A report from iGR Inc. released last week showed that between 50% and 70% of kids between the ages of 12 and 14 have their own cellphone and that the new battleground for carriers in attracting the youth market was shifting from those with...
Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.Major props to all involved in this story: If you built a tower, wrote some software, etc., give yourself a pat on the back. Take the day...
A majority of 12-to-14-year-olds have their own wireless phones, according to a recent study by research company iGR Inc., and a "significant percentage" of children younger than 10 years old also have their own phones.The numbers stem from a survey of tween and teen...
Editor's Note: Welcome to a special CTIA Show Daily edition of our weekly online feature, Analyst Angle. Every Monday at www.RCRNews.com you can find columns from the industry's leading analysts, including Current Analysis' Avi Greengart, Compete's Miro Kazakoff and Jupiter Research's Julie Ask. Visit...
Editor's Note: Welcome to a special edition of our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. This week we're introducing four new contributors, Current Analysis' Avi Greengart, Compete's Miro Kazakoff, Jupiter Research's Julie Ask and Iain Gillott. Please join us in welcoming these excellent analysts in the...
Sprint Nextel Corp.'s loss of postpaid iDEN customers accelerated during the fourth quarter, and investors jumped ship late last week after the company announced weak customer metrics. The carrier tried to temper fears with a flurry of other announcements promising revamped price plans, initial...
Making wireless phone sales simple during the holiday season may seem like a no-brainer. But for customers, getting a wireless phone to tuck into someone else's stocking or under the Christmas tree may mean jumping through some hoops-or side-stepping postpaid service and its contractual...
WASHINGTON—T-Mobile USA Inc. led the first round of bidding in the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of advanced wireless services spectrum, placing bids for spectrum that would substantially expand its national footprint. The carrier bid for 20 megahertz of spectrum in each of six regions...
Wireless carriers are spending big bucks in promoting the use of their flashy, fast new data services: full-length music downloads, three-dimensional mobile games, Web surfing and the like. But with carriers relying on revenue from those transactions to boost their average revenue per user,...
LAS VEGAS-Wireless operators will need to establish new business models to address the growing market of off-deck content. And they'll likely have to take a smaller piece of the pie.Poorly managed relationships with content providers, a lack of quality customer care and complicated refund...
