Carriers

The Justice Department’s hiring of prominent lawyer Sandy Litvack to reportedly assist its probe of the advertising tie-up between search-engine giants Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. is fueling speculation that …

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has thrown out the last of a group of class-action lawsuits that sought to force wireless carriers to supply consumers with headsets and reimburse those …

Mobile e-mail company Visto Corp. announced a major new push into the social-networking space, an effort to expand the company’s offerings beyond e-mail and into various real-time information services. Specifically, …

SAN FRANCISCO — We know that mobile data is the key to unlocking future profits in the wireless industry. So, like the blind man describing an elephant by touch alone, …

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 …

Following a lot of bad publicity in the wake of AT&T Mobility’s exclusive contract for Apple Inc.’s iPhone and 700 MHz auction rules that demanded an open network, wireless carriers …

Smaller spectrum holders are going to face challenges as they decide whether to build out or sell in their markets. At last week’s Spectrum Marketplace event in Denver, nearly every …

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.Two seemingly unrelated …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin unveiled a new plan to auction valuable airwaves to foster interoperable public-safety communications around the country, a proposal with nationwide and regional licensing approaches …

RCR Wireless News reporter Gary Salazar spoke with ADC, which both the Republican and Democratic Parties hired to help increase wireless coverage during their conventions.; wireless; DNC; RNC; ADC; RCR …

Alltel Communications L.L.C. announced a tiered approach to its data pricing, with options starting at $10 per month for unlimited mobile Web access.The carrier – which is in the process …

Yahoo Inc. will serve as AT&T Mobility’s on-deck search vendor, and will aggregate both Internet information as well as listings from the carrier’s content catalogue – including ringtones, wallpaper and …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Cellphones, …

As Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. gear up for an initial market launch of its mobile WiMAX network this month, the duo is under pressure to deliver on the …

As several tropical storms threatened various sections of the nation, the Federal Communications Commission took action to prompt Bush administration and court review of a backup power rule maligned by …

Nokia Corp. gave somewhat vague mid-quarter guidance last Friday that sent its stock tumbling more than 9% to a new 52-week low. The Finnish giant, with about 40% global market …

American consumers may well be treated to “a moveable feast” this fall. Unlike the sketches of 1920s Paris by Ernest Hemingway by the same name, however, this one is more …

Losing customers is something that makes carriers’ toes curl and stomachs churn; it’s what you call “bad for business.” Traditionally the industry’s top-tier carriers manage to keep their churn around …

A decision to show up in Washington, D.C., nearly two years ago is starting to pay off for AirCell Inc. as it attempts to revolutionize the way people stay connected …

T-Mobile USA Inc. launched its first HSDPA-enabled phone, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication’s TM506. The carrier said the new handset will support its 3G network, which is currently alive and kicking …

The carrier deck is still the most valuable real estate in mobile content, but the future of downloadable wireless goodies may just lie in third-party storefronts. And for now, at …

There’s nothing easy about being smallest national mobile-phone carrier. Competing day to day for customers against AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless and Sprint Next Corp. is brutal enough. But it’s also …

Verizon Wireless landed on top of another J.D. Power and Associates study. The research firm released its 2008 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study – Vol. 2, measuring call quality on …

Cablevision Systems Corp. said it completed the first phase of its Optimum Wi-Fi deployment. The company’s Optimum online high-speed Internet customers in areas of Nassau and Suffolk counties in New …

U.S. Cellular Corp. and parent company Telephone and Data Systems Inc. have their sights set on the Big Apple, stock wise. Both companies announced today intentions to switch their publicly …