Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Speculation on Cingular's...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Texting is the...
Natural and manmade disasters are always going to overload wireless networks as frantic people try to contact loved ones, find out what the hell is happening and in today's society, update their status, comment and upload video to social-media networks.Yesterday's earthquake along the East...
Businesses increasingly are using wireless technology to communicate internally among employees and externally with potential and existing customers. The trend is only going to continue as more people drop landline telephone services. While traditional media companies were early adopters of mobile technology to communicate,...
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.One of the great things about summer, especially this year’s Midwest rainfest, is watching things grow. Trees,...
Austin-based Alamo Drafthouse is a great dine-in movie theater to pick up a pint of homemade brew, order some decent food from your chair and watch a newly released flick or enjoy a special theme night such as a “Big Lebowski” quote-along.
However, lurking in...
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,...
The death of mobile “check-in” services is often hotly debated in industry circles; but while Facebook Places may have flopped and services like Foursquare/Gowalla et all look to expand their business models into something monetizable, other firms are already creating LBS value and making...
Verizon Wireless and the Texas attorney general have filed lawsuits against a company that they say used premium SMS campaigns to defraud VZW and its customers. The lawsuit is the latest in a string of 20 lawsuits Verizon Wireless has filed against companies...
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,...
LG | January 27, 2011 | Press Release
SAN DIEGO, January 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — LG Mobile Phones crowned the winner of the second annual LG Mobile World Cup today, naming the sister duo, Cristina Sales Ancines, age 20, and Jennifer Sales Ancines, age 15,...
Editor's Note: RCR Wireless News Editor Sylvie Barak delved deep into the Russian wireless landscape during a recent trip to the country. She delivered a feature report for RCR Wireless News that was included in our November Special Edition. Click here ...
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 at least 10 states this election cycle, organizations supporting Republican campaigns used text messaging to try to reduce Democratic turnout, says progressive political consulting firm, Revolution Messaging, calling on state attorneys general to investigate “the improper use of mobile technology by Republicans in...
It used to be that messaging, which gained popularity as simple texting or Short Message Service (SMS), was just for teens—a way for them to interact in real-time via their own shorthand tech-speak. Enter: Multimedia Message Service (MMS), enabling wireless consumers to incorporate images...
T-Mobile USA Inc.'s customers might want to mind their P's and Q's next time they get the urge to send a missive in the form of a text message or text under the influence.The nation's fourth-largest carrier in terms of subscribers argued in federal...
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.SMS use is on a steady rise worldwide, including messages sent to and from short codes. ...
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.From its humble beginning as a 160-character, text-based novelty, mobile messaging has exploded in popularity to now play...
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....
Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' March Special Edition, "The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content and Apps." The 80-page special edition is available here.Years ago, when smartphones were introduced to the market, they were...
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. Mobile LBS is gaining momentum in commercial markets over the next several years. Juniper Research...
It's election season on campus here at UC Santa Barbara and involved students are running around being grotesquely genial to everyone within their blast zone.
Some are asking for votes directed their way, but others are pleading with people to vote for anyone, anyone...
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.It is no secret that the wireless sector has transformed and the segment seeing the...
Target is launching what it calls the first scannable mobile coupon program from a nationwide retailer. Customers must opt in to the program on their computer at target.com/mobile, or on their device at m.target.com or by texting COUPONS to 827438 (Target.) The company said...
