ORLANDO, Fla.-Mobile television is still in its infancy-mostly gaining traction among early adopters and primarily young men-but the subscriber base has more than doubled from 3 million to about 7 million users in the past year, Kanishka Agarwal, vice president of mobile media at...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Mobile television is still in its infancy-mostly gaining traction among early adopters and primarily young men-but the subscriber base has more than doubled from 3 million to about 7 million users in the past year, Kanishka Agarwal, vice president of mobile media at...
Modeo L.L.C. has officially canceled its press conference scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at the CTIA Wireless 2007 show in Orlando, Fla. The broadcast mobile TV provider was expected to announced results from its beta trial currently underway in New York City, and discuss more...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday 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 RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...
California is sprinkled with television studios, and while many of the traditional Hollywood studios already have or are in the process of creating separate divisions for endeavors in the mobile TV space, a small group of entertainment companies have been built with mobile in...
WHILE MUCH OF THE ATTENTION LAST WEEK AT THE 3GSM WORLD CONGRESS TRADE SHOW IN BARCELONA, SPAIN, WAS SPENT ON MOBILE BROADCAST TV PROVIDER MEDIAFLO AND THE FUTURE OF ITS U.S. DVB-H COUNTERPARTS, HIWIRE AND MODEO, PLENTY OF OTHER COMPANIES ARE CLAMORING FOR THEIR...
Nothing wrecks a trip to Europe like work. And last week I was lucky enough to travel to Barcelona to cover the 3GSM World Congress. While the show is too big for its own good-not CES big, but more than double the size of...
The ripples are still making their way across the lake in the wake of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s surprise announcement that it will offer mobile broadcast TV through Qualcomm Inc.'s MediaFLO USA Inc. network. The nation's largest wireless carrier somewhat stole the thunder from its...
Sprint Nextel Corp. wrapped up its trial of Qualcomm Inc.'s MediaFLO service last month, and has decided not to use the MediaFLO network to offer mobile TV services-at least for the time being.A Sprint Nextel spokeswoman said the carrier might reconsider its decision in...
BARCELONA, Spain-Nokia Corp. hopes to blur the lines between the wired Internet and the wireless Web with a new line of handsets and services.The manufacturer announced six new devices-including three business-friendly E Series devices and a DVB-H mobile TV phone-as well as an effort...
Qualcomm Inc.'s MediaFLO USA Inc. mobile TV business racked up another major customer win as AT&T Inc.'s Cingular Wireless L.L.C., the nation's largest wireless carrier, announced it expects to introduce commercial mobile TV services in "late 2007" using the MediaFLO network. Details of the...
Editor's Note: Welcome our Monday 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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Strategy Analytics' Chris Ambrosio, Ovum's Roger Entner...
INFRASTRUCTURE POWERHOUSE L.M. ERICSSON became the latest network maker to try its hand in the content arena. Ericsson, the world's largest equipment manufacturer, announced a partnership with Turner Broadcasting System International to develop and deliver Turner's suite of news and entertainment content to the...
While Qualcomm Inc.'s MediaFLO and Crown Castle International Corp.'s Modeo L.L.C. service have been taking up most of the ink on mobile broadcast TV, Hiwire L.L.C. has been working behind the scenes to build out its network based on the DVB-H standard.The company says...
The DVB-H market is set to explode from $60 million in revenues last year to more than $2 billion in 2010, according to new figures from Frost & Sullivan.The market research firm said DVB-H technology, which supports the broadcast of video to mobile devices...
As expected, Verizon Wireless announced in conjunction with the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas details of its planned mobile TV service, which will run on Qualcomm Inc.'s MediaFLO mobile TV network. Verizon Wireless did not disclose what it will charge for the service,...
Crown Castle International Corp.'s plan to launch its Modeo mobile TV networks in major U.S. markets took an apparent blow as Modeo's President Michael Schueppert stepped down without any explanation from Crown Castle or Modeo.
Schueppert's resignation was disclosed in a Dec. 1 government filing...
HOUSTON-The head of Crown Castle International Corp.'s mobile TV effort unexpectedly resigned, throwing a potential wrench into the company's plans to build mobile TV networks in the nation's top markets.Crown Castle disclosed the move in a government filing. The company said Michael Schueppert, president...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-To understand Nokia Corp.'s outlook, one must leave the United States behind. This is somewhat akin to jumping from one fish bowl to another. The view from inside the U.S. fish bowl provides only a fun-house reflection of one's own image. The...
Qualcomm Inc.'s MediaFLO USA subsidiary said the industry's No. 4 operator T-Mobile USA Inc. is trialing its mobile TV service, adding another national carrier to its list of partners even as it prepares for the initial commercial launch of service with Verizon Wireless early...
Editor's Note: Welcome our Monday 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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Strategy Analytics' Chris Ambrosio, Current Analysis' Peter...
Crown Castle International Corp. said its net loss narrowed during the third quarter as revenues increased. During the company's earnings conference call, Crown's president and chief executive, John Kelly, called 2006 a "very good year." He also confirmed that, by the end of the...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday 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 RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...
HOUSTON—Crown Castle International Corp. said its net loss narrowed during the third quarter as revenues increased.Site rental revenues increased 17.1 percent to $179 million from $152.8 million for the same period last year. Total net revenues were $200.9 million, up from $172.3 million for...
