Wireless

BARCELONA, Spain – The world’s handset makers pulled out all the stops this year in their attempts to grab attention and generate interest in their products. At this year’s Mobile …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors–Lehman Bros. raised its 2010 EPS estimate on …

Microsoft Corp. and Gemalto have paired up to offer Windows Live Messenger services to consumers through a new client application that will come pre-installed on SIM cards.The SIMessenger application from …

The GSM Association announced the winners of its 14th Annual Global Mobile Awards at a gala dinner this week in Barcelona.Comedian Michael McIntyre hosted the event at the National Palace.Among …

Gemalto, NXP and Infineon are demonstrating a mobile contactless solution that will allow customers to use their mobile phone for a variety of services, including payment and access, across various …

BARCELONA, Spain – Verizon Wireless fleshed out its LTE plans by naming its network suppliers and setting a commercial launch date of 2010. The company, which plans to initially use …

After years of treading water and failing to live up to outlandish hype, mobile games finally may be starting to make progress. And it’s the Apple’s iPhone – and, to …

With Sprint Nextel Corp. continuing to struggle, rumors have been flying regarding possible extreme measures the industry’s No. 3 carrier might have to take to right the ship. One that …

Femtocells are just starting to hit the wireless market, but considerable momentum is building for the technology to play a key role when carriers start to deploy LTE networks.More than …

The Securities and Exchange Commission today settled charges alleging that Research in Motion Ltd. Co-CEO James Balsillie and other senior executives backdated millions of stock options from 1998 through 2006.“As …

With the purchase of a new mobile phone comes a new charger, leaving a consumer left with an old charger that has little use.The GSM Association and a group of …

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has donated $12.5 million to back an effort to bring cheap mobile financial services to people in developing markets.The Mobile Money for the Unbanked …

Since the settlement last year that ended the industry’s highest-profile cross-licensing battle, Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. have been expected to cozy up. Now it’s official. Nokia, the world’s largest …

Cisco Systems said it is extending its WebEx client software to a host of smartphones.The online conferencing service is now available on BlackBerry models the Bold, Storm and Curve 8900, …

Cricket Communications Inc. continues its nationwide rollout with its Chicago launch today, bringing its total covered pops to 77.5 million. The carrier, parented by Leap Wireless International Inc., is scheduled …

Sprint Nextel Corp., which continues to wedge itself in as the cheaper wireless solution, has put two of its popular plans together and taken $10 off the total price.The carrier …

The GSM Association and five European carriers are hoping to spur mobile marketing with a common system for measuring activity on the wireless Web.Orange, T-Mobile International, Telefonica, Vodafone and 3 …

MySpace said it is overhauling its mobile site in an effort to grow its base of 20 million wireless users.The popular social networking destination will launch an updated version of …

Yahoo Inc. unveiled an overhauled mobile portal that it hopes will become “your starting point to the Internet.”The company launched a beta version of Yahoo Mobile, a wireless Web destination …

BARCELONA, Spain – AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega used his Mobile World Congress keynote speech here to plead industry leaders for a common set of applications and application …

BARCELONA, Spain – Vodafone and HTC Corp. announced they will sell the world

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 Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. Ever since …

BARCELONA, Spain – The smartphone market got just a little more crowded as laptop maker Acer Inc. announced a lineup of four new Windows Mobile-based smartphones, the first of its …

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