249,265 net additions during the quarter, nearly double the 114,302 customers the carrier added during the same quarter last year. MetroPCS ended the third...
Federal courts on opposite sides of the country came to different conclusions in billing litigation against Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility, while the number of antitrust class-action texting lawsuits against the nation's top mobile-phone operators has skyrocketed to more than a dozen.While the various...
