Hewlett-Packard Co. announced it will purchase Bitfone Corp. in a move the company said is part of its plan to grow its mobile enterprise business. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.Bitfone develops mobile device management software, technology that allows carriers, handset vendors...
WASHINGTON-While lawmakers and civil libertarians aggressively scrutinize privacy implications of the Bush administration's domestic surveillance initiative and other anti-terrorist programs in the post-9/11 world, the FBI is using wiretap law to eavesdrop on conversations by remotely firing up microphones on idle cell phones of...
Within the mobile industry, security vendors' warnings are gaining traction as headlines blare the latest loss of corporate or government data-a sure way to destroy an organization's credibility, not to mention the violation of federal mandates on data privacy and security. Getting drubbed in...
U.S. network operators are losing their grip on subscribers who stroll off their decks to buy ringtones, access adult content or simply surf the wireless Web. When it comes to knowing where users are, though, carriers still hold the cards.Call it the Starbucks scenario:...
The Palms Hotel and Casino is now accepting live wagers on mobile betting devices, according to Progressive Gaming International Corp., which developed the system. The Rapid Bet Live Wireless technology was tested during last week's Monday Night Football game between the New England Patriots...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Cisco Systems Inc. went a little deeper into wireless, spending $31 million in cash to buy mobile device software developer Orative Corp.The move will enable Cisco to add wireless connectivity to its unified communications technology for business communications systems. Cisco launched its...
Representatives from the former Flextronics Software Services business are making the media rounds, clamoring for attention, now that the company is about to announce its new identity-fully six months after being weaned from its Fortune Global 500 parent last spring. Six months is a...
It may have been a blip on the radar screen of the global handset industry, but the screams were heard around the world. When BenQ Corp. announced recently that it would no longer inject money into its BenQ-Siemens handset business, headquartered in Munich, Germany—a...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Those waiting anxiously for a .mobi domain needn't wait any longer. The company behind the controversial, mobile-exclusive top-level domain opened registration, allowing the general public to register wireless Internet sites with the suffix. Mobile Top Level Domain Ltd., which manages the domain, hopes...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Those waiting anxiously for a .mobi domain needn’t wait any longer. The company behind the controversial, mobile-exclusive top-level domain opened registration today, allowing the general public to register wireless Internet sites with the suffix. Mobile Top Level Domain Ltd., which manages the domain,...
By Chris Ambrosio, director, Wireless Device Strategies Service, Strategy AnalyticsEditor's Note: This is the third column in a new weekly feature at RCRNews.com, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless...
ESPOO, Finland—Chalk up another one for Nokia Corp.’s reputation as an environmentally friendly electronics manufacturer. And give Motorola Inc., Nokia’s global rival, credit for an effort to catch up by joining a Nokia-led effort to reduce environmental impacts, a move that comes shortly after...
LOS ANGELES--The CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show's final keynote of the week featured "old guy socks," "rollover minute" double-entendres and a visit by Paris Hilton, as three industry panelists debated how mobile social networking will change the world and declared that the window...
LOS ANGELES—Social-networking Internet site MySpace.com has tapped mobile software developer UIEvolution to provide a user interface for its wireless offering. The news marks a big win for UIEvolution, a Bellevue, Wash.-based developer that offers technology designed to allow users to access content across devices...
WASINGTON—Nokia Corp. today announced deals to expand gaming and content offerings on its mobile phones, while also reaching an agreement to supply $580 million worth of GSM/GPRS network for expansion of wireless systems operated by China Mobile Communications Corp. RCR @ CTIAClick here for...
NTT DoCoMoNTT DoCoMo Inc. named Seiji Kawamura as the head of the Japanese telecommunications operator's Washington, D.C., office.Kawamura previously served as treasurer and head of the finance office at DoCoMo's headquarters in Tokyo, and also served in the Washington, D.C., office while serving as...
PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint Inc. handled roughly 42 million mobile phones last year and may handle 60 million or more this year. But whatever you do, don't call the company a distributor. "If anything, we are a customized logistics company," Senior Vice President Anurag Gupta protested...
Sprint Nextel Corp. last week launched a new program for enterprise customers, hoping to be a "one-stop shop" for a range of needs from fleet dispatch management to mobile device management, with additional aspects to be added to the program later this year. Although...
BERN, Switzerland—Swisscom Mobile subsidiary Sicap, which provides mobile applications and network products for GSM operators, said it acquired Swapcom in a deal Sicap said strengthens its position in the mobile device management, SMS/MMS Hub management and content management spaces. Swapcom, which has headquarters in...
The Symbian operating system, championed by Nokia Corp. in its smart phones, currently has a majority of OS market share, a state of affairs likely to continue for the foreseeable future, according to projections from market research firm IDC. This is likely despite the...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Click here for wireless ratings from past weeks from RCR Wireless News.CarrierCredit Suisse First Boston adjusted its estimates on Alltel Corp. to reflect the...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.—Verizon Wireless and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced the first 3.2 megapixel camera phone available to Verizon Wireless’ customers, Samsung’s a990. The CDMA handset also offers video recording and viewing and music downloads on the carrier’s Vcast service. Users can also...
The company working to establish a mobile-exclusive Internet domain is hoping to lure customers by extending its initial registration period. DotMobi-also known as mTLD, or mobile Top Level Domain Ltd.-said it will extend the trademark sunrise registration by a month, allowing companies to lay...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.—Verizon Wireless and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced the first 3.2 megapixel camera phone available to Verizon’s customers, Samsung’s a990. The CDMA handset also offers video recording and viewing and music downloads on the carrier’s Vcast service. Users can also print pictures...
