2008

Expectations of a future re-partnership with Sprint Nextel Corp. to deploy a nationwide WiMAX network appears to have overshadowed mixed financial results for Clearwire Corp., which has seen its stock …

The Federal Communications Commission announced it moved the 700 MHz spectrum auction into “stage three” in an effort to speed the proceedings along. Now, bidders must be active on at …

Motricity Inc. finally made it official, announcing that it will slash 250 jobs over the next nine months and move its headquarters from Durham, N.C. to the Seattle area.The moves, …

I’ve always found it odd that carriers charge for voice, charge for data and then charge separately for text messages. Isn’t text data? It’s words after all, from a user’s …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR Wireless News staff considers events in …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or service …

Motorola Inc. is on the lookout for an executive to lead its troubled handset division to the promised land, according to CEO Greg Brown, who said yesterday he is currently …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the …

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 …

Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and John Ensign (R-Nev.) introduced legislation to simplify tax treatment of business cellphone use.“We need to modernize the law now to reflect the reality that the …

Despite an attempt to speed the end of its 700 MHz spectrum auction, the Federal Communications Commission still counted around two dozen bids in each of this morning’s rounds. Thus, …

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said a $2.6 million settlement was reached with AT&T Mobility in connection with consumers billed for wireless content advertised as free.The state’s CyberFraud Task Force …

A United Kingdom court has ruled in Nokia Corp.’s favor and rejected Qualcomm Inc.’s claims that the handset maker infringed on its GSM patents, in a case filed two years …

Wireless e-mail vendor Visto Corp. said it reached a settlement with software giant Microsoft Corp. over patent licensing, an announcement that appears to indicate another legal victory for Visto.Although the …

Mitsubishi Electric Co. will shutter its mobile handset business, according to Nikkei, a Japanese business newspaper. The move would leave Mitsubishi’s main customer – network operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. – …

U.S. Cellular Corp. reported late Friday that it added 55,000 customers to its network during the final three months of 2007, and 301,000 customers for the year, to push its …

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. …

The following contracts were announced in February:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency urged federal regulators to defer key decisions in efforts to establish a voluntary mobile-phone emergency alert system.FEMA, a unit of the Department of Homeland Security, …

The field of mobile content aggregators has seen more casualties than a “Terminator” movie. For the few remaining players, though, there’s still plenty of money to be made in going …

So, Sprint Nextel posted a $29.5 billion loss for the fourth quarter of 2007. That would be a billion with a “b.” (And you were shocked when you received your …

A divided appeals court struck down a Federal Communications Commission’s decision in which the agency rejected the contention it illegally licensed 6,000 towers in the Gulf Coast by failing to …

The wireless industry relies on towers like a lifeline. All those wireless calls, messaging exchanges and data downloads and uploads rely on a steadily budding array of transmission towers. Without …

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s performance is likely to get worse before it gets better, the company told agitated investors last week.The company’s stock plummeted to new lows after it reported a …