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Lately in the land of red, white and blue, people are talking a lot about green, including wireless service providers. In an industry that boasts 263 million subscribers who get …

The wireless industry must continue its leadership role in addressing consumer-electronics waste, not just because it’s good corporate citizenship, but because it’s good business – for individual companies and the …

T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone powered by Google’s Android software, according to people briefed on the company’s plans. The phone will be made by …

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 …

With the whole world watching, the Olympic Games in China are a great time and place to deliver messages to the world. Samsung’s message to the world (today): We care.Samsung …

The initial question on many minds when news broke last week that Sanjay Jha, COO at Qualcomm Inc., would help lead Motorola Inc. out of the woods: Why swap celebrated …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or service from the user’s point of view, with the goal of …

Three things you need to know about the handset market in the United States last quarter, courtesy of Strategy Analytics: 1) Overall unit sales reached nearly 42 million, up 5.3% …

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. …

Even as Motorola Inc. makes some key new hires, such as co-CEO Sanjay Jha, other executives continue to exit. Chief Information Officer Patty Morrison left the company last week. Morrison …

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced a $1 million settlement with a Hong Kong wireless content firm in connection with a state probe into consumer complaints about charges for …

The mobile phone industry and others in the telecom sector asked the Federal Communications Commission to overhaul regulations governing how service providers are compensated for carrying each other’s traffic.“Now more …

T-Mobile USA Inc. said it scored two court wins – one awarding the No. 4 wireless provider several million dollars in punitive damages – in connection with mushrooming litigation to …

The maturing U.S. handset market continued to chug along in the first half of the year – though slowing relative to years past – and analysts offered an array of …

If there’s one lesson to be gleaned from all the mobile TV trials in the last year or so, it’s that users aren’t very interested in paying for the stuff. …

A new health lawsuit has surfaced in California against T-Mobile USA Inc., Motorola Inc. and Samsung Telecommunications America Inc., the complaint coming after a relative lull in litigation against the …

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 …

Sanjay Jha, the newly minted co-CEO of Motorola Inc. and designated turnaround artist for its handset division, told an audience of analysts and media this morning that within 90 days …

Welcome to our weekly RCR Wireless Newscast. This week it’s all about the Olympics, which are set to kick off Friday. Eyes from around the world will be on Beijing, …

Sanjay Jha, formerly COO at Qualcomm Inc., will lead efforts at Motorola Inc. to turn around the beleaguered company’s handset division, the companies said today.Jha will be co-CEO of Motorola, …

The LiMo Foundation announced nine new members today and said that more handsets with its operating system are launching in North America and Japan. The organization is a leading proponent …

For years, mobile advertising has been touted as the next frontier. Its day may finally have arrived. Recent reports suggest that almost 60 million consumers were exposed to mobile advertising …

Safran said it will swallow $343 million to spin off its troubled Sagem Mobiles division to venture capital firm Sofinnova.Sofinnova plans to rebrand the handset manufacturer as Sagem Wireless, with …

Motorola Inc. says its troubled handset business is improving and will be stronger by the end of the year, but CEO Gregory Brown isn’t willing to say when he expects …

Motorola Inc. managed to both pleasantly surprise the market today and disappoint industry observers who are looking further down the road.The company posted a meager profit, beat expectations on handset …