Arden Media Co. and RCR Wireless News announced the official launch of the RCR Unplugged Web site designed to take readers behind the scenes of the wireless revolution, providing news and analysis from an interactive and edgier perspective. Be it on our homepage,...
Palm Inc. scooped AT&T Mobility announcing on its Facebook page that the nation’s No. 2 carrier would begin offering the Pre Plus beginning May 16 for $150 after rebates. In addition, AT&T Mobility will for a limited time after launch provide Palm’s Touchstone Charging...
Palm Inc. scooped AT&T Mobility announcing on its Facebook page that the nation’s No. 2 carrier would begin offering the Pre Plus beginning May 16 for $150 after rebates. In addition, AT&T Mobility will for a limited time after launch provide Palm’s Touchstone Charging...
Palm Inc. scooped AT&T Mobility announcing on its Facebook page that the nation’s No. 2 carrier would begin offering the Pre Plus beginning May 16 for $150 after rebates. In addition, AT&T Mobility will for a limited time after launch provide Palm’s Touchstone Charging...
Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:EricssonIndonesia: With Indosat to modernize its network with HSPA technology, including its Radio Base Station 6000, MSS Blade Cluster and Mini-Link TN. The three-year frame agreement also includes network design, deployment, training and support services.Value: UndisclosedNokia...
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.There is no doubt that the competition is fierce in the global wireless industry, and in most...
It's a good time to be a niche chip maker and Cavium Networks is spring boarding off its recent major growth spurt by releasing a new line of embedded multi core processors – the OCTEON II CN68XX line - for the next generation of...
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.Greetings to the Reality Check faithful. This week many pieces of the earnings puzzle were filled in,...
U.S. Cellular – Mary Dillon has been named president and CEO. Former president and CEO John E. Rooney will retire and join the company's board of directors. Prior to joining U.S. Cellular, Dillon was chief marketing officer and executive vice president for McDonald's Corp.Adenyo...
A research firm studying the Federal Communications Commission’s plans to reclassify broadband services in order to lightly regulate them said broadband providers are likely to highlight concerns that any reclassification could impact job creation and investment. Medley Global Advisors L.L.C. said litigation likely will...
Has Google’s Inc.’s Android operating system hit an inflexion point? Data released today by The NPD Group Inc. would indicate that possibility as the research firm reported that the sale of devices powered by the OS outsold Apple Inc.’s iPhone OS during the first...
The unemployment rate ticked up to 8.7% in the telecommunications sector in April, following the national unemployment rate, which also rose to 9.9%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.The telecommunications sector lost 6,700 jobs from March to April, according to recent figures. A...
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,...
It has been yet another disappointing quarter for Paris-based telco equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent, with the firm posting an even greater net loss than last quarter, citing problems with its supply chain.Alcatel-Lucent posted losses of some $660.3 million for the first quarter, up from the...
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. – Few, if any, technologies have taken off as quickly as smartphones have in the United States and it's changing the American lifestyle in the process. At the end of 2008, the U.S. market had a smartphone penetration rate of 15%;...
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—“It’s not fair to call that a phone,” commented Craig Miller, VP of marketing and business development at chip maker Sequans, referring to the HTC EVO 4G WiMAX smartphone, set to be commercially introduced this summer by Sprint Nextel Corp. Miller ...
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....
Much like fellow flat-rate provider MetroPCS Communications Inc., Leap Wireless International Inc. added customers during the first quarter, but at a cost. The results highlight the increased competition in the prepaid field as wireless service providers attack that market segment full force. Indeed, the...
CNNMoney.com launched a Blackberry application that allows users to access content by mobile phone, text or via the company's mobile Web site. Features of the app include the ability to customize news alerts, delivery of updates to e-mail accounts, articles formatted to a reader-friendly...
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. – For all the momentum Google’s Android operating system is enjoying of late, there are some key areas that many executives believe Apple has it beat on with the iPhone OS. These differentiating features – billing, user interface, development ease and...
Black Box Corp. said it renewed its agreement with CommScope Enterprise Solutions, which calls for Black Box to sell and support CommScope Enterprise solutions throughout the United States.Motorola and China Mobile Communications Corp. teamed up to demonstrate and end-to-end TD-LTE solution at the Shanghai...
Sprint Nextel Corp. unveiled more details about its plans to lure prepaid customers onto its Virgin Mobile USA sub-brand, including a $25 a month Virgin Mobile plan aimed at data-focused youth market. The carrier expanded its Assurance brand and offered a few more details...
MetroPCS Communications Inc. reported higher subscriber growth but increased costs to get those subscribers in its first-quarter financial results. The flat-rate carrier cited its Wireless for All tax-inclusive plans, which were introduced in early January, for the bump in quarterly net subscriber additions. Increased...
U.S. Cellular Corp. and its parent company Telephone & Data Systems Inc., is not releasing first-quarter financial results until Monday as the carrier said it found some errors in its statement. U.S. Cellular originally planned to release Q1 numbers today. The company said...
