T-Mobile USA Inc. is offering a BlackBerry Curve equipped with Wi-Fi for prosumers-yes, Virginia, that’s a real word-who sign up to take advantage of the carrier’s HotSpot@Home service, launched in …
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Visual voicemail gets legs: iPhone introduction spurs carriers to update services
by jscarboby jscarboThe Apple Inc. iPhone was expected to cause a shift in the industry on services, and its visual voicemail component may very well be initiating new ways for consumers to …
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Verizon Wireless to join Vodafone in upgrade to LTE: CDMA to lose major backer
by jscarboby jscarboVerizon Wireless and Vodafone Group plc are planning to move to Long Term Evolution technology as the 4G evolution path for their respective networks, according to remarks by company executives …
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Following up on its July announcement, AT&T Mobility this morning said it would bring Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry 8820 to market at $300 with a two-year contract. The carrier …
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The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier –Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services placed its ratings on SunCom …
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Editor’s Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what’s hot in wireless. Search for “wireless phones” …
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RIM outages underscore complexity, reliability issues: Service glitches could limit firm’s expansion to consumer market
by jscarboby jscarboAccording to a popular if crass bumper sticker, “stuff” happens.In the case of outages or slowdowns for Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry service, stuff happens pretty rarely.But a days-long outage …
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NTP Inc. is at it again.The Virginia-based patent-holding company last week filed patent-infringement lawsuits against all four tier-one U.S. carriers, claiming the operators are violating eight patents for mobile e-mail …
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Welcome to our Friday feature, Week in Review. Every Friday, RCR Wireless News will run through the major events of the past week, outlining what happened and speculating on what …
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T-Mobile USA Inc. has introduced an entry-level BlackBerry plan for $10 per month that includes unlimited e-mail access. The limited-time offer, which requires a Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry Pearl …
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“I strongly believe that next year, in 2008, about 90% of people who walk anywhere in any store to buy wireless will have done their research online before. This changes …
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A new survey focused on smartphone operating systems by iGR found that more than half of all respondents use a Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry device, while the majority of …
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Editor’s Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or …
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Major League Baseball unveiled a widget that gives BlackBerry owners one-click access to its wireless Web site.The application can be downloaded free by visiting MLB.com, and is available free aside …
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Editor’s Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or …
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Fixed-mobile convergence products are making their presence known in the enterprise.FMC is taking form by mobilizing private telephone switches used by many businesses, and offering PBX functions that extend to …
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If you were expecting AT&T’s rivals to slash, say, smartphone prices in the wake of the iPhone launch, you’d be wrong. A check on handset pricing over the past week …
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Welcome to our Monday column, Analyst Angle. Every Monday, the industry’s leading analysts give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry, from carriers to content to handsets …
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It’s beginning to look like all that money being poured into mobile search may end up in the pockets of patent lawyers.Shares of Local.com Corp. skyrocketed last week after the …
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Powered by brand equity and brilliant media manipulation, Apple Inc. has parachuted into the handset business. Look out below!The company’s first foray into mobile handsets has captured so much attention-the …
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Four days after launching the data-centric Apple Inc. iPhone, AT&T Mobility struggled with a regional crash of its EDGE network for several hours on Monday-but the carrier said the problem …
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Motorola Good Technology Group this week plans to take its first serious swipe at Research In Motion Ltd’s dominance of the mobile e-mail space.The Motorola Inc. subsidiary is expected to …
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Don’t tell the French what to doFrench government officials continue to use their BlackBerrys despite warnings from French security officials that communications on the devices may be intercepted by U.S. …
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The fixed-mobile convergence market took a step forward with Verizon Communications Inc.’s introduction of its Wireless Office, PBX Mobile Extension and Mobile Conference Connection products, which the company said will …
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Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first edition of Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we’ll review a …