A public debate between CTIA and Public Knowledge over the impacts of imposing net neutrality rules on wireless carriers yesterday highlighted the fine line regulators will face in imposing just enough regulation and too much regulation as they try to preserve an open wireless...
The Government Accountability Office said the Federal Communications Commission needs to do a better job of monitoring complaints about wireless service, including informing unsatisfied customers that they can complain to the federal agency when they are disgruntled. Although an estimated 84% of people surveyed...
As the West Wireless Health Institute prepares to open for business next month in San Diego, Qualcomm Inc.'s initiatives to develop a mobile healthcare ecosystem are becoming more tangible, starting with a physical building where scientists, doctors and engineers can work to prove the...
Federal Communications Commission adopted a shot clock of 90 days for state and local jurisdictions to act on tower collocation applications and 150 days to act on all other tower siting applications, but fell short of CTIA’s request of deeming the application granted if...
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 wireless industry is at a critical inflection point for smartphones. According to Gartner Inc., smartphone sales...
The wireless industry’s need for additional spectrum to support the growing demand of consumers is set to skyrocket, according to a recent report from investment firm Canaccord Adams entitled: “A bandwidth crisis on the horizon?”Citing a number of recent reports and wireless carrier comments,...
Employment in the wireless industry is still healthy, despite the downturn in the overall economy. Indeed, the number of people wireless carriers directly employ declined about 2.4% in the last year. At a time when the national unemployment rate is trending upward at 9.8%,...
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....
The federal effort to ban texting/e-mailing and driving is common sense. It's not wise to read or write while driving a car. But it seems a little short-sighted to declare which applications are dangerous and which aren't. As vehicles and devices get smarter, the...
Just about a week has gone by since the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2009 event in San Diego and I have just now been able to go through the notes I jotted down during the half dozen or so meetings I had while...
AT&T and Centennial Communications Announce Justice Department Clearance for Acquisition of Centennial by AT&TFrom: WebWireAT&T and Centennial Communications Corp. announced that the Department of Justice has cleared AT&T?s proposed acquisition of Centennial. The Department has entered into a consent decree with AT&T and Centennial...
At a time when many companies are feeling the pinch of the recession with fewer contracts and having to downsize their workforces, Fort Meyers, Fla.-based Interop Technologies is using the downturn to move its operations center to the Dallas area and grow its employee...
As consumers continue to embrace smartphones, businesses are going to have to change some of their practices to continue to satisfy their customers, as well as meet their own employees' needs.At the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment 2009 show earlier this week in San...
SAN DIEGO – Following up on the opening day keynote from AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega, AT&T's CTO John Donovan used his day two keynote speech to tout both the quality of the wireless carrier's network as well as provide a...
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 atRCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way. We...
SAN DIEGO—Yahoo! And Best Buy Mobile each introduced features that make it easier to access and manage relevant and personalized mobile content.Delivering a keynote address Wednesday at the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment 2009 show, David Ko, senior VP of Yahoo! Mobile, showcased what...
SAN DIEGO — AT&T Mobility President and CEO Ralph de la Vega took a page, literally, from CTIA during his keynote address at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2009 event, highlighting ten "facts" that he said were proof of the competitive nature of...
SAN DIEGO — AT&T Mobility President and CEO Ralph de la Vega took a page, literally, from CTIA during his keynote address at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2009 event, highlighting ten "facts" that he said were proof of the competitive nature of...
SAN DIEGO--FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said the government would work to free up more spectrum for wireless broadband access and aid tower-siting efforts, two initiatives the wireless industry likely will embrace, even as he continued to call for an open Internet, recognizing that the...
SAN DIEGO--That slow, steady drumbeat you hear is the sound of mobile marketing initiatives across the globe. It’s a soft, steady sound that could explode into a wild, rich (and by that I mean lucrative) dance once the ecosystem is in place -- but...
In responses to a Federal Communications Commission Notice of Inquiry posted in late August seeking comment on the competitiveness of the wireless industry and wireless innovation and investment, industry trade association CTIA laid out arguments that while the domestic wireless market is one of...
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.Today, while the U.S. mobile adult content market remains in a very early stage as...
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....
The Federal Communication Commission’s announcement yesterday that it was looking to reinforce existing network neutrality regulations that would include porting wireline requirements to wireless network providers drew mixed reactions from the wireless industry.In part the new regulations would require wireless Internet service providers to...
