Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) is being carried by its Nook business as physical sales continue to decline. The company reported a $57 million loss on total revenue of $1.4 billion in the recently closed quarter.Sales through BN.com jumped 36% from a year ago,...
Greenpacket has been awarded a 2-year contract by Wateen Telecom, WiMAX operator in Pakistan, for the supply of Greenpacket’s modem, the UH350. Wateen Telecom is a venture of the Abu Dhabi Group, which also owns Warid Telecom, Pakistan’s mobile operator. Value undisclosedDialogic announced that...
How do you shop? Do you prefer to go to the mall or are you one of those people who buy everything through the Internet? A global survey from IBM Corp. with 30,000 people around the globe showed that when it comes to shopping,...
U.S. retailer Pacific Sunwear (PacSun) is deploying Global Bay Mobile Technologies’ iPad retailing solution in 300 stores nationwide, with plans to add another 100 stores through the rest of the year. The retailer, which caters to the youth demographic, said the technology will help...
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.“Palm’s innovative operating system provides an ideal platform to expand HP’s mobility strategy and create a unique...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Reuters | August 11, 2011 | Michael Martina
(Reuters) - Authorities in China's southwestern city of Kunming have identified another 22 unauthorized Apple retailers weeks after a fake of the company's store in the city sparked an international storm.
China's Administration for Industry and Commerce in...
QR codes and barcodes are increasingly making their presence known on store shelfs, windows and kiosks, but how many people actually scan those codes? At least 14 million users, or a little more than 6% of the total wireless subscriber base in the United...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
In a deal that is uniformly being labeled as a patent portfolio purchase, HTC Corp. has acquired Dashwire Inc. for $18.5 million. The Seattle-based company offers cloud services for operators, device makers and retailers with support for BlackBerry, Android, Symbian and Windows Mobile.HTC said...
UPDATED: Editor's Note: With all of the domestic industry's public, facilities-based operators having announced second quarter results we decided to provide a quick snapshot of how the quarter stacked up.Verizon Wireless (106.3 million connections)Quick facts: Posted 2.2 million net additions for the quarter, including...
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....
Motorola Solutions Inc. (MSI) reported a 6% jump in sales from the year-ago period, reaching $2.05 million in revenue. The company ended the recently closed second quarter with $170 million in net profit, also up 6% from a year ago.Comprising almost 64% of its...
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.
This week, we begin with a quote from the new CEO of Verizon Communications Inc., Lowell McAdam:
“…We...
UPDATED: RadioShack Corp. (RSH) is set to jump back in bed with Verizon Wireless (VZ) at the expense of its long-term relationship with T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY)The electronics retailer said that beginning Sept. 15 it will begin offering Verizon Wireless' postpaid and prepaid services...
Not only does Apple Inc. (AAPL) have the most succesful tablet on the market with the iPad, it's also made significant headway in dominating the enterprise market, a sector that hasn't been strong historically for the company. Apple is no doubt a heavyweight in...
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) added 2.2 million net subscribers on Verizon Wireless' network during the recently closed quarter, bringing its total to 106.3 million connections, including 89.7 million retail customers.The company's wireless business saw a 10.2% year-over-year increase in revenues to $17.3 billion and...
Research in Motion (RIM) Ltd. will start manufacturing BlackBerry smartphones in Argentina through a deal with Brightstar Corporation, which will invest US$ 23 million. The production begins on October in Tierra del Fuego, and may generate up to 300 jobs. According to RIM, it...
Mobile commerce gained some considerable momentum today when it was announced that the four largest national payments networks would be joining Isis. The national mobile commerce joint venture between Verizon Wireless (VZ), AT&T Mobility (T) and T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) will get a significant...
The smartphone war is being waged on many fronts. Of course there's the never-ending price war and battle for customers at the retail or carrier level, but smartphone makers are treading just as deep into the legal department. Patent disputes abound in the wireless...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Seven months after spinning off as a separate company, Motorola Solutions Inc. (MSI) is doubling down on its services portfolio and making other moves to reach deeper into the public safety and enterprise sectors.“Out of the gate we’re performing pretty...
T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) said it has expanded the availability of its 42 megabit per second HSPA+ coverage to more than 170 million potential customers across 152 markets. That speed claim is of course the theoretical maximum downlink, with customers experiencing real-world speeds on...
Let confusion reign!AT&T Mobility (T) announced today plans to begin selling “4G” devices compatible with the carrier's soon-to-launch LTE network alongside currently available “4G” devices compatible with the carrier's HSPA+ network. Sure, those “4G” LTE devices will be backwards compatible with “4G” HSPA+ services,...
