The Federal Communications Commission approved technical guidelines for a voluntary mobile-phone emergency alert system, but the new public warning regime still lacks a federal coordinator.Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp. initially indicated they plan to participate in the program, whose technical requirements are based...
HipCricket unveiled a "comprehensive Hispanic mobile marketing network" in an effort to reach the lucrative market.The Seattle-area startup hopes to give marketers and media buyers a way to tap a broad audience of Hispanic mobile users with a single buy. Advertisers can customize their...
Nokia Corp. said this week it would finance a $316 million plan to assist German workers displaced by the handset vendor's decision to close a major plant in Bochum, Germany, and move the operation to Romania, where labor costs are lower. Plant closings in...
Mobile entertainment community Limbo inked a year-long deal with Virgin Mobile USA Inc. to offer mobile promotions to customers.Limbo, a 2-year-old startup headed by founders of the mobile marketing firm Enpocket, will stage monthly and quarterly promotions through text-message blasts and on the VirginXL...
AT&T Inc. appointed John Donovan as its CTO, replacing Chris Rice, who becomes executive VP of the telecom giants Shared Services division.Donovan, who will be based in San Antonio, is charged with overseeing the company's global technology direction, including product development, network and engineering...
Dave Dorman, a former AT&T chief executive and currently on Motorola Inc.'s board of directors, has gotten the nod to become the board's next chairman. Dorman has served on the board since 2006. Dorman assumes his new position May 5, when current chairman, Ed...
Just two years after shelling out $30 million for CallVision Inc., VeriSign Inc. is spinning off its telecom-analytics business.The company said it is selling its Self-care and Analytics business unit back to its original management team, which founded CallVision 12 years ago. The move...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier--Lehman Brothers lowered its price target on Verizon to $48 from $50 and lowered its current-year EPS estimate on the company to $2.66 from $2.74....
CTIA's Wireless 2008 conference and exhibition touched on all things wireless, from new handset launches to the industry's ongoing technology arguments. RCR Wireless News Online Editor Mike Dano covers the biggest news of each day at the show.
CTIA's John Walls explains the...
Palm Inc. yesterday reported a loss of $57 million in its fiscal quarter ended Feb. 28, $25 million more than its previous quarterly report last month. That's markedly down from the $11.8 million earned in the year-ago quarter. The company took an added $25...
Mobile music is floundering and wireless TV is struggling to gain traction. So NTT Communications is targeting users through their noses.The Japanese telecom announced plans to test a service that would allow subscribers to select and share scents coupled with mobile entertainment content. Uses...
Adobe Systems Inc. is aligning its mobile and platform operations in an effort to bridge the gap between desktop computers and wireless phones.The company said it will fold its Mobile and Devices Business Unit (MDBU) into its Experience Technology group, which is led by...
Alcatel-Lucent has tapped Sierra Wireless to supply embedded modules for the infrastructure vendor's wireless laptop security, management and tracking system called the OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian (NLG). Sierra Wireless components embedded in the NLG will provide high-speed access to mobile broadband networks, the...
Most travelers can imagine why they might actually need to make an in-flight call on their mobile phone. And most travelers would likely acknowledge that they've survived thus far without doing so.The European Commission on Monday decided it would loosen its current ban on...
My dad was in the market for a new cellphone and had come under the spell of Apple's impressive marketing campaign."You can browse the Web on it!" he said excitedly before expounding on the iPhone's other eye-catching capabilities, including an impressive media player and...
Editor's Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR Wireless News staff considers events in the wider business world and how they could affect the wireless industry.According to a...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. 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...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.WiMAX--Caribbean: Alvarion said it signed a master supply agreement with...
In Apple Inc.'s secretive world, facts are scarce -- and speculation is the coin of the realm. Thus, over the past week, as analysts reported that major Apple stores' iPhones were out-of-stock in the United States and online shipments delayed by a week, speculation...
Motorola Inc. said today it had seated an ally of investor Carl Icahn on its board and nominated another Icahn ally for election at the company's annual shareholder meeting May 5. The ailing handset company also said it would consult with Icahn on the...
Workers with wireless technology expertise could have an edge in the job market in coming years, according to a new study. "A survey of more than 3,500 information technology managers reveals that wireless and RF mobile technology is the skill set expected to...
By most accounts -- mine included -- this year's CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas bore a striking resemblance to February's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (the show formerly known as 3GSM). To be sure, there were clear differences outside the convention center: cava...
Sprint Nextel Corp. isn't committing to any specific launch date for Xohm this time around.The carrier has pushed back rollout of its nationwide WiMAX service -- which had been slated to come online this quarter -- until "later this year," according to spokesman James...
Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler reached an accord with the four national cellular carriers and the leading handset insurer to improve disclosure of policy terms to consumers. "Before deciding to purchase an insurance policy, Maryland consumers should clearly understand the terms of the policy,"...
