Mobile and Wireless Industry Reports

Just as we suspected: Smartphone sales far outpace the overall handset market in growth and will continue to do so over the next five years, according to new data from …

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 …

The wireless industry usually teems with laugh-inducing sniping and enjoyable acrimony. But last week, it was all about the love.The mobile space in the past couple of years has become …

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 …

After shutting down two mobile virtual network operations in the United States, Walt Disney Co. is hoping the third time is the charm; the company is restarting its “Disney Mobile” …

Qwest Communications International Inc. introduced a set of wireless plans emphasizing messaging and data use.The Messaging and More plans are aimed at subscribers who are heavy text message users and …

LONDON-A handful of people queued overnight in the cold and rain outside Apple’s flagship store on London’s Regent Street to be among the first to legally buy an iPhone outside …

Regional carrier Pocket Communications said its customer base in south Texas reached 170,000 subscribers, 17 months after the company began offering a flat-rate wireless service that competes with larger carriers …

The Federal Communications Commission agreed to divide mobile satellite service L-band spectrum between CDMA operator Globalstar Inc. and TDMA operator Iridium Satellite L.L.C., while soliciting public comment on a plan …

Microsoft Inc. announced it has acquired the right to buy Musiwave SA from Openwave Systems Inc., which has struggled with management changes in light of stock-option backdating woes and proxy …

Yet another set of mobile advertising guidelines will be released this week as the dotMobi Advisory Group (MAG) unveils a 44-page document for companies looking to target wireless users.The group, …

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. …

The Bush administration’s top telecom advisor John Kneuer is stepping down later this month, ending a rocky tenure characterized by the Democratic-led Congress’ intense oversight of major public-safety, spectrum-reform and …

Leap Wireless International Inc.’s stock took a major hit this morning. The flat-rate wireless carrier, which until recently had been courted by MetroPCS Communications Inc. with an unsolicited $5.1 billion …

Wireless broadband service provider Clearwire Corp.’s losses widened substantially during the third quarter, with higher revenues more than offset by a $159 million charge related to the refinancing of some …

Shares of InPhonic Inc. continued their free-fall as the online wireless retailer filed for Chapter 11 protection and said it will sell “substantially all” of its assets to Versa Capital …

Qualcomm Inc.’s earnings in the fiscal fourth quarter and full year showed year-on-year improvements, but a modest outlook for the fiscal first quarter sent its shares down around 6% in …

With the launch of WiMAX trial markets just weeks away, Sprint Nextel Corp. says it is re-examining its WiMAX business plans and has abandoned a partnership with Clearwire Corp. intended …

T-Mobile USA Inc. added 857,000 net subscribers to its network during the third quarter, numbers primarily driven by the carrier’s prepaid offering. The carrier had added 802,000 net subscribers during …

Sprint Nextel Corp. announced it will pro-rate its early termination fees for customers, the last of the four national wireless carriers to do so.Sprint Nextel’s move comes on the heels …

Tellabs Inc. announced that Krish Prabhu plans to resign as president and CEO by March 1, 2008. Prabhu, 53, has served in the positions at Tellabs since 2004. Tellabs’ stock …

Towerstream Corp.’s stock slipped a little more than 4% to $2.50 per share after the company reported a net loss of $1.75 million for the third quarter. Revenues for the …

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 …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. awarded its $600 million media-buying account to Publicis Groupe’s Starcom, according to executives familiar with the situation. Starcom prevailed in a review that also included WPP …