Mobile and Wireless Industry Reports

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier–RBC Capital Markets lowered its price target on Verizon to $37 …

On a sunny afternoon back in June 2007, members of the media, academia, and the tech industry gathered to watch Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin drive a white …

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If it’s going to be used at work, IT needs to know what to do. One of biggest stories behind the release of the iPhone 3G — and the iPhone …

The fees that cell phone carriers charge customers who break service contracts took a big hit in a California courtroom when a judge said such charges by Sprint Nextel Corp. …

Once again, the Olympics will be seen as a kind of barometer for mobile data. But for wireless to perform alchemy at this year’s games by turning consumers into gold, …

Neonode Inc. needs patience from investors, the company’s interim CEO wrote yesterday in an open letter.The fledgling, Swedish public company, known to many for its small, touchscreen N2 device – …

Leap Wireless International Inc. played musical chairs with a few of its senior executives. Al Moschner, formerly VP and chief marketing officer, has been appointed to COO. In his new …

Alcatel-Lucent’s troubles are likely to continue in the third quarter, as the network vendor struggles with structural problems, according to one research company. As part of its second-quarter results, Alcatel-Lucent …

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 …

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 …

Things move quickly in the U.S. mobile entertainment ecosystem – unless you’re an adult content vendor.From sex texts to moantones to bikini-clad models to full-on hardcore video, wireless porn is …

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.Patrick Maurer is …

Transport-based mobile ticketing will grow from 37.4 million transactions last year to more than 1.8 billion by 2011, according to new research from Juniper Research.The Far East and China will …

Web users have gotten very good at finding what they’re seeking online. But with today’s proliferation of mobile phones, PDAs, and palmtop computers that can access the Web, search becomes …

Tracfone Wireless Inc. subsidiary Net10 has jumped into the increasingly popular unlimited-service-plan play with its new Net10 Unlimited Plan, which offers unlimited calling and texting for $80 per month. Per …

While some mobile virtual network operators are switching off the lights, others seem to be thriving – and globally at that. After seeing success in the United States and Canada, …

WITH A LARGELY CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT signed, sealed and delivered by Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. last week, arguably the most significant stand-off in the wireless industry has been resolved. But …

VERIZON WIRELESS MAY LAG BEHIND larger rival AT&T Mobility in total customers, but the industry’s No. 2 players continues to hold a financial lead.Verizon Wireless posted an 11.8% increase in …

Sprint Nextel Corp. overhauled its mobile Web service in an effort to deliver customized Internet content to subscribers.Sprint Web offers an adaptive home page that uses technology from ChangingWorlds to …

Nokia Corp. hit the second-quarter finish line (pun intended) with strong year-over-year growth in handset shipment volumes, a key metric for Wall Street and those given to horse-race analogies.The company’s …

The tower industry was busy last week with Sprint Nextel Corp. announcing the sale of 3,300 towers to TowerCo L.L.C. for $670 million and tower giant SBA acquiring a pair …

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. …

Starting with its upcoming E71 and E66 smartphones, Nokia said it wants to offer the option of connecting to other e-mail services.

The iPhone and Nokia handsets are the most-used handsets for accessing mobile maps, according to ComScore.