Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
CML Microsystems Plc , a mixed-signal semiconductor company headquartered close to London, England, has acquired the exclusive rights to the RALCWI low bit-rate vocoder products from Spirit Corp, a Moscow based software company. CML originally licensed RALCWI from Spirit a few years ago to...
NEW YORK — Live from the Mobile Marketing Forum, RCR Wireless News presents a wrap of the week's news and highlights some key trends coming out of the event. Please check out the video for a full recap of the event and the week's...
NEW YORK — Mobile devices are projected to drive more online traffic than desktops and laptops within the next 18 months, according to current projections.With that in mind, several industry executives here at the Mobile Marketing Forum weighed in on the growing importance of...
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....
Medio Systems Inc., which launched a customer retention platform last month, has since surpassed 2.5 million daily unique users. Data captured from that use is generating more than 200 million analytic log events per day and more than 250 million personalized page views...
PHILADELPHIA – Despite the name, mobile networks are in fact heavily reliant on stationary objects that require significant infrastructure to make them go. This is usually not a problem for most consumers as this embedded infrastructure allows them to roam around the world with...
The draw of smartphones is beginning to hit hard in Spain where a recent survey by Nielsen found nearly 40% of the country's mobile population is sporting an advanced mobile device at the end of the first quarter.The survey found that Nokia Corp.'s Symbian...
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.I had one of those “ah-ha” moments as I watched the replay of Steve Jobs...
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.
At first glance, mobile payments seem like a strategic slam dunk across several sectors. This...
Application platform provider Service2Media said it received $10 million in round C venture-capital funding from Prime Ventures and the Private Plus Fund. CEO Geert Kolthof said the funding will enable it to expand its partner network, add staff, and increase sales and marketing efforts,...
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has taken its HealthVault mobile. Microsoft has built client libraries to develop standalone HealthVault applications for Windows Phone 7, iOS and Android. The software development kits (SDK) for Windows Phone 7 are available now and iOS and Android will be available...
TAIPEI, Taiwan — It was another significant week in the mobile device world this week as Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) gave the world it's long awaited preview of Windows 8 at the All Things “D” conference in California and the Computex trade show in Taiwan....
Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Eric Schmidt, now executive chairman after stepping down as CEO earlier this year, opened up during his keynote at the D9 Conference last evening about some mistakes, the platform wars (it involves a "gang of four") and the good and bad...
Apple Inc. (AAPL) announced today that it will reveal a sneak peek of the next generation of mobile device and Mac operating systems, including the buzz concerning the iCloud service.In a press release, Apple said that CEO Steve Jobs, who sent stocks in...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Fourth-generation wireless mobile broadband technologies such as Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) and Long Term Evolution...
DALLAS—AT&T Inc. is connecting a great TV experience with a great wireless experience to drive growth in its U-verse product, said Jeff Weber, VP of video services, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. The company recently introduced some updates to its U-verse product to make...
Following a 300% jump in traffic from tablets in the last six months, Google Inc.'s (GOOG) AdMob has launched a series of new ad formats tailor made for larger mobile devices. The HTML5-based ad formats are built for high-definition screens and will use features...
DLT Solutions, value-added reseller in government IT software and services, and XO Communications announced an agreement to provide federal government agencies with communications and networking solutions. Through the arrangement, DLT Solutions will offer XO Communications' broad portfolio of IP communications, hosted IT and...
The disconnect between business and personal activities on mobile devices brings on many challenges, as highlighted in a new report from McAfee (INTC) done in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University.“Devices are no longer just consumer devices or business devices. They are both,” Richard Power,...
Siano Mobile Silicon, supplier of mobile digital TV receiver chips, announced that it has completed a $20 million expansion capital financing round. The round was led by Israeli venture capital fund, Jerusalem Venture Partners. Gadi Tirosh, a General Partner at JVP, will be joining...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Mobile device distributor Brightpoint Inc. (CELL) said it plans to relocate the Touchstone Wireless Repair and Logistic L.P. operations from their current Bristol, Tenn., location into current Brightpoint operations in Fort Worth, Texas, and Plainfield, Ind. Brightpoint acquired Touchstone in 2010 for $80 million.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.While Washington focuses on the timely issue of spectrum allocation, Wall Street is quietly watching...
