Carriers

Alltel Corp. reported a quarter of record growth, with postpaid customers more than doubling year-over-year while the company made substantial improvements in its churn rate. Alltel added 205,000 net new …

Verizon Wireless has added the ability to update software on new phones on-the-fly, a new offering that may stand as a key competitive advantage. The carrier is working with InnoPath …

Nokia Corp. inched toward its long-held goal of 40% global market share in the third quarter, shipped more phones than its three largest rivals combined and earned revenue and profit …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

Music and messaging may be the mantra for holiday sales, according to conventional wisdom, but Sprint Nextel Corp. is taking no chances. The carrier will offer the HTC-branded Touch on …

Canadian carrier Rogers Wireless has expanded its High Speed Packet Access coverage to include five markets in Quebec, and now covers those markets as well as 20 others across Canada. …

Microsoft Corp. officially joined the voice-operated search field, unveiling a free directory-assistance service for mobile and fixed-line users.The software giant launched Live Search 411, an offering that delivers local listings …

Nokia Corp. will answer the iPhone’s splashy user interface with advancements in its own Series 60 UI that runs its smartphone offerings, the Finnish giant said at the Symbian Smartphone …

AT&T Mobility has stepped up its customer-friendly policies, following changes by Verizon Wireless and just ahead of a federal hearing on wireless consumer protection. The nation’s largest carrier introduced two …

Text-to-vote campaigns are changing TV viewing habits dramatically, and TV programming is pushing the popularity of text campaigns.And so it was that I watched “Dancing with the Stars” last Tuesday. …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the …

Nokia Corp. will offer a new CDMA handset in North America this fall, though details about possible carrier deals and pricing were not given. Such a phone, however, could run …

Shares of InfoSpace Inc. shot skyward after the company said it will sell its mobile services division to Motricity for $135 million in cash.Motricity will acquire InfoSpace’s managed services infrastructure …

Verizon Wireless is betting on Firethorn Holdings L.L.C. for its mobile banking service, and the two companies said they will work with financial institutions to educate consumers about using their …

Sprint Nextel Corp. is producing its own made-for-mobile video content.The carrier launched the Sprint Exclusive Entertainment (SEE) network, an in-house effort set to deliver more than 150 on-demand programs each …

AT&T Mobility left nothing to chance in its quest for 700 MHz spectrum. The nation’s No. 1 carrier agreed last week to shell out $2.5 billion in cash for 700 …

The domestic broadcast mobile TV space has gone from three potential providers to one in less than three months.AT&T Mobility’s announcement last week to pay $2.5 billion in cash for …

SPRINT NEXTEL CORP.’S OPERATIONAL STRUGGLES sunk to new lows last week as the nation’s No. 3 carrier had its CEO step down and the company reported that it would not …

Want one of those “.mobi” suffixes for your wireless Web site? Get out your checkbook.The company behind the mobile-only top-level domain closed its first online auction earlier this month, raking …

Verizon Wireless is requiring customers to opt out of allowing the carrier to share their customer proprietary network information (CPNI), a new policy that could spark protest from the carrier’s …

With the content-centered, postpaid mobile virtual network operator market in decline, analysts have already begun talking about the next evolution of the MVNO model. Apple Inc.’s iPhone is one example. …

It’s all well and good that some telecom analysts feel Sprint Nextel should reconsider its multibillion-dollar bet on WiMAX Nation in the wake of ex-company honcho Gary Forsee’s exit. The …

This must have slid under the radar, but AT&T last month announced that Fredericks of Hollywood had awarded the company its networking and voice services business covering 135 locations. (Not …

Triple-play bundles work, but the quadplay is as yet unproven as a strategy by which operators can improve revenues and reduce churn, according to a new report by global telecom …

Welcome to our Friday feature, Week in Review. Every Friday, RCR Wireless News runs through the major events of the past week, outlining what happened and speculating on what to …