Mobile and Wireless Industry Reports

Verizon Wireless is covering its bases. The nation’s second-largest carrier unveiled four new phones today, including a touchscreen-with-QWERTY keypad model from LG Electronics Co. Ltd., without mentioning prices. You’ll have …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Carrier–Morgan Stanley cut its price target on Embarq Corp. to …

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. –Myxer: Harris Preston & …

Palm Inc. is down, but not out. The smartphone maker has struggled to develop a new operating system, bring relevant devices to market and seen its market share plunge-and just …

Single Touch Interactive Inc., a mobile application provider, has purchased Soapbox Mobile for an undisclosed sum. A Single Touch Interactive representative confirmed the deal, but would not elaborate on any …

A quick tip to all media companies looking to extend their brands to wireless: Yes, even mass-market phones now have many of the bells and whistles of a home PC, …

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

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

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 …

Nokia Siemens Networks has inked a deal with IBM Corp. to sell multiple business units in research and development and service core and applications to the company. The sale will …

Verizon Wireless has announced another consumer-friendly change to its policies: It will allow customers to change their wireless service plans without requiring an extension of their contracts.The carrier said the …

The European Commission will expedite an investigation of charges against Qualcomm Inc. by six leading wireless companies that the chip and licensing company has violated antitrust rules.The EC may dismiss …

Taking a page from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, copy writers for Samsung Telecommunications America wrote today that the vendor had delivered the “most wanted” features in a flip phone …

Comedian Bill Murray, in an early Saturday Night Live skit, posed as a Spanish-language game-show host with the tagline: “Who is muy macho?” He would offer two studly Hollywood actors …

Adobe Systems Inc. released a new version of its Flash software for mobile phones.The company released Flash Lite 3, which is designed to allow wireless users to view Flash-enabled Web …

Nokia Corp. said it will acquire digital mapping company Navteq in a blockbuster $8.1 billion deal.The Finnish company plans to spend $78 per share for Navteq, a 22-year-old, Chicago-based outfit. …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our Monday 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. …

Although younger users are at the forefront of mobile adoption, new research from InsightExpress found that Baby Boomers are actively embracing wireless too.In a new survey, the firm found that …

MobiTV Inc. has named Charlie Nooney its next CEO. Nooney will succeed Phillip Alvelda, who helped found the company in Northern California and develop it into one of the early …

Stay tuned for a message from your cell phone, which seems to know an awful lot about you

LG Electronics is raising its bet on music phones in emerging nations, while focusing on touch-sensitive phones in developed nations.

Check one off the list of 16 devices rumored to be coming to T-Mobile by August. Today, T-Mobile announced the availability of Nokia’s new music playin’ candy bar, the XpressMusic …