July 2008

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 penetration …

Full-track music download services continue to spin their wheels in mobile, but Verizon Wireless is hoping to get some traction by overhauling its offering.The carrier last week launched a new …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or service from the user’s point of view, with the goal of …

Could the skies be clearing over beleagured Sprint Nextel?According to the Wall Street Journal, which cited comments from Verizon Communications President Denny Strigl, the nation’s No. 3 carrier could be …

The world got a tantalizing peak at a highly-anticipated touchscreen smartphone that’s supposed to come out this weekend. That’s right folks, it looks like the Treo 800w was showing its …

Torn between driving or walking to the gym? Well, now a mobile application’s available that calculates how much CO 2 using the care will produce, versus the number of calories …

Doreen Rosimos of Marlborough, N.H., brought along her Rottweiler, Zelda, when she went on an assignment in Kentucky.

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 …

The release of the iPhone is just around the corner. Apple plans to release the 3G iPhone in 22 different countries Friday, July 11. ; IPHONE 3G apple at&t; Crain’s …

Handset vendors’ second-quarter earnings are expected to be ho-hum, based on a global lull in new product launches during the quarter. As usual, however, analysts will carefully parse the language …

A lower price isn’t the only change accompanying the release of Apple Inc.’s 3G iPhone. Activating the device will also differ this year. When released last summer, customers were required …

FEW ARE CERTAIN whether Apple Inc.’s simultaneous, 22-country launch of its 3G iPhone this Friday is unprecedented in the industry. But many observers, cognizant of manufacturing logistics, regulatory-approval and carrier-testing …

Thinking about picking up an iPhone 3G the day Apple and AT&T start selling them? You might want to consider a few things before searching for a tent and camping …

I just read some staggering data: By 2016, US wireless industry will help bring about more productivity gains — $427 billion annually — than auto and pharmaceutical industries combined, according …

In a recent survey of people from 11 countries, South Koreans were the second most likely to own cellphones with e-mail capabilities. Sixty-nine percent of the South Korean respondents had …

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.Why …

Only in New York City… Last Friday, on July 4th, no less, about 10 people decided to get in line at the 5th Avenue Apple store for the 3G iPhone …

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. —Apprion: Motorola Ventures made …

Apple has failed to keep software for the iPhone up to date with patches available for its desktop PCs. The latest version of the software for the iPhone, 1.1.4, came …

The one-two punch of a typically slow quarter and overall economic challenges dazed regional wireless provider MetroPCS Communications Inc., which posted customer growth results for the second quarter that came …

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 …

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 …

The blueprints for the much-hyped IP Multimedia Subsystems architecture have been drawn, plans have been made, dreams have hatched; nearly everything needed to be done has been done; everything but …

(Reuters) – Blockbuster Inc (BBI.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ), which abandoned its offer to buy Circuit City Stores Inc (CC.N: Quote , Profile , Research …