Motorola Good Technology Group this week plans to take its first serious swipe at Research In Motion Ltd's dominance of the mobile e-mail space.The Motorola Inc. subsidiary is expected to unveil an upgraded version of its flagship product for road warriors and other high-end...
Sprint Nextel Corp.'s heritage in serving business users has dovetailed with HTC Corp.'s own ambitions and device evolution to produce the "Mogul," a $400 entry in the high-tier productivity market.The device is but a refresher model to the Sprint Nextel PPC 6700. But therein...
Speech-recognition company Nuance Communications Inc. announced it will purchase Tegic Communications Inc., which supplies the popular T9 predictive-text software for cellphones, in a deal worth $265 million. Nuance said the transaction will allow the company to build a "multimodal" input product for cellphones that...
The Mobile Marketing Association said it will join forces with the dotMobi Advisory Group to develop guidelines for mobile advertising, and push adoption of the controversial .mobi domain.The industry associations committed to support each other's initiatives including mobile advertising, search and m-commerce, and said...
A broad-based mix of high-tech, consumer, civil rights, educational and Hispanic interests urged Congress to ensure that vacant TV airwaves are freed up for unlicensed wireless broadband as soon as possible."Allocating the TV white spaces for unlicensed use will stimulate the development of innovative...
The fixed-mobile convergence market took a step forward with Verizon Communications Inc.'s introduction of its Wireless Office, PBX Mobile Extension and Mobile Conference Connection products, which the company said will help traveling professionals merge their wireless and wireline communications. Verizon made its announcement at...
Opera Software ASA overhauled its popular Mini browser, adding a zooming feature that delivers close-up views of Web pages for mobile phones, a function similar to the iPhone's much-touted Web browser.The Norwegian developer unveiled a beta version of Opera Mini 4, which formats Internet...
HTC Corp. moved from original device manufacturer to original equipment manufacturer at Sprint Nextel Corp. this week with an HTC-branded smartphone at the high end of the price range for the U.S. market.The Taiwan-based smartphone maker has been raising its profile globally and in...
Microsoft Corp. overhauled its MSN Mobile portal, adding services and simplifying the user interface.The software giant said the new site, mobile.msn.com, incorporates MSN services such as Hotmail, Live Messenger, Windows Live Spaces and Live Search. The portal features one-click access to e-mail and other...
HTC Corp., the nimble, Taiwan-based smartphone maker that is a leading purveyor of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating system, announced its new HTC Touch, a phone that employs touchscreen technology. The move is notable as Apple Inc.'s iPhone, which also features a touchscreen and...
Editor's Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what's hot in wireless.Wireless Toyz stores operate in 24 states across the country offering devices and services from multiple carriers and mobile...
HTC Corp., the nimble, Taiwan-based smartphone maker that is a leading purveyor of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating system, announced in London its new HTC Touch, a phone that employs touchscreen technology. The move is notable as Apple Inc.'s iPhone, which also features a...
The Internet is rapidly evolving from a desktop experience into a multi-platform phenomenon available on the go and around the world. Carriers, publishers and marketing firms are just hoping advertising doesn't get lost in translation. The wireless Web remains a nightmarish territory, fraught with...
The enterprise telephony space is ripe for consolidation, a Prudential analyst said in a report last week, and there is plenty of appetite in the industry for a takeover of Avaya Inc. Nortel Networks Ltd., Cisco Systems Inc. and a private-equity firm are all...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday 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 RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...
Funambol plans to push ahead with its open source mobile e-mail strategy this week with an upgraded version of its white-label offering for carriers.The Redwood City, Calif.-based startup is set to unveil Funambol v6, a Java-based application that pushes e-mail to wireless devices from...
Nuance Communications Inc. continued to thin the speech-recognition herd, snapping up VoiceSignal Technologies Inc. in a deal valued at nearly $300 million.The company said it will fork over 5.8 million Nuance shares as well as $204 million in cash for privately held VoiceSignal, a...
Third Screen Media Inc. finally found a well-heeled suitor, agreeing to be acquired by Time Warner's AOL Internet division for an undisclosed sum. The question now is, who's next?Third Screen was snapped up for a rumored $80 million and will operate as a subsidiary...
The U.S. wireless data market generated more than $5 billion in revenue during the first quarter of 2007, according to Chetan Sharma Consulting, and data may make up as much as 20% of carriers' service revenues by the end of the year. Sharma, founder...
Nuance Communications Inc. continued to help thin the speech-recognition herd, snapping up VoiceSignal Technologies Inc. in a deal valued at nearly $300 million.Nuance said it will fork over 5.8 million Nuance shares as well as $204 million in cash for privately held VoiceSignal, a...
Third Screen Media finally found a well-heeled suitor.The Boston-based mobile advertising startup was acquired by Time Warner Inc.'s AOL Internet division for an undisclosed sum. Third Screen will operate as a subsidiary of AOL's Advertising.com business, which the Internet giant acquired three years ago."AOL...
Jott Networks Inc., a firm that offers a free speech-to-text service, announced it closed its first funding round of $5.4 million. Bain Capital Ventures led the round, with Draper Richards, Ackerley Partners and Atomico Investments also participating."We see a lot of mobile startups that...
The yellow carpet was rolled out, margaritas and other libations flowed and costumed characters mingled with a crowd celebrating the 400th episode of the Simpsons at the 20th Century Fox studio lot last week.The star-studded outdoor affair got under ...
Helio L.L.C. announced it is now offering an unlimited voice calling plan for $145 per month. The offering includes long distance and roaming calls, as well as unlimited data services like text messages, picture messages, 3G network access and Helio services.Helio is also offering...
