Opinion

Can you smell me now?Multimedia messaging could soon become multi-sensory. A German syndicate including a sensory analysis and marketing consultancy and an interactive value-added services specialist have filed for 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 …

AT&T Mobility’s MediaFLO-based mobile TV service has not yet officially launched; after a couple of false starts, the carrier appears set to launch the service, along with a pair of …

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. …

Looks like it’s getting pretty safe to say the MVNO bubble has just about burst, or is at least losing air at an alarming rate. The most recent MVNO to …

The market for broadband services is a large space, one that’s driven steady innovation, competition and various levels of service. While wireless carriers clamor to make technology roadmap choices for …

Does the world really need a wireless Web?It’s a question that has come up repeatedly in the years following the introduction of WAP, the standard used to display Internet content …

To your health – with mobileMen’s lifestyle magazine “Men’s Health” has partnered with SnapTell, which provides image-recognition-based mobile marketing solutions, to create a fully interactive advertising magazine for the U.S. …

The U.S. Supreme Court without comment declined to review a Tenth Circuit ruling that said the trustee of bankrupt Magnacom Wireless L.L.C. is not entitled to proceeds from the re-auction …

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 …

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a fine assessed against Star Wireless L.L.C. for violating the anti-collusion rule in a 2002 auction conducted by …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or service …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile …

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. …

So what’s up with Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin? He must have been pretty cranky when BusinessWeek interviewed him for a story published last week. Sarin, who admits Vodafone WAY overpaid …

For public safety, the political atmospherics have changed from what they were just a year ago when federal regulators understandably gave great weight to first responders’ suggestions on how to …

What about the shoe phone?Echoflex Solutions Inc. introduced a self-powered wireless key switch, which the company said can reduce the cost of powering unoccupied hotel rooms. The switch is activated …

One of the hot topics leading into the CTIA Wireless 2008 event earlier this month was the recent move by carriers to offer unlimited, flat-rate calling plans. While I didn’t …

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 …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or service …

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. …

Our favorite country to the North, Canada, is going to have its own spectrum auction next month. We can’t wait! Will Google play? Will bidders shell out billions to build …

One hesitates returning to the blame-game that engulfed and sullied the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and other sinister storms of 2005, because – despite …

With so many smart people in the wireless industry, how can there be so many problems with mobile content?At CTIA Wireless 2008, I had the privilege of moderating a panel …

NTT to test mobile aroma services Mobile music is floundering and wireless TV is struggling to gain traction. So NTT Communications is targeting users through their noses.The Japanese telecom announced …