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SAN FRANCISCO — BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. introduced a new flip-style phone as it heads into the critical fourth-quarter holiday shopping season, a moved geared to solidify the …

Editor’s Note: Following the Republican National Convention, RCR Wireless News Bureau Chief Jeffrey Silva looked at the McCain camp’s tech and telecom initiatives. Last week, he reported on the Obama …

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.Two seemingly unrelated …

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 pressures of the mobile chip business, plus a fit in products and customers, has driven Ericsson Mobile Platforms and ST Microelectronics-NXP Wireless to join forces, the two companies said …

WITH A LARGELY CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT signed, sealed and delivered by Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. last week, arguably the most significant stand-off in the wireless industry has been resolved. But …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News has teamed with the Yankee Group to conduct a series of market surveys of RCR Wireless News’ subscribers to gauge their thoughts o technology issues …

Verizon Wireless, positioning itself to regain the top spot in the mobile-phone industry, agreed to initial divestiture requirements by the Department of Justice and offered roaming concessions in hopes of …

Cellufun announced a deal to bring a game show from cable television network GSN to mobile phones.“Catch 21,” which debuts tonight on GSN, combines pop trivia with the classic card …

Apple Inc.’s 3G iPhone is making its way across the world, with reportedly more than 1 million sold in the first weekend, and AT&T Mobility spokesman Mark Siegel said the …

You already know that Steve Jobs understands the power of deep device lust in American hearts and, indeed, in hearts around the globe. And it may not be news that …

FEW ARE CERTAIN whether Apple Inc.’s simultaneous, 22-country launch of its 3G iPhone this Friday is unprecedented in the industry. But many observers, cognizant of manufacturing logistics, regulatory-approval and carrier-testing …

While the 3G iPhone includes a number of new technologies to excite tech-savvy phone users, it’s the device’s price and enterprise focus that could stand as the greatest boon to …

SAN FRANCISCO – You could cut the anticipation with a knife leading up to Apple Inc.’s Worldwide Developer Conference this morning. The company delivered the iPhone 3G to thunderous applause …

The buzz is inescapable. Next week, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs is expected to announce the next iteration of the company’s iPhone at Apple’s annual developer conference.In the run-up to …

RF Micro Devices Inc. said that based on a fiscal fourth-quarter loss, it would cut $75 million in research-and-development costs and 350 jobs – or about 9% of its workforce …

The worldwide service provider switching and routing equipment market grew 25% during the first quarter to $3.1 billion, according to analyst firm Ovum RHK.“There were no significant market share movements …

ON MANY LEVELS, politics alone appear to weigh heavily against the government approving a merger that would propel German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG to the top of the U.S. …

Apple Inc.’s foray into the global handset industry is a work-in-progress, judging by last week’s events, just as its initial, domestic rollout was marked by adroit tactical shifts.A sudden avalanche …

America Movil said yesterday it cut a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone throughout Latin America, including enormous markets such as Brazil and Mexico. The carrier has an …

Vodafone Group plc said it will roll out Apple Inc.’s iPhone later this year in 10 markets, after its CEO Arun Sarin disparaged the EDGE speeds delivered on the first …

“TBA” – to be announced – is a classic, buzz-building tool for Apple Inc.’s iPhone rollout, as in last week’s word that the device will launch in Canada at Rogers …

T-Mobile USA Inc. plans to officially launch its 3G network starting next week. The launch comes about two years after the nation’s No. 4 carrier paid $4.2 billion for advanced …

Global GSM subscriber growth is expected to slow from 22% year-over-year in 2006 and 2007 to 14% in 2008 and 2009, according to a new forecast from ABI Research.The slowdown …

Competitive pressures are leading American companies to adopt mobility for the obvious reasons: increasing productivity, decreasing costs and distinguishing themselves among their competitors.The top three carriers in the United States …