Reports indicate T-Mobile is set to unveil new rate plans offering data and messaging only targeting customers uninterested in traditional cellular voice
T-Mobile US is reportedly set to update its data-only plans with unlimited text messaging, which would target customers with smartphones that have moved...
ORLANDO, Fla. – Following up on its plans for expanding HSPA+ enhancements across its network, T-Mobile USA Inc. also announced several new devices at this year's CTIA event as well as provided more launch details on some already announced models.The carrier showed off the...
T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) continues to play with the hearts of loyal Sidekick users, announcing more details on the latest device to sport the hallowed name, but remaining coy on launch plans.The carrier said the now Android-powered device will launch “this spring” at a...
T-Mobile USA Inc. (DT) closed a chapter on its Sidekick franchise last Friday as the industry’s No. 4 carrier stopped selling the iconic device, though it said it will continue to support product services and support.The carrier hinted that while the current lineup of...
Has Google’s Inc.’s Android operating system hit an inflexion point? Data released today by The NPD Group Inc. would indicate that possibility as the research firm reported that the sale of devices powered by the OS outsold Apple Inc.’s iPhone OS during the first...
The “social” generation tallied another victory this morning as computing giant Microsoft Corp. unveiled the latest attempt to infiltrate this narcissist, though apparently dominate, market made up of consumers that need to share everything they are doing, every moment of the day.The foray involves...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Microsoft Corp. has said it has recovered “most, if not all” customer data thought to have been lost when its servers hosting information for T-Mobile USA Inc.'s Sidekick devices crashed last week. Microsoft owns the Sidekick software provider Danger Inc.“We plan to begin restoring...
The nebulous concept of the “mobile cloud” rained on a group of mobile consumers last week as T-Mobile USA Inc.'s Sidekick service experienced a data outage that is now only coming back online, and more significantly may have caused consumers' stored data to be...
Following a week-long data outage, T-Mobile USA Inc. has told customers of its Danger Sidekick devices that any information uploaded to its servers has likely been lost and that customers should not allow their device to lose power as any stored information could also...
Cellular phones are, as you well know, ubiquitous these days. And for the past decade, the dominant players in the industry have been well distributed around the globe. There is strong representation from Korea, Japan, Scandinavia, Germany, the U.S., China, Taiwan, and lots of...
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.The migration to mobile messaging and data was the story of the first half of...
You know that dusty smell you experience when you open a book that hasn't been picked up in decades? That's the feeling I get lately when I think of Microsoft's Windows Mobile.Smartphones - and the applications that run on them - are at the...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For full coverage please visit RCRWireless.com/25years.
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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.Along with every one of my friends in this industry, from entrepreneurs to product managers at carriers,...
T-Mobile USA Inc.'s new Sidekick device is the first to launch since Microsoft Corp. bought the software company at the heart of the Danger Inc. franchise. Sharp makes the handset's hardware.The news: The messaging-happy, social networking crowd that patronizes the Sidekick devices at T-Mobile...
Mobile virtual network operator Virgin Mobile USA Inc. unveiled its new "Totally Unlimited" calling plan, which stands as a shot against the company's larger rivals by undercutting their prices by $20.Virgin's new plan, available July 1, will provide customers with unlimited minutes across days,...
APPLE INC. IS THE NAME and, now, sheer volume is the game.Before the "wow" factor for his much-hyped handset fades or is eclipsed by competitors, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has abandoned his initial business model for plunging into wireless and has gone with a...
Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Chris Cannon (R-Utah) introduced a bill to impose a five-year freeze on new discriminatory state and local wireless taxes."The wireless sector of the technology industry continues to be an important driver for growth in our nation's economy. Americans don't...
If the incumbent smartphone vendors give you the blues, all you have to do is wait a week for Velocity Mobile.This new smartphone vendor will launch at CTIA 2008 and seems certain to draw the curious. In such a brutally competitive market, some of...
When "going green" sometimes means having large polluters pay for lavish advertisements focused on how much they care about the earth, it helps to look beyond platitudes to tangible specifics.Right now, the telecom industry in general is in the early phase of defining what...
Pieter Knook, the leader of Microsoft Corp.'s mobile business and an 18-year company veteran, has jumped ship to Vodafone Group plc.Knook will lead the operator's efforts in consumer Internet services, Vodafone said last week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.Vodafone, based in...
Mobile phone design efforts over the past two years appear to have taken the handset as far as it will go, for now, if the handsets coming out of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, are any indication.The forefront of innovation today is...
Pieter Knook, the leader of Microsoft Corp.'s mobile business and an 18-year company veteran, has jumped ship to Vodafone Group plc.Knook will lead the operator's efforts in consumer Internet services, Vodafone said Thursday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.Vodafone, based in the...
