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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN KEVIN MARTIN is coming under mounting pressure to postpone votes on major wireless items scheduled for Nov. 4. As Martin tries to round up support for …

Everyone loves a good horse race. But with macro-economic conditions reverberating throughout the wireless industry – handset vendors’ aggregate volume growth in the third quarter appeared to be stagnating – …

In an attempt to keep up with the needs of today’s businesses, Alltel Communications L.L.C. launched a new service allowing workers with smartphones access to client information and data while …

Verizon Wireless added 2.1 million customers during the third quarter, just slightly behind numbers posted by rival AT&T Mobility last week.In organic growth, Verizon added 1.5 million retail net customer …

Cable company Cox Communications announced it will build a wireless network with the $500 million in spectrum the company has accumulated over the past several years, and will launch commercial …

Similar to Google Earth for desktop computers, the free software’s animated world rotates and zooms in on a map of one’s location.

Qik has announced an alpha version of the Qik video-sharing application for the BlackBerry. The Qik application will allow BlackBerry uses to stream live video around the world.

SK Telecom, the country’s biggest mobile telephony operator, has seized upon the global market in the past decade and struggled to stay relevant.

The discount retailer says it’s ready for holiday shoppers as it scales back growth of namesake stores.

During a press event, CEO Dan Hesse said Sprint would eventually sell Android phones, but that it needed a bit more time to put the Sprint brand on it.

The positive merits of social networking have been leveraged in a multitude of ways by consumers, businesses, and other organizations for some time.

One of the joys of the Mac community is that if you find something–a program, a method of doing something, what have you–there usually isn’t a shortage of people willing …

AT&T has recently begun surveying some of its longer-term iPhone buyers asking what features they would most like to see added to the Apple handset.

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News Washington Bureau Chief Jeffrey Silva asked the presidential campaigns of Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) to respond to e-mailed questions covering a …

Motorola Inc., struggling to return to sustainable profitability, will bring the Aura handset to market this quarter, the company said. With “state-of-the-art handcraftsmanship,” the device will set you back two …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. beat expectations on handset shipments in the third quarter, and gained market share partly through aggressive pricing. Handsets drove the Korean conglomerate’s revenue in the quarter …

New enhanced 911 location accuracy proposals endorsed by public-safety groups and the nation’s three largest mobile-phone carriers, while less stringent than now-defunct 2007 federal guidelines, have failed to win ringing …

He is one of the most respected, accomplished and well-liked public servants ever to grace the Federal Communications Commission. Now, mobile phone carriers, TV network moguls and others want his …

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.—AdMob: Sequoia Capital’s Growth Fund …

Retailers that sell in multiple channels should tie those channels together as much as possible. For example, an e-retailer can implement technology on its e-commerce site and not only boost …

Comments from Apple CEO Steve Jobs this week suggested that the cash-rich computer and phone maker might be in a good position to start snapping up struggling tech companies.

AT&T Mobility is ignoring recommendations from the National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus to modify or discontinue two of its “More Bars in More Places” …

BOSTON – There was a lot of talk during the Mobile Internet World 2008 event about expanding connectivity and access to the Internet to more people and devices using advanced …