Hydrogenics Corp., which develops products based on hydrogen generation and fuel cell technologies, forged a strategic alliance with CommScope Inc. (CTV) that calls for the companies to jointly develop next-generation power modules for telecom backup power applications. The deal includes an equity investment...
Verizon Wireless said it would begin taking pre-orders on the Motorola Inc. Droid 2 beginning tomorrow ahead of its expected launch later this month. The device will retail for $200 after all rebates and a two-year contract. The device is set to replace the...
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....
It may not be first to the game, but Dish Network Corp. (DISH) is making the inevitable move from the living room to smart phone a little easier for its subscribers with soon-to-be launched mobile app.According to The Associated Press, Dish is planning to...
Leap Wireless International Inc. (LEAP) fell back to earth during the second quarter following robust Q1 results and has announced a round of operational changes that it hopes will help turn around its fortunes in a market that has suddenly become obsessed with the...
Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) upped its game today unveiling its latest smart phone, dubbed the BlackBerry Torch and available initially exclusively in the United States through AT&T Mobility (T). The device sports the device makers latest BlackBerry 6 operating system highlighted by increased...
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) appears to be putting the final touches on its rollout plans and the accompanying marketing blitz for its latest device.The smart phone and enterprise mobility pioneer is holding an invite-only event in New York City next Tuesday where...
In a Q&A session with Research in Motion's director of consumer alliances Alex McCallum, RCR finds out why it's really Blackberry that makes mobile music tick. Or should we say Tick Tock?
There's no argument about the feverish pace of smart phone and handset sales of late, but it's always good to have some fresh hard numbers from Strategy Analytics to back it up.Smart phone shipments jumped 43% year-over-year to 60 million units globally in the...
Juniper Networks Inc. (JNPR) is paying $70 million to acquire SMobile Systems Inc., a Columbus, Ohio-based software company that specializes in mobile device security for smart phones and tablets. The deal gives Juniper another tool in its Juno Pulse platform, which was announced earlier...
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.The future of smartphones is coming, and it is wide open … as in open source. The...
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) has been on a slow and steady march toward the consumer market for the better part of two years, and although much of its success of late has come from growth on that front its most current operating...
CUPERTINO, Calif. — Anyone that had their money on Apple Inc. (AAPL) announcing an unprecedented recall of its latest iPhone today walked away empty handed. While the odds were heavily against a recall of any sort, the constant pressure and negative press Apple has...
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.We live in the digital age. That’s a fact that shouldn’t astonish anyone. But the...
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.The first wave of handsets that U.S. carriers used to shield themselves from Apple Inc.'s...
If there's one thing NTP Inc. is really good at, it's protecting patents with a fervor and winning handsome treasure along the way. Just ask BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM).After battling it out in court for the better part of five years over...
Consumers are increasingly tapping into the advanced features of their mobile devices, according to a new report released by Compete Inc. as part of its Quarterly Smartphone Intelligence Survey.The firm noted that during the first quarter of this year nearly one in three smartphone...
Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) teamed up with the Georgia Institute of Technology to establish the Qualcomm Augmented Reality Game Studio, a research and design center aimed at pioneering new advancements in mobile gaming and interactive media.Mobile TeleSystems (MBT) said it won a 2010 Meffys Mobile...
Less than 2 months after being launched at Verizon Wireless and three months after its unveiling at a San Francisco bar at 10 in the morning, Microsoft Corp. has shut down its Kin initiative.Published reports indicated that the computer software giant ditched the Kin...
Nokia Corp. continues to buckle under the increasing might and will of its competitors in the smartphone space. In a note to investors , the company downgraded the financial outlook for its devices and services division for the second (current) quarter and full...
Android's share of mobile Web consumption has hit overdrive in the past few months, according to a new report from Quantcast Corp. While other operating systems are losing share to Android as well, the biggest loser appears to be Apple Inc.Shares for Google...
Motorola Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. said they have settled a more than two-year-old patent dispute that had each claiming the other was infringing on the others patents.The origins of the dispute began when a 2003 agreement between the two companies expired in...
Verizon Wireless is set to strengthen its lineup of devices compatible with its exclusive Skype Ltd.'s mobile offering, saying that it will soon expand the platform to its so-called “3G Multimedia” phones. These phones are slotted in below the carrier's smartphone offerings and offer...
Big box retailers have made comparing cellphone plans and pricing much quicker by putting most of the options under one roof. So the real question is who has what?Best Buy Co. Inc. sells more than 90 different handsets across nine prepaid/postpaid carriers through its...
