Editor's Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For full coverage please visit RCRWireless.com/25years.
When Nextel started to roll out their iDEN network back...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For full coverage please visit RCRWireless.com/25years.
People of a certain age will remember the Wayback Machine...
Financial analysts typically gauge companies on their future prospects, not past performance. That is acutely so for the current moment in history, a couple weeks into the critical fourth quarter. The collapse of the financial sector, tightened credit markets and global repercussions that began...
Motorola Inc. shares continued dropping Thursday, hitting their lowest level since 1992 amid concerns that cellphone demand will be hurt by spreading weakness in the economy.Motorola's stock closed at $4.56 Thursday, down 66 cents or nearly 13%. Adjusting for splits and dividends, shares are...
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....
The following list ranks U.S. wireless industry CEOs by total compensation for the 2007 fiscal year.
The ranking includes executives at public U.S. companies listed on the RCR Wireless News Stock Watch. Salary and total compensation figures were derived from annual proxy statements filed with...
The cheap, voice-centric, clamshell handset still rules the American marketplace, as Motorola Inc.'s Razr V3 remains the top-selling handset in the country, according to recent data from NPD Group.
Yet smartphones claim three of the top five slots, with Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G at...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--Bangladesh: Teletalk Bangladesh chose Nokia Siemens Networks to modernize the...
As stock indices fell sharply today, the selling sent the shares of many leading wireless handset vendors down to well below their prior 52-week low. At the same time, wireless industry analysts projected a tough fourth quarter as consumer spending - particularly in the...
Sprint Nextel Corp. switched mobile WiMAX vendors for its Dallas/Fort Worth Xohm network, bringing in existing inventory manufactured by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.Because the Texas city became ready for equipment ahead of schedule, Sprint Nextel opted to replace Nokia Siemens Networks as the primary...
The second half of 2008 already ranks highly for offering the most advanced handsets and most reasonable prices in the history of wireless. And myriad device launches are yet to come in October and November.In a word, the season is about getting smart, as...
Motorola Inc. launched its WiMAX interoperability testing (IOT) program, which is available at its facilities in Arlington Heights, Ill., and at its new lab in Taiwan. The company said its Asian testing location, operated in conjunction with MSkylink, helps it fulfill its commitment to...
Motorola Inc. filed a lawsuit accusing five ex-employees and a small IP-based wireless software firm of conspiring to steal trade secrets and smuggle them to China. The allegations come amid growing fears about the United States surrendering its technological leadership to foreign countries. Indeed,...
CHICAGO - WiMAX vendors, chipmakers and operators are all ready to take on the wireless market at a time when economic hardship has shocked Wall Street, pushing the United States to the brink of a recession. The financial downturn the U.S. economy is experiencing...
Editor's Note: RCR Wireless News teamed with the Yankee Group to conduct a series of market surveys of RCR Wireless News subscribers to gauge their thoughts on various technology issues. RCR Wireless News will publish the exclusive results from our joint project, with Yankee...
Motorola Inc. said it has begun a proof-of-concept trial for its X24 machine-to-machine wireless module that includes mobile WiMAX connectivity. The product will be on display this week at WiMAX World 2008 and will be part of a live demo using real WiMAX infrastructure....
The companies listed below represent the six largest global infrastructure vendors for CDMA as of the first quarter of 2008.
Rankings were provided by research firm Dell'Oro Group and include only CDMA vendors.
Alcatel-Lucent continued to dominate the CDMA market, although the company's market share slid...
Despite concerns about the economy, the mobile device market is on track to deliver 13% growth this year, with annual shipments of 1.3 billion units, according to a report from ABI Research.The firm said 301 million units shipped during the second quarter and tier-one...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and what doesn't. If you wish to submit your application or...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--Japan: NTT DoCoMo has chosen Fujitsu Ltd. to be a...
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. By far and away, the most popular question I was asked at CTIA earlier this month...
Editor's Note: This is one of a series of stories examining the current economic downturn and how it affects the wireless industry. For more on this topic, visit RCRWireless.com/EconomicDownturn.WE'VE ALL READ THE SURVEYS: don't leave home without it. As the handset has become a...
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....
Nokia Corp.'s CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, isn't counting out rival Motorola Inc. Although Nokia has benefited as much as any company from Motorola's stumbles in the cellphone business during the past two years, Kallasvuo didn't gloat Tuesday when he addressed the Executives' Club of Chicago....
