Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) came out with news on rapid fire today. The company killed its webOS device business, leaving the webOS software destined for an anticlimactic end, and announced that its PC business might be separated into another company or spun off in another...
RIM believes it could hit a harmonious note with consumers by launching its own music streaming service say sources. The news comes on the same day wireless phone carrier MetroPCS announced it had struck a deal with subscription digital music service Rhapsody.Though details of...
Nokia's CEO has told Android partners they should be wary of the Google deal to buy Motorola Mobility and said the move reinforces his firm's decision back in February to go with Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system instead.“If I happened to be someone who...
The patent arms race is far from over, it would appear, with the likes of Apple Inc, Qualcomm Inc and Nokia all sniffing around the assets of wireless telecommunications specialist InterDigital Inc.According to Reuters, even heavyweight Google is still in the running to scoop...
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) just dropped a bombshell — Palm and webOS are effectively dead. The company just announced that it will stop selling devices based on the webOS platform it acquired from Palm less than 16 months ago for $1.2 billion.In addition to...
India’s wireless market may not be as big as thought, according to a report that claims nearly 30% of the country’s mobile customers are classified as “inactive.”The Wireless Intelligence report, citing figures from the Telecoms Regulatory Authority of India, claims that nearly 250 million...
L.M. Ericsson (ERIC) won a four-year deal to be the sole vendor for Canadian operator EastLink Wireless's core and radio access networks, using HSPA+ and next generation technologies. The value of the contract was not disclosed.Ericsson said it will deploy its multi-standard radio base...
Some Leap Wireless International Inc. (LEAP) shareholders appear to be getting nervous about a fellow investor's attempt to purchase a growing interest in the regional wireless operator.In an open letter to Leap's board of directors, Pentwater Capital Management said it was concerned that MHR...
The United States accounts for four of the top 10 operators ranked by mobile data revenues in the second quarter, led by Verizon Wireless (VZ), which pulled in $5.8 billion, according to a new report from wireless analyst Chetan Sharma. A combined AT&T Mobility/T-Mobile...
China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) continued to show strong customer growth and solid gains in its 3G operations and accompanying data services during the first half of the year.The carrier said it added more than 32 million new customers during the first six months of...
Editor's Note: RCR Wireless News Editor Sylvie Barak recently had the chance to take a close look at the Irish technology sector during a recent trip to the country. She delivered a feature report for RCR Wireless News which includes the following extract and...
Editor's Note: RCR Wireless News Editor Sylvie Barak recently had the chance to take a close look at the Irish technology sector during a recent trip to the country. She delivered a feature report for RCR Wireless News which includes the following extract and...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their views on hot topics across the wireless industry. We all know that Google Inc. has acquired Motorola Mobility Inc. in one of the...
As of today, Verizon Wireless' (VZ) LTE network cover more than half of the U.S. population. The carrier lit up 15 new markets today and now blankets a population of 160 million in 117 cities around the country.The carrier launched and expanded its 4G...
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) added another tower company as it moves forward with its Network Vision Plan, this time inking a deal with Mobilitie that covers several hundred cell sites, allowing Sprint to be flexible as it migrates from its iDEN network and moves...
Cisco Systems Inc.’s (CSCO) WebEx is offering a cheaper package for its online meetings service. WebEx 8, which allows for one host and up to seven guests, is now available for $19 a month in the United States. The larger package at $49...
As the dust starts to settle on news of Google’s $12.5 billion bid for Motorola Mobility on Monday, the question now being asked is whether the deal will pass muster with regulators and be allowed to pass.On the one hand, Google has said it...
Ministers of Communications from Brazil and Colombia, along with the General Secretary of Unasur, has firmed an agreement to boost cooperation and trade between the two countries. During the Investment Forum Colombia-Brazil, the ministers agreed on the need to implement a strategy to promote...
An increase in the machine-to-machine market may be driven by smart grid adoption, which is in its very beginnings in Brazil and other Latin American countries due to the lack of regulation. However, companies such as Elster Group believes that both Brazil and Latin...
Cable Bahamas, cable and broadband service provider in the Bahamas, has selected Nokia Siemens Networks voice over cable (VoC) softswitch platform to roll out the services.Department of Defense, other agencies able to upgrade voice networks to all-IP Nokia Siemens Networks' technology for all-IP based...
Analyst comments are pouring in following Google Inc.’s (GOOG) somewhat out of left field announcement that it would make Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) it’s largest acquisition target yet to the tune of $12.5 billion. And virtually everyone sees the move as a...
In many cases, when I read that Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) ask for something on the wireless industry, I have a knee-jerk reaction to roll my eyes. (That is if your knee can trigger an eye-roll.) However, the two...
Ongoing hurdles along the path does not seem to be dampening expectations that AT&T Inc.'s (T) proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. is not still on track, at least according to Wells Fargo Securities L.L.C.The firm, which it should be noted holds...
It's amazing where a little publicity will get you. The Federal Communications Commission reported that inquiries to the agency around wireless issues increased more than 450% in the fourth quarter. The agency said 83% of the inquiries were related to bill shock. Total inquiries...
