Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Just this week, Verizon announced it would be teaming up with Google on a tablet to rival the Apple AT&T alliance.The announcement was made during an interview between the Wall Street Journal and Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam, where McAdam is quoted as saying:“We’re looking...
LOS ANGELES – After spending the last three days up close and personal with the cable industry at its big annual affair, I'm disappointed to report that mobile was hard to find. The wireless innovations and news I’d hoped to see were simply not...
LOS ANGELES – Kicking off the final day of the cable industry’s big soiree, Federal Communications Commission Chair Julius Genachowski tried to dampen obvious concerns in the room over his latest regulatory plans. After duly applauding the cable industry for the massive investment it...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday 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 RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
QuickPlay Media Inc.’s premium mobile TV service PrimeTime2Go is now available on Motorola Inc. Android-powered smart phones, said the company. The service allows customers to watch TV shows from major networks and cable providers on their phone. The service costs $10 per...
LOS ANGELES – Media moguls from cable operators, networks and studios met on stage Wednesday morning with a former Federal Communications Commission chairman and a venture capitalist to hold court on the rapidly changing business models facing the industry and how alternative screens are...
Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' March Special Edition, "The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content and Apps." The 80-page special edition is available here.While most ecosystems represent a cohesive unit, the mobile marketing and...
HONOLULU – WiMAX operators have a first-to-market advantage today, regardless of which technology paths some may choose tomorrow, according to panelists speaking at the Global WiMAX Business Development Forum held in Honolulu yesterday and today.Yesterday's sessions featured a diverse range of WiMAX operators including...
Qualcomm Inc., Hughes Telematics Inc. and American Medical Alert Corp. announced they have formed a joint venture aimed at delivering mobile health services through Lifecom L.L.C. The venture was formed with cash and in-kind contributions from the members and will operate as a majority-owned...
When it rains it pours or – in Apple’s case – when it leaks, it floods, with news that yet another iPhone 4G has managed to escape Castle Cupertino, only to find itself dismembered and naked on Vietnamese website Tao Viet.The images surfaced early...
If prepaid is the future, then count Sprint Nextel Corp. as going all in on the no-contract wireless front.The carrier today unveiled its latest card to play in the prepaid game with the release of its Common Cents pay-as-you-go service that provides a traditional...
Sprint Nextel Corp. finally released launch details for its highly-anticipated HTC Corp. Evo 4G device that was unveiled at the recent CTIA event in Las Vegas. The carrier said the device will be available through all of its retail channels beginning June 4 for...
Following up on plans announced last fall, German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom AG and France’s Orange unveiled its joint venture that will combine their respective mobile operations in the United Kingdom. Both companies are two of the largest mobile operators in the world.The JV,...
Looking to perhaps counter any bad press from its disappointing first quarter financial results, T-Mobile USA Inc. announced today pricing and vague availability for Garmin International Inc.’s Garminfone.The carrier, which announced exclusive domestic availability of the device last month, said the Google Inc. Android...
T-Mobile USA Inc. said it lost 77,000 customers during the first quarter of the year pushed by continued losses from its postpaid business that were too much for a small increase in prepaid users to overcome. The losses marked the carrier with the worst...
LOS ANGELES – The mobile quotient during the first day of the National Cable & Telecommunications conference was disappointingly light. Particularly light, considering telecommunications is right there in the name. Mobility plays an important and mostly dominant role in telecom but if this industry...
LOS ANGELES – To hear Comcast Corp.’s chairman and CEO Brian Roberts tell it, the cable industry is on a collision course with destiny. The seemingly neatly divided world of entertainment that Roberts first jumped into as the son of Comcast’s founder Ralph Roberts...
Mobile video optimization company Vantrix said it completed a $14 million series C investment round that was led by Tudor Ventures. Other investors in the round include Summerhill Venture Partners, JK&B Capital, BDC Venture Capital, Innovacom Venture Capital and Entrepia Ventures. The company said...
Mobile video optimization company Vantrix said it completed a $14 million series C investment round that was led by Tudor Ventures. Other investors in the round include Summerhill Venture Partners, JK&B Capital, BDC Venture Capital, Innovacom Venture Capital and Entrepia Ventures. The company said...
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.The prepaid segment has suddenly found itself in the spotlight thanks to two prime factors....
The Federal Communications Commission’s Consumer and Governmental Affair Bureau unveiled an initiative today designed to counter what it terms “bill shock,” or when consumers are surprised by unexpected overage charges on their monthly wireless bill.The bureau said it will seek input on ways to...
The Federal Communications Commission’s Consumer and Governmental Affair Bureau unveiled an initiative today designed to counter what it terms “bill shock,” or when consumers are surprised by unexpected overage charges on their monthly wireless bill.The bureau said it will seek input on ways to...
U.S. Cellular Corp. posted delayed first quarter financial results showing that the prepaid revolution is in full effect for regional carriers.The industry’s No. 6 largest carrier said it added 33,000 direct prepaid customers during the first quarter and lost 9,000 direct postpaid subscribers ending...
