Alvarion Ltd. said its revenues dropped to $51.9 million during the first quarter, from $60.2 million during the same period last year. Net loss for the quarter was $4.9 million, or 8 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $852,000, or 1...
Alvarion Ltd. said its revenues dropped to $51.9 million during the first quarter, from $60.2 million during the same period last year. Net loss for the quarter was $4.9 million, or 8 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $852,000, or 1...
Motorola has seen huge success with its Droid phone and a number of other smartphone offerings based on Google's Android platform and adapted with the firm's own MotoBlur interface. But a series of odd choices indicates the company may be changing direction, and leaving the Google path.
Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:MotorolaUnited States: With the New Orleans Hornets to supply a wireless local area network solution to support the media with wireless coverage during the basketball season. The deal includes Motorola’s RFS6000 wireless LAN switches and AP-5131...
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. – The late afternoon panel dedicated to mobile at the LA Games Conference didn't get as deep as it surely could have, but there were at least a couple interesting debates that solidified the continuing uncertainty that surrounds the platform.In an industry...
Friday’s are typically feel good days, especially when the sun is shining and summer is just around the corner. Sadly for Nokia, however, even the blue skies can’t do enough to raise the cloud of gloom surrounding the number one phone maker, who is...
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....
No. 1 computer maker Hewlett-Packard has snapped up flailing phone maker Palm for $1.2 billion, giving the PC firm a huge boost in the mobile computing and smartphone market.
The deal has been given the go-ahead by the boards of directors at both companies and...
While ESC may not be all fun and games, little British chip shop, ARM, was doing its bit to liven things up at its booth, showing off a specially designed Rubik's Cube solver.
While ESC may not be all fun and games, little British chip shop, ARM, was doing its bit to liven things up at its booth, showing off a specially designed Rubik's Cube solver.
The solver was designed and programmed using an ARM Powered Android...
SHENZHEN, China--As ZTE Corp. pursues smaller carriers to advance its position in the United States, the company is also trying to expand its alliance with Qualcomm Inc. for broadband services on airlines beyond the United States.
Like its sister Chinese network vendor Huawei, ZTE realizes...
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.
Since the debut of the iPhone, a glut of touchscreen feature phones – often with...
Motorola Inc. named Mark Shockley SVP of Global Go-to-Market for the company’s Mobile devices business where he will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of Motorola’s mobile device sales operations around the world. Shockley will report to Motorola Co-CEO Sanjay Jha.Shockley has been at...
With not one bit of modesty, Verizon Wireless today announced launch plans for the latest model in its Droid handset lineup, the HTC Corp. Droid Incredible. Like the other devices in its Droid lineup, the Incredible runs Google Inc.’s Android operating system. The device...
Even though the wireless handset market will rebound this year, the world's top 10 contract manufacturers will continue to struggle as they try to recover from a disastrous 2009, according to research from iSuppli Corp. Cellphone shipments for the largest original development manufacturers (ODM)...
The WiMAX market is set for a speed boost as a number of chip providers and equipment makers said they plan to accelerate the interoperability of the WiMAX 2 standard. The update is based on the IEEE 802.16m standard and is to build on...
The “social” generation tallied another victory this morning as computing giant Microsoft Corp. unveiled the latest attempt to infiltrate this narcissist, though apparently dominate, market made up of consumers that need to share everything they are doing, every moment of the day.The foray involves...
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,...
ZTE Corp. shipped more than 60 million mobile terminals in 2009, including 13.4 million units during the fourth quarter, pushing the China-based company past Motorola Inc. into the No. 5 spot worldwide, according to iSuppli Inc. Motorola shipped approximately 12 million devices during the...
Despite the worldwide nature of original equipment manufacturers, and the knowing nod that nearly all mobile devices are made in Southeast Asia, North American-based companies controlled the leadership position in mobile device ownership in the U.S., according to a report from Comscore Inc.The report,...
No one could exactly hail Google Inc.'s Nexus One a marketing success, so it comes as little surprise to see the search engine giant seeking to bolster its marketing team for the device and its future generation.In a job listing spotted this week,...
Editor's Note:The following is a list of notable alliances and partnerships announced over the past two weeks. Brightpoint Inc. said it expanded a strategic alliance with Research In Motion Ltd. to provide logistics and supply chain services for BlackBerry smartphones in Indonesia. In connection...
Editor's Note:This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' March Special Edition, “The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content and Apps.” The 80-page special edition will be available next week at RCRWireless.com.I was walking through the offices of a...
Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past two weeks:Alcatel-LucentNorway: With the Norwegian National Rail Administration to deploy a high-speed network based on IP/MPLS technology to handle all business communications for the railway.Value: UndisclosedSaudi Arabia: With Saudi Telecom Company to conduct an end-to-end LTE...
