Devices

The future of the “anywhere Internet” likely will involve a variety of networks and devices, analysts said during a teleconference last week-and if wireless operators want to get in on …

I continue to be amazed by consumer infatuation with razor-thin cell phones. Motorola has sold what, 50 gazillion Razrs, and Samsung seems to be rolling out a new “thinnest” model …

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NEW YORK-CTIA unveiled a version of its Web site designed for mobile phones. The site was built by mobile content company Lift Mobile.“Lift Mobile’s service is helping us meet the …

PHOENIX-Worldscout Corp. announced it purchased location-services company Alltigo Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Worldscout said the deal will bolster its efforts in location tracking.Alltigo’s Personal Location Tracking Device combines GPS …

DALLAS-A slowdown in wireless chip sales forced Texas Instruments Inc. to trim its fourth-quarter revenue outlook from between $3.46 billion and $3.75 billion to between $3.35 billion and $3.5 billion …

WASHINGTON-Congress before adjourning for the year passed legislation criminalizing the use of fraudulent means-such as impersonating wireless and wireline telecom subscribers-to obtain their phone records, a practice made infamous in …

It’s an increasingly awkward dance between U.S. wireless carriers and handset manufacturers as phone makers begin to assert their independence from operators. Handsets don’t work without the network and networks …

Unfortunately, it has become commonplace to read press reports about drivers on cell phones whose priorities are terribly-sometimes fatally-misplaced. Everybody knows it’s a big, big problem, owing quite simply to …

This was supposed to be the year of the music phone, but as the holiday season approaches the home stretch, on-the-go music lovers are still hoping to find dedicated MP3 …

Verizon Wireless earned another round of kudos from Consumer Reports’ annual survey of wireless carriers, but Alltel Corp. outpaced other carriers in two new markets included in this year’s results. …

There’s always something happening in the wireless industry that makes the RCR Wireless News editorial staff stop working on our stories to comment, clap or kvetch about issues affecting the …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry is quietly reassessing long-held resistance to a cell-broadcast technology that’s getting a serious look by the Department of Homeland Security and increasingly embraced in Europe, Asia and …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. is showing off its first mobile WiMAX baseband chip. When paired with the company’s previously announced multi-band WiMAX/Wi-Fi radio chip, the offering forms the Intel WiMAX …

SAN DIEGO-NextWave Wireless L.L.C. plans to redeem $148.5 million of non-recourse secured notes that were issued in April 2005 by former equity holders NextWave Telecom Inc. as part of NextWave’s …

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FORT MYERS, Fla.-Like an over-indulgent holiday shopper, NeoMedia Technologies Inc. is headed to the returns counter.The company jettisoned its Mobot subsidiary, selling the Lexington, Mass.-based mobile marketing company back to …

TOKYO-Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will recall 1.3 million cell phone battery packs produced by Sanyo Electric Co. after learning that a few of the batteries have generated …

WASHINGTON-A newly released Danish-American epidemiology study concludes cell phones do not pose a health risk to consumers. The finding is bound to further fuel controversy in a scientific community divided …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s investment arm led a second round of funding for California-based software developer Mobile Complete. Financial terms were not disclosed, although Mobile Compete reportedly raked in $10 million …

Yahoo Inc. became the latest-and perhaps the largest-player in the nascent but rapidly growing mobile social networking playground with a new service that allows users to set up group events …

NEW YORK-Jason Hirschhorn, MTV Network’s former digital guru, and Ben White, his deputy at MTV, have landed full-time at Sling Media. Their role is to take the company, which is …

ATLANTA-A small Florida company that sells equipment that can be used to jam cell phone reception is continuing in its quest to allow wider use of the technology, despite having …

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.-U.S. wireless subscribers are increasingly using their phones to send and receive e-mail, according to new figures from The NPD Group. The market research firm said 6 percent …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. apparently couldn’t resist adding Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output technology to its already huge portfolio of wireless technology. The behemoth chipmaker announced it is buying MIMO creator Airgo Networks Inc. …