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The state of the industry is strong, despite this year’s travails, reports IDC: Wireless network infrastructure, mobile devices, M2M to be affected by downturn

Despite the disastrous ramifications the global economic crisis has had on other business sectors, a new report from research firm IDC predicts the global mobile industry will remain relatively unscathed - and could even benefit.The wireless industry has become the dominant driver of the...

Dan Hesse Q&A: Sprint Nextel focused on turnaround: CEO of nation’s No. 3 wireless provider outlines next steps for Boost, Palm Pre, job cuts

In an exclusive interview with RCR Wireless News, Sprint Nextel Corp. CEO Dan Hesse discusses pricing plans, unlimited service options, iDEN network capacity, the forthcoming Palm Pre, planned job cuts and network outsourcing. RCR: Can you provide some information on what's going on with Sprint...

Smoothing the path for mobile Linux

When in past years Symbian Ltd. nervously eyed the nascent promise of mobile Linux, Symbian evangelists noted sharply that the rival, open-source platform would require considerable sweat equity or costly out-sourcing to ready it for market.That claim turned out to be true to an...

Apple should avoid copyright fight, allow users to escape the App Store jail

The looming copyright battle centered on Apple Inc.'s iPhone may seem obscure, but the outcome could have wide-ranging implications for U.S. mobile users and the developers who target them. It's also a fight Apple should walk away from.The Electronic Frontier Foundation is urging the...

By the numbers: Top 10 most popular U.S. handsets in December

Editor's Note: The following lists ranks the 10 most popular handsets in the United States for the month of December. Rankings were provided by AvianResearch L.L.C. The firm derives its ranking via its Monthly Retail Store Survey, which is based on responses from 100 service...

‘Mission Impossible’ movies to be included on Samsung phones

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is teaming with Paramount Digital Entertainment to package the three "Mission Impossible" films with the purchase of new Samsung Delve phones from Alltel Wireless.Though Verizon Wireless completed its acquisition of Alltel earlier this year, the markets not included in the...

Consumer groups tell FCC exclusive handset deals limit competition : Professor notes 8 to top 10 handsets are 'exclusive'

In the Obama era, the telecom and tech industries, consumer advocates, states and other stakeholders will be watching carefully for key policy tendencies emanating from a Federal Communications Commission apt to be headed by tech entrepreneur and former telecom policymaker Julius Genachowski.Will Genachowski -...

Consumer groups tell FCC exclusive handset deals limit competition : Professor notes 8 to top 10 handsets are ‘exclusive’

In the Obama era, the telecom and tech industries, consumer advocates, states and other stakeholders will be watching carefully for key policy tendencies emanating from a Federal Communications Commission apt to be headed by tech entrepreneur and former telecom policymaker Julius Genachowski.Will Genachowski -...

Kyocera pairs with Superior for cellphone accessories

Kyocera Wireless Corp. has enlisted a new partner to jazz up its accessory line. The handset and device manufacturer announced today that it partnered with Superior Communications, which will now manage the design, manufacturing and distribution of its Genuine Accessories by Kyocera line.Aside from...

UDATED: Iridium looks to poach Globalstar customers

Iridium Satellite L.L.C. is relaunching a program in an effort to score customers from struggling rival Globalstar.The company has announced it will once again offer Trade-Up to Iridium because of the much-publicized degradation of Globalstar's voice service. The program provides pricing incentives for customers...

‘Other’ vendors surge on smartphones, niches: Top 5 momentum stalled by focus on feature phones

FOR YEARS, THE TOP FIVE HANDSET VENDORS in the world took an ever-increasing slice of global market share. But something happened on their way to global hegemony. Between 2007 and 2008, that trend reversed itself and the "other" category - all vendors outside the...

Dell’Oro: WLAN market to grow in enterprise

Dell'Oro Group Inc. analyst Ben Kwan forecast in December that various factors will drive growth in the wireless local are network (WLAN) market for enterprise this year."While a slowdown in the growth of new WLAN deployments and the lengthening of upgrade cycles is expected...

Alcatel-Lucent targets auto, healthcare industries with NG Connect program

As Alcatel-Lucent struggles to regain its financial footing, the company is focusing on its new strategy that will combine its capabilities of the network environment with creative services of the Web.An example of how the company plans to make the transition from the old...

Femtocells could be vital to LTE deployments

Femtocells are just starting to hit the wireless market, but considerable momentum is building for the technology to play a key role when carriers start to deploy LTE networks.More than 18 wireless providers said they are planning to deploy LTE technology within...

Traction in mobile gaming brings sea change to space : Reality: Not everyone will play games on handset

After years of treading water and failing to live up to outlandish hype, mobile games finally may be starting to make progress. And it's the Apple's iPhone - and, to a lesser extent, other multimedia-friendly smartphones - that's moving the needle. Which is why...

@MWC: SEVEN LAUNCHES ANDROID E-MAIL SOLUTION

SEVEN has unveiled its messaging solution for the Android platform that addresses personal and business e-mail on one integrated interface.The solution, which is being showcased at this week's GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, is not only geared to combine a customer's personal and...

@MWC: Maximizer targets BlackBerry users with CRM solution

Maximizer Software has launched its entirely first mobile product exclusively for BlackBerry handsets that is geared to free workers from laptops and reduce downtime in the field for sales and service professionals.The customer relationship management software company is unveiling its CRM 10.5 Freedom for...

Motorola promises next-gen smartphones by fourth quarter

Handset manufacturer Motorola Inc. is likely to pin its future on smartphones based on Google Inc.'s Android operating system, while ceding its low-end, high-volume business to others.Amid a fourth-quarter where Motorola Inc. posted a $3.6 billion loss, handset chief Sanjay Jha said its next-generation...

Boost revitalizes iDEN network: New offerings show benefit of network, increase value

Boost Mobile's decision to refocus its efforts on parent company Sprint Nextel Corp.'s iDEN network may be just what the doctor ordered - or a way to make the iDEN network a more attractive acquisition target.After launching a trial of an unlimited offering on...

A new platform for wireless: Sun releases mobile version of JavaFX: Wireless application developers have another option

Sun Microsystems Inc. is hoping to bridge the gap between smartphones and feature phones with a new platform targeting mid- and lower-end devices.The Santa Clara, Calif.-based developer unveiled the mobile version of JavaFX, an offering designed to run atop Java ME (Mobile Edition) as...

Presence struggles to find itself in the enterprise: Movius to unveil ‘Automated Presence’ apps at MWC

When it comes to mobile in the enterprise, presence is the buzzword. Just like it was three years ago.Presence - a vaguely defined term referring to the ability to determine the availability and whereabouts of others - was a key feature in the early...

RIM stock falls on forecast : Certicom board agrees to takeover

Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. plunged after the manufacturer said its quarterly earnings and gross margin would come in at the low end of expectations, despite better-than-expected subscriber growth.The Canadian-based BlackBerry maker said it will exceed its previous forecast of 2.9 million net...

Doing more with less: The enterprise’s marching orders in an economic downturn: Gartner: 20% of enterprises last year replace wireline phones with wireless

Faced with uncertain financial conditions, corporations are cutting capital and operating budgets and the outlook for information technology spending this year - where wireless spend resides - has contracted from last year. "The outlook for 2009, based on pre-year forecasting, indicates an average...

REVIEW: YouMail advances voicemail

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 highlighting what works and what doesn't. If you wish to submit your application or...