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Amazon and Alibaba compete for booming mobile market WASHINGTON – E-commerce pioneer Amazon.com is lagging behind in the fight to grab market share in China, which, with 1.25 billion mobile …

Amazon will sell directly to Chinese consumers American e-commerce heavy hitter Amazon on March 8 announced it will open a store on its Chinese competitor Alibaba’s digital shopping platform Tmall. …

Editor’s Note: Looking to bring a younger perspective to the mobile space, RCR Wireless News has tapped Jeff Hawn to provide insight into what’s on the minds of the tech-savvy …

Editor’s Note: Looking to bring a younger perspective to the mobile space, RCR Wireless News has tapped Jeff Hawn to provide insight into what’s on the minds of the tech-savvy …

RCR Mobile Minute Verizon job cuts reported About 1,000 Verizon Communications employees will get buyout offers for the holidays, according to a report from Bloomberg. The report cites an unnamed …

The awkwardly named Hadoop market is set to receive the “as-a-service” boost that is sweeping the wireless telecom space, and it could potentially reap significant rewards. A new report from …

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Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. “Pay-as-you-go” has worked well for T-Mobile US when it comes to its service offerings for customers, and the carrier says …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless The Federal Trade Commission says that Amazon.com has been billing account holders for in-app purchases that they never authorized. The …

Analysts from IHS Technologies, Argus Insights and IBB Consulting joined RCR to discuss the outlook for the Amazon Fire Phone. Mobile operators have longed for a third device ecosystem that …

For just over one year now, T-Mobile US has made a name for itself through its “Un-carrier” marketing push that has come to re-define the domestic wireless space. Regardless of how much credit should be given to T-Mobile US

Amazon.com’s red-hot entry into the domestic cellphone market with its Fire smartphone looks to throw a significant wrench in the competitive landscape thanks to the company’s well-stocked application and device …

Amazon has finally taken the wraps off its new Fire Phone. The 4.7-inch LTE Android phone will be an AT&T exclusive, available July 25 on contract at $199 for the …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Amazon may be trying to create an iPhone-like buzz around its new smartphone by giving the device exclusively to AT&T. …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. Amazon is expected to bring a new dimension to the smartphone market this week with an Amazon-branded phone that will …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless. The Twitter hashtag #AmazonCart marks the social media giant’s latest foray into the world of e-commerce. If you include the …

Top stories: T-Mobile US taps tablets, capped data plans, overage challenges in latest marketing push T-Mobile US’ most compelling announcement was a further push into the tablet market that allows …

In mobile chip news this week, Qualcomm has unveiled its newest Snapdragon chipset, Broadcom has teamed up with Amazon, and Freescale has agreed to buy Mindspeed’s ARM processor business. Qualcomm …

Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular announced that online retail giant Amazon.com would begin carrying prepaid devices compatible with the carrier’s network. The move comes just ahead of increasingly important holiday …

Verizon breaks new ground, ZTE enters the smartwatch race, and HTC goes for the gold (again.) Verizon breaks new ground Verizon’s Ellipsis tablet represents several “firsts” for the mobile device …

At the peak of the mobile virtual network operator fervor we witnessed in the 2005 to 2007 timeframe, common wisdom held that a successful MVNO must have killer content, a highly targeted

China’s ZTE is bringing its two flagship smartphones to the U.S., hoping to attract customers who want to avoid carrier contracts. The ZTE Grand S and the nubia 5 will …