Although the market for W-CDMA mobile phones is still in its infancy, now is the time for most players to get a foot in the door or risk being left out in the cold. According to Strategy Analytics, the market for W-CDMA phones will...
The following is a list of headlines ranked by the highest number of page views on RCRNews.com during 2004. 1. Dec. 10, Report: Sprint/Nextel reach tentative $36B deal2. Jan. 15, Multiple offers could set off AWS bidding war3. Dec. 9, Sprint, Nextel consider merger,...
PARIS-Vodafone Group plc customers in some European markets have access to full-length songs from four major music labels through a deal announced last week. French digital music company Musiwave said it has secured mobile rights to full-length songs from EMI-Virgin, Sony, BMG and Warner....
REDMOND, Wash.-Online game publisher WildTangent announced the release of "24: Countdown," a mobile title based on the hit TV show "24." The game, which gives players a simulated 24 hours to foil a terrorist plot to blow up Las Vegas, is co-sponsored by LG...
Research In Motion Ltd.'s stock faltered again following the company's third-quarter results, with investors expecting a more bullish fourth-quarter outlook from the company. Some analysts, however, continued to remain relatively positive on the BlackBerry maker and its prospects despite the company's lower-than-expected forecasts and...
REDMOND, Wash.-Online game publisher WildTangent Tuesday announced the release of "24: Countdown," a mobile title based on the hit TV show "24." The game, which gives players a simulated 24 hours to foil a terrorist plot to blow up Las Vegas, is co-sponsored by...
Research In Motion Ltd.'s stock faltered again following the company's third-quarter results, with investors expecting a more bullish fourth-quarter outlook from the company. Some analysts, however, continued to remain relatively positive on the BlackBerry maker and its prospects despite the company's lower-than-expected forecasts and...
Vodafone Group plc customers in some European markets have access to full-length songs from four major music labels through a deal announced Tuesday.French digital music company Musiwave said it has secured mobile rights to full-length songs from EMI-Virgin, Sony, BMG and Warner. Currently, Vodafone's...
Editor's Note: Each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff chooses the person who has impacted the wireless industry the most during the past 12 months. By successfully closing the acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., making Cingular Wireless the nation's largest carrier, as...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc expanded its partner network program to include SmarTone as its exclusive partner in Hong Kong. Under the agreement, SmarTone will re-brand its business to SmarTone-Vodafone, enabling the Vodafone brand to be introduced into the Hong Kong mobile market. The companies also...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc expanded its partner network program to include SmarTone as its exclusive partner in Hong Kong. Under the agreement, SmarTone will re-brand its business to SmarTone-Vodafone, enabling the Vodafone brand to be introduced into the Hong Kong mobile market. The companies also...
Verizon Communications Inc. may be getting into the wireless consolidation game with published reports indicating that the telecommunications provider, which controls 55 percent of No. 2 wireless operator Verizon Wireless, is set to make a bid for Sprint Corp., which controls the nation's third-largest...
LG Electronics Co. Ltd., PalmSource Inc., SavaJe Technologies and China MobileSoft Ltd. all made waves on the operating-system front last week, announcements that further fractured an already complicated market. Indeed, as the mobile-phone industry continues to skyrocket, software vendors from all sectors are looking...
SAN DIEGO-Semiconductor company Sequoia Communications led the fund raising pack last week with $15 million in its fourth round of financing, while ringtone company Improvista Interactive Music Inc. and wireless credit card processing company Way Systems Inc. also announced new funds.Sequoia sells technology that...
Japan, which has uncanny savvy in developing and marketing mobile-phone services, has now taken wireless lobbying to a lofty level that would shame the wiliest of American influence peddlers.Softbank Corp. has taken a page right out of our playbook and now threatens to outshine...
Vodafone Group plc announced it will team with Boeing on a trial of high-speed in-flight Wi-Fi service beginning later this month. The agreement is one of the first between Connexion by Boeing and a wireless carrier.The project will gauge the Vodafone consumer experience with...
Semiconductor company Sequoia Communications led the fund raising pack Wednesday with $15 million in its fourth round of financing, while ringtone company Improvista Interactive Music Inc. and wireless credit card processing company Way Systems Inc. also announced new funds. Sequoia sells technology that integrates...
LONDON-European wireless operator Orange launched commercial UMTS-based services in the United Kingdom and France. The launch trails similar launches in the U.K. by rivals 3 and Vodafone Group plc, but is ahead of planned launches by T-Mobile UK and Mm02 plc. Rival SFR also...
The world's two most popular consumer electronics devices may soon be combined into one-the mobile TV phone. Behold. Although one is designed for sedentary, passive entertainment and the other for portable, two-way interactions, technology companies the world over are scurrying to build devices that...
Yet another mobile gaming acquisition was announced this week, as InfoSpace Inc. revealed it had bought IOMO Ltd., a U.K.-based publisher, for $15 million in cash.IOMO has developed more than 80 titles in its four-year history, with branded offerings such as Tiger Woods PGA...
SYDNEY, Australia-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will supply a new Internet Protocol/Multiprotocol Label Switching system in conjunction with Juniper Networks Inc. to carry traffic for Vodafone Australia's network. The system will carry Vodafone's current- and third-generation traffic between Brisbane and Melbourne via Sydney.The value...
WASHINGTON-A New York judge said Verizon Wireless can purchase bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.'s remaining licenses for $3 billion.A NextWave spokesman said the transaction will be worked into the plan of reorganization the company expects to file with the bankruptcy court Dec. 6.Once the deal...
HAMBURG, Germany-CoreMedia will provide digital rights management technology for Vodafone Group plc's new third-generation data offerings, the companies announced.CoreMedia's infrastructure, which was developed in accordance with the Open Mobile Alliance's DRM specifications, will offer differing levels of protection for the delivery of music, video...
AALBORG, Denmark-Danish mobile data delivery company End2End announced that it will deliver content for Swisscom Mobile's third-generation streaming service. The carrier has been using End2End to deliver downloadable content for its Vodafone live! service, which launched in Switzerland last year. With the new agreement,...
