Wireless

Alltel is teaming with mFoundry to create a new product called the Alltel Wallet.

Blockbuster Inc. caught up to the competition last week by introducing a set-top box that brings rentals from the Internet to the television.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Laptop, cellphone and iPod owners tired of having their devices run out of charge after a few hours have been patiently waiting for the next …

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION’S DELAY in ruling on backup power reporting requirements mandated by the Federal Communications Commission could suggest it sees merit in mobile phone industry arguments that compliance obligations …

The App Store is doing well, there’s no doubt of that. And according to reports, the list of official, approved apps in the App Store has surpassed 10,000. This, of …

Word of the successful kernel porting was made on the Linux on the iPhone blog, complete with instructions and source code. About the touch screen, though…

The Advertising Standards Authority in the United Kingdom has ruled that a particular Apple commercial touting the iPhone 3G as “really fast” to be misleading and has pulled the plug …

The mobile information superhighway is in need of some serious maintenance. That’s the take-away from a new Yankee Group evaluation of 32 consumer-facing mobile Web sites. The market research firm …

More shakeup continues at the senior executive level for Alcatel-Lucent, as the company has brought in a new CFO.The French-U.S. company announced today that Hubert de Pesquidoux has decided to …

A company that manages wireless accounts for some of the largest corporations in the United States has teamed up with a firm that is well known for recycling handsets.Rivermine Inc. …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier–Barclays Capital lowered its price target on Sprint Nextel to $5 …

Funny how an economic crisis rivaling (but hopefully not surpassing) the Great Depression tends to concentrate the minds of policymakers otherwise given to pugnacious political ideologies left to right. Survival …

To lure customers, Blockbuster is offering the player at no charge for people who rent 25 online Blockbuster movies in advance for $99.

Twitter has apparently rejected an all-stock acquisition offer from Facebook. Twitter officials may want more than an estimated $500 million valuation as it continues to build its user base.

Carriers are putting the finishing touches on their portfolios this week as the traditionally hottest shopping day of the year draws close. That’s Black Friday, this Friday.The new Samsung Omnia …

The patent-licensing dispute between InterDigital Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. appears to be over as the two companies have hammered out an agreement regarding royalties for the sale of …

A Los Angeles real estate developer filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc. claiming the company’s iPhone violates a patent he was awarded last month. Elliot Gottfurcht, a land developer and …

Sprint Nextel Corp. is back at it again with a new advertising campaign claiming the carrier is the industry leader in value, network superiority, customer service and wireless user experience.On …

The conventional wisdom on wireless retail sales appeared to be borne out by several surveys released in recent days. That wisdom is several-fold: — The handset market is contracting and …

So the fourth quarter showdown is finally here. And it seems that this year, it will truly be a battle royale.Think about it: This is the year of touchscreens and …

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 …