BARCELONA – As the second day of Mobile World Congress came to a close, the chairman and CEO of the seemingly dark horse not-so-long ago, Google, presented his thesis for why he thinks the ecosystem supporting mobility is coalescing around a point that will...
BARCELONA – As the second day of Mobile World Congress came to a close, the chairman and CEO of the seemingly dark horse not-so-long ago, Google, presented his thesis for why he thinks the ecosystem supporting mobility is coalescing around a point that will...
BARCELONA – For a first timer to the GSMA's premier wireless event, Verizon Wireless wasted little time making its presence felt. Just a day after officially joining the association, Verizon Wireless announced a deal with Skype Ltd. to begin offering Skype Mobile on select...
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.Last year the issue of Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) emerged from the shadows, and after...
Google Inc.’s announcement that it plans to work with a few local municipalities to build high-speed broadband networks has the potential to change the broadband landscape in the United States, according to analyst Craig Settles, founder of Successful.com, which advises companies and government agencies...
Mobile operators realize they need customers to adopt increased data services to offset declining voice revenues but are not sure how to best implement strategies to facilitate that, according to a December survey of nearly 200 senior-level wireless operators, conducted by the Economist Intelligence...
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....
The Symbian Foundation has opened its source code to encourage more device manufacturers to build devices that incorporate the operating system.The Symbian platform is more than 10 years old and still leads the OS market as far as the number of devices using it,...
CommScope said it plans to lay off 110 people at its Omaha, Neb., facility, beginning in March, as the communications network infrastructure manufacturer considers options for the future of the facility. After the layoffs, fewer than 400 people will be employed at the center.“A...
SHENZHEN, China--Why did the publisher of RCR Wireless News visit China earlier this month? In many respects, it was to see first hand the explosive growth of the Chinese wireless market. The primary reasons, however, were threefold. First, RCR Wireless News has always been...
The Federal Communications Commission's attempts to regulate the wireless industry, from everything from net neutrality to handset exclusivity to early-termination fees, remind me of the phrase: “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”I blame Apple. When Apple first introduced the iPhone, it...
The Federal Communications Commission asked the nation's major telecommunications firms and Google Inc. to explain to the agency the industry's often unpopular practice of charging consumers to end their cellphone service early, a penalty known as an early-termination fee.The agency sent a set of...
Motorola said that China buyers of its Android-driven smartphones can opt for local search engine Baidu instead of Google, the Internet giant behind the mobile software platform.AFP
Just days ahead of planned products announcements that are expected to broaden the breadth of its lineup, Apple Inc. announced strong financial results including record iPhone sales and profits.During its first fiscal quarter ended Dec. 26, 2009, Apple said it sold more than 8.7...
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.How do you “make it big” or “get the “big break?” You need access. Assuming you have...
If 2009 is remembered as the year the mobile application space matured, 2010 is shaping up as the year technology had evolved to actually measure what people were doing on their mobile devices.The importance of measuring the usage of mobile consumers is becoming increasingly...
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Google Inc. dropped Friday as investors reacted to fourth-quarter financial results that gave some cause for concern about the Internet search giant's growth prospects. The shares were down 4% to $560 in early trading. The stock has doubled...
Nokia is offering people who buy its smartphones free access to its personal and car-based navigation platform in an effort to spur the development of location-based and social-networking applications on its devices and in its app store, as well as create the coveted “stickiness”...
The mobile advertising war brewing between Apple Inc. and Google Inc. took on a smaller rival today as Opera Software said it had acquired AdMarvel Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Oslo, Norway-based Opera said the deal will enable the company to “expand its portfolio...
Google on Tuesday postponed the launch of its mobile phone in China, adding to the potential commercial fallout of its dispute with Beijing over Internet censorship and e-mail hacking.Associated Press
While 2009 was dismal for overall semiconductor sales, smartphones, electronic readers and netbooks/smartbooks should help the industry in 2010. “The year 2009 will be remembered as one of the most dismal years in the history of the global semiconductor business, with a plunge of...
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....
Continuing a price war that it started in early 2008, Verizon Wireless this morning ratcheted up the pressure on its competitors by rolling out new rate plans that are more than 30% cheaper than previous offerings from the nation’s largest operator. The new plans...
Last week’s Consumer Electronics Show was a haven for device geeks of all shapes and sizes. Sure, the 165-inch 3D televisions were awesome, but so were the shrunken mobile devices that seemed to proliferate from every corner of the Las Vegas Convention Center.We covered...
