Starting April 7, T-Mobile Germany will drop the price of its lower-tier iPhone to $156, from $628. The newer, 16 GB version retains its $784, price tag. The move to discount the cheaper iPhone may be driven by two factors. Apple Inc. is widely...
Nokia Corp. quietly - and finally - launched its N-Gage gaming platform.The handset-maker-cum-content-company made five games available on its online storefront, and teased gamers with more than a dozen titles "coming soon." The games are supported by five handsets - the Nokia N81,...
The Communications Workers of America said it joined forces with Germany's largest union, potentially giving organized labor more leverage to secure unionization of T-Mobile USA Inc.'s wireless workers."This is an aspect of organizing that hasn't been done before - it's a huge breakthrough," said...
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...
Sony Pictures Television will broadcast movies on one of the two exclusive mobile TV channels that AT&T Mobility is gearing up to launch this summer using MediaFLO USA Inc.'s network. The studio announced that its channel, called PIX, will be available to AT&T Mobility...
Motorola Inc. is cutting 2,600 jobs as part of an effort to trim $500 million in annual costs to cope with declining revenue. Many of the job cuts already have been announced, including 700 positions in Singapore, 355 in Plantation, Fla., and 60 in...
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.Aperto: Quicksilver Ventures led a $20 million equity round of funding into Aperto Networks, which makes WiMAX base stations...
The Mobile Marketing Association is teaming with ioglobal Inc. to measure the effectiveness of mobile ads.The Denver-based industry association said it is backing ioglobal's " Three Screen Trial," which will study the impact of marketing messages on mobile phones, PCs and television. The trial...
The nation's top two carriers plan to deploy Long Term Evolution network technology over their recent spectrum winnings. However, Verizon Wireless executives said an LTE rollout won't happen until 2010 at the earliest, while those from AT&T Mobility pegged a rollout date as far...
Cyren Call Communications Corp. said it never demanded long-term payments as a condition for a winning bidder of the 700 MHz national commercial/public-safety license, breaking its silence in response to news reports and blog postings that strongly suggested it caused the demise of one-time...
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...
AT&T Mobility hopes a new 30-inch touchscreen table will lead to more customers leaving its stores educated and satisfied with the entire shopping experience -- a little fun and simplicity wouldn't hurt either. The nation's largest carrier will be installing Microsoft Corp.'s Surface at...
ICO Global Communications announced it will be launching a $500 million satellite into space April 14th that will eventually provide broadcast mobile TV service nationwide using digital video broadcast-satellite handheld (DVB-SH) technology. "It is the largest commercial satellite ever lifted into space by (Atlas...
CTIA Wireless 2008 is all about phones, but Qualcomm Inc. was busy Tuesday talking about laptops, portable multimedia players and just about anything else that can be connected to the Internet.The San Diego-based chipmaker said Dell Inc. will produce laptops with Gobi, Qualcomm's dual-mode...
Telecom policymakers and special-interest groups are fond of talking about ubiquity, making sure communications -- wireless, wireline, Internet and video -- are within reach of all Americans. Indeed, there are government subsidy programs that address this very issue. Take the stressed universal service regime...
