2008

The handset market has been unseasonably chilly this fall.Where the third quarter typically reflects a ramp-up for the holiday spending orgy, it appeared from the metrics that the togas may …

Well-informed consumers looking for a new handset typically turn to online research first, using search capabilities and often searching for a specific handset, according to a new study of online …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier–Standard & Poor’s revised its outlook on BT Group PLC, a …

The Federal Communications Commission today conditionally approved the Verizon Wireless-Alltel Communications L.L.C. and the Sprint Nextel-Clearwire Corp. mergers, while also voting to allow unlicensed devices to operate in vacant broadcast …

You know that dusty smell you experience when you open a book that hasn’t been picked up in decades? That’s the feeling I get lately when I think of Microsoft’s …

Despite some financial hiccups, Alltel Communications L.L.C. managed to acquire more than 1 million gross customer additions during the third quarter, a 28% increase from a year ago. The carrier …

Editor’s Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what’s hot in wireless.Alltel Communications L.L.C stepped on …

NEWS LAST WEEK THAT MOTOROLA INC. HAD SETTLED ON Windows Mobile and Android as handset platforms in an effort to simplify, focus on innovation and manage costs underscored the unknowns …

Nokia Corp. said today that it would cut as many as 615 jobs in an ongoing corporate reorganization.The bulk, 450 jobs, will be eliminated in the global handset leader’s markets …

The “OS wars,” as some would have it, are alive and well – at least in the data on the various contenders’ shifting market share.“Symbian is still by far the …

Gameloft offered a surprisingly upbeat outlook for mobile gaming as it posted $34.1 million in third-quarter revenues.The Paris-based game maker reported an 8% increase from last year’s revenues during the …

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 …

ICO Global Communications said a Los Angeles Superior Court jury verdict could force Boeing Co. to pay up to $707 million in damages in a lawsuit brought by the mobile …

A class-action lawsuit asserts T-Mobile USA Inc. charged consumers for wireless content they did not ask for, another in a long line of legal challenges against the wireless industry that …

The Wi-Fi Alliance said 5,000 consumer and enterprise products have now been Wi-Fi certified since the testing program started in 2000.The group said more than 1,000 of those certifications have …

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 …

Don Reisinger thinks it’s time to say goodbye to Circuit City. And with 155 stores being shuttered across the U.S., he thinks its days are numbered.

Fujitsu has rolled out the LifeBook U820 mini-notebook with Garmin’s Mobile PC navigation software, a pivoting touchscreen, and a fingerprint sensor.

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. Having just …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has scratched a planned Nov. 4 vote on reforming the universal service fund and intercarrier compensation regimes. The move is a temporary reprieve for …

LG Electronics Co. said today it will work more closely with Microsoft Corp. on converged devices, likely smartphones the Korean vendor is pursuing. The two parties announced the signing of …

Sprint Nextel Corp. has been hit with a $1 billion federal class-action lawsuit over early-termination fees, the complaint filed by the same lawyers pursuing relief for consumers in a California …

German giant Deutsche Telekom AG’s $30 billion purchase of what is now T-Mobile USA Inc. is not at issue in the Federal Communications Commission’s re-examination of a narrow foreign-ownership issue …

A mobile device management software company has filed a lawsuit against Research in Motion Ltd. alleging infringement of two patents.Mformation Technologies Inc. filed the lawsuit against the Canadian maker of …

This year’s presidential election is significant in more ways than one: It marks the year that text messaging and the mobile Web became political battlegrounds, and serves as a benchmark …