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Brightpoint inks distribution pacts

LAS VEGAS-Brightpoint announced several distribution and logistics agreements last week at CTIA 2008.The company announced a distribution agreement with Cellatel L.L.C. that covers handset distribution through its North America and Latin America subsidiaries. Brightpoint Latin America will provide distribution services for Cellatel's Alcatel-branded handset...

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Who says wireless shows are boring?Playboy Entertainment Group Inc. kicked off a new mobile initiative at the CTIA Wireless 2008 event in Las Vegas last week complete with the crowning of its first Miss Playboy Mobile during an after-hours event at the Palms Casino...

PHOTOGUIDE: CTIA Wireless 2008 ShowScene

The CTIA Wireless show is always the scene of all sorts of funny, crazy goings-on. From cranes to giant robots, you have to be on your toes. The below photoguide collects the best of the ShowScene section from this week's RCR Wireless News Show Daily...

Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.

Well, April Fools' Day came and went without much notice during the CTIA Wireless 2008 show. That's disheartening because the CTIA show presents the perfect venue for companies to cause general havoc and mayhem in the name of April Fool's fun.The only whiff of...

Post-CTIA show syndrome

Excited by the initial buzz of CTIA, Red Bull and Vegas, (Did I mention how much I love this city? It's perfect. Just perfect.) I made some wild claims early last week.I said the wireless industry was "back to full strength" and that this...

Worst of the Week: The iPhone at CTIA

I know there is a lot of news to talk about.During this year's CTIA Wireless show, we got to see a bunch of fun, new devices, we heard interesting discussions about 4G and the future of the world's network equipment, and we even got...

PHOTOGUIDE: The phones of CTIA 2008

LAS VEGAS -- As usual, the CTIA Wireless show stood as a launch pad for a variety of new devices coming onto the market in the coming months. First up is the Samsung Instinct, which is the handset maker's latest response to Apple's iPhone. The...

Day 2: Getting down to business

Anyone looking for more talk of interplanetary colonization during the Day Two keynote surely was disappointed.Wednesday's speakers eschewed Richard Branson's April Fools' Day hijinks in favor of a more traditional approach. Marco Boerries, who heads up Yahoo Inc.'s mobile efforts, used the platform to...

Day 2 blues

So it was about 24 hours ago when in these same pages - and if we did our jobs right, in this same general area - I made some wild claim that the wireless industry was "back to full strength" and that this year's...

Doyle questions Martin on Skype

Federal Communication Commission Chairman Kevin Martin's well-received announcement here that he will push for dismissal of Skype Ltd.'s open-access petition has now prompted a reaction from an influential House lawmaker. Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.), vice chairman of the...

Tate wants protections in place

Federal Communications Commission member Deborah Taylor Tate urged the cellphone industry to tackle emerging challenges - such as protecting children from mobile adult content and battling wireless spam - as carriers take steps to open networks to third-party devices and applications."I'm concerned about the...

Analyst Angle: Unlimited calling plans cater to customers worth retaining

Editor's Note: Welcome to a special CTIA Show Daily edition of our weekly online feature, Analyst Angle. Every Monday at www.RCRWirelessNews.com you can find columns from the industry's leading analysts, including Current Analysis' Peter Jarich, IDC's Shiv K. Bakhshi, Ph.D., and Enderle Group's Rob...

VIDEO: Top stories from CTIA Wireless 2008, Day 3: LTE in the industry, new handsets, and more

During Wednesday's keynote address, industry titans from the infrastructure side of the market debated the status of 4G in wireless. Vodafone's CEO Arun Sarin said the wireless industry should incorporate WiMAX technology into the LTE standard, so that industry players would be able to focus...

Remember voice? : Start-up tackles quality on most-used feature

Flashback to CTIA 2006: As former Nokia Corp. CEO Jorma Ollila gave his farewell address to the industry two years ago this spring, he exhorted his audience to keep working on the basics. "There's more to be done with voice," Ollila said at the...

Hesse touts mobile freedom

Sprint Nextel Corp. said nothing substantial about its WiMAX plans yesterday and instead fell back on a new touchscreen device as the biggest news to share with a room packed full of invited press and analysts.There's no doubt the company and its new chief,...

Martin to oppose open-access regs

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said he opposes Skype Ltd.'s petition to impose open access throughout the cellphone industry, prompting cheers from cellular carriers and criticism from others. "In light of the industry's embrace of this more open approach, I think it's premature...

Branson rocks!: He’s sending a Noah’s Ark into outer space

The "old hippie" is headin' to Mars. Or, perhaps more accurately, Richard Branson - fearless leader of the ubiquitous Virgin brand - is hatching a plan with Google Inc.'s founders to send volunteers to the Red Planet to establish a city.There is a catch,...

Handsets rain on Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel released a slew of gadget-related news in conjunction with the CTIA Wireless show, an effort that included a Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. device that is perhaps the most overt attempt yet to dig into Apple Inc.'s iPhone.Samsung's new sleek, black Instinct device...

Standards, content falling into place for mobile TV

Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. 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...

Analyst Angle: Anticipating the birth of the super smartphone or ‘Global’

Editor's Note: Welcome to a special CTIA Show Daily edition of our weekly online feature, Analyst Angle. Every Monday at www.RCRWirelessNews.com you can find columns from the industry's leading analysts, including NPD Group's Ross Rubin, Enderle Group's Rob Enderle and more. Visit www.RCRWirelessNews.com/analyst for...

Wireless policy, public-interest group forms

A new, pro-market advocacy group has formed to focus on business, technological and social aspects of mobile communications.The Mobile Future Coalition debuted yesterday at CTIA Wireless 2008. "American consumers have been well-served by the robust competition in the...

Viva Las Vegas

Not sure if it's the desert air or some form of dementia brought on by a lack of food and a surplus of drink, but this year's CTIA Wireless makes last year's event seem sort of Mickey Mouse. A quick stroll of the show...

Worst of the Day

Well, April Fool's Day came and went without much notice during the CTIA Wireless 2008 show. I find this disheartening; the CTIA show presents the perfect venue for companies both large and small to cause general havoc and mayhem in the name of April...

VIDEO: Top stories from CTIA Wireless 2008, Day 2: Sprint’s announcements, FCC’s rulings, and more

The nation's biggest wireless show kicks into high gear, as Sprint Nextel announces its handset plans. Dan Hesse, Sprint's CEO, releases the carrier's iPhone response, designed by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Samsung's new sleek, black Instinct device features a touchscreen, graphically rich user interface, visual voicemail...