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Some of the world’s biggest companies-Google, Apple, Microsoft-increasingly are becoming more aggressive in the wireless space. And why shouldn’t they? CTIA counts 250 million cellphone subscribers in the United States-a …

While the increasing convergence of communications and entertainment on wireless Internet platforms is creating new business opportunities for value-chain stakeholders, it also is raising novel policy issues for mobile-phone operators.It …

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 …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is said to be pushing universal service fund changes that would reduce government subsidies for mobile phone carriers serving rural areas, likely setting up …

Research In Motion Ltd. is targeting small and medium-sized businesses with a new BlackBerry software offering for up to 30 users.The Waterloo, Ontario-based developer released BlackBerry Professional Software, a “streamlined” …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our Monday 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. …

When Microsoft Corp.’s CEO Steve Ballmer publicly mentions someone’s name as a respected veteran who will run a new company in partnership with his juggernaut, people listen. At CTIA I.T. …

With the wireless sector the most competitive in the telecom industry, it is hard to imagine that company executives can simultaneously beat each other’s brains out in the marketplace and …

Taiwanese smartphone vendor HTC Corp. and Brightpoint, Inc., the distribution powerhouse, signed a global distribution agreement that may help the smartphone maker realize its ambitions of establishing a globally recognized …

The mobile-phone industry cheered congressional approval of a bill to ban Internet access taxes for the next seven years, even though cellular carriers and others lobbied aggressively for a permanent …

For a show that bills itself as a bleeding-edge event with a multiple personality disorder (One Show. Two Personalities.) last week’s CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment conference in San Francisco …

LITIGATION SURROUNDING RULES for auction-bound 700 MHz wireless licenses took an unexpected turn last week.Verizon Wireless filed to withdraw its appeal of the Federal Communications Commission’s 700 MHz open-access rule, …

SAN FRANCISCO-Two things are certain in the wireless industry: Everyone in the ecosystem wants to take content consumption to the next level, but no one can agree on the best …

Simplicity. Invisible technology that brings consumers emotional satisfaction.A fun user interface that enables the work/play overlap.A company not from Cupertino, Calif., but from another center of innovation: MAGIC Labs at …

SAN FRANCISCO-Sprint Nextel Corp. understands that its technology choice for a mobile broadband world will require heavy lifting, measured in the billions of dollars, and that attracting others to its …

One of the funniest press releases to come out of last week’s CTIA I.T. & Entertainment event was from Alcatel-Lucent. “Alcatel-Lucent launches presence on Second Life virtual reality site to …

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 …

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 …

Wow. Three days, a few hundred miles of walking, too much alcohol and too few good meals. Or in other words, a typical CTIA event. While this year’s event seemed …

The buzzword du jour: presence. “Presence” is getting a lot of play, from the focus of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s opening keynote address on Tuesday to a panel discussion Wednesday. …

Groove Mobile is going directly to consumers with a new track from indie hip-hop artist Aceyalone. Users can send a message to a short code to receive a link enabling …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to a special CTIA I.T. Show Daily edition of our weekly online feature, Analyst Angle. Every Monday at www.RCRNews.com you can find columns from the industry’s leading …

The Mad Ballmer remained out of sight for Tuesday’s keynote address before a standing-room-only crowd.Instead, a calm, determined Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp.’s CEO, offered a new, enterprise-friendly, mobile-device-management suite, touched …

Litigation surrounding rules for the Jan. 24-scheduled 700 MHz auction has taken a sudden turn. Verizon Wireless filed to withdraw its appeal of the Federal Communications Commission’s 700 MHz open-access …

The bloom is off the rose. And maybe it’s about time.A longtime stage for all sorts of hyperbole, the CTIA I.T. conference this year is different. If Monday’s pre-show events …