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These are tenuous times for T-Mobile USA.Having spent $4.2 billion for 120 licenses in last year’s advanced wireless services auction and seeing its German sister company ready to live with …

If you’ve been reading the tea leaves for signs of Nokia Corp.’s resurgence in the United States, a more tangible sign could be sitting on the shelves at you local …

The next big thing in mobile virtual network operators may not look much like the MVNOs that have been launching-and sometimes crashing-in the past couple of years. With the hype …

MetroPCS Communications Inc. urged the Federal Communications Commission to address alleged efforts to run up local termination fees levied by incumbent and competitive wireline carriers within the scope of an …

Nokia Corp., two handset rivals and semiconductor companies active in the memory space are pursuing an open standard dubbed universal flash storage that could smooth the uptake path for a …

Patent reform is often billed as a battle between high-tech and pharmaceutical heavyweights, but in reality sharp divisions exist such that Motorola Inc., Qualcomm Inc., InterDigital Communications Corp., Texas Instruments …

Wireless carriers should be expected to speak highly of their networks-it’s arguably their greatest asset alongside spectrum holdings-but the No. 3 and No. 4 carriers are now enabling customers to …

Record labels and carriers are looking for creative ways to keep the lucrative ringtone party alive. But a handful of startups have taken a cue from music group REM, asking, …

AT&T Mobility announced earlier this month that it has expanded its W-CDMA/HSDPA service to McAllen, Texas (population: just over 125,000). That’s great news for McAllen, but a stark reminder that …

The Apple Inc. iPhone was expected to cause a shift in the industry on services, and its visual voicemail component may very well be initiating new ways for consumers to …

WiMAX equipment providerTelsima Corp. announced two tier-one operator deals in the fastgrowing Indian market, reflecting a WiMAX opportunity in emerging markets that has often been obscured in the United States …

Solis Energy recently launched a line of products specifically targeting power needs within the wireless space, from providing power for wireless security cameras to powering Wi-Fi and WiMAX network equipment.The …

Welcome to our Friday feature, Week in Review. Every Friday, RCR Wireless News runs through the major events of the past week, outlining what happened and speculating on what to …

Mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C. has received a fresh commitment of funds from South Korean co-parent SK Telecom, to the tune of $270 million. The funding does not include …

Telecom vendor GCI announced it acquired four-year-old Alaska Wireless Communications L.L.C. for an undisclosed sum.Alaska Wireless, a GSM cellular provider that launched in 2003 as a locally owned and operated …

Like any European vacation, by the time you reach your third historic capital, you’re running out of steam. At least the kind of steam that fuels international media coverage of …

Nokia Corp. introduced a beta version of a downloadable application that groups text conversations by contact.Conversations, as the offering is dubbed, enables threaded SMS messages similar to offerings available on …

New York City Transit is one step closer to building a cellphone network in its 277 subway stations, but it remains to be seen if mobile phone providers such as …

The Federal Communications Commission launched a rulemaking on the highly-sought 2155 MHz-2175 MHz spectrum band, setting the stage for a resumption of a wireless open-access debate that gained strength during …

Todd Achilles, the face of HTC Americas in the United States and throughout the Americas, resigned about a month ago, Achilles confirmed today. The smartphone vendor is actively pursuing candidates …

In a move that signals the intensifying competition among handset vendors in the United States market, Samsung Telecommunications America today named a chief marketing officer, Bill Ogle, to a newly …

Verizon Wireless and Vodafone Group plc are planning to move to Long Term Evolution technology as the 4G evolution path for their respective networks, according to remarks by company executives …

Actix, a wireless network technology provider, has completed its merger of Actix Ltd. and Radioplan GmbH, an automated network optimization software provider.Radioplan was first acquired by Actix in February 2006, …

Mobile virtual network operator Disney Mobile has been well-received by parents, but lacks scale and may see some changes to its business model, according to remarks by Walt Disney Co.’s …

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 …