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...
The market for mobile marketing and advertising is expected to be worth $3 billion by the end of the year and top $19 billion by 2011, surpassing text messaging as a source of mobile marketing spending, according to a report from ABI Research. The...
Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.You gotta love Nokia. Here is a company that is handily the largest cellphone maker in the world, yet it still has the nerve to bring the...
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...
The nation's 236 million mobile subscribers rang up an impressive $4.8 billion in mobile data purchases last year, using their phones to do everything from sending text messages to watching "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," according to figures released last week by IDC....
Money was the root of all interest at the recent CTIA Wireless conference, with various announcements from companies that want to play in the mobile payments and banking space, and a great deal of buzz about the potential opportunities for banks, operators and the...
Alltel named best in show at CTIA 2007Alltel Wireless won an E-Tech award for best in show at CTIA Wireless 2007 for its Celltop application. Celltop allows Alltel customers to access, manage and organize information available on their phone via a format similar to...
As it approaches its one-year anniversary, Disney Mobile L.L.C. has ambitious plans to develop new applications and move toward the use of EV-DO in delivering services. The company recently provided a glimpse of how its customers are making use of the innovative family-centric applications...
As Disney Mobile L.L.C. approaches its one-year anniversary, the company provided a glimpse of how customers are making use of the innovative, family-centric applications at the heart of its service. The mobile virtual network operator also proffered a look into its plans for the...
Nothing gets people's attention like the possibility of a prize dangled in front of them.Indeed, the Sony Ericsson Open and Starbucks have partnered for just such an event. The two have joined forces on a new promotion that will offer tennis fans in Florida...
Helping the homelessVirgin Mobile USA said three recording artists have joined it's The RE*Generation initiative that focuses on issues surrounding at-risk youth and homeless teens. Deftones, Lil'Boosie and Zero 7 all have signed on to the effort. Existing artists include Gnarls Barkley, James Blunt,...
T-Mobile USA Inc. has confirmed that its recently announced rate increase on pay-per-use text messages will be regarded as a material change to the terms and conditions of its subscribers' contracts, hence allowing them to cancel service without incurring early termination fees."Customers may terminate...
T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will begin offering its myFaves service to its Sidekick 3 users through an over-the-air software update. Once loaded, the update will allow Sidekick 3 customers to add the carrier's myFaves offering to their service plan.T-Mobile USA's myFaves service allows...
LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it will hold a "National Texting Championship" competition in order to promote its enV and V cellphones, which are selling through Verizon Wireless. The phones feature a flip-open screen and a tiny, QWERTY keyboard."LG created the LG National Texting...
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.Cingular Wireless L.L.C., now a part of AT&T Inc., has historically held the South as its stronghold. Kevin Balgobin,...
Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. will soon sell a self-branded handset, made by Kyocera Wireless Corp., dubbed the Marbl for $30 to its predominantly pay-as-you-go customers.The truncated name, missing a final vowel, appears to play off Motorola Inc.'s penchant for doing the same with its...
Slim, shiny, clever devices dazzle and delight-impressions that all the major handset makers are capable of producing in a mobile phone. As carriers manage their handset portfolios, they see in those devices the means to capture the imagination of consumers and draw them into...
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...
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.While northeastern Ohio digs out from a mountain of lake-effect snow, Heather Griffiths, district manager for northern Ohio/Cleveland East...
High-end mobile virtual network operator Voce expanded its handset lineup with the inclusion of Palm Inc.'s Treo smartphone, a move that raises the question whether the company has succeeded in adding a data component to its primarily voice service.Voce's Web site now shows that...
Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. unveiled a new high-end option for customers who want to do a lot of talking without a contract.For $100 per month, Virgin Mobile USA users will get 1,000 anytime minutes and unlimited night and weekend calling, with night off-peak calling...
High-end mobile virtual network operator Voce expanded its handset lineup with the inclusion of Palm Inc.'s Treo smartphone, a move that raises the question whether the company has succeeded in adding a data component to its primarily voice service.Voce's Web site now shows that...
Sprint Nextel Corp. is undercutting other carriers' pricing for unlimited text messaging with a package that costs $10 for individual lines and $20 for family plans.Comparatively, Verizon Wireless offers 500 messages plus unlimited in-network messaging for $10, and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. prices 400 messages...
Mobliss Inc. made its exit from mobile messaging official, selling off its assets in the space to digital company New Motion Inc. for an undisclosed sum.Mobliss, a subsidiary of Japan's Index Holdings, gained substantial traction in the early days of text messaging in the...
