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The extended family of “The Simpsons” is making a big bet on mobile. The creative minds that introduced us to Bart, Homer, Marge, Lisa, Maggie and dozens more back in …

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 …

How can the world’s largest cellphone maker expand its sales efforts? That’s the question Bill Plummer is working on. Plummer is VP of Multimedia Sales and Channel Management in North …

Motorola Inc. warned investors that its sales, earnings and unit shipments would all fall below previous guidance. The company also announced that Stu Reed, current head of the vendor’s supply …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin’s 700 MHz plan has triggered an angry backlash, with the agency chief suddenly finding himself squeezed by the cellular industry and others vehemently opposed …

ABC Owned Television Stations Group has launched free, ad-supported mobile video services in all 10 of its markets. Such moves appear to be gaining steam in an industry where broadcasters …

The mobile-phone industry reacted angrily to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin’s 700 MHz draft decision to impose an open-access-like condition on more than a third of the 60 megahertz …

Motorola Inc. will buy privately held Leapstone Systems, Inc., a software developer with a unified platform for voice and data bundles across multiple networks and devices. Terms of the deal …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR Wireless News staff considers events …

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 …

Welcome to our Monday column, Analyst Angle. Every Monday, the industry’s leading analysts give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry, from carriers to content to handsets …

MobileStorm Inc. said it is working with the MGM Grand Las Vegas hotel to help it promote events at its Studio 54 and Tabu nightclubs. The promotions will use text …

Major wireless policy debates are increasingly ceasing to be Inside-the-Beltway brawls limited to high-powered lobbyists hired by well-heeled, warring industry factions. Instead, proponents of ambitiously controversial proposals-particularly those promising to …

Stanford University is teaming with L.M. Ericsson to offer classes via cellphones in Africa.The school unveiled a pilot project called Dunia Moja, or “one world,” that allows students at three …

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 …

Nokia Corp. named Wieden & Kennedy as the lead strategic and creative agency for its estimated $300 million mobile phones advertising account, following a review. Wieden’s first ads for Nokia’s …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or …

Perhaps no scenario has been more closely tied to mobile marketing than the story about customers walking by a Starbucks only to be pinged on their cellphones with an SMS …

Canada’s Wireless Age Communications Inc. pulled the plug on its troubled technology distribution business.The Toronto-based company declared the bankruptcy of mmwave Technologies Inc., a subsidiary that distributes components for wireless, …

The Supreme Court ruled manufacturers can set minimum prices for products sold by retailers without automatically violating antitrust law, setting aside a 96-year-old ruling that the cellular industry and others …

Apple Inc.’s iPhone goes on sale tonight at 6 p.m. The hype surrounding the device has reached a fevered pitch, as lines have begun forming outside Apple and AT&T Mobility …

The wireless broadband industry opposes on interference grounds Globalstar Inc.’s push to have federal regulators consider an ancillary terrestrial component rule change that the mobile satellite service operator claims would …

The mobile phone industry told the Federal Communications Commission that marketplace trends stand against extending monopoly-era equal-access obligations to the competitive wireless industry.“The commission should reject attempts to harm wireless …

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 …

The cellular industry said a new staff report by the Federal Trade Commission undermines not only the case for net neutrality but the debate over broadband regulation as well.“The Internet …