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Hesse touts mobile freedom

Sprint Nextel Corp. said nothing substantial about its WiMAX plans yesterday and instead fell back on a new touchscreen device as the biggest news to share with a room packed full of invited press and analysts.There's no doubt the company and its new chief,...

Analyst Angle: Anticipating the birth of the super smartphone or ‘Global’

Editor's Note: Welcome to a special CTIA Show Daily edition of our weekly online feature, Analyst Angle. Every Monday at www.RCRWirelessNews.com you can find columns from the industry's leading analysts, including NPD Group's Ross Rubin, Enderle Group's Rob Enderle and more. Visit www.RCRWirelessNews.com/analyst for...

UMB market set for growth

Last year proved to be significant for the Ultra Mobile Devices market, according to a new report from research firm In-Stat. In-Stat said the industry saw developments in connectivity, devices and processors. In addition, industry players have begun to realize that consumers will...

Report: Cable companies mull WiMAX link-up with Sprint Nextel, Clearwire: Comcast, Time Warner could put millions into new venture

Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. are in discussions with the nation's two largest cable providers -- Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc. -- to fund a nationwide WiMAX venture, according to the Wall Street Journal. Intel Corp., Google Inc. and Bright House...

WIRELESS IN THE HOME: Still needs supervision, not ready to live on its own

BURLINGAME, Calif. - The perception of what wireless technologies can enable for other industries is years, if not decades, ahead of reality. As mobile devices have ever-so-steadily become a pocket-sized version of personal computers, they still deliver nowhere near the experience and capabilities of...

WiMAX is this decade’s PCS

Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In the coming weeks...

Analyst Angle: With SDK, iPhone is Jobs’ ‘next great thing’

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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Current Analysis' Peter Jarich, IDC's Shiv...

WiMAX industry waits for the other shoe to drop: Vendors keep mobile dream alive with fixed/nomadic deployments

Here are several things you need to know this week about mobile WiMAX: First, mobile WiMAX is seen by analysts as a larger but riskier global opportunity for vendors, compared to fixed/nomadic WiMAX, which offers a smaller, less-risky and immediate opportunity. Second, rumors and...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Accedian, Morpho, Wisair and more

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Accedian Networks: RHO Canada Ventures, Skypoint Capital and Solidarity Fund QFL invested $7.6 million into Montreal-based Accedian Networks, which...

ARM, Intel, and the ghost of devices yet to come

Here's a hypothetical: What's the distinction between a smartphone, a MID, a PND, and a UMPC?Posing this type of question invites a geek fight. We who follow the smartphone space and remember the personal digital assistant (PDA) know it's a fool's errand to apply...

Despite separation, Sprint Nextel, Clearwire remain committed to mobile WiMAX

Despite the unceremonious break-up that shattered plans for a nationwide mobile WiMAX network partnership between Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp., both companies insist their rollout plans for 2008 are on track. However, plans for some markets are being revisited now that both companies...

FCC begins new round of white-spaces testing

The Federal Communications Commission said the next round of laboratory testing of prototype TV white-spaces devices will begin Jan. 24, a public process lasting four to six weeks that will be followed by a month or more of field testing at different locations.Microsoft Corp.,...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Kyte, Pudding Media and SoonR

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Kyte: Telefonica led a $15 million round of funding into Kyte. Also participating were Nokia Growth Partners, DoCoMoCapital Inc.,...

Clearwire’s stock surges on acquisition report

Clearwire Corp.'s stock jumped nearly 12% in early afternoon trading based on speculation that the company is on the verge of announcing it will be acquired. According to a research note by Raymond James & Associates analyst Ric Prentiss, Clearwire's stock has been boosted...

Analyst Angle: WiMAX in the U.S.: Is there a business case for a national network?

Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday 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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Current Analysis' Avi Greengart, iGR's Iain...

Sprint Nextel stands behind WiMAX plans

Sprint Nextel Corp. remains committed to its WiMAX plans and continues to move forward with its soft launch of services in Chicago, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. ,later this year, according to Sprint Nextel Xohm public-relations spokesman John Polivka."We don't expect any impact to the...

Sprint Nextel, Clearwire split divides analysts: Opinions vary on carrier’s direction, fallout on suppliers

TERMINATING A LETTER OF INTENT-as Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. did Nov. 9-doesn't lend itself to gauging possible impacts to Sprint Nextel's ambitious, multibillion-dollar WiMAX plans. Assessing impacts to suppliers is even more perilous, according to analysts.Sprint Nextel appeared to send mixed signals...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Celltick, Iovation and ViVOtech

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Celltick: JVP and Amadeus invested $8.5 million into mobile marketing company Celltick Technologies. The company said the venture-capital funding...

Google heads coalition for ‘Android’ cellphone platform: VZW, Nokia, Microsoft notably absent

A group of industry heavyweights-headed by Google Inc., T-Mobile, HTC Corp., Qualcomm Inc., and Motorola Inc.-announced a new software platform for cellphones that includes an operating system, middleware, user interface and applications. The alliance said the first phones based on the "Android" platform will...

Gobi chip offers high speeds, GPS

Qualcomm Inc.'s new Gobi chip marks the arrival of a technology long-discussed by the San Diego company, according to one analyst.The chip will offer high-speed access to the Internet via both CDMA2000 1x EV-DO and UMTS-based HSPA networks worldwide, plus GPS. The chip will...

WiMAX expected to supercharge wireless applications

WiMAX could be the technology that fuels the fusion of all sorts of mobile applications, integrating video, location-based services and a host of other offerings.And analysts generally agree that speedy access to the wireless Web will be the key."When I talk WiMAX, I always...

WiMAX approved as IMT standard

The International Telecommunication Union agreed to include WiMAX technology in the global family of advanced wireless technologies. The win is a major victory for vendors and service providers on the eve of the World Radiocommunication Conference that the Bush administration hopes to build on...

FCC to conduct further white-space testing

The Federal Communications Commission said it will conduct further testing on the viability of Wi-Fi and other low-power wireless applications in unoccupied TV broadcast spectrum known as white spaces.The agency's action appears to benefit high-tech companies that urged additional testing after the FCC found...

Martin eyes changes to open access: VZW’s lobbying may indicate desire for C-Block spectrum

DEMOCRATS WARNED FCC CHAIRMAN KEVIN MARTIN not to cripple the open-access stipulation on the 700 MHz spectrum up for auction early next year, following the agency chief's failed attempts to revise the rule through a procedural maneuver shortly after Verizon Wireless lobbied on the...