LAS VEGAS – Mobile broadcast TV is making headway in the United States, with more than 60 broadcast networks offering service in a couple dozen markets, but scale will only come to the market when wireless operators embrace the concept, panelists at the National...
LAS VEGAS – High-definition radio could bring the value proposition of adding an FM chip to mobile devices because the service can offload traffic from the wireless operator's network and drive revenue to the operator by using music tagging services to push consumers to...
RCR Wireless News is hitting the road next week for New York City and the Garden State. As with every stop on our global tour, conference series and news desk, our team will engage the mobile community at the local level to better understand...
Qualcomm Inc.'s mobile TV service has gone dark and with it a new round of questions have cropped up about the future of mobile TV as a whole. Will there ever be a year that defines mobile TV? What will it take to finally...
ATLANTA – Seemingly a match made in heaven, mobile content and sports have been one of the constant bright spots in the mobile industry since phones were able to transmit data services. And while the gluttony of mobile video services has been a boon...
RCR Wireless News is bringing its 2011 Mobile Broadband Innovation & Opportunity Tour to Austin, Texas, March 10 to March 17. While in Austin, RCR Unplugged Editor Sylvie Barak, RCR Wireless News Austin Editor Marc Speir and special guests will be broadcasting live...
Kordia | February 28, 2011 | Press Release
Auckland, New Zealand: - Kordia announced today that its solid underlying trading result for the half year to 31 December 2010 has been impacted by the decision to bring Digital Switch Over (DSO) forward to 2012.
CEO Geoff...
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.Putting safety first means an ongoing investment in time and resources, something that the National Association of...
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Federal Communications Commission's current plans to set aside hundreds of megahertz of spectrum to expand mobile broadband services has gained rousing support from the cellular industry, which is set to benefit from the spectrum influx. However, much of that spectrum...
The federal government could reap more than $33 billion in net proceeds if it moves ahead with plans to auction off 120 megahertz of wireless spectrum currently under the control of television broadcasters, according to a white paper submitted to the Federal Communications Commission...
Global Crossing | February 8, 2011 | Press Release
FLORHAM PARK, N.J., /PRNewswire/ --Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC), a leading IP solutions provider with the world's first integrated global IP-based network, today announced that the broadcast and media services offered by its Global Crossing Genesis Solutions...
The National Association of Broadcasters accused Time Warner Cable Co. of hoarding spectrum in a letter sent to several members of Congress Friday. The broadcaster lobbying group said that if a spectrum crisis truly exists, companies like TWC should not be allowed to hoard...
This week the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave nine firms, including Google, backing to manage databases which will coordinate the usage of "white spaces" for high-speed wireless broadband networking.
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,...
Soon after FLO TV goes dark, a joint venture of a dozen broadcasters plans to launch mobile TV services that will reach about 40% of the U.S. population. Mobile Content Venture announced plans to initially launch two ad-supported channels in 20 markets by late...
It turns out Qualcomm Inc.'s (QCOM) spectrum for FLO TV is actually worth more on its own — at least to AT&T Mobility (T).The carrier has agreed to buy licenses for the 700 MHz spectrum that the service ran on for $1.92 billion. Qualcomm...
Executives at Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) were never eager to offer up subscriber count numbers for FLO TV. Until now, sort of.At an event in Silicon Valley earlier this week, CEO Paul Jacobs said the company only managed to sign up about 1 million customers...
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. Christmas is certainly coming early for the smart phone world, thanks to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Not...
AUSTIN, Texas--Venture capitalists speaking at the Texas Wireless Summit held here earlier this week said they would be interested in funding businesses that drive innovation, including technology that can better enable handoffs between different network technologies, mobile security solutions, multi-radio interference and video optimization....
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) today unveiled its Broadcast Message Center, which wireless operators can use to deliver emergency text alerts to their customers, warning them of natural disasters, inclement weather or other dangers. The federal government is requiring wireless operators to be able to deliver...
SAN FRANCISCO — “Everything’s going mobile,” Bob Bowman, CEO of MLB.com, said during a keynote panel here at the Open Mobile Summit.Bowman was direct and rather forthcoming on a panel sitting between Nokia Siemens Networks CTO Hossein Moiin and Verizon Wireless CTO Anthony Melone.In...
Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) is in the process of shutting down its mobile broadcast FLO TV service. After hesitantly entering the direct-to-consumer side of the space just a couple years ago, Qualcomm is now cutting its losses on that front and is in the process...
Verizon Wireless (VZ) is talking to the National Football League about extending its exclusive mobile partnership to include programming via tablets, according to The Wall Street Journal.It's pretty safe to safe that football fans have been ready -- in some cases, longing -- for...
The Federal Communications Commission soon could approve rules to open up white-spaces spectrum to commercial use, according to an article in the New York Times. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said that freeing up the spectrum could enable entrepreneurs to start billion-dollar businesses. Details...
