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Analyst Angle: Why market share doesn’t tell the whole story (But you knew that already)

Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday 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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Jupiter Research's Julie Ask, Current Analysis'...

Wireless reality

It's getting very noisy in the wireless industry. Carriers are practically shouting their wares on TV, radio, the Internet and in newspapers. Indeed, an article in Advertising Age, an RCR Wireless News sister newspaper, estimates the nationwide wireless carriers spend $1 billion on advertising...

Worst of the Week: 700 MHz of choices

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 RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...

Despite buzz, network execs shy away on upfront news

New York City was overflowing with network executives, ad buyers and entertainment elite last week, all looking to grab a piece of the $65 billion pie that is television. The "upfronts" are a pivotal moment for the industry-an annual shopping spree for advertisers looking...

Retail Snapshot: Leap tries to shed no-frills image

Editor's Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what's hot in wireless.By Kelly HillLeap Wireless International Inc.'s Cricket store in Greenwood Village, Colo., is the first of the carrier's outlets...

Verizon to consolidate wireless, wireline advertising operations: Carrier positions against newly unified AT&T

Verizon Wireless will combine its advertising and marketing efforts with that of parent company Verizon Communications Inc. in a move that will help the carrier blend its diverse telecom offerings under the "Verizon" brand. The move also comes as AT&T Inc. works to unify...

Worst of the Week: Razr burn

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 RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...

Analyst Angle: An analyst’s travelogue down New York’s Fifth Avenue

Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday 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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Compete's Miro Kazakoff, Jupiter Research's Julie...

Worst of the Week: Conspiracy Theories

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 RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...

Analyst Angle: The Death of the Car Navigation System: Cellphones provide both portability and GPS-style services

Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday 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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Current Analysis' Avi Greengart, Compete's Miro...

Worst of the Week: Motorollers, VOTE THE ICAHN-DANO TICKET!

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 RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...

Analyst Angle: Internet now key part of marketing

Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday 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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Jupiter Research's Julie Ask, Current Analysis'...

Worst of the Week: Maybe D.B. Cooper was on to something?

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 RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong...

Analyst Angle: Mobile Search: Emerging Opportunities for Operators and Marketers

Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday 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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Compete's Miro Kazakoff, Current Analysis' Avi...

Worst of the Week: Slums of Beverly Hills

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 RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong...

Analyst Angle: The Importance of Functional Branding for Handsets

Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday 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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Compete's Miro Kazakoff, Jupiter Research's Julie...

RCR Wireless News Mobile

The wireless industry's leading news source is now available on your cellphone! Our redesigned mobile site features access to all the up-to-the-minute news you've come to expect from the RCR Wireless News staff.Just type http://mobile.rcrnews.com into the browser on your cellphone or smartphone, and...

Sprint Nextel shareholder seeks change at beleaguered carrier

Shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. inched upward following a Wall Street Journal report that shareholder Ralph Whitworth is pushing for major changes at the carrier.Whitworth has quietly accumulated about half a billion shares in the wireless industry's No. 3 operator, or nearly 1 percent...

Worst of the Week: Electrode-nodule module transmits amps monkeys

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 RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...

Analyst Angle: Tweens, Teens and Other Assorted Nightmares

Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday 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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Current Analysis' Avi Greengart, Compete's Miro...

Hedgehogging

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.If you want to be inspired about the wireless industry, the United States and the power of the people, go RIGHT NOW to CTIA.org (http://www.ctia.org/wireless2007/index.cfm?day=3) to watch...

Mobile TV viewers may get another channel: Harris, LG technology allows broadcasters to target portable devices

Another technology designed to get people to watch TV beyond the living room is getting ready for its close-up. Mobile-Pedestrian-Handheld technology, or MPH, is an in-band mobile digital television system set to debut later this month at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in...

Retail Snapshot: MyCircle big pull for Alltel’s hometown store: Some add-on features becoming standard

Editor's Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what's hot in wireless.Retail store manager Mark Jones manages an Alltel store in the carrier's hometown of Little Rock, Ark. The location...

Five minutes with…Gina Lombardi

MediaFLO USA launched its broadcast mobile television service with Verizon Wireless earlier this month. Virtually everyone in the industry is wondering if the service will take off, and questions run the field as to the profitability of the service and where architects of the...