ORLANDO, Fla. – LightSquared continued its promotional tour this morning with company chairman and CEO Sanjiv Ahuja taking the stage during the Day 2 keynote extolling the benefits of LightSquared’s planned wholesale-only, satellite/terrestrial-based LTE network.Ahuja cited other companies that came into established industries with...
ORLANDO, Fla. – Following up on its plans for expanding HSPA+ enhancements across its network, T-Mobile USA Inc. also announced several new devices at this year's CTIA event as well as provided more launch details on some already announced models.The carrier showed off the...
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.Wireless handsets have been around for decades, but this market has perhaps never had a more promising...
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,...
iLoop Mobile is taking its mobile marketing strategy to small, local retailers, with a new program called SlingShop. The program can help small- and medium-sized retailers develop mobile marketing campaigns around loyalty efforts, check-in applications and custom discount deals.iLoop has made a name for...
China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) said it added nearly than 62 million customers in 2010, finishing the year with 584 million customers and extending its leadership as the world’s largest wireless operator. The growth was down from the more than 65 million customers added in...
The wireless industry heads to Orlando, Fla., next week for International CTIA Wireless 2011. The show comes just five weeks after Mobile World Congress 2011 kicked off in Barcelona. With such major shows like CES, Mobile World Congress and CTIA stacked up against each...
For those of you already camping in line to pick up Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iPad 2 tomorrow, AT&T Mobility (T) and Verizon Wireless (VZ) want to let you know that if you are interested in 3G connectivity, they have you covered … for a...
For those of you already camping in line to pick up Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iPad 2 tomorrow, AT&T Mobility (T) and Verizon Wireless (VZ) want to let you know that if you are interested in 3G connectivity, they have you covered … for a...
ORLANDO, Fla. – “Our focus is on mobilizing healthcare on all levels.” Mike Ross, VP of sales in the healthcare retail sector at Verizon Wireless told RCR Wireless News.Like its competitors, Verizon Wireless is leveraging many aspects of its core business and developing new...
AT&T Mobility recently announced the launch of ShopAlerts, a voluntary opt-in service that provides mobile promotions, rewards and discounts to AT&T wireless subscribers on their phones when they are in close proximity to a participating store or brand. Subscribers who choose to participate will...
CTIA said its 2010 spring show will take place May 8 through 10 in New Orleans, marking the first time the trade association will hold its conference in that city since 2005. The association said a major reason behind pushing back the International CTIA...
ORLANDO, Fla. — New customers of the traditional post-paid set are hard to find in the U.S. market. But business isn't kind to stagnation. Stockholders in publicly traded companies demand revenue and profit as a matter of principle.Sprint Nextel Corp. knows this all too...
TechWorld Australia | February 21, 2011 | Rodney Gedda
More support needed through retail channels, online service to go ahead
Telstra has announced it will open 100 new retail stores over the next three years to leverage growth in its mobile business.
With its retails stores being...
Jobs in the computer sector improved in 2010, as did the overall economy, although the telecommunications sector did not fare as well, according to figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.Companies in the IT engineering and telecom spaces were slow out of the...
Clearwire Corp.’s (CLWR) transition from a retail operator to a wholesale partner gained further momentum during the fourth quarter as the carrier posted record wholesale net additions and announced plans to further curtail its retail strategy.For the quarter, Clearwire said it added more than...
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...
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.Sprint Nextel Corp. reported earnings last week, and it looks like the four year winter of subscriber...
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.Mobile broadband operators should prepare for a decline in market growth. Recent research from Analysys...
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,...
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....
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) appeared to continue making progress on turning around its beleaguered operations during the final three months of 2010. The carrier said it added 1.1 million new customers to its network during the quarter, its strongest growth in nearly five years...
The nascent near field communication space received a much needed jolt today as Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. (DCM) announced an agreement with Korean operator KT Corp. (KT) to use the wireless technology to develop “cross-border services for mobile payments, mass-transit ticketing, promotional...
The nascent near field communication space received a much needed jolt today as Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. (DCM) announced an agreement with Korean operator KT Corp. (KT) to use the wireless technology to develop “cross-border services for mobile payments, mass-transit ticketing, promotional...
