Wireless

Mobile capital expenditures exceeded $131 billion last year and will grow to $163.5 billion in 2013, driven by increasing traffic and preparations for fourth-generation networks, according to a new study …

Hardware, software, high-speed networks, uptake . it seems all the pieces are in place for mobile commerce to take off. Well, all the pieces except maybe a viable business model …

Mobile Internet service users will increase from 577 million today to more than 1.7 billion by 2013, according to a new report from Juniper Research.The growth will be driven by …

T-Mobile USA Inc. kept good on its 3G rollout promise; the carrier launched its 3G network in Las Vegas. Although it currently lags behind its tier-one competitors in the high-speed …

Mobile music has been a one-hit wonder. But the big follow-up to the lucrative ringtone market may not be ringback tones, full-track downloads or any other single application. It may …

Leap Wireless International Inc. is planning to aggressively expand its broadband offering even as that buildout weighs down its financials. The carrier said it added added 171,000 net customers during …

A new health lawsuit has surfaced in California against T-Mobile USA Inc., Motorola Inc. and Samsung Telecommunications America Inc., the complaint coming after a relative lull in litigation against the …

Sierra Wireless Inc. has purchased the assets of Junxion Inc., to build on its delivery of mobile data solutions for enterprise and government, the company said today. Junxion is a …

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 …

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.Along with every …

Just like Ronald Reagan claimed with his trickle-down economic plan, wireless customers are beginning to see unlimited offerings filter down to cheaper price points and in some cases to offerings …

The Federal Communications Commissions gave the green light to Verizon Wireless’ $2.67 billion purchase of Rural Cellular Corp., with the transaction and a separate pending deal involving the No. 2 …

Sanjay Jha, the newly minted co-CEO of Motorola Inc. and designated turnaround artist for its handset division, told an audience of analysts and media this morning that within 90 days …

Mobile TV provider MobiTV said it now counts 4 million subscribers to its mobile video programming service. That’s an increase from 3 million customers just 10 months ago. The rise …

Just in time for the 2008 Olympics set to kick off in China later this week the nation’s two largest carriers expanded their international data plans.AT&T Mobility introduced two new …

Verizon Wireless has re-placed itself in the push-to-talk arena. As promised earlier this year, Verizon Wireless has released two new PTT phones, running on the carrier’s CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision …

Welcome to our weekly RCR Wireless Newscast. This week it’s all about the Olympics, which are set to kick off Friday. Eyes from around the world will be on Beijing, …

Sanjay Jha, formerly COO at Qualcomm Inc., will lead efforts at Motorola Inc. to turn around the beleaguered company’s handset division, the companies said today.Jha will be co-CEO of Motorola, …

A California Superior Court judge ordered Sprint Nextel Corp. to pay $73 million after finding its early termination fee policy violated California law.Alameda County Superior Court Judge Bonnie Sabraw said …

CommScope Inc. released second-quarter results, reporting revenue of $1.09 billion, net income of $40.2 million and strong international sales. CommScope said sales more than doubled on a year-over-year basis, due …

Centennial Communications Corp. put out results for its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year that ended May 31, with a consolidated annual revenue exceeding $1 billion.Consolidated revenue for the fourth quarter totaled …

In this week’s RCR Wireless Newscast, the CDMA Development Group’s executive director Perry LaForge discusses the current and future position of CDMA technology in the wireless market. ; cdma; In …