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Cox rattles wireless sword (again) but is short on details (again)

ASPEN, Colo. - The cable industry remains infatuated with wireless, yet details on how it plans to tackle the market remain murky.The latest to shine a light on the issue was Cox Communications Inc. President Patrick Esser. Esser, speaking at the Progress and Freedom...

NETWORKS: Telecommuting, M2M segments see opportunity: Wireless may cash in on others’ green efforts

As businesses examine energy and fuel costs as well as worker productivity, wireless companies have an opportunity to support the greening of the economy - and make money at the same time - by running applications over their networks that help other enterprises in...

4G migration paths: WiMAX vs. LTE

Editor's Note: RCR Wireless News has teamed up with the Yankee Group to conduct a series of market surveys of RCR Wireless News' subscribers to gauge their thoughts on technology issues impacting the wireless ecosystem.Those of you who respond to the survey will get...

NetMotion updates VPN product

NetMotion Wireless is bolstering the Internet voice and streaming video elements of its flagship virtual private network (VPN) offering.The Seattle-based developer this week will release version 8.0 of Mobility XE, a client-server product designed to allow mobile workers to maintain connections to applications as...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola, Nokia Siemens and more

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.WiMAX--Libya: Alcatel-Lucent said it won a contract from Libya Telecom...

Aircell courts airliners with Wi-Fi

Aircell L.L.C. has flipped the switch on its wireless network for U.S. airline passengers.The air-to-ground network links Wi-Fi access points aboard airliners with cell sites, allowing passengers to access the Web in flight. The Louisville, Colo.-based firm said the network was completed in January...

Apple reaches out to industry with iPhone SDK : Firm to keep 30% of iPhone app sales

CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Apple Inc. has delivered on its promise to offer a software development kit (SDK) to spur the growth of mobile applications for the iPhone. Thus far the only third-party applications out there are Web sites that simply make use of the...

The advent of the access-provider world

Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In the coming weeks look...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Nokia Siemens, Ericsson, Nortel and more

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--Slovenia: T-2 Slovenia has chosen Nokia Siemens Networks to provide...

Carriers need to spend money to make money: Why carriers need to spend to grow revenues and maintain margins

Gartner Inc. research indicates there are a number of reasons why carriers will continue to spend on network infrastructure in the next five to 10 years.Wireless data boomCarriers in North America have strong growth prospects but future long-term growth is going to be driven...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Kyte, Pudding Media and SoonR

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Kyte: Telefonica led a $15 million round of funding into Kyte. Also participating were Nokia Growth Partners, DoCoMoCapital Inc.,...

Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.

Not that we spend too much time surfing Canadian carrier Web sites, but a quick glance of the Telus Mobility site shows some interesting coverage challenges for the Great White North. The carrier's coverage map shows extensive availability of high-speed EV-DO Rev. A service...

Pudding raises $8M in quest to place ads into phone conversations

Pudding Media announced it raised $8 million in its first round of venture funding. VC firms Opus Capital and BRM Capital led the round.Pudding, which offers technology designed to deliver ads based on phone conversations, said it will use the funding to expand its...

Worst of the Week: Flying unicorns

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 RCRWirelessNews.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Nokia Siemens Networks, Alvarion, BelAir and more

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--Serbia: Telenor Srbija chose Nokia Siemens Networks to supply its...

Qualcomm buys SoftMax for voice quality

Qualcomm Inc. apparently recognizes that mobile consumers remain a chatty lot. And with voice still the dominant mobile use, the San Diego chip company has purchased privately held SoftMax Inc. for its noise-reduction technology. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed.According to Qualcomm, SoftMax's...

Analyst Angle: The year in review. 2017

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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Current Analysis' Avi Greengart, Jupiter Research's...

Carriers to push mobile VoIP service

Mobile Voice over Internet Protocol will quickly overtake voice-over-Wi-Fi technology and become a mainstream form of communication, predicts a new study from research firm Disruptive Analysis.The firm predicts the number of VoIP over 3G users could grow from virtually zero this year to more...

Analyst Angle: Will the Day Come When Voice is Free?

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 Current Analysis' Avi Greengart, iGR's Iain...

Fires burn up wireless lines: First responder networks prove their worth, commercial traffic jumps

AS WILDFIRES RAGED throughout southern California in recent weeks and hundreds of thousands were evacuated from their homes, wireless networks in the area saw dramatic increases in usage as well as some damage from the blazes. The increased usage included first responders who reported...

Courts, Congress scrutinize carrier control

THE MOBILE-PHONE INDUSTRY'S BUSINESS MODEL continues to come under attack, with challenges to carrier control increasingly playing out in the courts, Congress and at the Federal Communications Commission.National wireless carriers find themselves ensnarled in more than a dozen handset-locking and early-termination-fee cases consolidated in...

VoIP provider denied short-code access: VZW, T-Mobile USA and Alltel nix text message application

Rebtel, a Voice over Internet Protocol firm that offers low-cost international calling on mobile phones, said Verizon Wireless, Alltel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. rejected requests for short codes for creating local numbers by text message."We believe Verizon's rejection of our short-code campaign is...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: mFoundry, SinglePipe, Solarflare and more

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Inrix: August Capital, Bain Capital Ventures and Venrock led a $15 million Series C funding round into Inrix,...

Alcatel-Lucent shows off WiMAX handoff in Dominican Republic

Alcatel-Lucent and Dominican Republic-based operator Onemax announced that they've completed the world's first mobile handoffs on a commercial WiMAX 802.16e-2005 network in the 3.5 gigahertz spectrum band just one day after the companies officially launched the network.Onemax executives, customers, local celebrities and government dignitaries...