May 2008

A new class-action lawsuit accuses Sprint Nextel Corp. of charging subscribers for mobile content not authorized by subscribers.The lawsuit, virtually identical to one filed against Alltel Wireless in March and …

Mobility continues to be a top investment priority for enterprises, according to a new survey by Aberdeen.The survey found that businesses increased their planned spending on wireless by 7.6% over …

Credo Mobile unveiled two new accessory products and a new charger that the company said are environmentally friendly.The Iqua Solar Bluetooth headset is a solar-powered product that provides 200 hours …

Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate iPCS Inc. filed a lawsuit against Sprint Nextel in relation to the recent partnership between the industry’s No. 3 carrier and Clearwire Corp. to bring together …

Leap Wireless International Inc. said it will launch its Cricket service in Las Vegas tomorrow using the advanced wireless services spectrum it won during the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 66 …

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. …

AT&T announced on May 4 that it would begin providing a mobile TV ser­vice to subscribers in the US. The new service, provided by MediaFLO USA, allows users to watch …

Microsoft wants to turn your car into a Windows machine (please, no “crash” jokes) with in-dash infotainment and diagnostic systems.

(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The number of US hospitals has decreased by 20 percent in the last 30 years, from over 7,000 in 1975 to 5,747 in 2007.

Who benefits the most from the recently announced Sprint ( S ) / Clearwire ( CLWR ) deal? It may not be who you think.

Traditional Web sites are often lost in translation on mobile phones. So developers are hoping to bridge the disconnect between wireless phones and the Internet by building a “middle Web.”The …

ON MANY LEVELS, politics alone appear to weigh heavily against the government approving a merger that would propel German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG to the top of the U.S. …

WHAT’S THAT SAYING? Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me?After their previous union was aborted last year, Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. decided last …

A new star is rising in mobile television and it’s all premised on the fact that people don’t want to pay for video on their cellphones. A few standout companies …

Apple Inc.’s foray into the global handset industry is a work-in-progress, judging by last week’s events, just as its initial, domestic rollout was marked by adroit tactical shifts.A sudden avalanche …

When people think of domestic iDEN carriers, the most common name mentioned is Sprint Nextel Corp., which serves more than 13 million customers on its Motorola Inc.-designed network. But that …

Armed only with more promises to revive the badly flagging company, Motorola Inc.’s CEO Greg Brown and fellow board members took a verbal beating from their shareholders at last week’s …

Inspired messagesThe Pope will send inspirational text messages to mobile phones during Catholic World Youth day this summer in Australia, according to a report from Agence France-Presse. “We wanted to …

Imagine that a group of disparate warriors needs to cross a field laden with land mines. If they can agree on an approach that keeps all of them intact, they …

Big news: RCR Wireless News has redesigned its daily e-mail newsletter beginning today. The new and improved e-mail will still continue to bring you the hard-hitting news you expect from …

If nothing else, the legacy of FCC Chairman Kevin Martin will be one in which aggressive advocacy of public-safety policy reigned to the point of sometimes seeming to conflict with …

If we didn’t live in a capitalist society, we’d be all for using Sprint Nextel’s iDEN network for public safety. Just look at the benefits. First, you save Sprint Nextel …

Mobile messaging revenues are expected to grow to $212 billion by 2013, according to new predictions from ABI Research.The growth will be driven by increasing popularity of short message service, …

A new report from Juniper Research predicts WiMAX growth will begin to take off in the period between 2009 and 2011, growing to more than 47 million subscribers worldwide by …