Carriers

Following years of hype, mobile WiMAX from a major provider is now available commercially in the United States. Sprint Nextel Corp. announced that its Xohm service is live in the …

Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of stories examining the current economic downturn and how it affects the wireless industry. For more on this topic, visit RCRWireless.com/ Economic …

Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of stories examining the current economic downturn and how it affects the wireless industry. For more on this topic, visit RCRWireless.com/ Economic …

You’ve got to hand it to carriers for at least trying to come clean with consumers, though in some cases those efforts are a day late and a dollar short. …

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A Texas-based company is using the Internet for businesses and consumers interested in finding out if they are paying too much for their wireless service. Validas Inc. offers a Web …

Visa Inc. outlined a series of initiatives with three big-name partners in an effort to make mobile payment services “broadly available” to U.S. consumers by year’s end.Visa next month will …

T-Mobile USA Inc. has erased the worrisome fine print on the data-usage agreement related to its recently announced G1 phone, which the carrier unveiled with Google Inc. and HTC Corp. …

M2Z Networks Inc. said new test results demonstrate the Federal Communications Commission’s wireless broadband plan will not lead to interference as mobile-phone carriers claim. The company accused T-Mobile USA Inc. …

The government’s goal of restructuring 700 MHz public-safety/commercial rules by year’s end and conducting a re-auction in mid-2009 could be in jeopardy, with key House members urging Federal Communications Commission …

Sony Ericsson finally unveiled its response to Nokia Corp.’s Comes With Music service.The company outlined PlayNow plus, a hardware-and-content offering that will bundle as many as 1,000 pre-loaded songs with …

The typical U.S. mobile subscriber sends and receives more text messages than phone calls. In a finding that might benefit mobile marketing, Nielsen Mobile found that during the second quarter …

While key House Homeland Security Committee members appear to back Federal Communications Commission efforts to revise D-Block rules, the panel’s hearing brought to surface differences among lawmakers, first responders and …

As device and service options become more complex, wireless service providers are increasing their efforts to educate customers. Sprint Nextel Corp., which has been criticized in the past for its …

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SanDisk’s plan to use memory cards as vehicles for digital music has drawn derisive snorts from Apple fanboys and techier-than-thou types who dominate industry blogs and message boards. But for …

Researchers at Cleveland Clinic said they found a link between cellphone radiation and male fertility problems, fresh scientific data that surfaced in advance of a congressional hearing on a long-running …

Alltel Communications L.L.C. has been slapped with a class-action lawsuit over levying early termination fees on consumers that left the wireless carrier before the end of their service contracts. “Through …

The long-awaited Google Inc. Android-powered handset by HTC Corp. for T-Mobile USA Inc. – dubbed the G1 – debuted today and its pre-launch reception appeared positive.Timed for release on Oct. …

A $7 million settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit accusing Timberland Co. and others of illegally sending unsolicited advertising text messages to cellular subscribers. The development represents but …

THE OPEN-ACCESS POLICY DEBATE, which raged last year and then curiously subsided after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said the agency should not force wireless networks to give unfettered …

The back-to-school rush is over and, inevitably, the holidays will soon be upon us. Cue up the chorus of young voices in your household tentatively suggesting that you might want …

The back-to-school rush is over and, inevitably, the holidays will soon be upon us. Cue up the chorus of young voices in your household tentatively suggesting that you might want …

Mobile video-messaging startup Mogreet scored carrier deals on both sides of the Atlantic.The Venice Beach, Calif.-based firm is partnering with Fun Text, a U.K.-based content and messaging service, to offer …

At an event in New York today, T-Mobile USA Inc. and Google Inc. executives took the wraps off the G1, a device built by HTC Corp. that features Google Inc.’s …