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What deal? T-Mobile USA continues rate plan alterations

T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) continued to aggressively target the domestic market, rolling out altered individual and family plans as well as no offerings for its prepaid business. The move backs the carrier’s claims that it will continue to operate as usual under the shadow...

Reader Forum: Caution, exploding devices! Maintaining network quality in the face of gadget proliferation

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,...

How to cut a $69 cell phone bill to $3

Editor's Note: In this piece by Carlos Urreta, guest columnist and techie from Austin, Texas, Urreta reveals loopholes to securing the cheapest cell phone deal a user is likely to construct (with some loopholes) without losing most major services. I bought my first cellular device...

Worst of the Week: Too much of the same

Hello! And welcome to our Friday 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 us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....

Motorola Solutions to expand Malaysia operations

Reuters | May 18, 2011 | Alina Selyukh Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI.N) will expand its operations in Malaysia to include technical response centers, executive vice president Gene Delaney told reporters in New York on Wednesday. ..... Read full article here via Reuters

The Hindustan Times: Mass telephony will spawn new services

The Hindustan Times | May 15, 2011 | N Madhavan More than two years ago, I had started this column by describing as the "Law of diminishing digital returns" the phenomenon under which your digital device will seem dumber as they days progress while smarter ones...

TIA 2011: Verizon's Melone reflects on the primary drivers of LTE

DALLAS — The wireless industry has underestimated consumer demands for broadband capacity and speeds every step along the way, Tony Melone, EVP and CTO at Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), said in a morning keynote here at the Telecommunications Industry Association's annual show."They imagine, actually...

TIA 2011: Verizon, TBS make the pitch for TV Everywhere

DALLAS — Bringing some entertainment flavor to TIA 2011, executives from Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) and Turner Broadcasting System Inc. shared the stage here to talk about how they're working to deliver programming across as many distribution channels and device types as possible."I put...

Intel to unveil 10 new Atom tablets at Computex

“I'll take your iPad and raise you 10” – seems to be Intel Corp.'s message to tablet hungry consumers, as the firm readies itself for the launch of almost a dozen new devices running on its own Atom chips at Computex, Taipei.

Analyst Angle: Microsoft and Skype – how to make this marriage work

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.If you watched last Thursday’s “American Idol” (James Durban should have won), you probably noticed...

Intel to unveil 10 new Atom tablets at Computex

“I’ll take your iPad and raise you 10” – seems to be Intel Corp.’s message to tablet hungry consumers, as the firm readies itself for the launch of almost a dozen new devices running on its own Atom chips at Computex, Taipei.

Analyst Angle: The mobile Internet’s no zero-sum game

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.While Washington focuses on the timely issue of spectrum allocation, Wall Street is quietly watching...

Humana taps mobileStorm for secure health data messaging platform

Los Angeles-based mobileStorm Inc. has landed a deal with Humana Inc. to test a new mobile messaging platform tailored for the healthcare industry. The mobileStorm for Healthcare system will enable healthcare professionals and patients to transmit and receive protected health information via mobile devices.The...

Mobile expected to pace India's broadband penetration

Mobile broadband subscriptions using 3G technologies in India are expected to reach 41 million connections by the end of the year, far outpacing the 11 million connections using wired technologies, according to Maravedis.The report predicts Bharti Airtel will lead the charge in 3G connections...

Peru among first in Latin America to sell white iPhone 4

Living In Peru | May 13, 2011 The anticipated white iPhone 4 is now available through Movistar in Peru, the first operator in the country to commercialize Apple's smartphone, reports Peru.com. Peru is one of the first countries in Latin America to have the equipment. The phone...

Crown Castle launches Paradise Valley DAS network using faux cacti

PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. – There’s something in the cacti out in Arizona, but you have to look close to see it. Paradise Valley city officials, AT&T Inc., and NewPath Networks Inc., a subsidiary of Crown Castle International Corp., got together earlier this month at a...

Reader Forum: Protecting U.S. wireless customers with CMAS alerts

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,...

Reader Forum: New trends in messaging

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,...

Reader forum: LTE – it’s a Little Too Early

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,...

HTC shows off upcoming devices at MassTLC

BOSTON—HTC Corp. showed off its Sensations 4G smartphone, which is slated to come to T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) this summer as part of the Mass Technology Leadership Council's Spring Meeting May 13 in Boston. The company, which is a sponsor of the event, showed...

Visa plans to launch global digital wallet initiative this fall

Visa Inc. (V) is trying to shepherd in a new era in financial transactions that will enable merchants and customers to take advantage of a new digital wallet and a growing arsenal of transaction types that leverage mobility.The company announced it will be rolling...

The Hindustan: Your phone will give away all your secrets

The Hindustan | May 11, 2011 | Aloke Tikku The government is setting up phone monitoring systems across the country that can not only listen to your phone conversation, but can also track down your precise location on a map and match your voice with...

KT Selects Juniper Networks to deliver comprehensive security to business mobile devices

Juniper Networks | May 10, 2011 | Press Release Junos® Pulse and Junos Pulse Mobile Security Suite to Provide Secure Access and Protection to KT Mobile Device Users SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 10, 2011 — Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) and KT (NYSE: KT), a prominent South Korean...

Mobility, broadband and the cloud all crucial for a truly networked society according to Ericsson

“We have reached the deployment phase,” declared Ericsson’s Chief Strategist, SVP Douglas Gilstrap, on Tuesday at the firm’s Innovation Forum in Silicon Valley.Speaking at the Stanford University Faculty Club, Gilstrap said we had entered a “very important inflection point,” where a new mindset was...