Mobile and Wireless Industry Reports

The WiMAX Forum has opened its first, and lead, lab to formally test and evaluate mobile WiMAX products for certification. With the lab now open for submissions, certified mobile WiMAX …

ZTE USA, the American face of the Chinese handset and network vendor, will begin supplying co-branded CDMA handsets to MetroPCS Communications Corp., which offers service to 3.7 million subscribers in …

The Federal Communications Commission said it received 266 applications for the 700 MHz auction, with small and rural telephone companies dominating a field that also includes leading mobile-phone operators, Google …

Want to know how long the line is outside your favorite club on a busy Saturday night? Or the guy-to-girl ratio at a bar before you pay the cover? That’s …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier–Lehman Brothers raised its price target on AT&T to $54 from …

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. —BelAir: Export Development Canada …

LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced recently that the company’s new Viewty handset has sold more than 310,000 units over its first five weeks in the European market, where it is …

AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp. will have to wait until next year to find out whether Congress can make scores of anti-terrorist wiretap lawsuits go away.Senate …

SinglePoint controlled the lion’s share, or 67%, of interactive TV transactions done via premium SMS in the third quarter of the year, having processed 35 million text-message transactions overall. This …

Regional, flat-rate carrier MetroPCS Communications Inc. has brought Cellfire Inc. on deck to offer its subscribers direct access to mobile coupon and discount offers. Cellfire enables users to find and …

Sprint Nextel Corp. has taken the head of its wireline spin-off back into the wireless fold, tapping Embarq Corp. Chairman, President and CEO Dan Hesse to become the wireless operator’s …

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

Today’s children live in a digital world. They’ve embraced electronics. As parents, we live and die by the Best Buy.I confess that, earlier this year, I let my 11-year-old daughter …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile …

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

The latest casualty in the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) space is XE Mobile, which targeted college-age youth and marketed itself as a hip, provocative alternative to traditional carriers with …

Alltel Wireless launched its Voice2TXT service, which allows customers receive their voicemails in SMS format. The carrier announced in September that it had signed a deal with technology provider SpinVox …

The day before Palm Inc. delivers its latest quarterly results-for the fiscal second quarter ending Nov. 30-a “key product” it missed delivering earlier in the holiday spending season has arrived …

Advertising.com co-founder John Ferber has joined the ad-subsidized content playground.Ferber unveiled Cellware.com, a site that hopes to offer both user-generated content and professionally produced offerings from partners including 4INFO, Arphiola …

Qualcomm Inc. apparently recognizes that mobile consumers remain a chatty lot. And with voice still the dominant mobile use, the San Diego chip company has purchased privately held SoftMax Inc. …

Atrium Wireless Partners L.L.C. announced it acquired the wireless assets of GTC Telecom Corp. in a deal that closed early last month. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.Atrium Wireless …

Turin Networks Inc. plans to acquire Carrier Access Corp. for around $92.7 million in cash. Under terms of the deal, stockholders will receive $2.60 for each outstanding share of Carrier …

GW Equity said it sold South Texas Cellular Inc. to Capstar Wireless Services Inc. for an undisclosed sum. South Texas Cellular, a cellular tower maintenance and infrastructure company, maintains more …

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. …