Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
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With the recent HP shut-down of the WebOS and Palm divisions, it's becoming increasingly clear that to succeed in the mobile device market, an OS needs to have significant device, developer, and customer traction. And without one, you can't get the other two. Consider...
The pain continues for Nokia Corp. (NOK). Device sales are down across the board and profits have fallen off a cliff, well into the red. Indeed, Nokia is bleeding red all over its balance sheet for the quarter.The Finnish company shipped 88.5 million devices...
Northwestern University selected Motorola Solutions (MSI) to deploy a 900 MHz ASTRO 25 Project 25 voice and integrated data communication solution. The new P25 system replaces a 14-year-old analog trunking system and will provide a standards-based IP system that enables interoperability and greater efficiency...
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....
Nearly four years after Nokia Corp. (NOK) paid $8.1 billion to acquire Navteq Corp., the struggling Finnish company is repositioning the business under the arm of “location & commerce.” The new division, to be headed by EVP Michael Halbherr starting July 1, will integrate...
NeoMediaTechnologies Inc., which provides mobile barcode scanning, just had its patent for the technology affirmed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. This is the second time the patent has been re-examined in the last few years, a testament to the potential market for...
BROOMFIELD, Colo.—Service providers are not the enemy of application developers, despite a preconceived notion that they are, Alcatel-Lucent's Laura Merling told a crowd of developers at this morning's Glue Conference during a keynote speech. The conference is more streamlined than traditional wireless conference, so...
DALLAS – “Telecom is buzzing again,” said Windstream Communications President and CEO Jeff Gardner and Genband President and CEO Charlie Vogt during a keynote address today at the Telecommunications Industry Association's annual show, TIA2011: Inside the Network.Windstream, which was spun off from Alltel Communications...
Most Nokia news stories as of late have been doom, gloom and everything in between. The Finnish handset maker has been shedding staff left and right, outsourcing development of its largest operating system, Symbian, and abandoning its new project, Meego, almost entirely.
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The combined revenue of the four major mobile application stores is projected to jump nearly 80% this year, according to a new report from iSuppli Corp. Following 2010, when Apple Inc. (AAPL), Google Inc. (GOOG), Nokia Corp. (NOK) and Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM)...
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) said it is making its OpenPlug Studio toolkit available for free to application developers as the network vendor tries to flesh out the ecosystem for more enterprise end users. The toolkit allows developers to write applications for a variety of...
Mobile mapping just got more attractive, as Nokia unveiled its new beta version of Ovi Maps 3D. In a blow to Google, the Finnish phone firm has impressed the masses with its new software, designed by C3, which brings cities to life in very...
LAS VEGAS—AEG Digital Media, which produces digital media services for live video-streaming events, is using part of Cisco Systems Inc.’s Videoscape portfolio to live stream video over any device on any Internet Protocol network.AEG has produced live-streaming services for the Grammy Awards, We are...
LAS VEGAS—Because of all of the bickering between wireless trade organization CTIA and broadcaster trade association the National Association of Broadcasters, I was curious to find similarities and differences in how the two groups conduct their annual conventions.Watch the slideshow below to see how...
Just when European fixed operators thought they had seen off the threat of fixed-to-mobile broadband substitution, some, mainly in Nordic markets, are encountering new mobile services that are genuinely substitutive again. 3G mobile broadband has looked increasingly unviable as a mainstream competitor to fixed...
ORLANDO, Fla.—Ericsson (ERIC) is launching a wireless innovation program designed to connect innovators, application developers, entrepreneurs, device manufacturers, vertical service providers an operators to evolve the network society, the company said.Using its facilities in Plano, Texas, Ericsson said Ericsson Connections will give members access...
AUSTIN, Texas–Peter Vesterbacka, CEO of Rovio, and Ville Vesterinen CEO and co-founder of Grey Area, talk about the future of mobile gaming, which is more about the experience than the technology.Grey Area has launched a game in Finland called Shadow Cities, which is a...
The relationship between carriers and app developers is an evolving one. Carriers have increasingly opened up their APIs to developers – even if a developer is offering an application that overlaps with a carrier's feature. The trend is prominent in the rapidly growing family...
AUSTIN, Texas—SouthbySouthwest, that quirky music show that is morphing into an important play for companies in the wireless space, is back with a vengeance this year in Austin, Texas. The show's interactive sessions actually were bigger than the music and film sessions in 2010,...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition: "Unwrapping the Opportunities, the next generation of smart devices. To see all of the articles from that issue, click here.The digitally connected home will use a variety of technologies to...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition: "Unwrapping the Opportunities, the next generation of smart devices. To see all of the articles from that issue, click here.Every year we sit back and marvel at the advances made...
BARCELONA, Spain – Neustar Inc. and Hook Mobile are teaming up with National Geographic to show how their technology can enable mobile giving. Neustar has introduced its Neustar Intelligent Cloud service that enables the company to connect content providers with its database of more...
BARCELONA, Spain – L.M. Ericsson signed a strategic alliance with Akamai Technologies Inc. to jointly develop solutions around improving the end-user experience on the mobile web. Ultimately, the combination could enable over-the-top content providers to help develop better partnerships with wireless operators, said Mikael...
