How well the Federal Emergency Management Agency responds to disasters may depend partially on AT&T Inc.'s wireless network.FEMA has struck a deal with AT&T Inc. that could net the wireless provider up to $50 million to deliver wireless voice and data communications to thousands...
Turin Networks Inc., which specializes in wireless backhaul, carrier Ethernet and converged access products, announced it will merge with Force10 Networks Inc., which builds networks. With the deal, the companies will serve 1,300 customers worldwide. Customers include top-tier service providers and enterprise data centers.Financial...
The new BlackBerry Storm from Research In Motion Ltd. will be available Nov. 21 at Verizon Wireless for $200, with two-year contract and $50 mail-in rebate. The Storm's subsidized price comes in at the same price point as Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G with 8...
The ever-evolving nature of the wireless market has its eyes set on so-called 4G technologies. These are expected to be higher-capacity networks based on Internet Protocol standards that will support wireless broadband speeds of up to 100 megabits per second. While there is no...
We expect our purchases to work as promised - and work right away. When it doesn't happen, it's frustrating and disappointing at best, and potentially a customer-losing experience at it's worst.Apple's 3G iPhone was a product that I was enthusiastically looking forward to for...
Motorola Inc., struggling to return to sustainable profitability, will bring the Aura handset to market this quarter, the company said. With "state-of-the-art handcraftsmanship," the device will set you back two (really) big ones - that's $2,000.The launch's timing aside - for many, the price...
AT&T Mobility announced a new touchscreen smartphone from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., dubbed the Epix. The device will cost $200 with a two-year contract, positioning it as an option for those considering similarly priced devices at the carrier, which include the iPhone 3G, Razr2...
Nokia Siemens Networks is reporting it has surpassed its 2007 performance in shipment of W-CDMA/HSPA networks in the first nine months of this year.The company said today that it supplies high-speed mobile broadband networks to more than half of the world's 260 million W-CDMA/HSPA...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For full coverage please visit RCRWireless.com/25years.
The wireless industry's evolution from that first call placed 25...
Research In Motion Ltd. said today that its new touchscreen effort - the Storm - is due at Verizon Wireless "later this fall," pricing to be announced.The price of the device is, of course, the most critical bit of information needed to assess the...
The long-awaited Google Inc. Android-powered handset by HTC Corp. for T-Mobile USA Inc. - dubbed the G1 - debuted today and its pre-launch reception appeared positive.Timed for release on Oct. 22 at $180 with a two-year voice and data contract, the touchscreen-and-QWERTY device may...
At an event in New York today, T-Mobile USA Inc. and Google Inc. executives took the wraps off the G1, a device built by HTC Corp. that features Google Inc.'s Android operating system. The phone, which sports a QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen and Wi-Fi and...
The value of Nortel Networks Corp.'s stock was cut in half after the company announced a restructuring, including plans to sell off its Metro Ethernet Networks business and "mitigate the risks" in its LTE, 4G effort. Market watchers took the language to indicate hopes...
SAN FRANCISCO -- BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. introduced a new flip-style phone as it heads into the critical fourth-quarter holiday shopping season, a moved geared to solidify the company's rapidly growing prominence in a U.S. wireless market enamored with the clamshell form...
Editor's Note: Following the Republican National Convention, RCR Wireless News Bureau Chief Jeffrey Silva looked at the McCain camp's tech and telecom initiatives. Last week, he reported on the Obama telecom team.John McCain's unpredictably fitting pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) as his...
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.Two seemingly unrelated facts are converging to define our future. The first is the unprecedented growth in...
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.Over the next few years the three major mobile operators in North America will deploy...
The pressures of the mobile chip business, plus a fit in products and customers, has driven Ericsson Mobile Platforms and ST Microelectronics-NXP Wireless to join forces, the two companies said today.The joint venture, subject to regulatory approvals, combines ST-NXP's 2G/EDGE and 3G offerings with...
WITH A LARGELY CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT signed, sealed and delivered by Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. last week, arguably the most significant stand-off in the wireless industry has been resolved. But when two of the most influential competitors in the business snuggle up for a...
Editor's Note: RCR Wireless News has teamed with the Yankee Group to conduct a series of market surveys of RCR Wireless News' subscribers to gauge their thoughts o technology issues impacting the wireless ecosystem. Those of you who respond to the surveys will get...
Verizon Wireless, positioning itself to regain the top spot in the mobile-phone industry, agreed to initial divestiture requirements by the Department of Justice and offered roaming concessions in hopes of winning government approval of its proposed $28 billion purchase of Alltel Communications L.L.C. But...
Cellufun announced a deal to bring a game show from cable television network GSN to mobile phones."Catch 21," which debuts tonight on GSN, combines pop trivia with the classic card game 21. The brand started as a free online game from WorldWinner.com and now...
Apple Inc.'s 3G iPhone is making its way across the world, with reportedly more than 1 million sold in the first weekend, and AT&T Mobility spokesman Mark Siegel said the carrier couldn't be more thrilled. However, it doesn't look as though all AT&T Mobility...
You already know that Steve Jobs understands the power of deep device lust in American hearts and, indeed, in hearts around the globe. And it may not be news that Jobs knows how to use this lust to produce a media splash in the...
