January 2010

Verizon Wireless finally filled in the blanks for its planned launch of Palm Inc.’s Pre Plus and Pixi Plus scheduled for Jan. 25. The devices, which were shown at the …

The recent adjustments made to rate plans by Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility are good news for customers that talk a lot each month, and do nothing else with their …

More than 25 years after its birth, Tetris is the best-selling mobile game of all time, having surpassed 100 million paid downloads on cell phones around the world.Associated Press

Nokia is offering people who buy its smartphones free access to its personal and car-based navigation platform in an effort to spur the development of location-based and social-networking applications on …

Staff working on the proposed National Broadband Plan are hoping to wrap up the final comments cycle by Jan. 27, Phoebe Yang, chief counsel and senior advisor to the Omnibus …

The Federal Communications Commission updated the state of communications in Haiti as it helps its Haitian counterpart Conatel restore telecoms and other media in the nation battered by a devastating …

The mobile advertising war brewing between Apple Inc. and Google Inc. took on a smaller rival today as Opera Software said it had acquired AdMarvel Inc. for an undisclosed amount. …

Brazil is expected to auction several spectrum licenses this year, which could lead to increased mobile broadband adoption, according to a new report from research firm Maravedis. Regulator Anatel could …

Following are infrastructure contracts that were announced during the past week: EricssonNorway and Sweden: With TeliaSonera to be the sole supplier of a common core network and also to supply …

Adtran’s board of directors declared a cash dividend of 9 cents per common share for the fourth quarter of 2009. Brightpoint Inc. completed a stock repurchase of nearly 9.2 million …

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.For …

The past week was a good one for the RCR Wireless Stock Index, with gainers leading losers by a more than 2 to 1 margin. Notable losers for the week …

It seems like nowadays you can’t throw a mobile phone without hitting a television showing a commercial from a wireless carrier touting its network coverage. The wireless world has gone …

The explosion of wireless devices and content – with predictions of 7 trillion devices connected to wireless networks by 2017 – will present increasingly complex challenges for service providers trying …

The American Red Cross has received more than $22 million in U.S. text-message donations for Haiti earthquake relief efforts, far outpacing the charity’s previous record of $400,000 for emergency relief …

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.On Friday, Verizon …

Not wanting to be left out of the fun of a price war, regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular Corp. announced today that it would also join the recent rush to …

Google on Tuesday postponed the launch of its mobile phone in China, adding to the potential commercial fallout of its dispute with Beijing over Internet censorship and e-mail hacking.Associated Press

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.On the threshold …

The Consumer Electronics Show is many things. But one thing it is not is easy on mobile networks.With more than 100,000 tech-savvy people crammed into a small and densely-packed set …

M-Dot Network – David Diamond, President of David Diamond Associates, has been appointed to the board of advisors. David Diamond Associates is a strategic marketing consulting practice with clients in …

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Cellphone users in the United States have contributed more than $11 million to Haitian earthquake relief through text messages in what is being hailed as an …

Motorola Inc. unveiled a new Android-based smartphone for the Korean market as the handset manufacturer attempts to take on country favorites LG and Samsung. “We are delighted to announce MOTOROI, …

The wireless sector probably didn’t fare as poorly as some industries in 2009, but nevertheless, telecom companies and individual employees felt the pain of the recession. The outlook for 2010 …

Sony will launch the first laptop containing the new TransferJet short-range wireless system on Saturday. Sony hopes TransferJet will replace cables for shifting data between gadgets, but the technology’s success …