Uncharted territory.
It's a phrase bandied about in many quarters since mid-September, when Wall Street's facade began to crumble. But it's particularly relevant to the wireless industry as it heads into the year's strongest quarter for handset sales and contract renewals.
Make that "traditionally"...
Sprint Nextel Corp. has decided to continue its commitment to its iDEN network.After much speculation that Sprint Nextel was lining up buyers for the network, the company announced an extended network partnership with iDEN infrastructure provider Motorola Inc. and plans to launch a few...
Motorola Inc. lost $397 million on $7.5 billion in revenue across all its businesses in the third quarter and said today it would delay its plan to spinoff its handset division until sometime after 2009.And in a move to cut costs, the company said...
The following is market share information for the top five largest mobile-phone manufacturers for the third quarter of 2008. The figures were compiled by research firm IDC.
Nokia Corp. retained its No. 1 position, while Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. scored the No. 2 slot. Sony...
Bang & Olufsen, the Danish maker of high-end audio and video products, is getting out of mobile phones to focus on its core competencies, the company said last week. B & O originally had partnered with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. to create a striking...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier--RBC Capital Markets lowered its price target on Verizon to $30 from $31 on in-line third-quarter financial results. R.W. Baird lowered its 2009 EPS estimate...
The U.S. Department of Justice has given seven companies its approval to move forward with plans to jointly license patents that are essential to deliver radio frequency identification technology.In its decision, the DoJ said the RFID Consortium L.L.C.'s plans could result in cost savings...
What do you do when you have one of the fattest marketing wallets in the world, but a chunk of your potential customers are being drawn in by ancillary offerings made by third parties who get big payouts from you because they're the deal-closer?If...
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN KEVIN MARTIN is coming under mounting pressure to postpone votes on major wireless items scheduled for Nov. 4. As Martin tries to round up support for the Verizon Wireless-Alltel Communications L.L.C. and Sprint Nextel Corp.-Clearwire Corp. deals and unleashing Wi-Fi...
Everyone loves a good horse race. But with macro-economic conditions reverberating throughout the wireless industry - handset vendors' aggregate volume growth in the third quarter appeared to be stagnating - the situation calls into question the health of the horses.No major competitors are likely...
In an attempt to keep up with the needs of today's businesses, Alltel Communications L.L.C. launched a new service allowing workers with smartphones access to client information and data while on the go.According to the carrier, Webalo Mobile Dashboard allows mobile workers to receive...
Motorola Inc., struggling to return to sustainable profitability, will bring the Aura handset to market this quarter, the company said. With "state-of-the-art handcraftsmanship," the device will set you back two (really) big ones - that's $2,000.The launch's timing aside - for many, the price...
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 RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
BOSTON - The future apparently belongs to mobile Internet devices (MIDs) that will be connected to broadband wireless networks like WiMAX and offer graphically rich, touchscreen-based interfaces, at least according to a glimpse of the future provided by Intel Corp.'s Anand Chandrasekher.Chandrasekher, VP and...
BOSTON - A day after the release of the first cellphone powered by Google Inc.'s Android software, the founder of the startup that initially developed the software took the Mobile Internet World keynote stage to explain the reasons behind the search giant's much-hyped effort."It's...
Industry engineers have attacked government testing underlying Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin's auction plan for free wireless broadband service throughout the country, warning that going forward risks interference to mobile-phone services provided by companies that paid billions of dollars for licenses two years....
BOSTON - It's a busy time for T-Mobile USA Inc.The carrier is in the midst of rolling out its 3G network, it is launching the world's first Google Inc.-powered cellphone, and it is overhauling its interactions with application developers. The goal, of course, is...
Korean vendor LG Electronics Co.'s market share slid as it was hit by a slowdown in Europe and India, but the mobile devices company remained strong in the United States, according to results released today.LG's strength in the U.S. sets the table for Apple...
How the current economic climate impacts the wireless industry remains to be seen, but the world's infrastructure leader posted a strong third quarter despite the economic downturn.L.M. Ericsson released its results from the latest quarter today and reported operating income of $763 million. The...
Broadcasting groups filed an emergency request at the Federal Communications Commission, effectively asking that a vote not be taken Nov. 4 to allow unlicensed devices in white spaces and that instead comments be sought on a new report by agency engineers on potential interference...
Nokia Corp. posted a 5% drop in revenue and a 21% drop in operating profit over the year-ago quarter, but its profit margin remained strong and the company stuck with its industry projection for 10% annual growth for the global handset market.Profit margins in...
CHICAGO - The Wireless History Foundation celebrated the 25th anniversary of the first cellphone call with an evening of festivity featuring a celebrity attendee list similar to what you'd find in People magazine - if People magazine covered the wireless industry.
Look below for pictures...
Motorola Inc. announced its first touchscreen phone for the U.S., called the Krave, with Verizon Wireless on Tuesday. The phone is now available for $150 with a mail-in rebate.The phone is a variant of the Ming, a popular model launched in China in early...
