Google's back on the acquisition front, spending $750 million in stock Monday to acquire mobile display ad company AdMob.AdMob is perhaps best known for serving display ads on iPhones, but it also recently started a business unit focused on ads for Android phones. The...
Clearwire Corp. confirmed it would gain another $1.564 billion in funding from its existing partners to help it continue to build its nationwide WiMAX network. Sprint Nextel Corp., which owns 51% of Clearwire and is struggling with its 3G subscriber base, will contribute the...
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.Today’s article will be unusually short. Two reasons: One, I’m writing it on my netbook...
Google Inc.'s Android operating system, already out in its second version, is likely to take market share from its competitors, but not likely to impact Apple Inc.'s proprietary OS, upon which the popular iPhone runs.Verizon Wireless and Google formally announced the Droid smartphone from...
Verizon Wireless and Motorola Inc. officially unveiled the Droid today, announcing the device will be available Nov. 6. The smartphone, Verizon Wireless’ first product using Google Inc.’s Android operating platform, has been advertised heavily recently in a somewhat stealth “iDon’t” campaign. The partnership between...
The Federal Communications Commission moved forward with its notice of proposed rule-making for rules to preserve an open Internet. Comments are due Jan. 14 and reply comments are due March 5, an extended timeframe for the agency that takes into account the complexity of...
A wireless broadband network in small rural Virginia community is officially launching today, using white spaces spectrum under an experimental license issued by the Federal Communications Commission.The white-spaces network is bringing wireless Internet connectivity to Claudville, Va., said Rick Rotondo, a co-founder and chief...
Just about a week has gone by since the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2009 event in San Diego and I have just now been able to go through the notes I jotted down during the half dozen or so meetings I had while...
This latest AT&T/Google wrangling before the Federal Communications Commission is a heavy dose of circus entertainment with a serious issue buried underneath.AT&T, by ratting on Google Voice's restricting calls to rural communities, is creating a smoke screen with Congress, the media and the public...
AT&T Mobility said it will support Voice over Internet Protocol applications running on Apple Inc.'s iPhone over its 3G network, reversing a previous policy that relegated such applications to a Wi-Fi connection.AT&T Mobility said it has notified both the Federal Communications Commission and...
Verizon Wireless and Google Inc. announced a strategic partnership this morning designed to pair the openness of the Internet and the innovation of Google with Verizon Wireless' broadband network, and plan to bring two devices to market in the next few weeks that will...
Wireless carriers continued to bolster their smartphone lineups leading into the holiday shopping season as AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA Inc. both unveiled new offerings targeting the increasingly competitive segment.AT&T Mobility this week got the jump on Microsoft Corp.'s planned Windows Mobile 6.5 update...
Adobe Systems Inc. inched closer to launching a Flash player for mobile devices unveiling its Flash Player 10.1 software designed for smartphones and other Internet-connected devices. The company said a public developer beta of the “browser-based runtime” is expected to available for Microsoft Corp.’s...
Using a cellphone to conduct a financial transaction is nothing new as carriers all over the world have implemented ways for their customers to pay for goods and services using their mobile device. However, customer adoption of such services is still a hit-or-miss affair....
Across corporations large and small, directly competing or related industries across the telecosm, CEOs are being asked one question by their primary investors and their boards: How will Google affect our business model? Are they a friend today, and a foe tomorrow...
AT&T Inc. and Google Inc. ratcheted up the volume in an ongoing war of words over net neutrality and the Google Voice application. In documents filed Friday, AT&T went on the offensive, saying that Google Voice fails to comply with the government's open Internet...
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....
If the Federal Communications Commission puts any teeth into net neutrality rules, look for the issue to land on the front doorsteps of the United States Supreme Court.The FCC, with three new members and a Democratic bent, is proposing to add two new regulations...
4G Unwired 4G Unwired has introduced SkyView Microwave, microwave engineering software that provides the ability to design microwave and broadband networks in 3D directly in Google Earth with accurate and repeatable results. View line of sight worldwide from any angle, produce complete link...
The Federal Communications Commission unveiled its view of an open Internet with Chief Julius Genachowski explaining the new administration’s plans to keep access to the Internet free and open, regardless of access mechanism. However, the plan includes some wiggle room that could prove valuable...
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Silicon Valley companies that are debating whether it's beneficial to work with telecom carriers should recalibrate their expectations in the time it will take to get the service to market, but hold onto the fact that the benefits of scale...
SAN FRANCISCO – The spark that led Motorola Inc. Co-CEO Sanjay Jha to reinvigorate his company's relationship with Google Inc. was similar to two drunks finding each other in a bar, or at least that is what Jha half-jokingly explained at the recent Mobilize...
Editor's Note: Reporter Matt Kapko is reporting live from GigaOM's Mobilize show today in San Francisco, where Motorola Inc. introduced its first Android-based smartphone. Watch this space for live updates.T-Mobile USA Inc. will be the exclusive carrier to offer Motorola Inc.'s first foray into...
Cellular phones are, as you well know, ubiquitous these days. And for the past decade, the dominant players in the industry have been well distributed around the globe. There is strong representation from Korea, Japan, Scandinavia, Germany, the U.S., China, Taiwan, and lots of...
