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Well, April Fool’s Day came and went without much notice during the CTIA Wireless 2008 show. I find this disheartening; the CTIA show presents the perfect venue for companies both …

Change has never been easy for the cell-phone industry. And it’s perfectly understandable. With the kind of wild success and wealth creation during its first three decades, cellular chieftains who …

The TV white spaces debate — already highly controversial and politicized, but largely limited to potential unlicensed Wi-Fi use — just got messier.The mobile-phone industry recommended to the Federal Communications …

Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. are in discussions with the nation’s two largest cable providers — Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc. — to fund a nationwide WiMAX …

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

Google Inc., a major force in prying open the 700 MHz band for third-party applications and devices, could also become the pivotal deal-maker in the equally controversial and politicized debate …

Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility ran the table at the 700 MHz auction, accounting for most of the record $19.6 billion in bidding that broke historic ground on open access, …

CARRIER DECKS AND AGGREGATOR STOREFRONTS are so last year. Because application developers are quickly discovering that the hottest places to showcase their wares are the top social networking sites.Facebook last …

Sprint Nextel Corp. last week rolled out an updated Web browser designed to deliver “a PC-like experience” on mobile phones. But not everyone is impressed.The carrier announced plans to launch …

So we never expected that Google would actually become a wireless licensee, but the FCC certainly did not get its wish for a bunch of new competition in the wireless …

Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility ran the table at the 700 MHz auction, accounting for most of the record $19.6 billion in bidding that broke historic ground on open access, …

Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility won the vast majority of the 700 MHz spectrum up for grabs during the Federal Communications Commission’s recently completed auction. Verizon Wireless was the event’s …

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 …

It took 38 days and 261 rounds, but the Federal Communications Commission’s 700 MHz spectrum auction came to an end this afternoon, having raised $19.592 billon for the U.S. treasury. …

Sprint Nextel Corp. is touting an updated Web browser designed to deliver “a PC-like experience” on mobile phones. But some users aren’t impressed.The carrier announced plans to launch Openwave Systems …

In the hands of well-heeled, early adopters, the iPhone’s large touchscreen, user interface and an unlimited data plan lead to high rates of browsing, video viewing, music listening and social …

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

AOL L.L.C. last week became the latest Internet player to bet big on social networking, agreeing to plunk down a whopping $850 million for Bebo.com. But turning Bebo’s impressive online …

ONCE THE DOMAIN OF EARLY ADOPTERS on high-tech smartphones, mobile RSS is quietly moving into the mainstream.RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, first came to the Internet in 1999, and the …

It’s no secret that trying to find content or information on a mobile phone is a daunting task for most consumers.Carrier deck layers can seem like concentric circles of hell, …

While Opera Software ASA continues to attract attention with its mobile browsers and a host of startups go directly to consumers with their transcoding technology, InfoGin is quietly making headway …

AOL L.L.C. is the latest Internet and mobile player to woo third-party developers, announcing the launch of Open AIM 2.0.The program is designed to give developers “unprecedented access” to AOL’s …

Google Inc. is hoping to help answer the question: WAP or app?The Internet behemoth this week brought its Google Gears to mobile, making the application programming interface (API) available for …

What is Google’s game plan for wireless?The easy answer: I have no clue. But as we await the outcome of the FCC’s 700 MHz auction, and the winner of the …

The 700 MHz auction is all but over, with the Federal Communications Commission increasing the number of bidding rounds to eight per day last Friday in an attempt to speed …