RCBG in the News

iPhone vs. Blackberry
NPR Marketplace Report, March 5, 2008
Apple is trying to make the iPhone more competitive with the BlackBerry devices that dominate corporate markets. RCBG discusses the iPhone with NPR and how better security and increased compatibility with other e-mail systems could boost sales.
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Motorola's Three Big Mistakes
The Street.com, February 13, 2008
The company recently announced it might sell off its cell phone division, dropping the very products that made the company a worldwide name.
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Lack of Style Points Behind Motorola's Fall From Fashion
Chicago Tribune, February 3, 2008
Cell phone creator emphasized engineering over user tastes for too long.
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A New Blueprint for Cisco
BusinessWeek, December 13, 2007
Cordell Ratzlaff wants to expand the tech giant's reach by designing products customers can love.
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Ma Bell, The Web's New Gatekeeper
BusinessWeek, November 19, 2007
As AT&T weighs technology to catch pirated content on its network, privacy advocates get the chills.
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Will A Google Phone Change The Game?
BusinessWeek, September 28, 2007
Mobile biggies are quaking at the idea of competition from a free, ad-based service.
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Cisco Steps Up Consumer Push
BusinessWeek, May 10, 2007
CEO Chambers is readying a souped-up set-top box as part of the networking company's deepest push yet into the living room.
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Icahn Bid Adds To Woes Dogging Motorola's CEO
The Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2007
Motorola Inc. Chief Executive Ed Zander is facing another battle as he tries to put the stumbling cellphone maker back on track, with news that activist investor Carl Icahn has acquired at least a 1.39% stake in the company and is seeking a seat on its board.
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Motorola Gets Good
BusinessWeek, November 13, 2006
By buying Good Technology, the handset maker is seeking a foothold in the mobile messaging market dominated by rivals RIM and Palm.
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Sprint Nextel: Way Off the Hook
BusinessWeek, August 4, 2006
The telecom company formed last year has neglected its loyal customer base, and it's behind the pack on music downloads and handsets.
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The Future of Tech - Putting It All Together
BusinessWeek, July 3, 2006
Every year cell-phone makers, eager to get you and your pals to trade in that old clunker for a new handset, roll out a host of gee-whiz features.
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Motorola: Bye-Bye, Auto Electronics
BusinessWeek, April 4, 2006
The goal is to concentrate on handsets like the Q phone, which the outfit hopes is its BlackBerry killer
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Verizon Wireless' New Illinois-Wisconsin President
Crain's Chicago Business, March 13, 2006
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AT&T CEO Ed Whitacre: Lord of the Rings
BusinessWeek, March 9, 2006
The BellSouth deal creates a $165 billion colossus. But unlike the old Ma Bell, it faces a pack of hungry rivals in a morphing market.
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Cisco's Bold New TV Bet
BusinessWeek, November 18, 2005
The Scientific-Atlanta deal pushes the networking giant deeper into consumers' home and helps it court cable and telecom providers
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Motorola Veteran Will Lead Nortel
The Wall Street Journal, November 18, 2005
Nortel Networks Corp. named Mike Zafirovski president and Chief Executive Officer, hoping the former Motorola Inc. executive will bolster profitability at the slow-growing Canadian telecom-equipment supplier.
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How Motorola Got Its Groove Back
BusinessWeek, August 8, 2005
Inside the creation of a hit new phone as CEO Zander tries to remake the company into a master of innovation
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Vonage: Spending As Fast As It Can
BusinessWeek, June 20, 2005
CEO Jeff Citron aims to keep the Internet telephony startup a step ahead of the giants now in hot pursuit
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Can The SBC-AT&T Combo Make Money?
BusinessWeek, February 14, 2005
The colossus has lots of hurdles and little room for error
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Telecom-Gear Mergers May Start to Heat Up
The Wall Street Journal, February 11, 2005
Having survived a three-year bust, the suppliers of the gear used in the world's communications networks are facing a new challenge: the sudden and rapid consolidation of their customers.
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China's Telecom Forays Squeeze Struggling Rivals
The Wall Street Journal, September 8, 2004
The hard-driving expansion of China's telecom companies around the world is deepening the woes of struggling North American and European rivals and forcing them to scramble.
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